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Zbrush destroyed my ZTL file! wtf!

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#1

Now…I know backup is a good thing and let’s just say I was about to.

Anyways I wanted to save my file and Zbrush came up with some memory error issue and tries to create a recovery for some reason…and the result is my ZTL file with ALL MY WORK is now destroyed, ****ing gone!

Why can’t it just shut the program down and ignore my ZTL file? Why is it even touching it? I mean, fair enough, it ran out of memory - ok bummer - but f… destroying the ZTL file?

Wel it did create a recovery file - a nice useless ZBR image file of my model just before he died!!!

I’m sorry if I sound harsh but I just lost a lot of good work for no ****ing reason! ****!

Grrr! :mad:

#2

do you mean…the same thing that happens in nearly every other program if the program crashes during a save?

I used to get corrupted files all of the time in MAX, Maya, PS, Illustrator, etc.

We all learn in due time to save often and in iterations.

#3

Forgive my erupt anger…all the steam is out now. I havent experienced this earlier with say Zbrush 3.1…in these cases it crashed and the ZTL file was not affected. So I was just wondering why Zbrush tries to create a backup of the file if it has such a dramatic effect. I’d prefer having it doing nothing and just crash then. I thought maybe it was a bug…dunno…

#4

The recovery feature didn’t cause the corruption. It kicked in because ZBrush knew that there was going to be a crash which would result in the model being corrupted. So the recovery feature tried to create a salvageable version.

#5

Yeah it did - my mistake.

Still have the ZTL file but obviously can’t access it…o wel, they say the second time you do stuff it usually gets better :sunglasses:

Thanks for inputs :+1:

#6

A good tip any time you’re working with a high-end app is to save multiple versions of your work. I personally like to use three versions. That way, if one gets corrupted somehow you can return to the last version and not lose everything you’ve done.

The more system-intensive what you’re doing is, the more room there is for the computer to do something… odd. :slight_smile: That holds true with every application out there.

#7

Hehe aye - agreed.

So, anyways, I managed to redo some of the stuff today 6 hours straight with ginseng and ultra black coffee. I’ll keep the multiple savings in mind for future ref :sunglasses:

Thanks :+1: