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#1 2009-09-18 16:28:57

06dknibbs
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Error message upon opening file D:

I just finished my game ( not revealing anything  wink  ) and saved it perfectly fine.
However when I went to open it I got this message

Could not read project; file may be damaged
(key not found)

I havnt done anything different and it was fine 5 minutes ago, Is there anything I can do or have I wasted hours of my time on a doomed project D:

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#2 2009-09-18 21:59:23

Paddle2See
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Re: Error message upon opening file D:

Are you opening it with an older version of Scratch maybe?  That gives an error similar to that.

The other possibility is that the file really is damaged in which case I'm sorry to say that you have probably lost all that work  sad

Files can get damaged a number of ways...one of the most common (as I understand it) happens when people shut down the Scratch program before it has finished saving the project.  When the project is finished saving, the screen kind of blinks...that's how I know it's safe to shut it down.


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#3 2009-09-19 12:46:35

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Re: Error message upon opening file D:

Ahh but it had saved as it had blinked  hmm

Ill try re-downloading the new version of Scratch and reopening it  smile


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#4 2009-09-19 14:57:13

scratch_yoshi
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Re: Error message upon opening file D:

Paddle2See wrote:

Are you opening it with an older version of Scratch maybe?  That gives an error similar to that.

The other possibility is that the file really is damaged in which case I'm sorry to say that you have probably lost all that work  sad

Files can get damaged a number of ways...one of the most common (as I understand it) happens when people shut down the Scratch program before it has finished saving the project.  When the project is finished saving, the screen kind of blinks...that's how I know it's safe to shut it down.

I made a Scratch 1.4 Tutorial On Scratch 1.4 and it said the same thing when I opened it 2 days later!

[blocks]<wait until>[/blocks] I CAN MAKE A NEW PROJECT EXACTLY LIKE THAT ONE!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!  mad   sad   yikes   hmm  [blocks]<<  <and>  >> [/blocks] You're right about that [blocks]<<  <and>  >>[/blocks] I'm [blocks]<<  <not>  >>[/blocks] being sarcastic!!!!!!!! Sorry! Just needed to add some blocks!

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#5 2009-09-19 15:06:46

scratch_yoshi
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Re: Error message upon opening file D:

I'm making a new Scratch 1.4 Tutorial because of this!

[blocks]<think[  ]for(  )secs>[/blocks] [blocks]<pen down>[/blocks] I'm doing it! [blocks]<stamp>[/blocks]  smile   wink

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#6 2009-09-19 15:47:32

06dknibbs
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Re: Error message upon opening file D:

Should of said this earlier  smile
It didnt work but luckily the same file is saved on a disk somewhere  smile
I'll just dig it up and add the 3 scripts it needs and get it uploaded soon  big_smile

Thanks  smile


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#7 2009-09-27 09:23:17

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Re: Error message upon opening file D:

I'm going to make another Scratch 1.4 Tutorial soon!!!!  smile   wink   cool !!!!


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#8 2009-09-27 15:54:10

06dknibbs
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Re: Error message upon opening file D:

Was this realy the topic to post that on?  tongue

I'd prfer it if this thread just fell into the bottomless pit of none existence now xD
(Otherwise known as a few pages down  smile  )


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