Scratch

Heybrian- wrote:

Hey, our Gamestop company made a demo for our "Infection" game, and i had the last remix, and so it had credits, instructions, and a play button that didnt do anything, then our programmer, rurigok, did a nice job combining the remix and my other demo for it, and put it on scratch, http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Rurigok/162140 , so i viewed it, and i saw it worked very well, so i say good, but then about 2 days later it turns to my copy of it, which he based it off of, and he says "I didnt change it. It used to work" . So, i even downloaded it, and it was the latest copy. But then after that myrednep come in and says good job and comments on the fight scene. That means she somehow saw it, but we didnt. Could anyone help us on this?

The Scratch team may have had a problem with the database that runs the website and had to restore from a previous version.  That can cause the kind of data loss you are reporting.  Did you notice if the comments changed too?  You mention that myrednep commented on the fight scene; I see no such comment now....further evidence that there was a database rollback.

I had an e-mail exchange with the Scratch Team a few weeks ago about a gallery of mine that dissappeared...where they indicated that they had a problem with the database that required a rollback.  I thought it only involved galleries but it may have been more widespread.

I just downloaded the project now and it's nothing but a menu.  Why don't you just have Rorigok upload the working version again from the version on his/her computer?
Your only other option would be to use the Contact Us button and request a restore from the server backup of your project.  You would need a very good idea of exactly what day and time you had a good version on the web.  Even then, they may not be able to do it for any of a number of reasons.

One thing bothers me though...the version your link points to is in Rorigok's project area...the only way (that I know of)  it could have got there is to have Rorigok post it there.  Did Rorigok post the menu-only version of the game prior to posting the full version?  If so, that would support the database rollback theory.  If not, then it looks more like Rorigok might have accidentally posted an old copy of the menu-only version on top of the full game version and blown it away.   Either way, your options remain the same:  find out if Rorigok has a working version that can be reposted or talk to the Scratch Team directly and request a restore.

Last edited by Paddle2See (2008-05-16 05:10:06)

I think you are a bit confused.... I didn't see any fight scene either. I read the instructions and commented on the controls.
Sorry for the confusion.