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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Reply if DBpro has messed up your stuff

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hmm
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 01:27
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So, has anyone else had these problems??? THere will be no Criminal: Randomcity due to this pile of s**t which overwrote all the source code files. I want my money back cos they've sold me a faulty piece of software that is not only a waste of money, but has now destroyed hours of my work.

thanks alot!!
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MrTAToad
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 01:54
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It might be worth seeing if any .bak files were created and/or if you've got a backup, restore the files from there.

Not much help I know, but its worth a try.

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rapscaLLion
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 01:55
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It's your own fault for not backing up your work.

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rapscaLLion
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 01:56
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although I am sorry it happened to your work!

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MrTAToad
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 02:01
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Its worth stating that a backup of all work should be made very regularly.

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Ronaldaveo
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 02:12
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If u have winXP or Me you could always try a system restore.
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Ronaldaveo
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 02:15
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Also I cannot see any way in which it could purposely overwrite you files.
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shockedfrog
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 02:21
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havent had a serious mess up like that, but I am having problems getting Bomb Dodger working in Pro. I posted the code and topic on RGT.

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rapscaLLion
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 03:21
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System restore wouldn't fix it

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Ian T
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 04:53
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I might be sorry if you hadn't posted so offensively and failed to put your point logicaly. You lost 'hours' of work and now you're tossing DBP? LOL!!!! Games take WEEKS of straight work before you can show a shiny screenshot. Try thinking before you act.

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Rob K
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 11:03
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I backup my DB stuff regularly and so should you. DBPro didn't overwrite any of my files.

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haggisman
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 12:24
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Im sure it would be wiser to get accustomed to DBpro before continuing with old DB projects, a lot has changed, I for instance thought DBpro didn't save a project correctly as when i loaded it there was no source, suddenly i realised the source was in a different directory, oops

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shockedfrog
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 14:45
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i thought it was obvious that 'hours' in this sense means hours of work over several days/weeks/months/years. hours doesnt always mean less than 24

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David T
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 16:26
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It messed up Mercenaries 2. I got it to work, but it returned a black screen in DBP. In DarkEDIT it just gives a black screen.

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las6
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Isn't it a bit insane to try converting old DB stuff to DBpro without taking a backup of the old DB version first?
I mean, even tough it would work with only minor changes... you'd still have to make those. And if you would be too tired, you wouldn't have a single version that works!

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Ian T
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Posted: 14th Sep 2002 20:51
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You don't port your project from DB to DBP . It takes RE-CODING. Nice word that... come on, enjoy the IDE and code!

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hmm
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Posted: 15th Sep 2002 22:18
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Hahahaha!!! I have a backup!!! Yay!! And now the game is nearly complete...just not in DBPro.

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MrTAToad
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Posted: 16th Sep 2002 12:01
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I've finally got DarkBasic to corrupt my files - what happened there was a crash when exiting Dark Basic Pro.

When going back into, the edited file was blank, and the title stated that the filename was invalidfile.

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