ErikH2000
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I'm writing a routine that detects when a .dat file is corrupted. If you've experienced the text loss bug with any build of DROD, please reply to this post with your three dat files attached. If you already did this in another topic, don't worry about it--I'll pick them up there.

I need to write a function that correctly detects corruption in a variety of forms and doesn't crash while doing it. I should test the function on a variety of corrupted files to make sure behavior is consistently correct.

And when that routine is done, I'll write something that backs up the dat files so that if they do get corrupted, you can at least restore to where you were from the previous DROD session. Not a perfect solution, but I think it will get us release-ready.

-Erik

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agaricus5
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File: drod1_6.zip (654.8 KB)
Downloaded 41 times.
License: Other
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I have a serious problem - I just opened my version of DROD with the intention of transferring the data from my old build, Build 42, to the new release candidate, but have found that I have lost all my data again, like in one of the older builds, and the "create new player" dialogue box has come up. I don't know why it happened, but it appears DROD expired or something like that because two days ago, it was perfectly fine and I hadn't touched it between then and now, so the file must have got corrupted on opening or something very similar.

I have just found I cannot send my files to you directly in one lump as I have reached a file size limit so I shall send them separately

First, drod.dat...

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agaricus5
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File: text.zip (391.4 KB)
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....And player.dat and text.dat

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agaricus5
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I have just had a really new discovery!

I, in desperation copied the text.dat and drod 1_6.dat into build 41 because the player.dat was the same as in the build 42 version (I imported it), just to see if it worked. Guess what? It did work for some strange reason, and I have managed to see all my levels once again - even the scrolls appear to be fine, so I don't think it was the text.dat that was broken. I'm going to tinker a little with it once I have exported my files safely to see what is wrong.

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