Weird problem with MTA Map Editor

[Chillosophy]

Enter "%appdata%" (without the quotes) in the search box above the start button and press return, that should get you to the folder.

[Darius]

Worked . Now the problem is that I can't see a 'local' or 'virtual store' folder on there.

[Darius]

Great, I check my MTA Map folder to see this horror at the bottom of the file.

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So yeah, 3/4 of my map randomly got deleted. I thought that by saving the thing twice, with a different name it would prevent this. But on the other save I had the same problem. Luckily though, I sent Jay the latest version of my map on pastebin, a quick search on my browser history got me the link and I managed to get it back. I've got a bit to do, but I'm not even going to try because it'll most likely just do that again.

Anybody have any clue whats going on? If I can't fix this i'm out of mapping for good. 

[Chillosophy]

Now that I think about it; I did have this exact same bug. You're using the race editor, right? It happened to me after I exceeded some limit (might be 255, but I think it was lower). Maps got screwed up exactly like this. After I upgraded to the DM editor I never had these problems any more. For a lot of reasons I strongly recommend using the DM editor, it's way better.

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Based on screenshots you posted in another thread it looks like you are running MTAM. If so, I have no idea what the solution could be. I usually increase the filename for each save, to fall back to older maps in case of a fuckup. lvp-island01 .. etc.

[Darius]

Well actually i'm using the latest map editor. Not MTA Race.

I also saved them with completely different names, and even the other save with different name had same problem.

Edit: 2000th post! 

[Darius]

Right, i've got that backup. Copied it all and pasted it onto the map file. However, when I load it up onto MTA Map Editor, and open up that save there are no objects?

[Darius]

Just so you know, until I find a solution to this problem then I won't be able to update my LVP Interiors Map. 

[Darius]

[Dominator33]

I can't come up with anything else then creating a topic at the mta forums, I don't think that anyone has a solution for this, atleast on this forum.

[Jay]

Ask the folk at #mta. It's not like SA-MP, they're really helpful