GAH.! Help...! Bad file.

[arfa]

I have an mfa that I have been working on - for like HOURS. Fortunately it is mostly building graphics getting ready for a game but... when I try to open it...... "Unknown Format!" = Failed.

http://www.buddhamind.info/mmf/AK_mine_bits.zip

I wonder if you have time to try and open it? My other files work OK. I have tried grabbing objects 'From File' but with the same result. I wonder if this needs someone with 'reverse engineering' or some such capability? Or, I just suck the egg and start over
[groan]

[donmanolo]

I tried it and it doesn't work on my computer either. Looks like your file is corrupted.

[DavidN]

If it turns out it's corrupted, check for files ending .001, .002, etc. in the folder with your MFA - if the autobackup is turned on (and it is by default in later versions of MMF2), then you might be able to open one of those and recover some things.

[Alonso]

How could one achieve corrupting an .mfa file? I've never had that happen in MMF2, but I'd be glad to know the risks.

[arfa]

Many thanks for the prompt replies and for downloading/testing.

I manually save - ie. auto b'up OFF

>> How could one achieve corrupting an .mfa file
Good question. I have never had this happen before.

Oh well, unless someone can hack into it - back to the drawing board. Fortunately I have the basic art work separately.

[nivram]

Yeah, arfa. Back to the drawing board. Maybe turn on auto backup. Corrupting a mfa file remains a mystery from ancient times.

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