You may want to back up your ns2 folder

fmponefmpone Join Date: 2011-07-05 Member: 108086Members, Squad Five Blue
edited March 2012 in Mapping
Hey folks

Just a friendly word about the new editor changes. Max has done an incredible job updating and fixing the editor. There are awesome new features like better performance and improved lighting preview (its now virtually identical to what you'd see in-game.) However, as we all know, stuff inevitably falls through the cracks given the quick pace of development.

The editor has undergone major changes, you may want to save a backup! In order to do so, you need to backup your entire natural selection 2 folder (NOT just the ns2 folder). Hopefully this will ensure no lost time or inconvenice for anybody.

Have a good one and keep mapping :D
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  • Soul_RiderSoul_Rider Mod Bean Join Date: 2004-06-19 Member: 29388Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue
    This is great news, if not also a little scary. I will be opening old unused files first, to make sure there are no corruptions or other stray issues with files before accidently destroying my current wip :)

    I am backing up the whole 'natural selection 2' folder, rather than the ns2 folder :) I know what you meant, but semantics being what they are, if people only back-up their ns2 folder, they will miss all the editor files. :)
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  • fmponefmpone Join Date: 2011-07-05 Member: 108086Members, Squad Five Blue
    <!--quoteo(post=1919859:date=Mar 30 2012, 05:24 PM:name=Soul_Rider)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Soul_Rider @ Mar 30 2012, 05:24 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1919859"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This is great news, if not also a little scary. I will be opening old unused files first, to make sure there are no corruptions or other stray issues with files before accidently destroying my current wip :)

    I am backing up the whole 'natural selection 2' folder, rather than the ns2 folder :) I know what you meant, but semantics being what they are, if people only back-up their ns2 folder, they will miss all the editor files. :)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Thank you for that correction, I'll put it in the main post.
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  • MaxMax Technical Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment Join Date: 2002-03-15 Member: 318Super Administrators, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    <!--quoteo(post=1919859:date=Mar 30 2012, 02:24 PM:name=Soul_Rider)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Soul_Rider @ Mar 30 2012, 02:24 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1919859"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This is great news, if not also a little scary. I will be opening old unused files first, to make sure there are no corruptions or other stray issues with files before accidently destroying my current wip :)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You don't have to worry about your level file getting corrupt.
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  • Evil_bOb1Evil_bOb1 Join Date: 2002-07-13 Member: 938Members, Squad Five Blue
    So what should we worry about? :p

    Materials? Skyboxes?
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  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    <!--quoteo(post=1919880:date=Mar 30 2012, 11:00 PM:name=Evil_bOb1)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Evil_bOb1 @ Mar 30 2012, 11:00 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1919880"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->So what should we worry about? :p

    Materials? Skyboxes?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    General usability. You may have no problem with it, you may find the bugs Max hasn't been able to squash too much of a problem. So if you're planning to do a lot of mapping in the near future it might be worth backing up as a precaution.
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  • Evil_bOb1Evil_bOb1 Join Date: 2002-07-13 Member: 938Members, Squad Five Blue
    Ok, thanks for warning. Personnal creations have been backed up.
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  • ZurikiZuriki Join Date: 2010-11-20 Member: 75105Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1919876:date=Mar 30 2012, 11:42 PM:name=Max)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Max @ Mar 30 2012, 11:42 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1919876"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You don't have to worry about your level file getting corrupt.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You should always worry about your level file getting corrupt! Always make back-ups of anything important!
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  • LV426-ColonistLV426-Colonist Space Jockey Join Date: 2011-08-05 Member: 114269Members, Constellation
    edited March 2012
    Thanks for the heads-up.
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  • AezayAezay Join Date: 2003-04-19 Member: 15660Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1919972:date=Mar 31 2012, 05:19 AM:name=Zuriki)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zuriki @ Mar 31 2012, 05:19 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1919972"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You should always worry about your level file getting corrupt! Always make back-ups of anything important!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Backup is indeed a good thing. Two maps from NS1 got lost due to a harddisk failure with no backup, ns_bast and ns_nancy. Both of the maps were later recreated however.
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