Catastrophic X-cam crash...ideas for recovery?

[jacknorrisuk 146]

Alright, I've just suffered the nightmare situation...

Was saving X-cam project, halfway through Arma 3 just blackscreened. I waited for a while, tried to get it to respond, nothing. So, I had to force it closed, and surprise surprise, my X-cam .ini project file is totally corrupt.

 

This is how the .ini looks now (just a preview)

[Group_0]
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obj_3="[[13,87.9157,15,1,"[4260.229492,6737.12207,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[14,24.974,16,1,"[3980.540527,7260.585449,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[15,24.974,17,1,"[4000.381348,7226.234863,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[16,335.732,18,1,"[1755.595703,2954.227539,-0.965892]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[17,335.732,19,1,"[4745.467285,5990.625,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]"
obj_4="[[18,119.444,20,1,"[4876.893555,6088.448242,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[19,119.444,21,1,"[4944.424316,6114.696289,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[19,538.85,22,1,"[4925.703125,6123.28125,-7.65979]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[20,178.85,23,1,"[4765.703125,6212.195801,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[20,239.456,24,1,"[4950.0419922,6032.199707,-2.09933]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]"
obj_5="[[21,239.456,25,1,"[4919.831543,6061.807617,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[21,312.183,26,1,"[4912.575195,6047.895508,-1.25673]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[21,312.183,27,1,"[4887.158691,6173.29248,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[22,312.183,28,1,"[4795.969727,6091.355957,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[23,301.451,29,1,"[4777.470215,6076.231934,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]"
obj_6="[[24,301.451,30,1,"[4777.97998,6033.415527,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[23,217.929,31,1,"[4763.0986328,6009.155762,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[25,152.02,32,1,"[4872.791016,6010.240723,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[26,120.707,33,1,"[5309.62207,5947.742676,-3.42929]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[27,120.707,34,1,"[5357.418457,6179.757813,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]"
obj_7="[[28,209.532,35,1,"[5390.36084,6190.995605,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[29,289.646,36,1,"[5382.0327148,6202.0688477,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[30,359.595,37,1,"[4423.893555,6066.460938,0.121212]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[31,359.595,38,1,"[4386.387207,6002.249512,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[32,328.219,39,1,"[8061.634766,5844.299805,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]"
obj_8="[[33,352.272,40,1,"[6053.805176,6929.761719,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[34,270.202,41,1,"[4724.726563,5575.610352,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[35,264.836,42,1,"[4679.0356445,5550.554199,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[36,88.1062,43,1,"[4410.0952148,5845.835449,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[37,69.2928,44,1,"[4766.910156,5558.0263672,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]"
obj_9="[[38,90.1893,45,1,"[4365.835449,5546.89502,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[39,90.1893,46,1,"[4602.666992,5649.61377,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[40,42.3989,47,1,"[4618.872559,5650.753906,-1.59091]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[41,342.992,48,1,"[4620.616699,5640.652344,-3.00809]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[39,342.992,49,1,"[4602.995117,5627.614746,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]"
obj_10="[[42,342.992,50,1,"[4587.261719,5571.00244141,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[42,6.16096,51,1,"[4981.869629,5547.14209,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[42,6.16096,52,1,"[2060.720947,3370.146973,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[43,318.307,53,1,"[2153.697754,4206.829102,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[44,87.7896,54,1,"[4488.65332,5834.851563,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]"

I have already tried several different file recovery solutions, and none of them can see a previous version of the file.

Unfortunately, the last backup I did of the project file was a couple of months ago - or, tens of hours of object placement ago...

 

My most hopeful solution is that I do have an X-cam output txt file (for Terrain Builder) which isn't too old. 

So, my question is, unless there is something else I haven't thought of, how can I get my X-cam output file re-imported to X-cam as a project? I really don't want to resort to having to use Buldozer...

 

Cheers! 

 

[silola 1086]

Sorry, but that's not possible without a respective function.

 

Silola

[jacknorrisuk 146]

Thanks Silola. So, to clarify, there is no known way to export objects from Terrain Builder to a format X-cam can read, other than pre-baked to terrain?

 

Cheers...