I think the editor just irreparably broke my game. [SOLVED]
hailtonothing
05 Jul 2016, 12:10Hi people,
I tried to add a verb to a critical object/room and the editor freaked out. So I closed and reopened the editor, and now I get an error every time I try to access that object and the whole editor refreshes. I can't undo, I cant delete it, I can't continue development.
I can PROBABLY work around it by making a similarly named object and using that (assuming it too doesn't die), but the tiny perfectionist part of my brain wouldn't cope too well with that option.
Can I raise an issue somewhere? Is there another way to remove/fix/edit it without using the main editor?
The error is "Sorry, an internal error occurred."
Thanks
Jay Nabonne
05 Jul 2016, 12:27You can edit the .aslx file with any text editor. How to fix it, I'm not sure. If you can find a way to post the file somewhere and share a link, it would be easier for us to work out (unless someone has done that specific thing before).
hailtonothing
05 Jul 2016, 12:34Assuming I can download, find, and fix it, how would I reupload to start editing it again?
Edit: Managed to download it, and reverted the last change I made manually. Not sure how to get it back on the site so I can edit again. The upload option seems to be only for releasing, which I'm not ready to do.
Deckrect
07 Jul 2016, 00:04The first step i would recommend would be opening your game using the notepad and check if the first lines contains:
<!--Saved by Quest 5.6.5783.24153-->
<asl version="550">
<include ref="English.aslx" />
<include ref="Core.aslx" />
If not, make sure it contains you language.aslx and the core.aslx.
I did something like that once in my game and people here helped me telling me to open using notepad to check for these files. I found i accidently replaced the core for something else and the game crashed and did not open again. If you just edit the text and save, when you open the file (if this is the problem) will work.
The Pixie
07 Jul 2016, 07:03Not sure how to get it back on the site so I can edit again. The upload option seems to be only for releasing, which I'm not ready to do.
If you contact Alex he may be able to. There is no one mere mortals like us can though. Have you considered using the off-line editor? If that is an option, it is the better way to create games.
hailtonothing
13 Jul 2016, 12:39Thanks all. I discovered the offline editor which actually has features I really wanted in the web one, so I'll use that from now, and I guess I'll just have to submit incremental builds and publish them.