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Newbie Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Posts: 5 Location: USA

I have alot of trigs and aliases saved for a mud ive been playing for 11 years now. My comp restarted itself last night and when I tried to log back in it said my .mud file was corrupted wouldn't load the settings. I tried the bak up file and it too is corrupt. Is there any way I can uncorrupt my .mud file as I have no copy and dont have time to redo everything id be forced to walk away from a mud ive practically grown up on. My OS is Vista, the mud in question is Aardwolf. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Aardmadrox

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

Once ZMud specifically tells you your .mud file is corrupted, there's no way to uncorrupt it. Delete and start rewriting.

You can PERHAPS open the .mud file and retrieve enough bits of your code to cut down the time spent rewriting, but it's not going to be in a form that's easily imported so you will have to engage in rewriting time anyways (it'd just be less of it). This is not a guarantee, though, so it's very possible you won't be able to get anything from the file at all.

If you get back on your feet and continue to use ZMud, take extra care to keep frequent and regular backups. ZMud doesn't engage in any real data-protection schemes, so there's not much reason after this sort of event to trust the backups it produces.

Better yet, upgrade to CMud. Faster, better, more compatible with Vista and beyond, and likely more scripts and/or more widespread help when something goes wrong (tip: you may want to delve into the beta version rather than the much-older 2.37 public version).