The accursed squid has struck

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The accursed squid has struck

So, I booted up my copy of D2 today to do a couple of dozen Meph runs...

...and found all my characters were missing.

Naturally, the idiot that I am, I haven't any backups. There are one or two small mercys... I keep ATMA open almost constantly, so I didn't lose any important items on my main characters - my CtA and Beast were salvaged, my best vipermagi was saved, my arachnids was safe... the biggest blow was that I didn't have my MF sorc open at the time, so I've lost full tals, a load of cold charms, and, irritatingly, my SECOND 49MF pair of wartravs.

I also lost the equipment on my singer barb in making... he was only lvl ~40, but he had some amazing equipment in his stash, including a 10 fcr +2 barb skills amulet, a 20 fcr +3 warcries circlet, and a couple of rather sexy 10fcr rings - altogether, 200fcr of items lost.

So, I'm a bit miffed atm. I don't think I have the willpower to remake a dozen characters. I think this may be a good time to take a break from D2... for a couple of months, anyway, until it drags me back.

Anyway, I'll stick around the forums, because it's a warm and welcoming place, which is a rare thing on teh dreaded interwebs.
 
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Awww :(

I always thought the fabric of the universe would colapse if I loaded a char while having ATMA running.

Are the char files still in the D2 folder?

I hope sometihng nice happens to cheer you up :)
 
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Aww. I'm so sorry to hear that mate! But we all know you'll be back playing D2 in no time. :)
 
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Awww :(

I always thought the fabric of the universe would colapse if I loaded a char while having ATMA running.

Are the char files still in the D2 folder?

I hope sometihng nice happens to cheer you up :)

Unfortunately, no - the d2x files are all there, but not the all-important d2s.

I'm most puzzled... :scratchchin:


 
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the .org files are still there.

Sorry, I didn't mean .d2x, I meant .bak

I'm looking at ways to recover files, but I don't think it'll be possible, unfortunately. I've tried a couple of file recovery programs and they've turned up nothing.
 
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Sorry, I didn't mean .d2x, I meant .bak
Can you restore those, then?

Edit.

I see .bak files all the time at work, but that's AutoCAD's backup extension..
What program did you get those from?

ATMA and GoMule use .org, right?



 
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I have no idea where they came from o_O it's possible they originated from Median, which I tried a while back and decided was horrendously badly balanced.

ATMA uses d2x files for stashes and whatnot. They may use .org, I don't know...
 
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Atma uses backup files like this:

Character name louis: original file: louis.d2s, latest backup: louis_1.org.
Stash named louis's stash: original file: louis's stash.d2x, latest backup, lous's stash_1.org.

Hope this helps.

Ulla
 
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Atma uses backup files like this:

Character name louis: original file: louis.d2s, latest backup: louis_1.org.
Stash named louis's stash: original file: louis's stash.d2x, latest backup, lous's stash_1.org.

Hope this helps.

Ulla

If I'm not mistaken all you need to do is rename the latest and greatest .org file to .d2s and you should have your character back right?


 
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Thyiad & I are looking into the .bak files thing. If anyone has any info on these files, please PM it to us. Thanks to those that brought this to our attention.

Fenrix, expect a PM shortly.
 
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If I'm not mistaken all you need to do is rename the latest and greatest .org file to .d2s and you should have your character back right?

Yes. But remember to drop the _# part also.

Ulla


 
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