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Malformatted Header, map wont load

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Hi im really kind of worried seeing how i have spent hours and hours on a map and as i was saving sandbox crashed, and when i try to load the map in the top left it says "map packages/base/rpg Brill village2.ogz has malformatted header. please somebody help, ive spent a really long time on this map.
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Re: Malformatted Header, map wont load

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Well, you may lose some of the work you did, but there is a way to get back most of it. Go to the directory where the map is stored and find the latest backup file (identified by the suffix .BAK). Rename the current .ogz to something else, then change the .BAK suffix to ogz. That will give you the map as it was the last time you saved.

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Re: Malformatted Header, map wont load

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any idea where i would find it? (im pretty new) i checked packages/base/rpg but my map is not there. any ideas where it could be?
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Re: Malformatted Header, map wont load

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windows: my_stuff/packages/base/rpg
Linux: ~/.platinumarts/packages/base/rpg
This is not a url, clicking it is pointless
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Re: Malformatted Header, map wont load

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hmm, all thats in the folder is a text document named placeholder?
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Re: Malformatted Header, map wont load

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PlatinumArtsSandbox2.6.1\my_stuff\packages\base\fps
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