miz file corrupted after crash to desktop.

[chattyjack]

I have been saving multiple versions on the way, but after about 8 hours of work, my latest saved .miz is 0kB long and unable to be even inspected with 7zip or winRAR. Looks pretty hopeless, grasping at straws here and hoping maybe a temporary directory/cache exists somewhere.

Has this happened to anyone before? I’d attach a file but it’s literally 0kB.

A lot of .ogg files in there before being zeroized, about 6 mB before so pretty heavy.

[razo+r]

Has happened to me twice already but without any crash. DCS simply decided to corrupt the file and that was it. 

Edited January 24, 2022 by razo+r

[Boosterdog]

Me, two days ago. First time in 6 years. But it was a hard crash. The last chock on a carrier static template with about 300 hand placed objects.  Miz file FUBAR'd. Opening up in Notpad (to see the amount wiped) showed everything but line 1 was gone.  Miz didnt even show up in the game folder.  I can only assume it was the constant opening of the ME then running the mission in quick succession.  Again many Ogg files in the Default Folder of the Miz archive.

For now, I copy and save the missions in a discrete folder away from DCS during and after any amount of work is done as a backup. 

 

Edited January 24, 2022 by Boosterdog

[chattyjack]

Damn, should have been better about backing up. More like 16 hours of work actually according to the save time.

Any idea why it happens? Large files? Lots of triggers/audio files?