Aurora 4x

New Players => The Academy => Topic started by: telegraph on February 22, 2013, 06:00:08 AM

Title: My database is broken, any way to restore/fix?
Post by: telegraph on February 22, 2013, 06:00:08 AM

I was playing Aurora, and suddenly I got a BSOD. After a reboot my aurora database seams broken, I get endless error popups after any action. Is there any way to restore my game? maybe there is some hidden backup a few increments ago? or any tool to fix the database?

Title: Re: My database is broken, any way to restore/fix?
Post by: TheDeadlyShoe on February 22, 2013, 06:19:23 AM

no there's no backups, unless you make one.

fixing a database would have to be done manually by editing it. :|

Title: Re: My database is broken, any way to restore/fix?
Post by: telegraph on February 22, 2013, 06:50:55 AM

Any advice on how can I implement backups? maybe some sourcecontrol solution with autocommit?

Title: Re: My database is broken, any way to restore/fix?
Post by: Hawkeye on February 22, 2013, 08:13:52 AM

Just copy Stevefire.mdb into another directory.
Personally, I re-name the file to Stevefire.mdb.Jan-2053, for example

As for automatism, your´re in luck. Erik has put together a launcher/backup utility. You can find it here:
http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php/board,178.0.html

Title: Re: My database is broken, any way to restore/fix?
Post by: sloanjh on February 22, 2013, 08:37:37 AM

There's also an FAQ on this topic (written before the launcher existed).

John