EMPTY SYMBOLS PROBLEM (CORRPUTED FLASH FILE)

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July 16, 2022
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I was working on an animation for a project and then my computer decided to shut off and update. When I opened my fla back up, it was corrupted and it said an error occured while trying to open it. What's even worse is the RECOVER file was corrupted too! So I tried to do the winrar trick and it opened up, but now literally all of the symbols are gone. And to rub more salt in the wound, I had over 200 symbols and other stuff in it since I was up all night animating all for nothing. So I'm stuck here, everything is lost and I am feeling all of the negative emotions. There is an swf of the original file before it got corrupted, but idk how am I gonna work with that since all of the symbols were named and when I turned the swf into an fla, it was totally botched. So I just don't know what to do at this point, if anyone knows what to do, please let me know.

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n. tilcheff

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At this point the only thing you can do, is learn to make backups and save versions as you progress to avoid such disasters happening to you in the future.

Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation

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RangoAnimationsAuthor

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yeah i learned that right after

n. tilcheff

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Yes, unfortunately.

I tried to open the recovery file, but it is also corrupted as was expected. The WinRar repair rarely gives any meaningful results, and is not something to rely upon.

You can try to decompile the SWF. This may allow you to salvage a few symbols or shapes, and also use it as an underlay if you decide to repeat the whole project.

Good luck!

Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation