losing of state.dat

Pertti · Post by **Pertti** » 8 Jan 2005, 18:30

how many times have you lost your state.dat? i have list it twice.

first time: i had to delete my nitro-patched elma but i deleted the real elma...

second time: my harddrive crashed...

Jonnka · Post by **Jonnka** » 8 Jan 2005, 19:06

I've lost it once.... but I had a backup with just around 40 seconds worse tt

kinghias · Post by **kinghias** » 8 Jan 2005, 19:22

after i lost my state.dat with low 38 tt some time ago i wasn't motivated to play internals anymore

8-ball · Post by **8-ball** » 8 Jan 2005, 19:28

once with hdd crash

dz · Post by dz » 8 Jan 2005, 19:47

I lost state once, another time it got corrupted but I had recent backup.
What's funny is that once during my second 24h attempt during last two hours it got corrupted... that pissed me off

2fast · Post by **2fast** » 8 Jan 2005, 20:13

lost 2 times

the second time my tt was 44:27 and had a backup with 46:1x

Juski · Post by **Juski** » 8 Jan 2005, 20:14

I think i lost it three times, but i only count 2 of them.
1st time: Ihad to do it all from the beginning 5x.xx TT
2nd time: i think i backed up it like couple of hours before or something
3rd time: something like <1 min lost

Dynamo · Post by **Dynamo** » 8 Jan 2005, 20:28

lost it once when my tt was 48 and ended up breaking 48 minutes the next day ahah

John · Post by **John** » 8 Jan 2005, 20:32

Never lost it and haven't ever gotten corrupted state that I can remember.
When I think about it I should do a new backup, it was a while since last time.

magicman · Post by **magicman** » 8 Jan 2005, 23:30

Im very good at saving in games and such, but the one thing ive lost is ZZ 1.09 state. but ez make new anyways :-)

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 8 Jan 2005, 23:43

lost it once, but had recent backup, no prob

veezay · Post by **veezay** » 9 Jan 2005, 00:18

Never lost it, actually once deleted it purposely (somewhere around 2001 maybe), got pissed off with my sacky timz and decided to start a new life he he =) =)

sierra · Post by **sierra** » 9 Jan 2005, 03:40

what do u guys do to back it up, just put on floppy disk?

Revolt · Post by **Revolt** » 9 Jan 2005, 06:33

Pertti wrote:first time: i had to delete my nitro-patched elma but i deleted the real elma...

why didnt u just ez go to recycle bin and restore, unless u del from that as well

dz · Post by dz » 9 Jan 2005, 09:17

sierra wrote:what do u guys do to back it up, just put on floppy disk?

copy to cd/dvd, second hard disk, upload to inet, make another copy like state.bak (only good for corruption)

Lukazz · Post by **Lukazz** » 9 Jan 2005, 10:05

kinghias wrote:after i lost my state.dat with low 38 tt some time ago i wasn't motivated to play internals anymore

WOW kinghias the pro player with low 38 TT

EDIT: i never lost my state.dat (if i can remember right).

Wezz · Post by **Wezz** » 9 Jan 2005, 11:32

I have lost it 4 times!!

And i had to win all the levels again and again and again....

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 9 Jan 2005, 11:49

Maybe they should make an option which backs up your state into another folder automatically. By date, times, or something like that.

And then, they could perhaps also add an option like "Corrupt State". When you're angry or something.

Wezz · Post by **Wezz** » 9 Jan 2005, 18:12

ohh, yes i did!!!

I lost all my records!! But when it happened, 3/4 of the times i wasnt care, i only thought of winning the levs...But the 4rth time, it was damn annoying!!

Juski · Post by **Juski** » 9 Jan 2005, 18:15

Wezz wrote:ohh, yes i did!!!

I lost all my records!! But when it happened, 3/4 of the times i wasnt care, i only thought of winning the levs...But the 4rth time, it was damn annoying!!

How can it happen a 4th time without you backing it up??

Wezz · Post by **Wezz** » 9 Jan 2005, 19:23

1st time, the computer got virus and deleted everything, and i didnt had burner, place where you put your diskettes or a internet connection!!

Thats happened on a little different ways, but i havent, until now, got a burner and a internet connection....

Wezz · Post by **Wezz** » 9 Jan 2005, 21:19

Uuum no, i have 14.38 in Warm up....

okay, nat a good time...But better

Post by **SveinR** » 11 Jan 2005, 19:21

Never lost. Muaha I rule.

Dynamo · Post by **Dynamo** » 14 Jan 2005, 22:37

NOOOOOO I just lost my state.dat yesterday...i still have it but its corrupted or something....every other state works except mine...neone know a way to cure this?

jonsterion · Post by **jonsterion** » 15 Jan 2005, 00:38

Only once, after making 13.98 in warm up my hdd crash.

psteve · Post by **psteve** » 15 Jan 2005, 01:07

jonsterion wrote:Only once, after making 13.98 in warm up my hdd crash.

nitro patch can do that

Pertti · Post by **Pertti** » 15 Jan 2005, 20:44

jonsterion wrote:Only once, after making 13.98 in warm up my hdd crash.

i made 14.67 in flat track, 23.11 in hang tight, 1.22.81 in AH, 15.41 in hooked and then my computer opened a notepad and there was a text: stop being an elma no-life, you are a boring fat mongo and deleted by state.dat and suddenly my skills decreased.

how do you mean im lying?

petsen · Post by **petsen** » 17 Jan 2005, 17:09

hehehe

sick ideas floating around here

psteve · Post by **psteve** » 12 Mar 2005, 11:30

I have just lost everything. Had to reinstall windows. I have 1 rec and 2 externals, the 1 rec being my fastest time on warm up, which is the only level i have finished so far. Starting again might be too much for me.

Wezz · Post by **Wezz** » 12 Mar 2005, 13:28

Fo ya! iz so damn annoying!

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 12 Mar 2005, 13:41

psteve, abula has your state, you can ask him to send it to you.

Juski · Post by **Juski** » 12 Mar 2005, 13:43

psteve wrote:I have just lost everything. Had to reinstall windows. I have 1 rec and 2 externals, the 1 rec being my fastest time on warm up, which is the only level i have finished so far. Starting again might be too much for me.

I have lost my state dats many times and i have tjhought like that. But i promise you, it is much easier then you think to get your times old back

psteve · Post by **psteve** » 13 Mar 2005, 04:53

Juski wrote:
psteve wrote:I have just lost everything. Had to reinstall windows. I have 1 rec and 2 externals, the 1 rec being my fastest time on warm up, which is the only level i have finished so far. Starting again might be too much for me.
I have lost my state dats many times and i have tjhought like that. But i promise you, it is much easier then you think to get your times old back

omg that's so true. mutilated my previous times for the first 4 levels already. uphill is being mongo.
and tijs, because of that^, unless i can merge states i would rather start again. my state was pretty crappy anyway.

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 13 Mar 2005, 10:30

You know what you got to do? First play through the whole game, then ask abula for your old state and rename it to merge.dat and put it in your elma folder. Then start elma, and you got your old times with your new times.

But before that, beat all your old times.

Pertti · Post by **Pertti** » 14 Mar 2005, 15:56

hah why should anyone do that? Just get the old state.dat and beat the shit out of the times.

Post by **SveinR** » 14 Mar 2005, 16:12

Pertti wrote:hah why should anyone do that? Just get the old state.dat and beat the shit out of the times.

Well when you got your old state back you wouldn't have to beat your times, or get a time at all. With no levels finished, you would.

Crypt · Post by **Crypt** » 20 Mar 2005, 19:45

hmm havent lost mine yet, havent backed it up yet either

dont think I need to with my crap TT

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 21 Mar 2005, 10:17

I'm curious, how do you guys lose your state.dats? I've been playing for 3 years, with several harddrive crashes, but never lost my state.dat, only once when it got currupted. That's the only time I had to use backup.

Juski · Post by **Juski** » 21 Mar 2005, 11:04

Kopaka wrote:I'm curious, how do you guys lose your state.dats? I've been playing for 3 years, with several harddrive crashes, but never lost my state.dat, only once when it got currupted. That's the only time I had to use backup.

Yes you just said it! it gets corrupted, and not everyone backs it up(teh n00bz i say!) and not everyone backs it up once a day.

psteve · Post by **psteve** » 21 Mar 2005, 11:16

well i lost mine because my computer would boot so i had to format.

dunedan · Post by **dunedan** » 20 Apr 2005, 14:11

Lost it today and I don't know why its gone. Will probably stop playing now because I didn't back it up.

Wezz · Post by **Wezz** » 20 Apr 2005, 15:46

tooo bad 4 u! Dont stop playing, u will hurry get this 48 club again. It goes faster than u think

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 20 Apr 2005, 16:13

ye you can easily say that, 48 is like 4369450 times harder to make again than 57

Juski · Post by **Juski** » 20 Apr 2005, 16:20

Lowering TT is like nailing a nail, if you have to restart then it is easy because teh hole is already there.

Rez · Post by **Rez** » 20 Apr 2005, 16:22

omg. what a comparison

Wezz · Post by **Wezz** » 20 Apr 2005, 16:25

Kopaka wrote:ye you can easily say that, 48 is like 4369450 times harder to make again than 57

when u first have teh "talent" or teh styles in your head, it will go faster than u think right? Im sure, that if he tries to do teh styles, which he master now i guess, alot, am sure it wont take him 4369450 times.....

Pertti · Post by **Pertti** » 20 Apr 2005, 16:29

Kopaka wrote:ye you can easily say that, 48 is like 4369450 times harder to make again than 57

very true. i had 54.58.xx and I lost my state.dat. then I played the levels again and my total time was hardly under 1 hour...

EtanOli · Post by **EtanOli** » 6 Jun 2006, 19:19

Damn you Nostradamus. 6.6. -06
Memory busted, lost my state.dat & broke my headphones. hahhahaha no backup

York · Post by **York** » 6 Jun 2006, 21:17

1 time.
One morning i suddenly decided to make a backup(previous was ~40 sec before)That day i played Lab Pro, made a bounce, improved my TT by about 8 sec but when i touched the flower my computer restarted and state.dat became corrupted. Lucky.

goofu · Post by **goofu** » 23 Jun 2006, 22:25

never lost my state.dat

i got som old crappy win98 so every time i improve my tt i make backup

you should also do that

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