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| Reporter | Geep | Assigned To | greebo | |
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| Priority | normal | Severity | normal | Reproducibility | always |
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| Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | |
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| Product Version | 2.14.0 | |
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| Target Version | 3.0.0 | Fixed in Version | 3.0.0 | |
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| Summary | 0005905: Feature Request: Safeguard against Loss of Layering |
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| Description | Problem:
Occasionally, it is necessary to manually rename a .map and .darkradiant file. If you overlook or make a typo in the latter, and then do subsequent editing (typically over many sessions before you realize the problem), your layering/grouping is irrevocably lost/corrupted.
Proposed Solution:
When DR is asked to open an existing .map or project (i.e., not a new one), if it doesn't find the corresponding .darkradiant file, it will immediately notify you, e.g.:
"No existing file named <same as map>.darkradiant found. A new one will be created, with no DR Groups and only a Default Layer." [OK]
After which you can take appropriate corrective action, e.g., exit the session without saving, and jigger the old .darkradiant file.
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| Steps To Reproduce | When you use DR to open a project .map file, if it doesn't find a corresponding .darkradiant file, it quietly creates a new one. And then you go on, blissfully ignorant, editing away, until at some point you need your layers and find them all gone except Default. And if you try to use (with renaming) the last real .darkradiant file, everything is scrambled beyond hope due to node changes. |
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| Additional Information | This is the second time I've made this mistake over the years. This time, I've now thoroughly ruined my layering, elaborately constructed over the course of 2021. And too much editing has occurred to rollback to where .darkradiant was last meaningful. Aargh.
The proposed solution doesn't fix that, only would prevent it from happening again to me or anyone else. (I can certainly imagine a complicated repair algorithm, but forgetaboutit.)
The solution would also have to be compatible with autosave files. |
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| Tags | No tags attached. |
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