Recovering corrupted Game Maker 8 files???

**SuperSledgeBro** · 03-11-2020, 10:58 PM

Well, sh**. My game that was in development for months has become corrupted, and so has its .gb1 backup file!

I'd do anything to have them back. What can I do to retrieve .gmk or .gb1 files made in Game Maker 8? Very Sad

**WasabiCatto** · 03-12-2020, 03:16 AM

(03-11-2020, 10:58 PM)SuperSledgeBro Wrote: Well, sh**. My game that was in development for months has become corrupted, and so has its .gb1 backup file!

I'd do anything to have them back. What can I do to retrieve .gmk or .gb1 files made in Game Maker 8?

Have to tried to roll back into a previous version?

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**SuperSledgeBro** · 03-12-2020, 05:05 PM

(03-12-2020, 03:16 AM)Gatete Wrote:
(03-11-2020, 10:58 PM)SuperSledgeBro Wrote: Well, sh**. My game that was in development for months has become corrupted, and so has its .gb1 backup file!

I'd do anything to have them back. What can I do to retrieve .gmk or .gb1 files made in Game Maker 8?

Have to tried to roll back into a previous version?

If you mean by right-clicking the file and going to "Properties", I have tried it, but the "recover" tab isn't there. Logically it's because the File History function is disabled and I can't enable it because there's a message saying that there are no "usable drivers".

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**Mors** · 03-13-2020, 10:32 AM

This is why using source control is a must.

You should give GMKSplitter a try, try disassembling your gmk file then re-assembling it. If this fails then well, I dunno maybe try using a decompiler with a build of the game.

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**SuperSledgeBro** · 03-13-2020, 09:13 PM

(03-13-2020, 10:32 AM)Mors Wrote: This is why using source control is a must.

You should give GMKSplitter a try, try disassembling your gmk file then re-assembling it. If this fails then well, I dunno maybe try using a decompiler with a build of the game.

It did not work, unfortunately. Sad

I don't even have an executable of the game to decompile.

Thanks for the help, anyway!

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**Hyper** · 03-14-2020, 01:49 PM

One of my GMK file was corrupted back in around 2010 and I used something called LateralGM to reopen it.

You can give it a shot see if it helps:
http://lateralgm.org/

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**Mors** · 03-15-2020, 01:47 AM

(03-14-2020, 01:49 PM)Hypernova Wrote: One of my GMK file was corrupted back in around 2010 and I used something called LateralGM to reopen it.

You can give it a shot see if it helps:
http://lateralgm.org/

OH YEAH this is worth giving a shot too!

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**SuperSledgeBro** · 03-17-2020, 03:12 PM

(03-14-2020, 01:49 PM)Hypernova Wrote: One of my GMK file was corrupted back in around 2010 and I used something called LateralGM to reopen it.

You can give it a shot see if it helps:
http://lateralgm.org/

No success. Sad

It says "You can still use what LGM has managed to read" but it loads nothing from the file.

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**Hyper** · 03-22-2020, 11:34 PM

That's a bummer. I'm afraid that is all I can think of since LateralGM is usually my last resort on recovering corrupted Game Maker files. Do you still have any .gb1, .gb2, etc. files left?

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**SuperSledgeBro** · 03-23-2020, 07:10 PM

(03-22-2020, 11:34 PM)Hypernova Wrote: That's a bummer. I'm afraid that is all I can think of since LateralGM is usually my last resort on recovering corrupted Game Maker files. Do you still have any .gb1, .gb2, etc. files left?

I have the .gb1 file, but I said in the main post that it has also become corrupted simultaneously with the .gmk.

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