I fucked something up.

Dustin Guest · 09-12-2020, 07:23 PM

So, in creating a new mod I accidentally overwrote an existing mod I had already used in my movie Now, I've lost the whole scene. Is there anyway to salvage this other than going back and redoing the whole thing?

Jt Copper · 09-12-2020, 09:36 PM

I had a similar problem, and to my knowledge it destroyed the entire scene, despite it being on screen for like five seconds. Hopefully it doesn't backtrack TOO much work?

Dustin Guest · 12:01 AM

I have a back up that has the stuff I did months ago, but I lost about 5 hours worth of work. Sucks, but I've figured out a cheat so I don't have to recreate the scenery for every angle. I'd actually like to finally release what I have of Omnus, but a few things bother me too much to let out as is. I'm working on tying those up as best I can before finally letting it go.

Jt Copper · 09-13-2020, 07:34 AM

Omnus was one of those things that really inspired me to do better at 3DMM. Would be amazing to see something resembling a finished product.

Dustin Guest · 09-13-2020, 03:12 PM

Even unfinished, this thing is gonna be long, too. What I've spliced together so far is about 25 minutes and there's still a decent amount left.

OmniromX · 09-14-2020, 07:31 AM

My advice, remake the scene, but do it lazily. I take it from 4 points of advice of creativity:

1. Fail Faster
2. Embrace creative laziness
3. Pick your battles
4. Let nothing be sacred

I know, it's easier said than done. These things are stuff I struggle with doing.

Dustin Guest · 09-14-2020, 03:50 PM

I knocked it out yesterday. I cheated by taking screenshots of the backgrounds with the characters in the foreground removed and just made new mods for every angle, then reanimated the characters talking.

Gorosaurus · 09-14-2020, 04:14 PM

I've done that, too. It's cheap but it works!

Jt Copper · 09-15-2020, 09:51 AM

Throughout this one movie I've been working on, there are a forest of tropical trees in the background for a good 3/4'th of the movie, which was slowing down my process tremendously, and at some points was making the scene slower with the amount of shit on screen. I managed to cut the process down by making the entire forest a large texture file, and using that for the latter half of the movie.

09-12-2020, 07:23 PM	#1
Dustin Guest Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 4,420	I fucked something up. So, in creating a new mod I accidentally overwrote an existing mod I had already used in my movie Now, I've lost the whole scene. Is there anyway to salvage this other than going back and redoing the whole thing?

09-12-2020, 09:36 PM	#2
Jt Copper Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,463	I had a similar problem, and to my knowledge it destroyed the entire scene, despite it being on screen for like five seconds. Hopefully it doesn't backtrack TOO much work?
Jt Copper Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,463

09-12-2020, 10:28 PM	#3
Dustin Guest Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 4,420	I have a back up that has the stuff I did months ago, but I lost about 5 hours worth of work. Sucks, but I've figured out a cheat so I don't have to recreate the scenery for every angle. I'd actually like to finally release what I have of Omnus, but a few things bother me too much to let out as is. I'm working on tying those up as best I can before finally letting it go.
	Last edited by Dustin Guest : 09-13-2020 at 12:01 AM.

09-13-2020, 07:34 AM	#4
Jt Copper Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,463	Omnus was one of those things that really inspired me to do better at 3DMM. Would be amazing to see something resembling a finished product.
Jt Copper Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,463

09-14-2020, 07:31 AM	#6
OmniromX Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 824	My advice, remake the scene, but do it lazily. I take it from 4 points of advice of creativity: 1. Fail Faster 2. Embrace creative laziness 3. Pick your battles 4. Let nothing be sacred I know, it's easier said than done. These things are stuff I struggle with doing.
OmniromX Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 824

09-13-2020, 03:12 PM	#5
Dustin Guest Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 4,420	Even unfinished, this thing is gonna be long, too. What I've spliced together so far is about 25 minutes and there's still a decent amount left.

09-14-2020, 03:50 PM	#7
Dustin Guest Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 4,420	I knocked it out yesterday. I cheated by taking screenshots of the backgrounds with the characters in the foreground removed and just made new mods for every angle, then reanimated the characters talking.

09-14-2020, 04:14 PM	#8
Gorosaurus Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 16,146	I've done that, too. It's cheap but it works!

09-15-2020, 09:51 AM	#9
Jt Copper Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,463	Throughout this one movie I've been working on, there are a forest of tropical trees in the background for a good 3/4'th of the movie, which was slowing down my process tremendously, and at some points was making the scene slower with the amount of shit on screen. I managed to cut the process down by making the entire forest a large texture file, and using that for the latter half of the movie.
Jt Copper Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,463