CompuServe Messages

>> You know, I've run across the "Invalid Project File" error a couple of times. How this error can occur seems to be a number of possibilities, the biggest being bad sectors on your hard drive. << …another reason the error can occur (mentioning this just for your reference) is using Stacker's de-fragmenter on a Stacked drive with *.prj files… Twice, recently, after completing projects, I've de-fragged the drive and lost entire *.prj's to the "Invalid Project File" — including the *.bak files!!! moan moan moan %-( . The first time, after loading the prj, selected meshes vanished and I was able to redo the lost bits (I thought the corrupt file was a fluke). On the second occurance it looked as if someone placed a bomb inside my very complicated object (with dozens of meshes in it) and blew the thing to bits! Fortunately, the animations were completed first! :-). Oddly, other projects, even though they had been on the disk awhile were totally unharmed. Perhaps the "Invalid Project File" belongs to an 'X' File? ;-} Cheers, Chas -Charles Dixon