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Over 2500 fixed so far!

Moving on!

As wonderful as Minecraft is, sometimes crap happens and you end up losing all your precious work. Sometimes someone just built something cool, or have spent months and months building their world. It's not just time spent, but it's art. If something gets lost, rebuilding it never quite seems the same.

I provide map support for ALL map versions:
Retail 1.2 - 1.4 maps (Anvil)
Retail 1.0-1.1 maps (MCRegion)
Beta 1.9 Pre / RC2 maps
Beta 1.8 maps
Beta 1.3-1.7 maps
Beta 1.2 and earlier (prior to MCRegion)



Things I can LIKELY fix:
- World save disappeared from minecraft, but the save file still exists in your computer
- World immediately goes to "Saving Chunks" when you load it, or does that when you walk near a particular area
- World loads normally, but you cant move, and mobs cant either, but you can still interact with your inventory and the environment you can reach
- Giant bedrock deep holes in your world
- Lag issues in SSP, or slow loading worlds
- Items in inventory or in chests from old mods causing the game to crash
- Massive (hundreds) of mob or animal spawns
- Often can fix 'null pointer' errors from SMP

What I CANT fix:
- Launcher, Java, Video Driver, OpenGL errors, or Minecraft crashing due to mods, or issues with internet or server latency issues.
- Account or Website problems

What I NEED:
DO NOT POST ON THIS THREAD. USE THE WEBSITE MCSAVER.NET

If you for some reason absolutely can't use mcsaver.net, then provide the following here:
-A small description of your problem, eg "My world disappeared" or "I cant move" or "My game crashed and I cant play now"
- What version your world is, Retail 1.1, 1.2+, Beta 1.7, 1.8, or 1.9
- World Type (Survival or Creative)
-A zip file of your save. (How do I do this?)

What to EXPECT during/post fix
- Worlds that disappear will lose their seed. There is no way to avoid this as far as I'm aware. A new one will be given, however it will cause strange terrain generation and change in biomes. If you have the seed, or know the seed name the world was generated with, or have an old backup, please provide it.
- Worlds that disappear will also lose their personal inventory (Not stuff in chests). If you had anything important, please provide that info. I will provide a complimentary 'care pack' on all corrupted worlds.
- Fix time varies depending on how busy I am. Sometimes I can get them back within the hour. Sometimes it may take up to a day or two. If for some reason it is more than 2 days, and I haven't given a reason why, ask or resubmit. Sometimes things get lost in the mix. PLEASE USE MCSAVER.NET FOR FASTER SERVICE. I DO NOT CHECK THE FORUMS OFTEN.

KEEP IN MIND
- While I may be able to fix these issues, I have no idea how to prevent them. My best recommendation is to BACK UP YOUR SAVE. Once a week is fine. More if you like. If your world goes corrupt again, either just post again or use the fixed version I provided.
- I don't and can't gaurantee anything. Sometimes acts of the digital gods are beyond our power to alter.
- I do not work for, or communicate with Mojang. I'm simply providing a service
- This is all stuff people can, in theory, fix on their own. I enjoy doing this even if it seems like it keeps me busy. If you want to know what I do, feel free to ask.
- If the above 'can and cants' dont fit your problem criteria, feel free to ask. I have ten years of professional computer tech background. The worst that can happen is being told "I'm not sure how to fix that, try going here or there"

Please please please do not post a comment to my profile to contact me, as I likely won't see it. Either post in the thread, or even better, use my website so I will be notified immediately.

Also! Donations! Do you like my work? Did I save you months of building? Do you want to make me happy AND do a good service? I accept paypal donations of any type. Every month, half of all donations will be given to Child's Play Charity, a charity that helps get toys, games, and cool stuff to children's hospitals.



Chart Fun!
I recently did an audit of the majority of the worlds I've fixed, and came up with these numbers. Out of ~1350 worlds, the breakdown looks like this:

"Other" includes changing seeds, upgrading, mod problems, deleting old mod items, void issues, getting lost and moving characters, and other odds and ends that are few and far between.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TCWHUIRG

Hi Jordon, I was able to fix it but, it almost seems like it was a freshly generated world. Am I incorrect?

Anyway, here it is: http://www.mediafire.com/?21tdb5n03566is3

Your correct, I've already spent days on this world exploring though and I like this one. Would rather not start over yet again, last time i was in the middle of building a large house and after a recent update it disappeared. and my other game befor that i was quite far in. Thanks for the fix, i'm checking it now.

Just tryed it, didn't realize you meant fresh as in nothings been done, i had a decent home with a good amount of resources and it should start up inside it.

Try this one, i may have given you the wrong one

http://www.mediafire.com/?10zp60smcjh498h

Uploading my 'main' world now.. First time this has happened to me :sad.gif:

Hopefully it can be fixed :smile.gif:

Linky: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G1DSE6GP

(yes, its 63mb)

Quote from jordon321 »

Try this one, i may have given you the wrong one

http://www.mediafire.com/?10zp60smcjh498h

I believe I can fix this. Its a small cabin through a mountain, yes?

Quote from voordal »

Quote from jordon321 »

Try this one, i may have given you the wrong one

http://www.mediafire.com/?10zp60smcjh498h

I believe I can fix this. Its a small cabin through a mountain, yes?

That would be it!

jordon321: http://www.mediafire.com/?kc73dxbhxpwfyfp

caliwyrm: I think I've got yours fixed as well. I didn't explore your entire world, but if you dont have structures all over the place, its possible to shrink the file size by removing the excess chunks via MCEdit.

EDIT: Here's your Caliwyrm - http://www.mediafire.com/?4j7bv8av59rwk0y

Black Storm: There's something funky going on with yours that I haven't seen before. I'm still poking at it, but worst case scenario, I could copy the buildings and stuff you have into a new world. So at the very least, your work isnt lost.

I'd really appreciate it if you could try to fix this for me :smile.gif:

http://www.mediafire.com/?o2oym2m6bxftkri

Blackstorm: I fixed it, but not the way I expected. Try this for me first: go to your saves folder, right click on your world thats missing, go to properties, and uncheck "read only", and use "apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files"

What I saw was that it showed up in minecraft from the get-go, however the level wouldnt load. Chunkster fumbled on it too due to permissions. It wasn't until I changed the Read Only aspect and it worked fine.

If this doesn't work for you, I'll upload the fixed one I have.

GREAT! thanks for the fix, is it not possible to get possessions(inventory) back? if not it's ok i guess i'll just get some more

Quote from voordal »

caliwyrm: I think I've got yours fixed as well. I didn't explore your entire world, but if you dont have structures all over the place, its possible to shrink the file size by removing the excess chunks via MCEdit.

Thanks more than you know!! :smile.gif: I see my kids were busy building over my stuff, lol.

As far as Excess chunks: I'm afraid the world really is that big with all the exploring, minecart tracks and Nether portals we have set up to see new areas :smile.gif:

My laptop's battery is completely shot, so it shuts off immediately if the power adapter is unplugged or overheats. Unfortunately this happens somewhat frequently, and if it happens while I am playing Minecraft, the world doesn't show up upon restarting. Is there any way you can just tell me how to fix the file, so I don't have to go through uploading/waiting/etc. every time this happens?

jordon321: I'd recommend INVEdit to get your items back, and just wing it as to what you had. Usually that stuff is saved, but for some reason it wasnt (did you die just before it crashed?)

Flinchtastic: http://www.mediafire.com/?kaglmbzi75gnzbf

JMerriken: It really depends on what the problem is. To fix these, I go through about 3-4 different things to make sure they're working correctly, and if that doesn't work, it's a sort of 'wing it' procedure. Part of it is MCEdit and fixing pointers, some of it is using Chunkster to repair bad chunks, and some of it is situational.

There is an 'official' recovery thread in the Beta Survival forums, however the guy who does that hasnt been on there in a while. There are some good pointers in there that might help.

Technically, most people could probably fix it on their own with a little time, but I enjoy fixing it for people so they don't have to learn how to do it. Its just not something people should learn to do just to enjoy their game. Eventually, there will likely be a 'repair' feature in future versions of minecraft.

Hey Voordal,

I was guessing this thread, but wasn't sure.

This is my world, hopefully you can find what's causing the problem:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YMO58C28

-Hutch

Thanks alot! Any idea why it wont let me download the file though? Says access denied.

Hey Voordal, saw this thread earlier, just couldn't remember where it was XD.

Anyways, my problem is an interesting one, you see i can't find the file that my data may or may not be saved on. So is there some way i can find where the file is located? I can play minecraft and i've updated to 1.4 beta but i cannot find a folder for that, only for the alpha, and the alpha only displays my first 3 worlds, and not the fourth that i lost :[

EDIT: I located what i believe is the file, though its under an old save name

Fair enough. = ]

There should be a tunnel from my spawn point, only one structure [an island fortress], a mine under the house, and a portal to the nether.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IUWL45F9