Help!! Corrupted .ma Maya File

[Lumnami]

Does anyone know how to recover this file? It worked just fine last week but now as I opened it the file was empty and there are a lot of errors/warnings in the script editor. If anyone could help me recover the file, I would be very grateful.

I use Autodesk Maya 2022 on Windows 10.

I can't post the full script from the script editor here because it gets marked as spam if I do but I'll attach a screenshot.

[mspeer · Accepted solution]

Hi!

This is not a Maya file (.ma or .mb), if it was at any time a Maya scene it is now so heavily corrupted that there is no way to restore any information.

There is no way to recover anything from this file.

To prevent data loss like this:
1. Do incremental saves (as often as suitable) and from time to time save or export in an additional format (like FBX or OBJ).
2. Delete history if not needed anymore (on individual or all objects).
3. Create backups.