Maya crash when opening project

Maya crash when opening project

dorforce12345678
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Maya crash when opening project

dorforce12345678
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hi everyone, i have a project im working on, while i was working on it it suddenly crashed and now everytime im opening it maya keeps crashing. other projects opens normally but only this one cause crashing. how to fix it?

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Kahylan
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Hi!

There are multiple reasons why a maya file could go corrupt and not open up again. Which is why regularily making safety copies is advisable.
There isn't really a way to tell what exactly the porblem with your specific file is from this description. If you could upload the file (preferably in the Maya Ascii fromat .ma if you have a version like that), somebody here might have a way go get it to work again.

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dorforce12345678
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Kahylan
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I couldn't recreate the error. I'm assuming you're on a different Version of Maya than I am, and sometimes opening up the file in a different version can solve problems like this automatically.

So the good news is, I was able to open your file and export the geometry in it into an OBJ format, so you should be able to load the geometry into your version of Maya again without any problems.

There seem to be a few problems with the position of some objects and some of the objects seem to have lost their shaders, but from the looks of it the topology is there.

 

I can only speculate as to what the problem was, since I couldn't recreate it, often when opening the file in a different version of maya solves the problem, it means that something in the startup information of the file didn't get saved right, which can occur when maya crashes while saving.

I Hope this helps

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damaggio
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Just remember next time to work in .ma file, always , and delete the history before saving the project.

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dorforce12345678
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i created it in maya 2020 but it crashed when i opened it with it. i also tried maya 2022 but still crashed but THANK YOU for the obj. youre a life saver.  

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dorforce12345678
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ill remember to do it. thank you

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