Originally Posted by
Matt Wynn
...another thing i cannot stress enough is to make incremental saves...
Excellent point Matt, and a tidy model btw!
Gmax provides two methods of incrementing file names, so your work is saved in a progression of numbered files
ReallyCoolModel01.gmax
ReallyCoolModel02.gmax
ReallyCoolModel03.gmax ... etc.
The first is in the Save As menu option:-
Click on the '+' button and your file is immediately saved with the number at the end incremented. I find if the number is 200, the counter will wrap back to 01; manual intervention is needed to take it past 200.
Then there is the fully automatic option. Go to Customize/Preferences:-
With Increment on Save ticked, just save your file and it will have the number incremented automatically. If there is no number Gmax will append "01" and go from there.
Which method you use is up to you, or you can do it manually if you wish..... :isadizzy:
You will also see the Auto Backup options in the above pic. I use the maximum number of 9 and Gmax backs up my work every 3 minutes so I have up to 27 minutes recovery time available if I crash Gmax - and I have, I have!
To recover a backup, use File/Open, navigate to gmax\autoback and select All Files and you'll see the .gx files - these are your automatic backups (if you enabled them...). Use the time and date to select your most recent one.
Your eyes have not deceived you, there are more than 260 files in my Tempest VC project - so far! Many of these files are megabytes in size, but gmax files compress really well. Compress your older files (I use WinZip) and space consumed drops by around 90%!
Many projects go on quite a while and lots of people get hit by hardware failure, especially dead hard drives, and lose their work. Use a backup strategy! CD or DVD writers are useful, as are additional hard drives.
Hope this helps.
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