Corrupted cast member - pls help

[LittleAngel]

Hi,

My .dir file will not open and is displaying:

"There is an illegal castmember [member 3 of PLAYER-CAST 4] in this movie"

Then it says:

"Problem reading file c:\......\myfile.dir: -50"

Can anyone pls help?

I was told to create a handler:

on fix
oldpath = castlib(2).filePath
castlib(2).filePath = the moviepath & "corrupted cast"
erase member(1,2) -- erase member 1 of castlib 2
castlib(2).filePath = oldPath
end

...but it doesn't seem to be working!

pls, pls, pls help me out!


Many, Many, Thnx,

LittleAngel

 

[Horrid]

Step 1: back up what you have!
Step 2: open director (not your .dir) select Xtras >update movie
Step 3: cross your finges and hope and upgrade your movie

with a bit of luck the upgrade with get your file at least working again.

If that fails revert to last backup.

I can't see how that script will do anything if you can't even open the movie, how will you run it in the first place?

If you dont have a last backup cross all your fingers that you use external casts and don't have to redo everything, make a backup (I use winzip) after every MAJOR milestone, date stamp it and put it away. Redoing a few hours work is a pain but better than days worth.