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Editor Crash: Where is Scene Data kept?

Are there backups of the scene (*.unity) file? I just (tonight, March 26th, 2010) lost a .unity file after a crash while using the unity editor and am hoping someone knows where the system may make and name a backup of the scene. I am using a macbook, OSX 10.5.8 and Unity iPhone Pro 2.6.?

All help appreciated.

Thanks, -Mike

PS: I've also lost data in the past where the *.unity file was still there but it did not record the scene information. Is suspect that there are other places where the scene data is. It would be nice to know, so when things go wrong a person has a chance to recover.

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asked Mar 27 '10 at 04:49 AM

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The last scene played is in the Temp folder in the project, called "__EditModeScene", which can be renamed to "Whatever.unity" and loaded as a normal scene file. The Temp folder is deleted if you exit Unity normally, so if you experience a crash, you should retrieve the __EditModeScene file and rename/put it somewhere else immediately before doing anything more.

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answered Mar 27 '10 at 06:16 AM

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Eric5h5: Wow! Thank you so much! I've been pacing around keeping myself from re-running Unity, hoping this kind of answer existed. Some of the stuff that I've written in the past, I've done this kind of thing (kept a temp around via rename and copy for extra-safety for users).

Anyway, I am soooooo happy you responded with this very helpful information and so fast.

I made two backups and then copied and renamed the __EditModeScene per your instructions. My scene re-loaded and all is very close to where I had it! Incredible!!

Again, a big thanks, -Mike

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Same thing happened to me ... But I cant find the Temp folder in the project, and now its just too late for that option... Would system restore help ? I mean can I restore that scene file by restoring the entire system to an earlier point ??

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