Computer crashed - map ruined (?)

[Deliverance]

So yeah, my computer crashed while I was editing my map. Now it says: "main map file could not be loaded". That's the bad news. The good news is, that I still have a working version of the map, that's protected with "wc3mapoptimizer". Is there a way to unprotect it or to restore my crashed map another way??

 

[millzy]

have you tested the map while editing??? find the test map
wc3 maps> test maps

i don't think u can unprotected it wc3mapoptimizer removes all the world edit related stuff for the map.

 

[BloodDrunk]

So yeah, my computer crashed while I was editing my map. Now it says: "main map file could not be loaded". That's the bad news. The good news is, that I still have a working version of the map, that's protected with "wc3mapoptimizer". Is there a way to unprotect it or to restore my crashed map another way??

ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP!
I think it's not possible. but you can always open your map with MPQ editor and find war3.j file (the triggers) and export it and import it into new map.
I'm not sure if you can export object settings too, but give it a try

 

[Ralle]

Install Dropbox and keep your maps in there. It keeps old versions and if you lose the harddrive, you can access it online.

 

[Arhowk]

were you using jngp? it automatically saves backups.

you can always try using MPQ editor and finding which files are corrupted by transferring deh filess

 

[Radicool]

You can deprotect maps, buts your not getting support here. Even if you manage to recover your map, the triggers may appear scrabled in some kind of jass file. Just thought I'd fuel the ashes.