How come my imported files always delete themselves?

[micromonkey]

Every few months, my imported custom models always delete or disable themselves. I check the import manager, and it says the file size is zero.

Im working on this map, which I started 3 months ago. I procrastinate a lot, so I work on it for a while and stop, etc. So today, I went on the map. All the imports were working, and now they just don't work anymore.

This is the second time this has happened to me. It took me two days to fix this crap the last time. Can someone give me advice or help me? I don't want this to happen again.

 

[Levdragon]

I think this also happened to be once, I was fiddling with unit data I think and when I checked imports it was 0 but the paths where still there. Maybe theres something wrong with your map or world editor data ?

 

[D4RK_G4ND4LF]

it's a world editor bug I guess so there should not be any way to deal with it except asking blizzard to fix it
but since they suck at fixing bugs they won't do it anyway

there is a small possibility that it's caused by corrupted models though

 

[ronojales]

and there are also times when you open a map with imported things your import manager will show something like 0 kb, but when you reopen your map (close editor, open it again) sometimes it will be fixed. i guess just make sure you got a sort of backup place to your imported files.

 

[micromonkey]

yeah, its most likely a bug. Ill just try to be more carefull next time and save extra versions of my map. Thanks anyways.

 

[DeftheLynn]

is it campaign map ?
this also happened to me, when i load a map that not from the campaign, the imported models will instantly moved to my campaign map.

 

[ikillforeyou]

This bug doesn't actually do anything, try saving and reloading the map a few times, it'll get the filesizes back.

 

[Noobsmoke]

copy all data from that map to another one (triggers/ units/ doodads/ ability/ buffs)