Map crashes while opening (not protected)

[Shyster]

So I've effectively locked myself out of my own map. I was recoloring some bolt impact models and testing them in the editor. It saved just fine. Now when I open it, the editor closes instantaneously around halfway through loading doodads/units. How can I even address whatever the problem is? (I wasn't even doing anything special)

Please help if you can, my last backup would mean a disastrous amount of lost data. If you need more info I can try to be more helpful.

 

[Kaijyuu]

The models are probably busted in some way that crashes the graphics engine. Open your map with a mpq editor and delete their imports.

Your map is assuredly salvageable; even deliberate efforts to keep people from opening a map in the world editor can't stop a dedicated person from doing so.

 

[Shyster]

OK, I deleted all of the files that I remember editing, and I'm relatively positive I got them all. Still no luck opening, closes with no message at all! Any other ideas? Not thinking of anything great right now...

Edit: I'm aware things like not having a texture assigned to a Material/Particle Emitter will crash the map but I didn't place any units of the kind I was editing anyway.

 

[Tal'Rarity]

You could try going through every import in the list and remove them all then try to find it one by one, magos usually helps with that however not always.

Edit: Glad you found a solution

 

[Shyster]

Thank god I found the cause, it was something else I was editing at the time. Deleting the whole import list allowed me to open the map, went line by line and finally found the evil perpetrator.

 

[daverave1212]

Ye, even if the models on the hive are approved, there are a few that cause crashes and corrupt the map