Map Critical Error

[Rispetto]

Unable to open archive (Files are missing from your StarCraft II installation.): C:\Users\...\Desktop\Civ.SC2Map

Is the error I keep getting.
I was restarting my computer as the editor was trying to auto-save.
The end result was a file and folder on my desktop that usually appears when the editor tries to save.
Now when I try to open my map I get this error.

Have I lost everything?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Yes unless you have a backup. You may or may not be able to salvage files of course.

 

[Rispetto]

Yes unless you have a backup. You may or may not be able to salvage files of course.

I turned off autobackup before making this game, unfortunately.
I just had to autosaving..
God damnit..

 

[Rui]

=S probably. No game, or even program, I believe, likes restarts or sudden reboots when it's trying to save something. The fact you have a temporary file in your desktop is, I think, proof the editor didn't close properly.
I have no idea if a system restore would allow you to get your old file back. It's better if you wait for DSG to clear it up lest you use a recover point for nothing.
I'm surfing in Microsoft's support website and the odds don't look good for you:

(...) System Restore takes "snapshots" of critical system files and some program files and registry settings and stores this information as restore points. (...)

 

[Rispetto]

Yeah.. I don't think it saves personal files.
Damnit..

 

[Dr Super Good]

If the MPQ is incomplete you might be able to salvage the files that were written and import them into a new map. The archive might also be corrupt and unable to be opened.

If you use Windows 7 and the drive is set to perform shadow copies you might be able to restore it to a previous day. Right click->Properties->Previous Versions.

 

[Undead0dd]

Noooo! Not the Civilizations-like map!

 

[Rispetto]

It's alright I downloaded the version DSG had sent me when he was done uploading and I've been working off that since then.

Also no previous versions are available, but thank you DSG:

 

[Undead0dd]

Now I just may have to wait longer. Hah.

 

[Rispetto]

Now I just may have to wait longer. Hah.

Actually no not really. I've covered almost all my ground now, because it's less 'exploration' and more 'know what to do, must get it done faster'.