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Crash recovery with script editor

Note that, while this will not work to recover all the data in your scene, such as in the animation editor, etc., it will recover basic work.

Scenario: You have been working on a scene that has not been saved recently and you crash. To duplicate all your work up to the point of the crash without having to think about it. Do the following:

1. Open the script editor and choose File > Preferences > Scripting. Make sure Jscript is selected and set Command Log size to a reasonable amount. (I use 3000 lines.)
2. Select "Log commands", "Real Time", and "Log To File".
3. Set your log file path i.e C:\xsilogfile\mylog.log.
4. When XSI crashes, open your log file, start XSI, then copy/paste all the needed commands into the script editor.
5. Choose "run", and there you go.
6. Close the log file.

You will not be able to access the log file while XSI is writing to it, so have the logfile open before you start XSI, you can always access the script editor once XSI is open.

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