How to restore a scene after a crash

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Hi everyone !

I started Unreal Engine 4 today, and I already lost everything. My software crashed, and I don’t know how to restore my project as it was before the crash. I saved a lot of time ( with Ctrl-S ). When I re-opened it after the crash, it told me something but I panicked and closed it… The error message was “can’t find the path for the files of FBXscenes” or something.

I tried to move the content of the folder “Project > Saved > Autosaves > Game” in the “Project > Content”, I see my assets in the Content Brower but looks like the FBXscenes are not appearing anymore in the viewport ( no objects in it ) , and I have no lights, sky and stuff ( lights, sky, reflective spheres were the default ones )

In my “Project > Saved” folder, I have a folder “Autosaves” with a PackageRestoreDate in it, and a “Game” folder. I also have a “Backup” folder, with… a lot of things ( UASSET and UMAP ). I have a folder “Collections” which is empty, a “Config” folder with system files, and a “Log” folder

How can I restore everything as it was before ?

Have a good day

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Hey Mass_u,

Depending on the crash, it may have corrupted data or caused some sort of data loss as a result.

What I’d typically recommend is to open the editor and attempt to discover which of the assets are not working (if any), and then navigate to your Project->Saved->Backups folder and grab those asset backups (if they exist, sometimes they are not created) and copy those into your project’s Content folder. While these may not exactly be the latest version, if the current assets you have are not working then it is definitely the best course of action.

Sometimes, crashes unfortunately can cause a loss of data. What I’d recommend for the future is looking into using source control for any project you are working on so that you always have a fresh backup of your project waiting in case of any data loss such as this.

Have a great day