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damn, a patch i've spent ages on has suddenly stopped loading - max just crashes without an error when i try to load the patch, or sometimes gives an unhandled exception error, to do with access violation. i didnt make a backup. stupid.

i can still open it as text though, is there any way to work out why it's become corrupted? has this ever happened to anyone else?

corrupted-file

I could open you patch in max5, but it produced a stack overflow.

through: this object was involved in a stack overflow

try renaming this receive in a text editor, and you should be able to 

I could open you patch in max5, but it produced a stack overflow.
max says :
through: this object was involved in a stack overflow
pointing to "r #0-setlength"
try renaming this receive in a text editor, and you should be able to  
open it again.

perfect! thanks. i made something infinite by mistake.

In a pinch, if this happens again, you can erase any loadbang or loadmess objects using a text editor. Since nothing happens in a patch until one of these or an interaction, no patch (should) crash at first. Also you can load the file with loadbangs etc. disabled, some control-key combination you hold down (that I don't remember) when you say "Open..."

This has happened to me once, another stack overflow thing. Killing the loadbang let me see the problem, whew. "Save As..." constantly! :)

This has happened to me once, another stack overflow thing. Killing the loadbang let me see the problem, whew. "Save As..." constantly!  :)

On 9 juil. 08, at 21:46, Seejay James wrote:

> In a pinch, if this happens again, you can erase any loadbang or 

> loadmess objects using a text editor. Since nothing happens in a 

> patch until one of these or an interaction, no patch (should) crash 

> at first. Also you can load the file with loadbangs etc. disabled, 

> some control-key combination you hold down (that I don't remember) 

command+shift on mac (ctrl+shift on windows) while you open the patch.

https://cycling74.com/docs/max5/refpages/max-ref/loadbang.html

>
> In a pinch, if this happens again, you can erase any loadbang or  
> loadmess objects using a text editor. Since nothing happens in a  
> patch until one of these or an interaction, no patch (should) crash  
> at first. Also you can load the file with loadbangs etc. disabled,  
> some control-key combination you hold down (that I don't remember)  
> when you say "Open..."

corrupted file