Production

A disk crashes mid-project, and you haven’t backed up your source files. You’re localizing a game from another team (or company), but they can't (or won't) provide all of the necessary data files. You are porting a project developed on another platform and don't have the necessary hardware or software tools to edit or convert the files in their native format. No matter what your situation, you don't have many choices; you can cancel the project, recreate the data from scratch, or recover it from the assets you have. Usually, recovery is the preferable option. Tim Trzepacz shares his secrets for handling missing data.

byTim Trzepacz