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Character Builder DELETED my char!!

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#1
darkgp
Oct 26, 2011 8:27:44 Went to look at my character, lvl 7 invoker... Opened the character builder, then opened my character. The builder instantly popped up with the error message below. I hit cancel, and it popped me back to the character select screen with my character now missing. Reloaded the character builder and my char is still gone. wtf?!

Thankful I exported my character last time I modified him, so I have him backed up. but I get the same error message if I try importing him back in.

WotC.CharBuilder.DataModel.CharacterUpdateException: An error occurred while reloading the character ---> System.InvalidOperationException: Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute.
at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidOperationException(ExceptionResource resource)
at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Enumerator.MoveNextRare()
at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Enumerator.MoveNext()
at WotC.XAMLUtilities.CommandBase`2.FireCanExecuteChanged()
at WotC.XAMLUtilities.CommandHelpers.FireCanExecuteChanged(ICommand command)
at WotC.CharBuilder.ViewModel.ManageEditPane.ModelUpdated()
at WotC.CharBuilder.ViewModel.CharacterEditPane.Model_Updated(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at WotC.CharBuilder.DataModel.Character.UpdateFromXml(CharacterState state, DateTime messageSent, DateTime startedProcessing)
at WotC.CharBuilder.DataModel.Workspace.<>c__DisplayClass45.b__40(CharacterState state)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

#2
darkgp
Oct 28, 2011 13:24:56 Alright... returned to the builder today and it asked if I want to recover my character, said yes and everything is there... not entirely sure what happened though.
#3
Scottevil912
Oct 29, 2011 19:36:47 I just had the same issue - unfortunately it's not asking me if I want to recover my character - my players level 6 rogue is gone now, all I tried to do was add a theme she wanted.
#4
darkgp
Nov 29, 2011 10:04:09 Had the same issue today... I literally go to LOAD my character and suddenly it errors and removes him! Luckily I made sure to backup a copy of my character, since it did this **** before. However, it errors when I import my backup that I created with the character builder... Seriously, this is crappy.
#5
warrl
Nov 29, 2011 11:41:49
Had the same issue today... I literally go to LOAD my character and suddenly it errors and removes him! Luckily I made sure to backup a copy of my character, since it did this **** before. However, it errors when I import my backup that I created with the character builder... Seriously, this is crappy.

The failure to load the backup tells me the character was already corrupted in memory when you made the backup. If a saved character is so badly corrupted the program cannot load it, deleting it doesn't seem unreasonable (although it would be better if you could export it as-is first - or, even better, transfer it to an area where it will be brought to the programmers' attention so they can try to figure out why it went bad).

Is your backup a .dnd4e file? That's an XML file and can be examined conveniently in any HTML/XML-aware editor, such as MS Word at least as far back as the 2007 version. (Further I think, but that's the version I have so I can't check earlier ones.)

So FIRST, make a COPY of the file as it exists.

Then open the file in a suitable editor. I strongly recommend "draft" view or whatever it takes to make the editor NOT provide line-wrapping of long lines; this is a setting for the editor and does not affect actual document contents.

Now basically look it over and get a feel for what it's supposed to look like - and spot where it doesn't look like that. You may find it helpful to compare the format to the .dnd4e file for a valid character.

Paste or attach the bad file to a bug report to WotC. If you find what looks wrong in it, in your introduction (NOT in the body of the bad file) describe where it looks wrong.

If you're feeling adventurous you can try to repair the damaged file. It isn't really difficult in most cases, it just takes meticulous attention to detail; and of course if something is missing elements or attributes, there's a good chance you won't about them let alone how to add them in. So at best expect that you'll have to carefully examine the repaired character to find what's missing. It's usually simpler to rebuild the character from a previous printout (I routinely both export my characters and print them to PDF).

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 darkgp Oct 26, 2011 8:27:44	Went to look at my character, lvl 7 invoker... Opened the character builder, then opened my character. The builder instantly popped up with the error message below. I hit cancel, and it popped me back to the character select screen with my character now missing. Reloaded the character builder and my char is still gone. wtf?! Thankful I exported my character last time I modified him, so I have him backed up. but I get the same error message if I try importing him back in. WotC.CharBuilder.DataModel.CharacterUpdateException: An error occurred while reloading the character ---> System.InvalidOperationException: Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute. at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowInvalidOperationException(ExceptionResource resource) at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Enumerator.MoveNextRare() at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Enumerator.MoveNext() at WotC.XAMLUtilities.CommandBase`2.FireCanExecuteChanged() at WotC.XAMLUtilities.CommandHelpers.FireCanExecuteChanged(ICommand command) at WotC.CharBuilder.ViewModel.ManageEditPane.ModelUpdated() at WotC.CharBuilder.ViewModel.CharacterEditPane.Model_Updated(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e) at WotC.CharBuilder.DataModel.Character.UpdateFromXml(CharacterState state, DateTime messageSent, DateTime startedProcessing) at WotC.CharBuilder.DataModel.Workspace.<>c__DisplayClass45.b__40(CharacterState state) --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
#2 darkgp Oct 28, 2011 13:24:56	Alright... returned to the builder today and it asked if I want to recover my character, said yes and everything is there... not entirely sure what happened though.
#3 Scottevil912 Oct 29, 2011 19:36:47	I just had the same issue - unfortunately it's not asking me if I want to recover my character - my players level 6 rogue is gone now, all I tried to do was add a theme she wanted.
#4 darkgp Nov 29, 2011 10:04:09	Had the same issue today... I literally go to LOAD my character and suddenly it errors and removes him! Luckily I made sure to backup a copy of my character, since it did this **** before. However, it errors when I import my backup that I created with the character builder... Seriously, this is crappy.
#5 warrl Nov 29, 2011 11:41:49	Had the same issue today... I literally go to LOAD my character and suddenly it errors and removes him! Luckily I made sure to backup a copy of my character, since it did this **** before. However, it errors when I import my backup that I created with the character builder... Seriously, this is crappy. The failure to load the backup tells me the character was already corrupted in memory when you made the backup. If a saved character is so badly corrupted the program cannot load it, deleting it doesn't seem unreasonable (although it would be better if you could export it as-is first - or, even better, transfer it to an area where it will be brought to the programmers' attention so they can try to figure out why it went bad). Is your backup a .dnd4e file? That's an XML file and can be examined conveniently in any HTML/XML-aware editor, such as MS Word at least as far back as the 2007 version. (Further I think, but that's the version I have so I can't check earlier ones.) So FIRST, make a COPY of the file as it exists. Then open the file in a suitable editor. I strongly recommend "draft" view or whatever it takes to make the editor NOT provide line-wrapping of long lines; this is a setting for the editor and does not affect actual document contents. Now basically look it over and get a feel for what it's supposed to look like - and spot where it doesn't look like that. You may find it helpful to compare the format to the .dnd4e file for a valid character. Paste or attach the bad file to a bug report to WotC. If you find what looks wrong in it, in your introduction (NOT in the body of the bad file) describe where it looks wrong. If you're feeling adventurous you can try to repair the damaged file. It isn't really difficult in most cases, it just takes meticulous attention to detail; and of course if something is missing elements or attributes, there's a good chance you won't about them let alone how to add them in. So at best expect that you'll have to carefully examine the repaired character to find what's missing. It's usually simpler to rebuild the character from a previous printout (I routinely both export my characters and print them to PDF).