Hello I copied and pasted a character into a scene and due to a bone problem
The scene and character crashed. I can rebuild the scene but once the character is pasted in the same missing bone problem occurs. Now the character file is corrupted also!
Please help!
As a new member I cannot upload attachments. So I need to fix the error myself how?
I am aware I should not copy and paste bones but it was an accident. Please help!
Thanks
thebinresalter
Don’t copy/paste characters, use file linking.
This is due to the way it works, permitting to modify original character when its file is opened in another tab.
Let’s quote mahoushonen in this Reddit post: (never ever copy skeleton layers)
https://www.reddit.com/r/synfig/comments/1jhnj5h/made_a_couple_of_rigs_used_them_for_this/
What’s the secret of re-using animated skeletons??
Import them directly from their *.sifz file. THE WHOLE FILE. Don’t copy them into your new project. I don’t fully understand how it works either but I think the skeleton is connected to the canvas. If you do it wrong, you can lock out your project.
If you need to import multiple copies of a rig with differently animated skeletons, make multiple copies of the *.sifz file then import those instead.
Note: Neither r/synfig nor r/SynfigStudio Reddit subs are “endorsed” by the official Synfig team.
I would participate on them, like I did in the past, if this toxic and totalitarian platform didn’t ban me for “technical irregularities” without to take my appeals into account.
I got banned a few minute after posting a parody of a scene of Ewoks putting down an AT-ST replaced by a pukeko in r/birdification (thanks to automated filters)
Remember: on Reddit, you can have everything deleted without any reason given, deleting any of your posts and threads, for an upvote on a topic or a comment that doesn’t please a moderator (!), without appeals taken into account. Doesn’t worth to spend time on it 
To understand better how it works and why a copy could lead to such a bug:
useful for the future! To be honest I am done with bones altogether. I can manage the groups layers more easily. But what can I do about the lost character file? I spent many hours on it and I know they can be corrected in a text editor but I am such a NEWB I dont know how.
I NEED TO FIND A FIX FOR THE CORRUPTED FILE ARGH!
Let’s invoke Master @Svarov!
Yes please, would really appreciate the help!!!
Just upload it somewhere else. You do have OneDrive/GoogleDrive or something, right?
Upload it there and post a link to it here or you can send the link to me in private message if you feel uncomfortable sharing the character with everyone. I will try to fix it tomorrow.
Please don’t feed my ego, it’s already pretty big 
I hope this is usable and I really appreciate your help! big fan!
I sent you a restored version in the private message.
Only one bone had to be removed, so not much is lost if anything.
Legend!!! Thanks Svarov! I owe you one.
