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WIP of a Fantasy House (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by Tobin to c/blender
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My first project using 4.0.

At one point, I had a huge panic because I saved the project right while my computer was shutting down, and then got the "Missing DNA block" error, but fortunately I had a backup to save the day ๐Ÿ˜Œ

I have now downloaded the free powersave addon so that doesn't happen again.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Also never heard of the "missing DNA block" error. I'm OOTL on what "DNA" means in a Blender context.

(Also, awesome model)

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

DNA is like a directory of what is in a blend file and where in it it is. Blend files are more or less just a dump of blenders internal state, ingenious if you ask me.

[โ€“] Tobin 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Thanks!

The missing dna block means the file got corrupted (blender probably hard crashed before finishing writing the file)

This is what google shows up with

[โ€“] NocturnalMorning 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah, same, usually blender just crashes and doesn't save my model bcz I'm a dumbass and did a ton of work without hitting the save button. But usually the auto save rescues me.