Very Weird Gamemaker Glitch or something???

[RandomFangamer]

Okaayyy, idk wth is happening so bear with me
So, yesterday I was watching some stream and was motivated to continue working on my game, but when I opened GM:S (Yoyo Edition) all my work was gone.
Here is the weird part: The yoyo engine objects, sprites etc. were STILL THERE.
Also, in the game's folder all of the object, sprite, etc. files from my game are still there

My only guess would be that when i upgraded from Windows 8 to 10 something got messed up?
But I still don't get why it is only ignoring my stuff, and not the engine's.
I don't have any other copies of the engine, and I've been working on this game for a couple of days, so it's not that it just didn't save or something.

I'm wondering if there is any way that I could somehow place all of the assets back into my game or get Gamemaker to open them? If not, it really isn't THAT big of a deal, but it would be nice if someone could tell me why this happened so it won't happen again when I'm months into a game.

Anyways, thank you for reading this and if anyone could help me that would be amazing
Thanks, RandomFangamer



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The Game's Folder


Objects section in game folder, with my objects circled

[lawatson]

that happened to me too, i put the game files in a folder and it worked i think. it 99% has something to do with directories and such.

[RandomFangamer]

Thanks for the response 
Just to be careful, I want to make sure I'm interpreting the right thing.
By the game's files do you mean the folders with "sprites" "objects" etc. written on them, or the files within?
Also, is there a certain place I should put this folder? Right now I have most of my games in a "IWBTG Games" folder on my desktop.

Thanks again,
RandomFangamer 

[lawatson]

just make an empty folder somewhere with 3 subfolders: Backups, Projects, Cache. then go to Preferences inside gm studio and set the Asset Cache directory to the Cache folder, the Backup directory to the Backup folder, and the Home directory (it's on the right side of Preferences) to the Projects folder. Save the game and it should work.

[RandomFangamer]

I don't think I'm following,
I did what you said and it still isn't working.
Is there anything I did wrong?

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[lawatson]

ah. let's assume the directories work, but i think you save the game as, and when you load it, you actually open up a fresh gamemaker studio and load the game from the launch menu. so instead of loading the file in the directory, you just open up a blank GM:S and navigate your way there from the menu.

i think.

edit: also, you save files in the Projects folder, it seems.