Corrupt MOD (1 Viewer)

[unfairhobbit]

The rosalina's dynamic hair made by stuntcock seems corrupt in some way.
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I downloaded the MOD, however whichever folder I save the mod to, or move the MOD to, the folder then becomes inaccessible, as windows explorer crashes each time i try to load up the folder. Not only that, all of my drives then become unstable and windows tends to crash every few minutes. Could someone review the FLA source? or even attempt to fix this issue?
FLA - source

 

[stuntcock]

I downloaded the MOD, however whichever folder I save the mod to, or move the MOD to, the folder then becomes inaccessible, as windows explorer crashes each time i try to load up the folder.

That's a pretty intense reaction; I haven't encountered such problems with SDT mods in the past.

The only real workaround that I can recommend is:

• delete the troublesome file
  • since Windows Explorer can't access the folder, try to use the command prompt
• reboot your PC; verify that the problem has been solved
  • if this approach works, then it's possible that the problem was "Windows is attempting to parse the .mod file in order to generate an icon which previews the file contents, but Windows doesn't understand the file format and is running into difficulty"
• attempt to download the file again
• when you reach the "Save File As" dialog, change the file extension
  • instead of accepting the default filename, change the extension from ".mod" to ".swf"
• if your PC becomes unstable again then immediately delete the new .swf file
  
  • in this case you should probably avoid using my work in the future
  • I can't explain why this problem is happening but it's definitely not worth harming your PC in order to use a silly porn mod
• if the file-extension change seems to prevent the problem from recurring then you could continue to use it for future ".mod" files

Or just delete the file and forget about the whole thing -- because it's just a porn mod and it's probably not worth spending a lot of your time on.

Could someone review the FLA source?

Anyone can open a SWF file using JPEXS ffdec. You can inspect all of the scripts included in a SWF file, which is useful if you're attempting to learn from an old mod or troubleshoot its errors. And it allows you to check whether a modder has done something malicious or destructive.

The FLA file does include some elements which aren't exposed in the SWF, but they shouldn't be capable of causing errors (or hiding malicious behavior). It's stuff like reference images, dummy code, guide vectors, template images, etc...

 

[unfairhobbit]

delete the troublesome file

• since Windows Explorer can't access the folder, try to use the command prompt

I had used cmd to delete the .mod
This is not the first time that windows explorer has crashed due to a file that my PC decides it doesn't like, but that was just an ordinary MPEG. It's weird.

when you reach the "Save File As" dialog, change the file extension

• instead of accepting the default filename, change the extension from ".mod" to ".swf"

Yep this solved the issue. strange as i've used .mod files before

I think your were right regarding...

"Windows is attempting to parse the .mod file in order to generate an icon which previews the file contents, but Windows doesn't understand the file format and is running into difficulty"

As I attempt to view the folder as details, it crashed. As I view the folder in Thumbnail view, it works fine crash-free.

Thank you stuntcock

 

[stuntcock]

This is not the first time that windows explorer has crashed due to a file that my PC decides it doesn't like, but that was just an ordinary MPEG. It's weird.

It's a known issue. We just need to wait for Microsoft to fix it. If you're impatient then you can manually rollback that particular Windows Update patch.

 

[sby]

i think this is a windows icon and preview pane issue, happens to me occasionally as well for various files, but it usually just ends up with the folder not loading.
i usually restart the explorer process