URC messed up project

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Summary

After not opening my project for a while, I have synced a fresh copy. The Verse files seem to have been corrupted by URC, issues:

  • Some files that have previously been moved/deleted have re-appeared.
  • One file seems to have been corrupted and is very out of date, the file is accompanied by a “.verse.~urctemp” version of the file.

I’m not sure if data has been lost, or if URC just isn’t syncing properly. This is quite a large project, so can’t be 100% certain what has been lost/corrupted.

Please select what you are reporting on:

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Unreal Revision Control

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Sync latest version of project

Expected Result

Deleted/moved files don’t reappear in old location. Files don’t lose data.

Observed Result

  • Previously deleted/moved files have reappeared.
  • Some files are using a very outdated version of that file.

Platform(s)

Windows

Island Code

7142-4719-9129

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HI @flyingpigbaby I’m Garren from the URC team. I’m sorry to hear this is happening and we’ll be happy to try to help you get back in the right state.

Could you confirm the ID of the project? It can be found most easily in the URL when viewing the project in the Creator Portal (create.fortnite.com)

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@flyingpigbaby Never mind on the ID, we were able to look it up.

Can you confirm whether you have OneDrive turned on for the directory where your Fortnite Projects folder is located?

This is generally the most common culprit for issues where deleted files reappear, as it essentially means you have two different versioning systems (URC & OneDrive) competing over a source of truth.

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Hi @gxg_work thanks for the replies.

I don’t have Onedrive syncing those folders. I completely deleted the project and synced it, and 2 copies of the same file existed (one of them being previously deleted).

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Thanks for the quick reply @flyingpigbaby - we’re investigating what may have caused this and will be in touch soon. Then, if you’re still blocked we can find a time to jump on a call and help you get it sorted out.

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Sounds good, thank you!

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Hi @flyingpigbaby we investigated and believe that we identified the issue. Could you please try the following steps:

  • Close UEFN/VSCode/Fortnite
  • zip the current copy that you have locally (the one that isnt working for you) and move it to your desktop for safe keeping
  • delete the unzipped one from your /FortniteProjects folder
  • Re-open UEFN and sync a fresh copy of the project

After that, let us know if you’re unblocked, and if not we’ll find a time for a call.

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Thanks @gxg_work, that works perfectly!

I really appreciate the quick responses and fix :slight_smile:

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Happy to help and glad to hear it!

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