This Strip is Not Safe For Work!

Sorry if this has already been asked... but I was working on a strip and when I tried to submit it, I was apparently logged out and lost progress. Is there anyway to get that back or am I doomed to suffering of recreating again lol

I see some backups with your id among the files .. but it doesn't seem to be finished.. (seems like an initial sketch) could it be possible that your internet went out during drawing somehow? (last time something like this happened that was the case) so I'm afraid only part of it (a very early stage) can be recovered

Damn that was like 3 hours of work gone. Thanks for looking though. Anyway I avoid that for the future?

unless I know the root cause I cannot do much.. afaik you are using some standard browser Chrome or Firefox right? I mean if you are using some non-standard one the cause could be that it doesn't agree with the paint tools code and it's simply a bug and I could look into it and try to fix that but if it was caused by your net going down there is not much I can do (perhaps I could add a warning when the backup fails? .. but that's not much help all it would tell you that you might as well just stop drawing, I don't really have an idea on how to save drawings in this case )

one strange workaround could be to regularly reload the site: for a reload it forces to do a backup and this way you can abuse the backup system and make the reload to work as a save button (but in practice this will only let you know if things gone wrong earlier -- also your undo will be lost so keep that in mind)

also there is another unorthodox workaround I just thought of: make sure to make a screenshot before hitting submit then I can still hack in the new panel by just uploading the image

Another thing that would help is to open up the site in another tab before you submit. This will make sure that you've got a connection, and that you're still logged in! I used to have to do that on PanelJam. Ironically, I had to write this comment twice cause it logged me out when I tried to post.

Interesting interesting... So reloading the page keeps your progress? Like a temporary save? Also i used firfox at first but it never worked with the site so I've been using Chrome. I've drawn enough to earn 170 stars and I've only had this incident happen twice thankfully.

yes it forces the backup (otherwise it only saves every 30 or so painting operations -- also its supposed to make a backup right before submit in case it fails -- that is why i suspect the net thing) this seemingly new trend of people getting logged out randomly has me worried though

Okay so I used the X button instead of the Submit and when I click back on the draw button is seems to be saving my progress when I check back in.

that's good news (works as intended) I also added a save image buttons under options and I recommend using it before submitting (just in case)

Awesome thanks!!!