Thanks for the quick response and clarification.  I was about to submit when I saw Thomas’ post.   I hadn’t thought about it before. 🙂

  Star_Stuff wrote: I’ve done this in the previous two years. The sun doesn’t set in the East. Just made sense to adjust it. However, this model was plain. I added a little water on the river for visualization. Should I remove that too? You can submit your show either way. A rotated sky dome image and added reflective water won’t help your score, but it also won’t hurt it.

I’ve done this in the previous two years.  The sun doesn’t set in the East.  Just made sense to adjust it.   However, this model was plain.  I added a little water on the river for visualization.  Should I remove that too?

  pyro68034781 wrote: Hi everyone, I’ve modified the 3D world settings, specifically lowering the brightness according to my design preferences, as well as adjusting the camera position. Do I need to revert to the same settings as the official design model (like sky brightness) before submitting the file ? Thanks a lot and good luck to all! Thomas Hi Thomas, adjusting the brightness settings and adding camera viewpoint presets will not lead to disqualification or any kind of penalty, but it’s best if you restore the brightness settings to ensure consistency for the judges.

Hi everyone,   I’ve modified the 3D world settings, specifically lowering the brightness according to my design preferences, as well as adjusting the camera position. Do I need to revert to the same settings as the official design model (like sky brightness) before submitting the file ?   Thanks a lot and good luck to all! Thomas

  MikeG wrote: Drew, all the other files are opening now. Could’ve been my error thinking the other ones also were not opening. But the original (main) show file has been successfully recovered…. Thanks! That’s great to hear. Thanks for letting me know.

Drew, all the other files are opening now.  Could’ve been my error thinking the other ones also were not opening.  But the original (main) show file has been successfully recovered…. Thanks!

Hi Drew, Thank’s for your answer. I hadn’t read it carefully !   Best regards

Hi MikeG, I’m very happy to hear you were able to recover your show from the backup. For your reference, or for anyone else who comes across this discussion in the future: When you save a show, Finale 3D saves the show file to the location you choose on your computer and simultaneously saves a copy to the backups folder in the Finale 3D installation directory.   It’s very rare, but not unprecedented for a single show file to become corrupted if something interferes with the Finale 3D saving process. However, for multiple show files to become corrupted would be completely unprecedented. This would be a code red, highest priority, stop-everything-and-investigate kind of situation.   Mike, you said you are seeing “Unable to open file” for all your previous shows. Can you confirm? How many of your previous show files are corrupted?

Drew, what you described, going to “Open Backup Files Directory” worked immediately.  I never knew this was an option.  Thank you for the very quick and effective solution!