Anyone know how to read the map file?
I just opened a map I had been working on, went to re-save it under a new name--
after the refresh- now everything's gone. (There are two objects left) The left panel
says missing items. I need to read the data or something to see what it's looking for
to populate the map because it's not supplied in the editor. Any suggestions?

BTW, I can keep on opening the old map and it's back again, just not on a renamed
map. Help defend my base!

There should be a .bak file of the same name .
Copy it and try renaming that to .fpm and see if that helps ..
If there are missing items you should have a .log file also in the mapbank folder pointing to where the models should be.
I would check that as well.

This is a really odd type of brokeness of GG here.
1> Yesterday did a verify files on Steam then shut down to attempt new today.
2> So fresh boot up and (all files verified) but the results remain the same still.
This is what the log file says;
"MISSING MEDIA:
levelbank\testmap\ebe2.fpe=replacelevelbank\testmap\ebe2.fpe
"
I never touch the ebe stuff for many years, and most certainly not on these maps in question.

This actually showed up in another map a few days ago-- but didn't effect the re-saving
or functionality behavior on the map. I was able to continue. A few days earlier I got:
"MISSING MEDIA:
levelbank\testmap\ebe42.fpe=replacelevelbank\testmap\ebe42.fpe
"
This makes it look like a true bug inside GG, and not an issue with my system folders. But what?
The weirdest part is this: the only change to the map that activates the issues is that I change
up the script on one single object. That causes (mysteriously) for the map to become empty
/minus two objects/ upon save. ( Remember this is in the editor, not in a test session! )
3> Definitely the script exists in the main script folder, and runs GREAT in test session.
But if I save the original map in a different name but do NOT swap scripts it works.
Very odd. I cannot progress if I cannot edit my scripts that need de-bugging.

Must I revert back several versions of GG??

@ Gubby
Back up your fpm file before doing nothing.

1- Change the ext to your fpm file to zip file so it should look: mymap.zip
2- extract the zip file - password = mypassword
3- Open the generated folder unzipped, there should be a file named map.ent open it with notepad or even better notepad++
there you will find the missing media listed., though.

Thanks 3com, synchro.
I tried what you said, looked through those files as suggested. The entities ARE listed in those data files.
Updated>> To inform community.
Might have better luck now with the object is the one disappearing, now loaded. They just need a closer look a the newest GG versions to see why that happens.