Help! shake crashed, now can't load script it was running

Question

I was in the process of adding a luma key when shake crashed, now can't load the script it was running. It just appears blank, but the file size hasn't changed. Console error is the name of the file +: "unknown variable Primattev22", and "can not convert type int to image". Tried to recover script, and tried the auto save versions, but didn't work. I saved about 5 minutes before the crash, but I can't get it back. Everything else opens fine.

Answer 1

In addition to trying the "Add Script" trick, you should also try opening the script command-line:
shake yourscriptname
...sometimes that works too.
btw - the error message should have more info - specifically the node which is having the problem:
error: test.shk, line 36: unknown variable Primattev22
LumaKey1 = LumaKey(Primattev22, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0);
^
error: test.shk, line 36: cannot convert type int to image
LumaKey1 = LumaKey(Primattev22, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0);
^
Once you know which nodes are missing their input, you can go in & find out whether the problem is a bad name in the missing node, a completely missing node or a bad name in the downstream nodes.
In your case, it is a little suspicious that the missing node is named "Primattev22" since "Primatte_v22" would be the default name for the second Primatte you load into a script. Maybe you just need to redirect the complaining node to "Primatte_v22"
(first verify that the script contains a node named "Primatte_v22")
That process would be easy...just change:
LumaKey1 = LumaKey(Primattev22, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0);
to
LumaKey1 = LumaKey(Primatte_v22, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0);
(make a backup copy of your script before you do any editing).
Good luck,
-G