It's happened to me too. I lost almost a week's worth of work like that some time ago - textures got corrupted, the whole file gave me an error message when I tried to load it. And so did the old versions. And I did love that work.
Yeah. Between that and disappearing eco-systems, Vue can be a bit frustrating at times. I hope 8 is more stable (it will be a while before I can afford the upgrade anyway).
Thankyou! Hoped to get something strange and otherworldly from lifting the blossom and flower brightness. Re-rendering with some more mist effects as I type.
Seriously, I'm still confused as to why your work doesn't get more notice. Is it just because you are new to DA? it's ridiculous. I mean, you need a little polishing, but practice will take care of that. For whatever reason, your work really speaks to me. Good job on another awesome concept.