Old Twine story won't import into new version

Question

I created a Twine story about 5 years ago and everytime I try to import it to the new version of twine (both html and twine files) it just goes through the process without actually adding the story. (so even after clicking on the file I want to add, it still shows "0 stories" on my main page.

Are old versions not compatible anymore? Is there any way I can get my old story up on the new Twine client?

Answer 1

The structure of meta-data area of a Story HTML file created using the Twine 1.x application is different to that of a Twine 2.x application's, and for reasons only known to the developers of the Twine 2.x application its "Import From File" option only supports the newer structure.

If the old Story HTML file was built using the Sugar**Cube** story format then there are a number of ways you can convert that old HTML file to a Twine 2.x one:

1. The Twine 1 compiled HTML to Twine 2 archive converter.

This utility can be downloaded from the Utilities section of the SugarCube 2 web-page.

2. The TweeGo TWEE compiler

This command line utility has the ability to decomple an old Story HTML file into a TWEE based file, which can then be compiled into either a new Story HTML file or a new Twine 2 Archive file. Either of these new files can be imported into the Twine 2.x application.