Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote:
> Note you have to be more elaborate on what actually happens - 'crash' is
> an extremely vague description.

OK, here is exactly what happens to me.  I'll describe what happens when
rendering the mechsim file - the other crashes are similar but not
reproducible.

In the beta version, the first frame will render correctly.  When the second
frame starts, the message "Loaded [...] from mechanics simulation data file
bar.dat." appears in the message window.  At that point, a dialogue box
appears: "Internal Error:  The POV-Ray rendering core threw an unhandled
exception.  The backend thread has been shut down and you will not be able
to perform any further renders.  It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that you save
your work and exit POV-Ray now. (Note that if internal structures have been
damaged POV-Ray may crash immediately after you click OK)."  After clicking
OK, the dialogue box disappears, and the following appears in the message


In the final version, instead of the internal dialogue box, the Windows
abnormal program termination dialogue appears: "This program has performed
an illegal operation and will be shut down.  MPENGINE caused an invalid
page fault in module MPENGINE.EXE at [hex dump]." After closing this
dialogue the MegaPov thread is terminated, and Windows returns to the
desktop.

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