This is a common and longstanding crash that has occurred since at least 4.12. User descriptions cover a variety of actions.
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Source Context
1776 AWorldSettings* ULevel::GetWorldSettings(bool bChecked) const 1777 { 1778 if (bChecked) 1779 { 1780 ***** checkf( WorldSettings != nullptr, *GetPathName() ); 1781 } 1782 return WorldSettings; 1783 }
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Access violation - code c0000005 (first/second chance not available) UE4Editor_Engine!ULevel::GetWorldSettings() [level.cpp:1643] UE4Editor_Engine!UWorld::GetWorldSettings() [world.cpp:3863] UE4Editor_Engine!UWorld::Tick() [leveltick.cpp:1251] UE4Editor_UnrealEd!UEditorEngine::Tick() [editorengine.cpp:1426] UE4Editor_UnrealEd!UUnrealEdEngine::Tick() [unrealedengine.cpp:386] UE4Editor!FEngineLoop::Tick() [launchengineloop.cpp:3119] UE4Editor!GuardedMain() [launch.cpp:166] UE4Editor!GuardedMainWrapper() [launchwindows.cpp:134] UE4Editor!WinMain() [launchwindows.cpp:210] UE4Editor!__scrt_common_main_seh() [exe_common.inl:253] kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk() ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart()
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