R: Rejected

Certain nested transformations cause a crash.

Hi,

Seems that when you nest an object inside an iterator inside a 3D transformation patch there are specific transform settings that cause a crash when you run the created application. In particular rotation it seems. The crash happens both with a single rotated sprite in the iterator and also with a rotated 3D Transformation patch with a non transformed sprite inside nested within the iterator.

Of the attached files QBTest crashes once built into an app and QBTest2 does not on my system. Both work perfectly in QC.

The only difference is the sprite in QBTest2 is not transformed and in QBTest the sprite is rotated slightly.

This is the result of slowly stripping back a complex .qtz I'm building to display visuals until I found the cause of the crashes. I've included the crash report which has my system details.

The built apps can't be attached here but I've uploaded them here https://copy.com/zjG7tjt7eR43qYr4 if you want to try them out.

Hoping this is something that can be resolved!

Regards, Stefan

Qtz Crashes

Please i need you...

QTZ crashed again,in past i was created another user and raans QTZ perfectly from this users, but now the error appens in two users.

Its possible to re_install or something like that, for recover QTZ.

I Added the report error...

I hope you can help me, i get lost.

Cheers..

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