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File reads are on the list, both binary and text, as are functions, but not for the next drop.

He, I have no problems with Blender.  It's a very capable program.  2 or 3 panes has always been on my "to do" list along with adjustable sizes, etc.  It just never got high enough to in priority, but you never know....

What I've added is a user settable period for backing up your project (to a different file name so it doesn't clobber what you specifically saved).  I still need to test it and add detection code so Anim8or automatically know when there is a saved file. etc.

PrintToString does not write to it's first argument.  The first argument is the format.  The documentation is incorrect.  It *used* to be like that but I changed it and forgot to fix teh documentation.

If you use it like this:

string $foo;
int $i;
$i = 10;
$foo = PrintToString("$i = %d", $i);

then $foo will have the value "$i = 10" afterwards.

Here's a sample full shader:
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/* print_to_string.txt */

file $console;
string $str, $str2;
int $ii;

$console.open("$console", "w");

$console.print("I'm writing to the console!\n");
$console.print("The square root of 2 is %12.8f\n", sqrt(2.0));

$str = PrintToString("this is a string");
$console.print("The value of the string is \"%s\".\n", $str);

$str2 = PrintToString("this is a float %6.3f, an int %d, and a string '%s'", 1.2
34, 777, $str);
$console.print("The value of the string is \"%s\".\n", $str2);

$console.close();
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Sorry about the confusion!!!

It'll be in the next preview.

Or just delete the whole registry key and Anim8or will add it back with defsult settings the next time it runs.

G#, please answer my other questions:   In particular, what size image are you rendering?

Nice video, G3!

I suspect that you are running out of memory or some other resource when it crashes.  Is your disk light on while it's rendereing?  Have you tried increasing the size of your virtual memory?  What version of Windows do you have and how much physical memory is in your system?  What size images are you rendering?

Also, try rendering from just the single frame that crashes as an AA movie.  Add try a different codec.