Small fix to prevent people to compile 64 bits blenders, without knowing

it might be harmful.

(It will print warning in console and exits Blender.)

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/creator/creator.c b/source/creator/creator.c
index b3e807bef03..45ceb9781cc 100644
--- a/source/creator/creator.c
+++ b/source/creator/creator.c
@@ -229,6 +229,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	SYS_SystemHandle syshandle;
 	Scene *sce;
 
+	/* temporary: prevent people to make/use 64 bits versions without them knowing it might be
+		risky. I don't know for sure yet if we get problems, but I rather not get the burden of
+		having to fix all faulty saved 64 bits files (ton) */
+	if(sizeof(void *)==8) {
+		printf("64 bits compiles will give incorrectly saved .blend files. Do not use it. For testing purposes please remove this line from creator.c\n"); 
+		exit(0);
+	}
+	
 #if defined(WIN32) || defined (__linux__)
 	int audio = 1;
 #else