# Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION\_ACCESS\_VIOLATION reading address 0x00000004 (Importing Skybox .DDS file crashes Unreal Editor 4.24)

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unhandled-exception-exception_access_violation-reading-address-0x00000004-importing-skybox-dds-file-crashes-unreal-editor-4-24/460786>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** skybox, unreal-engine, crash, question\
**Created:** [January 21, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unhandled-exception-exception_access_violation-reading-address-0x00000004-importing-skybox-dds-file-crashes-unreal-editor-4-24/460786 "2020-01-21T01:19:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Strange.love](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Strange.love](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Strange.love)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unhandled-exception-exception_access_violation-reading-address-0x00000004-importing-skybox-dds-file-crashes-unreal-editor-4-24/460786/1 "2020-01-21T01:19:18Z")

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Received the Following error today in my editor attempting to import a .DDS texture cube map, crashed with a “Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION\_ACCESS\_VIOLATION reading address 0x00000004” error and shut down my editor. I am trying to make a custom skybox and have thus far been hindered by this crash.

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_935088b3](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_935088b3](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_935088b3)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unhandled-exception-exception_access_violation-reading-address-0x00000004-importing-skybox-dds-file-crashes-unreal-editor-4-24/460786/2 "2020-01-22T21:23:14Z")

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