[SOLVED]DontDestroyOnLoad() causing Unity 5.2.0 crash

I just upgraded to unity 5.2.0. When exiting playmode in the editor, Unity crashes and closes.
This issue did not occur with any previous versions of Unity.

After many hours I tracked the problem down to the following code:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. using UnityEngine;
3.  
4. public class Main2: MonoBehaviour
5. {
6.    public GameObject _globalItems;
7.  
8.    public void Awake()
9.    {
10.      UnityEngine.Object.DontDestroyOnLoad (_globalItems);
11.    }
12. }
13.  

I verified the gameObject is not null.
I filled a bug report, I don't yet have a number.

The log has:
Load scene 'Temp/__EditModeScene' time: 92.080276 ms
Crash!!!
SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: 'C:/Program Files/Unity/Editor/Data/MonoEmbedRuntime;.;C:\Users\PC-User\Desktop\BugReporting2;C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;SRV*C:\websymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;', symOptions: 530, UserName: 'PC-User'
OS-Version: 6.3.9600 () 0x300-0x1
C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\Unity.exe:Unity.exe (0000000140000000), size: 55009280 (result: 0), SymType: 'PDB', PDB: 'C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\Unity_x64.pdb', fileVersion: 5.2.0.38013
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll:ntdll.dll (00007FFCAED30000), size: 1753088 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17936
C:\WINDOWS\system32\KERNEL32.DLL:KERNEL32.DLL (00007FFCAE820000), size: 1302528 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\KERNEL32.DLL', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
C:\WINDOWS\system32\KERNELBASE.dll:KERNELBASE.dll (00007FFCAC0C0000), size: 1134592 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\KERNELBASE.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\Unwrap.dll:Unwrap.dll (00007FFC9D100000), size: 262144 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\Unwrap.dll'
C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\GeometryToolbox.dll:GeometryToolbox.dll (00007FFC9D0D0000), size: 188416 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\GeometryToolbox.dll'
C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\FreeImage.dll:FreeImage.dll (0000000180000000), size: 2777088 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\FreeImage.dll', fileVersion: 3.11.0.0
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dllle32.dll (00007FFCAE5C0000), size: 1654784 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17905
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll:WS2_32.dll (00007FFCAE560000), size: 368640 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\HID.DLL:HID.DLL (00007FFCAB050000), size: 53248 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\HID.DLL', fileVersion: 6.3.9600.17415
C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\TextureConverter.dll:TextureConverter.dll (00007FFC83460000), size: 6627328 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\TextureConverter.dll'
C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\umbraoptimizer64.dll:umbraoptimizer64.dll (00007FFC856C0000), size: 995328 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\umbraoptimizer64.dll'
C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\libcef.dll:libcef.dll (00007FFC7EDE0000), size: 52178944 (result: 0), SymType: '-exported-', PDB: 'C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\libcef.dll', fileVersion: 3.2062.1930.0
C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\slapi.dll:slapi.dll (00007FFC7E770000), size:

 

Thanks for looking into it.
I just now attached the dump file below related to the crash.
The error.log says "Unity caused an access violation".
I will try to re-install Unity again.
Thanks.

 

Known issue being fixed in patch 1. See if this matches your issue:

http://issuetracker.unity3d.com/iss...nload-this-if-alphabetical-sorting-is-enabled

 

Yes that sounds like the same issue.
In the meantime I might have to revert back to 5.1.3 until the next patch comes out.

 

Fair enough, but there's a workaround I think by disabling alphabetical sort for now.

 

• Have same problem!
• Workaround did not work for me!
• Almost every time the EDITOR crashes. However, once in a while it works (Sorry, no pattern there!)

Any idea when is the patch?
Thanks

 

+1 Same problem for me, workaround doesn't work. Would really like a patch. Heading back to 5.1.3 for now.

 

+1, crashing with no known workaround, case #726748.

 

I have the same problem in 5.2.1. After I exit the play mode the editor hangs. Last entry in console log is
Load scene 'Temp/__EditModeScene' time
Sometimes this also happens when I switch from one scene to another.
This is annoying - please fix this ASAP