From b6d0aedd3637fd4fdaee36b75584e21f74a21734 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Pablo=20Delgado=20Kr=C3=A4mer?= <private@pablode.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 23:43:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] mc/meta: evoke compile error with MDL SDK 2023.1+

---
 README.md                      | 2 +-
 src/mc/src/MdlNeurayLoader.cpp | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54bc8817..705c821a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ There are [prebuilt binaries](https://github.com/pablode/gatling/releases) which
 
 Alternatively, for a full source build you need to
 
-- download the <a href="https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-mdl-sdk-get-started">MDL SDK</a> (2022.0+) binaries
+- download the <a href="https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-mdl-sdk-get-started">MDL SDK</a> 2023.0.4 binaries
 - download or build <a href="https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/USD/tree/v24.03">USD 24.03</a> with MaterialX support
 
 > Note: it is recommended to have NASM 2.13+ or YASM 1.2.0+ in your PATH to speed up image decoding.
diff --git a/src/mc/src/MdlNeurayLoader.cpp b/src/mc/src/MdlNeurayLoader.cpp
index 028c2443..95ba21c0 100644
--- a/src/mc/src/MdlNeurayLoader.cpp
+++ b/src/mc/src/MdlNeurayLoader.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #define MI_NEURAYLIB_LATEST_VERSION 52
 
 static_assert(MI_NEURAYLIB_API_VERSION >= 48, "MDL SDK version is too old!");
+static_assert(MI_NEURAYLIB_API_VERSION < 52, "2023.1.X MDL SDK has crash issues - use 2023.0.4 instead!");
 static_assert(MI_NEURAYLIB_API_VERSION <= MI_NEURAYLIB_LATEST_VERSION, "Untested MDL SDK version!");
 
 namespace