diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Shaders/mesh.frag b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Shaders/mesh.frag
index 94cc31f..7765a46 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Shaders/mesh.frag
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Shaders/mesh.frag
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ layout(std140, binding = 1) uniform SceneLighting {
 // light" look relies on crisp boundaries.
 vec3 accumulateLights(vec3 N, vec3 worldPos) {
     vec3 lit = uCellAmbient.xyz;
-    int active = int(uCellAmbient.w);
+    int activeLights = int(uCellAmbient.w);
     for (int i = 0; i < 8; ++i) {
-        if (i >= active) break;
+        if (i >= activeLights) break;
 
         int kind = int(uLights[i].posAndKind.w);
         vec3 Lcol = uLights[i].colorAndIntensity.xyz * uLights[i].colorAndIntensity.w;
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Shaders/mesh_instanced.frag b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Shaders/mesh_instanced.frag
index 6199aa4..1719e2f 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Shaders/mesh_instanced.frag
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Shaders/mesh_instanced.frag
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ layout(std140, binding = 1) uniform SceneLighting {
 
 vec3 accumulateLights(vec3 N, vec3 worldPos) {
     vec3 lit = uCellAmbient.xyz;
-    int active = int(uCellAmbient.w);
+    int activeLights = int(uCellAmbient.w);
     for (int i = 0; i < 8; ++i) {
-        if (i >= active) break;
+        if (i >= activeLights) break;
 
         int kind = int(uLights[i].posAndKind.w);
         vec3 Lcol = uLights[i].colorAndIntensity.xyz * uLights[i].colorAndIntensity.w;
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Sky/SkyRenderer.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Sky/SkyRenderer.cs
index ba7a58b..34104d4 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Sky/SkyRenderer.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/Sky/SkyRenderer.cs
@@ -217,14 +217,32 @@ public sealed unsafe class SkyRenderer : IDisposable
     {
         if (_gpuByGfxObj.ContainsKey(gfxObjId)) return;
 
-        var gfx = _dats.Get<GfxObj>(gfxObjId);
+        // DatCollection isn't thread-safe and the streaming loader can be
+        // actively reading a shared DatBinReader buffer; sky meshes are
+        // loaded on the render thread but GfxObj.Unpack can race with the
+        // streamer. Cache a null entry on any read failure so we don't
+        // retry every frame and crash the render loop. A future
+        // refactor should move all dat access behind the _datLock.
+        GfxObj? gfx = null;
+        try { gfx = _dats.Get<GfxObj>(gfxObjId); }
+        catch { gfx = null; }
+
         if (gfx is null)
         {
             _gpuByGfxObj[gfxObjId] = new List<SubMeshGpu>();
             return;
         }
 
-        var subMeshes = GfxObjMesh.Build(gfx, _dats);
+        System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<GfxObjSubMesh>? subMeshes = null;
+        try { subMeshes = GfxObjMesh.Build(gfx, _dats); }
+        catch { subMeshes = null; }
+
+        if (subMeshes is null)
+        {
+            _gpuByGfxObj[gfxObjId] = new List<SubMeshGpu>();
+            return;
+        }
+
         var gpuList = new List<SubMeshGpu>(subMeshes.Count);
         foreach (var sm in subMeshes)
             gpuList.Add(UploadSubMesh(sm));