Hey folks,

my game *always* crashes after every 3D battle sequence - you see the ships fighting it out, then pops up the Victory / Defeat screen and once I click okay, the game crashes with the famous windows "This program caused an exception." error message. It doesn't matter what ships I use it seems. This started happening after I updated my version of the game to 1.59 with SDC. Here's the debug.err from my last game, any help is much, much appreceated as I start to shiver due to the lack of killing enemy ships (deleted some stuff since that log file actually was huge):

Debug Message: Version v1.50x3 Dark Avatar last updated on: Mon Mar 12 18:37:34 2007
Debug Message: Checking DX Version.
Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.*********
System Info
Time: 4/11/2007, 04:00:30
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Machine Name: MAINFRAME
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.061219-0311)
Languages: German (Regional Setting: German)
System Manufacturer: FUJITSU SIEMENS
System Model: A8N-SLI
BIOS: Phoenix - Award BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Physical Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page File: 428MB used, 3511MB available
Windows Dir: F:\WINDOWS


Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce 7800 GTX
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0091&SUBSYS_02C210DE&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (85Hz)
Monitor Name: (Standardmonitor)
Monitor Max Resolution:
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9371
Driver Date: 10/22/2006 13:22:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes

Display device 2:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY2
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce 7800 GTX
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0091&SUBSYS_02C210DE&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (85Hz)
Monitor Name: (Standardmonitor)
Monitor Max Resolution:
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9371
Driver Date: 10/22/2006 13:22:00
DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes



Sound info
Sound device 1:
Description: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [B000]
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_20021102&REV_04
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Provider: Creative
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.1164
Driver Date: 12/8/2005 11:55:46
Type: WDM
Other Drivers:
Acceleration Level: 3
Cap Flags: 0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0



Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.*********
***Defender Drath Legion has courage bonus 0.
Debug Message: Destroying ship Drath Heavy Fighter M3-2 2776. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: ***Attacker Drengin Empire has courage bonus 0
***Defender Iconian Refuge has courage bonus 0.
Debug Message: Destroying ship Iconian Freighter M2-1 809. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Arcean Constructor M0-1 2566. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Torian Constructor M0-1 2110. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Iconian Constructor M0-1 2324. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Drengin Scout Ship M0-1 124. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: ***Attacker Drath Legion has courage bonus 0
***Defender Drengin Empire has courage bonus 0.
Debug Message: Destroying ship Drath Heavy Fighter M3-2 1617. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Drengin Defender M3-5 2204. Orbiting: 1
Debug Message: Was Orbiting: Siblia IV
Debug Message: Destroying ship Korx Fleet 235. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Korx Constructor M0-1 1539. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Altarian Fleet 140. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Updating ZOC.
Debug Message: Random Event: Begin
Debug Message: Random Event: End
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=22
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding HeadlineWnd
Debug Message: Deleting previous save game.
Debug Message: About to auto save.
Debug Message: Save Game: About to save
Debug Message: Saving game F:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Serendreus\Eigene Dateien\My Games\GC2DarkAvatar\AutoSave.sav
Debug Message: Num Sectors Across: 8
Debug Message: Max num techs: 273
Debug Message: Total tech data size: 172423 Max tech size: 1927
Debug Message: Total improvement db size: 69616
Debug Message: Component defs data size: 264504
Debug Message: Total ship class data size: 125145 Max ship class data size: 812
Debug Message: Total ship template class data size: 9232 Max ship class data size: 316
Debug Message: Total anomaly types data: 6868, Max anomaly type size: 341
Debug Message: Total random event data size: 45246 Max random event size: 1276
Debug Message: Total UP issue data size: 272840 Max UP issue size: 7180
Debug Message: Total resource type data size: 1600 Max resource type data size: 332
Debug Message: Total invasion tatic data size: 2789 Max invasion tactic data size: 476
Debug Message: Total starbase module data size: 35756 Max starbase module size: 467
Debug Message: Total political party data size: 13896 Max political party size: 1737
Debug Message: Total planet types data size: 0 Max planet type size: 0
Debug Message: Total star type data size: 6896 Max star type size: 862
Debug Message: Total asteroid field mining base module data size: 955 Max asteroid field mining base module size: 255
Debug Message: Total ship style data size: 9406 Max ship style size: 684
Debug Message: Saving: Game mode is normal.
Debug Message: Game Object data: 16
Debug Message: Galaxy data: 14433
Debug Message: FOW data: 85128
Debug Message: ZOC data: 3884
Debug Message: Total Planet data size: 1518226 Max Planet data size: 3839
Debug Message: Total Star data size: 42382 Max Star data size: 350
Debug Message: Total Anomaly data size: 0 Max Anomaly data size: 0
Debug Message: Total Space resource data size: 4208 Max space resource data size: 263
Debug Message: Total Asteroid Field data size: 37316 Max Asteroid Field data size: 446
Debug Message: Total Asteroid Field Mining Base data size: 41378 Max Asteroid Field Mining Base data size: 487
Debug Message: Total Civilization data size: 1674155 Max Civ data size: 95235
Debug Message: Total Colony data size: 79290 Max colony data size: 294
Debug Message: Total Rally point data size: 24150 Max Rallypoint data size: 263
Debug Message: Total Ship data size: 907276 Max Ship Data size: 1452
Debug Message: Total Fleet data size: 639560 Max Fleet Data size: 5721
Debug Message: Save game finished.
Debug Message: Finished auto save.
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Eval
Debug Message: Dark Yor (19): Researching: ECM II
Debug Message: Snathi (20): Researching: Armor Theory
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=16
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 2
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding ResearchWnd
Debug Message: Game Screen: Setting mode to 0
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=34
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding GNNWnd
Debug Message: ***Attacker Earth alliance has courage bonus 0
***Defender Yor Collective has courage bonus 0.
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Updating window with ID=30
Debug Message: Popup Manager Update: Unhiding FleetCombatWnd
Debug Message: Destroying ship Yor Troop Transport M2-11 1816. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Yor Troop Transport M2-11 1046. Orbiting: 0
Debug Message: Destroying ship Yor Fleet 228. Orbiting: 0