Sorry to keep bumping this thread. Just one final update. I think I've figured out how to switch out to the task manager and get back to the game reliably. I can't explain it, but setting the affinity of ntdvm.exe to CPU 0 really does seem to solve the problem for me.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I forgot to say that I'm using vdmsound. Is there another way? The crashing happened in either Direct3D or OpenGL mode. I have an AMD X2 so I tried Zebius' suggestion and it actually seemed to work. I saved at least 20 times without a crash. Just one problem... The …

Hi everyone. Sorry to dig up an old thread but I'm getting the same exact kind of random crashing during saves. Disabling digital audio from the setup menu is the only fix that has worked for me. I've tried disabling mp3 playback in Glidos (I downloaded the audio pack previously) but that hasn't had …