i'v played a lot M&M3 under dosbox long time ago...and saw that's it play ok then.

so, today i'v decided to give this game another run...under the latest CVS, but to my great surprise, i'v a huge problem : it's constantly crash...and i'm speaking about a serious one
- the game suddenly stop, frozen in the middle of action
- CPU usage rise to 100%, task switching becoming hazardeous.
- the only way to get out, is to endtask the dosbox process...and since the CPU usage is 100%, it's can take some time (even wanted to shutdown my PC...)
- sometimes (not always), i finally get an "memory cannot be read" from dosbox...

ok, maybe i'v messed with the *.conf ... so i'm using a new, clean dosbox with a clean conf file (deleting and using writeconf...etc)
-> same crashes
maybe, that's my save games ? so starting a new game
-> same crashes

starting really to worry here... since i'm absolutely sure that MM3 was working flawless before, i'v reinstalled the good old dosbox 0.63 in a clean, new directory :
-> no problem at all... all my old savegames are ok, played the game for 1h without any problem nor crashes.
switching back to CVS-060317
-> immediate crash, or after 3/5 mn of play.

additionnal info : i'v tried with or without sound, with IRQ set to 5 or 7 doesn't change anything. EMS or XMS on or off, without effect...

so, i'v searched the forum about this potentiel "known" problem, without sucess... we can found some sound related problems, mouse lag, ok...but nothing about the serious crash i have.

ther's really something broken here, something that was ok in 0.63 and make MM3 having a severe dosbox crash in latest CVS.
Also, it "may" affect other MM games using the same engine (MM4 & 5)..but MM3 is the only one i have at this moment.

if anyone can try and play MM3 with the latest CVS...and play it for a reasonable period of time (> 10mn), so let me know if the problem appear or if it's just me... thks