Getting createvectorbuffer failed errors?

[SirReal 0]

If you, like me, are using Hardware T&L, and start to get strange errors and getting dumped to the desktop rather than seeing the main menu, make sure that you have set the "Viewing distance" to a suitably low distance.

In my case, setting viewDistance (in your UserInfo.cfg) to more than 3000 causes a CTD (but only when viewing the main menu). Go figure.

viewDistance=3000.000000;

Is my recommendation.