Xenophage

haha it turned the "colon+zero" into an O-Face =P

That file reports an access violation on the operationflashpoint.exe, which might indicate a WinXP security issue, except that I have full administrator rights so I don't know what would cause this. Here's the paste: file: Game001 world: Intro campaign: battle: mission: Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION Version 1.46 Fault address: 004B357F 0100B257F c:\program files\codemasters\operationflashpoint\operationflashpoint.exe Prev. code bytes: 31 85 F6 75 07 51 E8 86 D5 07 00 59 8B C6 5E C3 Fault code bytes: FF 49 04 56 8B 71 04 85 F6 75 06 8B 01 6A 01 FF Registers: EAX:00660020 EBX:00000001 ECX:56000003 EDX:00000000 ESI:00660028 EDI:000205C8 CS:EIP:001B:004B357F SS:ESP:0023012FD5C EBP:0012FE70 DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000 Flags:00090206

If I install the v1.46 patch OPF won't start. It'll load the little "Operation Flashpoint" logo, and act like the program is starting, and then the screen will go black for about 2 seconds, and then it closes itself completely returning me to the desktop. There are no error messages of any kind, no indication as to what the problem is. The program runs fine if I use version 1.40 instead. I really want to play online, however. My system specs: Windows XP Professional Athlon XP 1600 Kt266 mobo, 512 pc2100 ram GeForce 3, 23.11 Det's Audigy soundcard with latest drivers Has anyone else encountered this issue? I have patched the game from an initial version of 1.3, and from 1.40, but the order of patching doesn't seem to make any difference.