The First missions leading to Act III have been running very smoothly, no problems, no glitches, no nothing, just perfect; but when i get to Act III mission "Contingency", loading takes a long time and when it seems that it is going to start playing, the game crashes my computer, forcing me to manually turn the computer off. I have managed sometimes to get to desktop by Ctrl Alt Deleting it, and i did manage to see a error message, but the game crashes so badly, that i cant read the error message.
Here are my specs if they could be of any help
AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core
ATI X1900
Creative S/B Audigy ZS
1GB RAM
Keep in mind, that all the previous missions ran perfectly, i reinstalled the game 2 times, and have updated every driver.
Any Help?
I know this might sound a bit obvious; but have you checked your game for any scratches or any stains that might stop the game from playing?
Try wiping it with a soft cloth if it's dirty.
Even the tinniest scratch could cause your game to crash.
Apart from that I can't really help.
Are you trying to run the game in "Extra High" setings?
If you are I would recommend trying to run it in "High settings" it might work or select in additional graphics settings "auto-detect". After that maybe try changing the resolution.
Try to also read the "readme" file you might find the answer in there somewhere.
Hope this helps.
faulty install.. bad disk.. ram error.. something like that.. try clearing out all temp files.. Audacity used to throw this one on me years ago from time to time..