well, I've tested this several times, and the game crashes every single time.
I am in a spitfyre, and doing hit and runs on the K to lower its shields, and after 1 sweep over it, the game crashes. if i take out the K with my Panther the game doesn't crash.
it happens in Black Hole sun in the "kill all xenon +protect station" missions on hard or very hard difficulty. An Xenon K comes through the north gate among other xenon ships.
The game crashes when i use my spitfire to do hit and runs on it to lower its shields. I can do 1 fly-by shooting at it, and when i turn around to go for another run, the game crashes to desktop. I've tested several times on other "kill all xenon +protect station" missions in this sector. the same happens on everyone of them. If i take out the Xenon K with my Panther with the help of my 6 Spitfires, everything runs smoothly.
Game version 1.4 English DVD-version.
I am not using any scrips or mods in my game.
i started with an Argon Patriot game.
Dxdiag following:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 3/1/2009, 11:36:57
Machine name: SONY
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236)
Language: English (Regional Setting: Norwegian (Bokmål))
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4400 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 568MB used, 4823MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode
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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found. DirectDraw test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 7 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 8 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 9 test results: All tests were successful.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.
Name: VIA Serial ATA Controller - 5337
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_5337&SUBSYS_81CF1043&REV_80\3&2411E6FE&0&78
Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\videX32.sys, 5.01.3790.0140 (English), 2/23/2006 04:38:32, 9728 bytes
Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\xfilt.sys, 5.01.3790.0140 (English), 2/23/2006 04:39:06, 11264 bytes
Name: VIA Standard Host Bridge
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_4364&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&2411E6FE&0&04
Driver: n/a
Name: VIA Standard Host Bridge
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_337B&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&2411E6FE&0&98
Driver: n/a
Name: VIA Standard PCI to PCI Bridge
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_337A&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&2411E6FE&0&99
Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys, 5.01.2600.5512 (English), 4/13/2008 19:36:44, 68224 bytes
Name: VIA Standard Host Bridge
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3364&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&2411E6FE&0&03
Driver: n/a
Name: VIA Standard PCI to ISA Bridge
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3337&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&2411E6FE&0&88
Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\isapnp.sys, 5.01.2600.5512 (English), 4/13/2008 19:36:41, 37248 bytes
Name: Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3288&SUBSYS_81B31043&REV_10\3&2C8B7305&0&08
Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\hdaudbus.sys, 5.10.0001.5013 (English), 10/7/2007 15:11:39, 138752 bytes
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WDM Streaming Data Transforms:
Microsoft Kernel Acoustic Echo Canceller,0x00000000,0,0,,
Microsoft Kernel GS Wavetable Synthesizer,0x00200000,1,1,,5.03.2600.5512
Microsoft Kernel DLS Synthesizer,0x00200000,1,1,,5.03.2600.5512
Microsoft Kernel DRM Audio Descrambler,0x00200000,1,1,,5.03.2600.5512
Video Compressors:
WMVideo8 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
MSScreen encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
WMVideo9 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
MSScreen 9 encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
DV Video Encoder,0x00200000,0,0,qdv.dll,6.05.2600.5512
Indeo® video 5.10 Compression Filter,0x00100000,1,1,ir50_32.dll,5.2562.0015.0055
MJPEG Compressor,0x00200000,0,0,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
Nero Digital AVC Video Enc,0x00200000,1,2,NeNDVid.ax,4.02.0002.0003
Cinepak Codec by Radius,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.5512
Intel 4:2:0 Video V2.50,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.5512
Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.5512
Intel Indeo® Video 4.5,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.5512
Indeo® video 5.10,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.5512
Intel IYUV codec,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.5512
Microsoft H.261 Video Codec,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.5512
Microsoft H.263 Video Codec,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.5512
Microsoft RLE,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.5512
Microsoft Video 1,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.5512
Audio Compressors:
WMA Voice Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
WMAudio Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
IAC2,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
IMA ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
PCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
Microsoft ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
ACELP.net,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM),0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
Windows Media Audio V1,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
Windows Media Audio V2,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
GSM 6.10,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
Messenger Audio Codec,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
Microsoft G.723.1,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
CCITT A-Law,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
CCITT u-Law,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
MPEG Layer-3,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
Audio Capture Sources:
SoundMAX HD Audio I,0x00200000,0,0,qcap.dll,6.05.2600.5512
Midi Renderers:
Default MidiOut Device,0x00800000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.05.2600.5596
You have Nero codecs installed, which are known to potentially cause problems. You could try removing them to see if it helps. You may have to remove the Nero suite entirely in order to do so.
I can't imagine that the Nero codecs are to blame for this, since this _only_ happens with my Spitfire M3, and not with any of the other ships I've got.