In patched version ...mission loads to ~90% and then ......

[JokerMan]

Sorry to hear the same.... I've seen a few threads also where XP SP3 players have issues ..... I really hope this is not a signal for the future .....

I do plan an upgrade to Win 7 and generally a better PC but frankly, what I have at the moment is pretty capable.

Being unable to take advantage of the patches has been a real disappointment and I'm all out of ideas here apart from the belief that there is some dependency between the patches and my system that is misbehaving. Just no idea what that/they may be!

Anyone reading this who knows any tips would be welcome to respond.

All pointers direct towards an problem with updating my Official steam version of 1.05.xxx to any of the later patches / RC releases.

I personally am confident my HW is good because I have testing it well and have no other problems with other games [or indeed the official Steam version] to support suspecting my HW.

The failure for me is always the same. All appears normal, the splash screen notes the version of the game as expected post patching process and I can select from the menu and start a SP mission. I clear caches, rebooted sometimes to make sure that's not an issue, set resolution to very low etc.

During the mission load, the progress bar reaches ~90-95% and then a windows OS popup presents telling me the launcher failed!