have you updated you dotnet v2.0 ?

harpo

there is a map updater tool on the download page that works in all english language windows, and updates the maps to be able to load, but you still have to add the map to the galaxy.manifest and correct the lines count at the top of it.

hope this helps

harpo

galaxy forge maps need to be in the program files\stardock games\sins of a solar empire\galaxy folder or the entrenchment\galaxy folder and be listed in the galaxy.manifest and the galaxymanifest must have the correct number of lines at the top. if the lines count is low then it reads only the first number of maps, of too many it probabley would crash sins(do not know, but possible if inadiqate error checking

hope this helps

harpo

Thanks guys for the input. Unfortunately, I am getting these runtime crashes on a fresh install. I have 3 machines in my house. One with Vista 32 bit, which is playable, but I have to save every 5 minutes for the inpending crashes. Another machine with the Win 7 Beta running on it, and while all of my games work on this, Sins crashes instantly when loaded. lol..  The only machine that does not get these runtime crashes, is the XP machine, which I have demoted to my storage closet bascially.

One thing I will check is the dotnet version on the Win 7 machine. It is possible that's an issue there. The Vista machine has dotnet ver 3, so...  *shrugs*

But thanks guys. I appreciate the help.