Greetings
When Version 3.06 Patch 7 was released I downloaded and game updated with no problems experienced. When the game loaded after the patch the Clipboard was open and a list of "what's new" was on the left-hand side of the Clipboard.
When Version 3.06 Patch 8 was released I downloaded and as far as I know the game updated correctly. I did notice that when the game started the Clipboard was open and in text above the left hand side of the clipboard was the text "what's new" but the left hand side of the clipboard was blank - just a black screen. I played for a couple of hours the night Patch 8 was downloaded and experienced no issues. The next evening however when I started the game about 2 or 3 seconds after the map loaded the game crashed with an error message of "aceshigh9.exe has stopped working". The same thing happened with Aces High III DX11 except the error when game crashed was "aceshigh11.exe" has stopped working. Initially I thought there was a problem with the terrain file because by the next evening the terrain had changed from Black Sea to Scandinavia and the game loaded correctly with no issues. This turned out not to be the case because the next day Scandinavia was still up and both DX9 and DX11 versions crashed with the same error messages as above.
When Version 3.06 Patch 9 was released (this morning?) when I signed in the Patch immediately began to download. As the patch got to the end of the installation process however I got the message "Patch Failed AcesHighBrowser.exe". I tried logging in a couple of more times hoping the Patch would try to run again but it did not. I came back later today after reading an article in the Technical Support Forum where awhile back someone was having the same type of problem. They apparently solved the issue by running the AcesHighDx11 version and then they were able to load AcesHigh Dx9 version again successfully. So I initially opened AcesHighDx11 and everything loaded correctly with no crash to desktop. So I backed out and tried opening AcesHighDx9 and got the same crash to desktop and same AcesHigh9.exe error message as before. Being a glutton for punishment I rebooted the computer and tried to open AcesHighDx11 again and got booted to desktop with same error message AcesHigh11.exe has stopped working.
Animl, Shane, and Drano were trying to help me figure out what is going on because I initially posted in the Technical Support Forum seeking wisdom and guidance but I am no closer to a solution than when I first started. Apologize for being long-winded but I am just trying to explain exactly what happened and the sequence of events. I am going to attach the Aces High .dmp file and DXDIAG file in the hope that someone far smarter and more tech-savvy than I am can point me in the right direction.
Thank You
HH996
