Last night I had a new event, twice, that was almost like what I consider a typical game crash.
The typical crash goes like this. The screen freezes up. If there is any voice, a second or so will loop several times. Then black screen. Then it drops to Windows XP with a Send/Don’t Send box with something about V-whatever (sorry, I didn’t write it down.) I close that box and restart Aces High uneventfully.
Last night, all of the above happened. But the game popped back up by itself and I was able to fly normally. The first time, I was returning to base in a flight of bombers. When the game popped back up, my drones were gone, but I landed the single ship without incident.
The second event was in a fighter. After the hiccup, another normal landing.
The Send/Don’t Send box was still there when I reduced Aces High. If I recall, it said something about reporting it to ATI.