Going to offline practice crashes game

[Blammo]

Just downloaded and installed the latest patch.  Going online appears to work (although I haven't actually flown yet).  However, if I try to go to offline practice, it preloads all of the textures and right as it should be entering the arena, it crashes to a white screen.

I ran a scandisk, moved the sounds folder out of the Aces High 2 directory and deleted the cache.  It still crashes when going into offline practice.

Before the patch there was no behavior like this and no other change to my system other than installing this patch.  Again, the crash only appears to happen when trying to go into offline practice.

General Spec:

Intel EQ6700 Core2 Quad processor
nVidia GTS 8800 SSC with 640 MB RAM
2 GB RAM
Windows XP SP2

[633DH98]

Offline crashes for me with patch 3.  I haven't gone online yet, don't feel ready yet.

Dell 1501 with AMD TL60, 2GB Ram,  XP SP2.

Deleted 2.12.2
Reloaded 2.11.3 from CD, downloaded patch for 2.11.3 to 2.12.3 to mydocs with Avast disabled.  Applied patch and still crashes when going to offline.

Will delete again and try downloading 2.12.3 complete.  If that fails I'll stick to 2.11.3 offline until I get new hardware.

[wantok]

Likewise... consistent CTD when entering Offline (the last message is "Terrain Complete") after installing patch 3.  Online is fine.

Installed patch in-game.  Vista.   Tried a couple of terrains - appears to make no difference.

[Blammo]

Just flew for several hours online.  No crashes.  Like the other reports it appears to be related to offline.

[633DH98]

Downloaded the complete 2.12.3 but it refuses to run/install, not a valid Win32.app. 

Redid download, install ran ok.  Offline practice still crashes as a white-screen.  A DxDiag is here http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,232456.0.html

[potsNpans]

Same symptoms as first post, game crash after textures load for offline play. Tried uninstalling then full patch with same crash issue.

[Tr1gg22]

Same exact thing here 

[Lusche]

Same here. Tried several different terrains (including ones currently up online), but crashed each time after texture loading. Online arenas are working fine.

[-sudz-]

Which terrain(s) are being loaded? (Go to 'Select Terrain' off the main menu and note the highlighted terrain name.)

[Lusche]

Which terrain(s) are being loaded? (Go to 'Select Terrain' off the main menu and note the highlighted terrain name.)

I tried trinity, ahta06, ozkansas, compello, mmesa.

[Baumer]

Is it a crash or a hang?

I've been working offline and it gets to the end of the preloading and "freezes" for 20-30 seconds and then goes into the tower. If your patient it might work.

BTW I've loaded the TA, BOB, NDISLES, and MIDWAY just fine, except for the 20-30 second delay.

[633DH98]

Which terrain(s) are being loaded? (Go to 'Select Terrain' off the main menu and note the highlighted terrain name.)

Whatever the standard default is since I've never changed it.

It crashes out to a white screen on the desktop.

[Lusche]

Is it a crash or a hang?

Crash: "Aces High has encountered a problem..."

[Charon]

YUP.

Charon

[lagger86]

I have the same problem.