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It's beginning to sound like a common issue: http://aao25.com/2-5-assist/game-crashes-in-win7/msg13202/#msg13202

Found the issue:

Windows 7 has an option in Start -> Configuration -> Sound -> tab "Communication",
which states different approaches when dealing with communication channels.

Default(on my system): "Reduce volume of other sounds with 80%".

Solution:

Change it to "Do nothing".

[Solved]

After hours of exploiting the corruption of software i finally decided to take a drastic measure and format my PC with a freshly installed Win 7 64 bit. When i was finished prepping my system for use i installed AA assist in the same way as before and tested it, the problem was fix, i can play for hours now .

Although i regret not finding the exact problem so i could report it here, it probably is something rare and certainly not common. What i can do is give u a list of things i tested that did not effect the impact of the games behavior:

- Reset AA game files
- Reinstalled AA 2.5
- Ran as administrator
- Ran in compatibility mode (XP Sp 2 & 3, No visual effects)
- Ran without firewall or antivirus
- depatch Graphic drivers to a version that was verified to work with AA 2.5
- Reinstalled Visual C++ versions
- DX9c upgrades (also degrades)

I still can't get my head around it but something was corrupted.
Anywayz, thanx for all your input on the matter and hope to see u in game sometime.

Bert

Alrighty,

So i tested playing Skyrim and Left 4 dead 2, they both ran smoothly without any crashes.
This + the fact that my OS runs great concludes that it's a AA related problem.
Again, if anyone experiences the same game freeze, please let me know.

If i stumble upon a fix i'll post it here.

Hi fellow AA enthusiasts,

Before i start stating any known bugs or crashes i wanne thank the people who brought the original AA back to life. I played the game in 2003 in all it's glory and i hope that'll return.

So i got this problem that the game just freezes up during a match or training, i can't do anything but hard-reset my computer and start again. The strange thing is that i've been having the same problem with AA 3... This happens random during gameplay.

My system specs:
Win7 enterprise 64bit (fully updated)
q6600; 4GB RAM; HD5870 (catalyst 11.12)

Has anyone experienced the same issue ?