<t> Despite patch 1.01 SST continues to be plagued by severe stability issues for me. Later missions (especially after Mission 18) almost routinely crash every few turns with the dreaded EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION error message. The error always gets triggered during the AI movement phase. <br ...

<t> I actually found the solution for my problem in a totally unrelated thread. Yay! [:)]<br/>
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I had uninstalled Windows Media Player 12 and replaced it with VLC, since WMP's library function is fundamentally broken (IMHO). Distant World's dependency on WMP was not something that I had ...

<t> I have to agree with emerson that the experience with Distant Worlds has been less than stellar to say the least.<br/>
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Jumped through infinite hoops to try and get this thing to run with no success. This is literally the only game I've ever bought that truly would not run no matter what ...

<t> Deleting the DW folder did not work for me unfortunately. Here are the steps I followed:<br/>
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- Uninstall DW<br/>
- Delete remaining DW folder (I also looked for temporary files under user\appdata\roaming but didn't see anything related to DW<br/>
- Reinstall 1.02 (the downloadable ...

Here is the corresponding DXDiag file that goes with the error message (since you can only upload 1 file per post). Any help getting this game launched would be greatly appreciated.

<t> I've posted earlier in a different thread about the same issue but didn't manage to get a screenshot of the error message or the dxdiag file uploaded. I've tried all the fixes that have been discussed in the various threads (uninstall/reinstall DW, install DW on different drive, reinstall ...

I have the exact same problem as Senox and am also seeing the error message that started this thread. Reinstalled .NET, DirectX and also tried to run game in admin and compatibility mode but to avail. I'll run DirectX Diag and post the results. Also running Windows 7 64 bit.