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I have the following problems while playing the game:

At Gamesmenu, clicking Start results in a pop-up with this message:

Failed creating the Direct3D device.

Selecting play again starts the opening sequence. A second "World War II: ToW" window appears on the desktop. Must click opposite button to get to game load menu.

This is annoying, but doesn't affect game play once it starts.

More seriously, a CTD occurs at the beginning of Turn 114 (playing as Germany/Slovakia in Grand Campaign). Restarts produce same result.

A pop-up appears each time with this message:

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way

How do I overcome these problems?

Additionally, is there a listing somewhere describing what each Event does? Some are obvious, some are not.

Thanks in advance for all assistance.

EDIT: Reading here, I gather this might be useful in identifying my problem:

consoleout.txt:

Loading global settings from "data\GlobalSettings.csv"... OK
Loading GUI coordinates nad fonts from "data\GUI_1680x1050.csv"... OK

Loading intro movie from "data\intro.avi"... OK
Loading intro movie from "data\into2.avi"... OK
Loading file "data\gfx\logof.png" [1]... OK
Loading file "data\gfx\logog.png" [1]... OK
Loading file "data\gfx\cur.png" [1]... OK
Loading file "data\gfx\console.png" [1]... OK
Loading file "data\gfx\Flags\unknown.png" [1]... OK
Loading file "data\gfx\GUI.png" [1]... OK
Loading file "data\gfx\wallpaper_main.png" [1]... OK
Loading file "data\gfx\wallpaper_preferences.png" [1]... OK
Loading file "data\gfx\wallpaper_scenario.png" [1]... OK
----- Main Menu -----
----- SinglePlayer Menu -----
Loading file "data\gfx\wallpaper_scenario.png" [1]... OK
----- Main Menu -----

About "Failed creating the Direct3D device" problem - does it happens all the time (even right after restarting your PC)? And second question: are you using two monitors, or just one?

About CTD: send Autosave folder to me (bleck[at]wastelands-interactive[dot]com) or to doomtrader (doomtrader[at]wastelands-interactive[dot]com). ConsoleOut.txt would probably also help  but you have to copy few last lines from it just after game crash because it is overwritten each time you restart ToW

Please make new post instead of editing old ones as sometimes an effect of edition can be missed by developers.