I gave patch 1.0b a go and it caused the same problem I had a while ago on my PC, it would not recoginze the disc was in the drive. so I had to uninstall the patch.
Now it wont load any of my save files for either AOE or ROR
this message im getting is:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:APPCRASH
Application Name:EMPIRESX.EXE
Application Version:0.1.6.1115
Application Timestamp:3844ad66
Fault Module Name:EMPIRESX.EXE
Fault Module Version:0.1.6.1115
Fault Module Timestamp:3844ad66
Exception Code:c0000005
Exception Offset:00050f14
OS Version:6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID:3081
Additional Information 1:2310
Additional Information 2:231094ce7c24b191ba4014781d9ff843
Additional Information 3:f5f1
Additional Information 4:f5f131c6e580964fc1c1ec50fe95ac73
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If anyone understands this or knows of a way that I can load my games without restarting the level please help.
Thanks again[This message has been edited by HOGGIE27 (edited 03-07-2010 @ 07:44 PM).]