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Okay, so since either no one knows anything or just can;t be bothered, I WILL answer my own question, which I figured out on my own... as usual.

Turns out the problem was due to my audio/sound device drivers not being updated. Perhaps also some of game's audio settings being lowered a bit (which I also did as per the game's forums suggestions), but more likely it was the drivers causing the problem.

They're updated and the game plays fine now. No more crashes.

I'd thank this thread for the help, but none was offered, other than some ****ing reply posted in some kind of Asian text (which is gone now). Yeah, THAT woulda done me a lot of good.

Thanks for nothing.

Hopefully this may help someone else though.


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