Yeah.. I'm pretty sure Ray fixed that a while ago but we haven't released a patch for it. I'm afraid you'll have to live with it until the next release.

This has happened to me many, many times over the week, I thought it was just me, but apparently Toshiro had the same issue a few weeks ago. I can avoid it by switching to windowed mode, or alt-tabbing out while my character is logging in. Otherwise, I'll see empty space for a second, and then a crash.

<OS>: WinXP Professional 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build #2600) <CPU>: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (Barton) , 2.21 GHz <VIDEO>:ATI Radeon 9700 PRO 1280x960x32bpp 72Hz <SOUND>: NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio <MEM>:1024 MB

ATI Catalyst 4.3 drivers.

Ah! Figured it out! My computer really doesnt like arolte for some reason. (errors.log follows)

Windows 5.01.2600 (platform 2) Service Pack 1
Thu Apr 15 21:45:00 2004
[04/15/04 21:45:00] Found driver: "Windows Sound (WAV) driver". Type 1, Version 6.1. Load @0x10000000
[04/15/04 21:45:00] Instantiate address: 100017F0
[04/15/04 21:45:00] Found driver: "DirectX8.1 GKGL driver". Type 5, Version 24.1. Load @0x00cd0000
[04/15/04 21:45:00] Instantiate address: 00CD3820
[04/15/04 21:45:00] Found driver: "OpenGL Reference GKGL driver". Type 5, Version 24.0. Load @0x00e70000
[04/15/04 21:45:00] Instantiate address: 00E78E40
Input driver initialized.
[04/15/04 21:45:03] Playing 'ambient7.ogg'
[04/15/04 21:45:05] Welcome to Vendetta Test
Be sure to log out and in to save frequently.
The server will crash often for the next few days.
old node_id = 0, new node_id = 5
[04/15/04 21:45:11] ff0000<Arolte> unless cats can carry containers around, chances are that milk is regurgitated
00400000h 1495040 vendetta.rlb C:\Program Files\Guild Software\Vendetta\vendetta.rlb
77F50000h 684032 ntdll.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\ntdll.dll
77E60000h 942080 kernel32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
76C90000h 139264 IMAGEHLP.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
77C10000h 339968 msvcrt.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
76B40000h 180224 WINMM.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\WINMM.dll
77D40000h 573440 USER32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
77C70000h 262144 GDI32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
77DD0000h 577536 ADVAPI32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
78000000h 548864 RPCRT4.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
71AD0000h 32768 WSOCK32.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\WSOCK32.dll
71AB0000h 81920 WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\WS2_32.dll
71AA0000h 32768 WS2HELP.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\WS2HELP.dll
72280000h 659456 DINPUT.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\DINPUT.dll
10000000h 77824 cwavsound.dll C:\Program Files\Guild Software\Vendetta\drivers\cwavsound.dll
771B0000h 1183744 ole32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
00CD0000h 434176 directx8.dll C:\Program Files\Guild Software\Vendetta\drivers\directx8.dll
51000000h 315392 DDRAW.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\DDRAW.dll
73BC0000h 24576 DCIMAN32.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\DCIMAN32.dll
00D40000h 1212416 d3d8.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\d3d8.dll
003C0000h 24576 d3d8thk.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\d3d8thk.dll
77C00000h 28672 VERSION.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
00E70000h 180224 refgl.dll C:\Program Files\Guild Software\Vendetta\drivers\refgl.dll
5ED00000h 811008 OPENGL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\OPENGL32.dll
68B20000h 122880 GLU32.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\GLU32.dll
5AD70000h 212992 uxtheme.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\uxtheme.dll
74720000h 278528 MSCTF.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\MSCTF.dll
71A50000h 241664 mswsock.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\mswsock.dll
76F20000h 151552 DNSAPI.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\DNSAPI.dll
76FB0000h 28672 winrnr.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
76F60000h 180224 WLDAP32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
688F0000h 36864 HID.DLL C:\WINDOWS\System32\HID.DLL
76670000h 946176 SETUPAPI.DLL C:\WINDOWS\System32\SETUPAPI.DLL
605D0000h 32768 mslbui.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\mslbui.dll
09280000h 229376 events.dll C:\Program Files\Trillian\events.dll
77340000h 569344 COMCTL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll
763B0000h 282624 comdlg32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\comdlg32.dll
70A70000h 413696 SHLWAPI.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
773D0000h 8331264 SHELL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
71950000h 933888 comctl32.dll C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.10.0_x-ww_f7fb5805\comctl32.dll
77120000h 569344 OLEAUT32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.DLL
76FD0000h 491520 CLBCATQ.DLL C:\WINDOWS\System32\CLBCATQ.DLL
77050000h 806912 COMRes.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\COMRes.dll
51080000h 368640 dsound.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\dsound.dll
72D20000h 36864 wdmaud.drv C:\WINDOWS\System32\wdmaud.drv
72D10000h 32768 msacm32.drv C:\WINDOWS\System32\msacm32.drv
77BE0000h 81920 MSACM32.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\MSACM32.dll
77BD0000h 28672 midimap.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\midimap.dll
5EF80000h 16384 KsUser.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\KsUser.dll
71A90000h 32768 wshtcpip.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
76FC0000h 20480 rasadhlp.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\rasadhlp.dll
Windows 5.01.2600 (platform 2) Service Pack 1
ExceptionCode: 0xc0000005 Access Violation
ExceptionFlags: 0x00000000
ExceptionRecord: 0x00000000
ExceptionAddress: 0x00433432
NumberParameters: 2
0x00000000
0x00000070

ContextFlags: 0x0001003f
Dr0: 0x00000000
Dr1: 0x00000000
Dr2: 0x00000000
Dr3: 0x00000000
Dr6: 0x0000c000
Dr7: 0x00000000
SegGs: 0x00000000
SegFs: 0x00000038
SegEs: 0x00000023
SegDs: 0x00000023
SegCs: 0x0000001b
SegSs: 0x00000023
Eax: 0x00000003
Ebx: 0x00000039
Ecx: 0x00000000
Edx: 0x0012ec88
Esi: 0x00000000
Edi: 0x0000578f
Ebp: 0x0012ec7c
Eip: 0x00433432
Esp: 0x0012ec5c
EFlags: 0x00010206

Stack trace:
0: 0x00433432: 0x0000578f 0x00000039 0x09dd805c 0x0012ecd0
1: 0x0043388d: 0x0012ecd0 0x0012f3d0 0x00000002 0x0cb804b0
2: 0x0041d818: 0x0012ecd0 0x00000002 0x00000000 0x0cb845fd
3: 0x0048c232: 0x0012f3d0 0x0cb845f4 0x0cb83548 0x00000005
4: 0x0048f4e7: 0x0cb83548 0x00000005 0x0cb845fd 0x0000007b
5: 0x004a418e: 0x0012f400 0x0cb83558 0x0cb83548 0x00001412
6: 0x004a4261: 0x003a38b0 0x003d37a0 0x95520002 0x69cb1dcc
7: 0x004a44d8: 0x00a80284 0x000001d0 0x00000001 0x0012f588
8: 0x004073e1: 0x00a80284 0x00001412 0x000001d0 0x00000001
9: 0x77d43a50: 0x004072f0 0x00a80284 0x00001412 0x000001d0
10: 0x77d43b1f: 0x00000000 0x004072f0 0x00a80284 0x00001412
11: 0x77d45b2c: 0xffff03f7 0x00a80284 0x00001412 0x000001d0
12: 0x77d45b4b: 0xffff03f7 0x00a80284 0x00001412 0x000001d0
13: 0x72294cad: 0x00a80284 0x00001412 0x000001d0 0x00000001
14: 0x72294f89: 0x00166468 0x00a80284 0x00001412 0x000001d0
15: 0x72294ff7: 0x00a80284 0x00001412 0x000001d0 0x00000001
16: 0x7228f39a: 0x00a80284 0x00001412 0x000001d0 0x00000001
17: 0x72294f89: 0x00166468 0x00a80284 0x00001412 0x000001d0
18: 0x72295069: 0x00a80284 0x00001412 0x000001d0 0x00000001
19: 0x77d43a50: 0x72295010 0x00a80284 0x00001412 0x000001d0
20: 0x77d43b1f: 0x00000000 0x72295010 0x00a80284 0x00001412
21: 0x77d45b2c: 0xffff0473 0x00a80284 0x00001412 0x000001d0
22: 0x77d45f73: 0xffff0473 0x00a80284 0x00001412 0x000001d0
23: 0x00d571e2: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

It crashes over and over again until I successfully log in and off. I'll do a verbose 6 or something and post the log too.

Ok, didnt do it again. Only thing I did was change resolution. Weird.

ok, I just had the game crash after logging in and selecting my character. It crashed on the first loading screen, possibly when i hit the console key. However I have been so far unable to duplicate this bug, I'm on a windows XP machine, (i sent the automated bug report so you should have my errors log etc.)

ok, no biggie,
[ uhh you can prolly lock the thread if it's been dealt with :) ]

Yeah, that has been fixed.