Game crashes at load screen

[Jefferedsox]

Ok so here goes. I did a fresh install of MVP05, installed patch 5, then MVP 06 mod.

I launch the game and see the splash screen with clemens/ausmus and then the screen goes black like the game is about to load and right before the ea sports screen it crashes back to desktop.

I havent installed any roster updates or anything else after the 06 mod simply because if a problem arose I would know it isnt due to one of those.

I have read almost every post on this forum and only one other person has a similar problem, and the proposed solution was to delete the MVP 05 folder in MY Documents and remove any mvp files from the registry before the fresh install. Apparently he tried this and still had the same problem.

I guess its worth noting that I used the beta version of this mod for months and several seasons in dynasty and never crashed. My video/ audio drivers are up to date as is directX.

Any suggestions that dont involve a complete windows reinstall are much appreciated.

[Jefferedsox]

problem solved. It was my firewall causing it to crash because the .exe changed when I updated it. I feel stupid because I had the same problem with another game and this time I forgot all about it.

Anyway the game is great, thank you modders for making the best baseball game on the planet even better.

[Nuttycubfan]

what did you have to do to your firewall to get it to work?

[Jefferedsox]

I use zonealarm and whenever a new program is installed or an old one is updated a pop up appears that asks if its ok to allow internet connection and or act as a server.

Problem is that games tend to try and connect to the internet after the game has launched and the pop up makes it go back to the desktop, usually causing the game to crash. You have to go into the zonealarm program settings and set the program to allow or disallow internet connections. Then when you launch the game the pop up question will not happen and the game will not crash.