Hi,

getting game freezes or CTDs is not if but when for me. However, this time at least it was rather clear what triggered it, so I'll report. I developed housing, and hence my settlements were supposed to replace all those huts with more advanced structures (appartments?). That usually makes the game pause for 2-3 seconds, and then it continues. THis time, 3 seconds pause, then CTD.

Hope those files are accesible via dropbox

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5117968/Elemental0_295-2010-03-15T12-27-59-281.zip

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5117968/DxDiag%20100315.txt

Two issues I have with the game in general: Restoring a saved game will lead to immediate CTD, and in the last games I played, my sovereign did not recuperate the points necessary to build further cities outside my realm (in an earlier version he did).

Edit: Sorry, didn't see that other thread reporting the same problem, and giving a workaround