SilentRon

Now, after another small patch was downloaded, the 'esc' key will no longer get me past the error message. Nice. Guess I am reverting to the released version.

@ Vallu751 Thanks, 'esc' did indeed work. @ Fistalis Thanks to you also. I didn't think about the beta version acting that differently. Is the internet connection allowing Stardock to keep track of beta performance? Just curious. Since "esc' works, I will see if beta helps with the crash issues, the I'll decide between reverting to the released version or messing with my firewall.

I am getting the following message when trying to start the game from the Stardock interface: "Failed to download the data file. Please make sure that you are connected to the internet, have signed into Impulse, and that no firewall or anti-virus program is blocking Elemental." I am connected to the internet, signed in to Impulse (multiple times just to be sure), and I have not touched my security settings in over a year. This is appears to be the result of

Here is the link to my debug.err file. http://pastebin.com/VgzTRcXA I could not locate the C:\ProgramData\Stardock\Elemental - War of Magic directory with a crash file, as recommended in the "How to report a problem" post. I was having the normal "Out of Memory" crash happen often, sometimes during a zoom, but usually while trying to save. I got in the habit of saving a lot. When my last crash happen