First off go to the install location and use the Configuration tool to turn off full screen. the game does not like full screen because of the next issue but you can't fix the next issue with full screen. now run the game but don't worry about what it's doing for now, now while the game is running bring up task manager and go to the Details tab, sort by name and find Maelstrom in the M's, right click on Maelstrom and click on "Set Affinity", now hit "all processors" to uncheck them all and simply check the...

At start up run task manager go to the maelstrom .exe file and Right mouse click. go to set affinity and disable all but CPU0-3. this will make the game start without crashing. Go to Anyone Identify the Cause of Freeze ups? discussion to get a better understanding and explanation. BTW I am currently on Windows 11...

i have both the steam version and the disc version. when i tried to link both, it did not work. what am i doing wrong?

This might just be a win10 thing/compatability, but I don't recall having this issue.... I constantly have to Alt-Tab to fix these odd freeze ups during "cutscenes" and loading. Didn't happen before, but this time around through campaign(fresh install), every map and every cutscene if the audio starts looping or the game seems to lock up, I have to Alt-Tab to get it to refresh itself....

RUN CONFIG TOOL SET.. FULL SCREEN OFF ,WHAN ERORR WINDOW APPEAR PUSH RETRY. WORK FOR ME .....XP MODE WIN 7 ,64 INTEL I5 4570 HD 4600 INTEGRATED