crashes, patch won't instal

[zakmazeng]

the version numbering is my fault.. "1.1" is what the windows release is.. but I forgot to fix the numbering in the linux and mac builds.. so 1.0.3013 == 1.1.

And honestly it sounds like some issue with your hardware as it should NOT crash your system ever.. And recall I'm testing and building this on a 2006 Mac Pro running snow leopard 10.6.3.

Have you tried re-installing the game? And do you have any other games you can test on? and do you have all the latest patches from apple installed.. (that's one thing I haven't tested.. I have not yet installed the latest security patch from apple.. as I don't want to reboot :-D )

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I also would think about having the system 'checked" by apple if you are under apple-care coverage. or maybe give the system a good dusting.

I couldn't give up just yet so I tried again. after going into the mine the game immediately locks up. I tried to quit and I got a spinning beachball. this time I waited and after several minutes the game quitted and left me with a distorted finder. restarting the finder and everything was back to normal. so it didn't really lock up the computer.
looking at the hpl log I gor these error messages that it couldn't find stuff:

Game Running
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Loading collada for 'maps/level01_01_outside.dae' took: 132 ms
CG: 'Fog_Trans_vp.cg' using profile: 'vp40'
CG: 'Fog_Trans_Alpha_fp.cg' using profile: 'fp40'
ERROR: Couldn't create SoundEntity 'unbreak_impact_snow_med.snt'
WARNING: Couldn't preload sound 'unbreak_impact_snow_med'
CG: 'Fog_Trans_Mod_fp.cg' using profile: 'fp40'
WARNING: Could not find language file category ''
Loading collada for 'maps/level01_02_mine_entrance.dae' took: 248 ms
CG: 'Fog_Trans_Mod_fp.cg' using profile: 'fp40'
ERROR: Couldn't find particle system file 'particle_dust.ps'
ERROR: Couldn't create particle system 'sust01' of type 'particle_dust'
ERROR: Couldn't find particle system file 'dust_sust01.ps'
ERROR: Couldn't create particle system 'particle' of type 'dust_sust01'
ERROR: Couldn't load particle system 'particle' with type 'dust_sust01'
Loading map 'level01_02_mine_entrance.dae' took: 1921 ms

so maybe that is the problem?
I attached a photo of the screen when the game locked up. it certainly looks like some kind of graphic problem to me but I don't know what to make of it.