:hmm: Got me on this one never had a total failure (black screen, no sound...)
Had some CTD but that been it. Did note that nothing short of full reinstall seemed to work for me - but maybe something would work for you. Only thing I did was uninstall all mods, patches and even SH3 - yeah a real pain but re-installed SH3, SH3 patch then Jones, then I went to gather up patches and installed them first RUb, then IUB(beta), then some eye candy stuff like skins for boat and crew Pascal's(?).
Not much help to ya I know but for me its always back to the drawing board these UOP can be sensitive I bet and leave files around that conflict.
Only other thing my simple mind can think of is a corrupt patch download or very outside chance of a conflict issue that has started recently with hardware or drivers - that is why I do the flush out of the ol' SH3 and rebuild; it rules out the hardware stuff if I can get SH3 basic package to start & since then (that flush) about four months ago nary a prob...
and if we bump this maybe Beery and crew will see your signal for help....
g/l <g>
