Still in career mode that I started a month or more ago. USS Balao at Midway on Aug. 2, 1944. Receive orders to transport an intelligence agent to coast of China, near Yancheng, departing on Aug. 16, 1944.
Upon starting the mission, checking the Outside Harbor departure point, mission starts to load (load progress goes to about 1/4 the distance) screen blacks out and gives "Silent Hunter IV has stopped working..." message. Upon acknowledging that it drops back to desktop.
I have tried rebooting, turning off PC and unplugging, starting from the dock instead of outside the harbor, running the game with and without Game Booster, always getting the same results.
Something is amiss. Can you check the files?
EDIT: This would have been the 10th Mission out of Midway since transferring from Pearl Harbor. Tried loading the 9th mission again (depart Midway 6/25 @ 0032h for Area Abuse) - loaded just fine!