Random crashes

[Q3ark]

Am i the only person having these problems? I hope not cos it's doing me head in. The last time it happened i was attacking a convoy of about six ships escorted by three destroyers, had just put two fish in the side of an old tanker and was recalculating my firing solution, was on the map screen had just clicked on the protractor to get a new AOB then the game froze then, you guessed it CTD , s**t i thought i haven't been able to finish a single patrol. I hope they do release another patch to fix this. Not bothered about the stop watch not working to get ship speeds as have found a more reliable way of doing this on these boards, just want it to stop crashing. This wouldn't be half the game it is without the fine moding community here, i just wish publishers would stop using end users as beta testers. I don't know how this game got through quality controll with all the bugs and blatant errors present. ahem rant over chilled now , just dissapointed wanted to enjoy this game, but it's unplayable in its current state.

My system: Intel core 2 cpu 4300 @ 1.8ghz
1Gb RAM
Nvidea Geforce 7600GT with 256MB ram
p.s.
Wonder if putting more ram in would help?