Well, this is awkward...

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Hmm. Turns out that Silent Hunter 5 wasn't crashing because of the fact that I was playing on a laptop...it's because I made different save files whenever I encountered a convoy. Now, rather than taking 18 minutes for the menu to load, it takes 30 seconds, and I can play for two hours straight.

Dunno it this is your problem, but old savegames will most likely crash your game, if your mod soup has changed from when you saved them.