Now the game crashes after installing Director's Cut - Ran perfectly prior to

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AMD Athlon(tm) Neo Processor MV-40 1.60 GHz
4.0 GB RAM
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Service Pack 2 (build 6002), 64-bit
ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x95C4) - 3410 with 512 MB Ded. RAM (4.0)
Directx10
Installed from Impulse

I played it before Director's cut without any problems and love the game. After installing director's cut the game freezes before entering any battle. It ran perfectly before. I uninstalled, reinstalled and only patched up to 1.06 - now it won't start the game at all and freezes at the loading menu in windows. I followed all the steps in the troubleshooting section and they don't help... I would appreciate some help, I'd be happy to play 1.6 again at least, but `1.12 sure would be nice...

 

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Fixed

Ok, so I got it working and I wanted to tell people how in case they are having the same issue. For one, ATI Catalyst control was updated on 2/17 - the ATI graphics drivers, essentially. I installed the new Catalyst control center and then uninstalled everything EIC related. I then reinstalled EIC and Director's cut, I made sure to run the directx installer again, even though it should have been already updated. Now it runs better than ever, director's cut is the bomb, its a great game!!