sorry for... dual.. post>.>
out of frustration i went searching for other optiosn and found something about win7 and sins using up to much memory
to put it fast,
for me, the game crashed to desktop becuase it ran out of memory the limit being somewhere aroudn 1800MB
this basicly happens becuase sins is a 32-bit application and the limit on 64-bit OS's is bigger, which can cause problems
there is a tool that can increase the max memory useage of applications (including sins) to 4 GB, avoiding sins crashing when it nears the 2 GB limit
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=112556
i've tried this method myself yesterday, and played a game of sins diplomacy + distant stars mod with my friend, no crashes on my side
after about 45 min in the game, my friend crashed (
), i gave him the tool, reloaded the save and happily went on playing with no more crashes.
can safely say that this tool works
i advice anyone having the problem of windows 7 + sins crashing to desktop to give this tool a try (a howto is on te page, just follow the "basic" method)
important note!!
you might need to have the tool unmodify the sins.exe back to its orignial state if there's a patch.
then modify it back again after patching is complete, if you dont the patch might think you have a different version
you can also just keep a backup of the old .exe and switch around during patches
it also seems this works for vista, xp, and even 32-bit users altough some extra steps are involved for XP (all mentioned on the page)
hope this helps everyone as much as it helped me
S_o_L
P.S.
Happy birthday me!!
