Game crashing at launch

[finnagin]

Hi. Seem to have an issue with the XWingAlliance.exe crashing. Was working when I first installed yesterday.

English version patched to 2.02 w/ TIE95

codecs are ok
installed game/patched
installed UCP and missing models
installed TFTC
installed Gunboat

Faulting application xwingalliance.exe, version 2.0.0.2, faulting module xwingalliance.exe, version 2.0.0.2, fault address 0x0015dbaa.

Using XP SP3
Athlon 64 3400/NForce 3 250GB/2GB Mem/SB X-Fi/ATI x1950 pro agp cat 9.3legacy

Plays through intro but if I skip(esc) or let it finish it just crashes. Any help is appreciated.

[bman]

Experiment.... make a copy of the prologue.avi file and substitute it with something else.
If it plays through, then it may be a video codec that is missing. Otherwise there is something else at issue.

[finnagin]

Had something to do with the tftclauncher.exe. Seems to work the first time then crash every time after. Made backups of the launcher and other exes and restoring works. I've been playing using the xwingalliance.exe to launch the game and its been working fine. Is the tftclauncher really necessary? Can I create usable pilot files from the standard launcher?