crash on save load?

    Forgive me if this has been reported/addressed already, but something happened to me in multiplayer for the first time.

    This was a lan game. The host loaded the game, I joined, and she launched it. The game crashed to desktop for both of us about halfway through the loading screen. I tried copying the same exact save to both of our computers and that didn't help.

    Any ideas?

    An idea:

    1. Does the saved game work ok if she tries to load it without you joining? That is, only on her PC.

    2. Did you try to start a new LAN game and it worked ok?

    If NO to 1. and YES to 2., then probably the previous saved game is too heavy (too advanced in the game, too many buildings and too much activity, etc.) for her PC and it crashes. That is probably because the PC does not have enough free memory to load that game.
    In this case, Nirvana has provided a solution in the technical FAQ, no.1, but you should pay much attention to exactly what he says in that solution and follow strictly what he says.

    :)