I have a quite similar problem on my end.
At first, the game crashed without any dumps. At that point I found this topic and tried everything listed.
FoV ran by itself, by the way.
I have installed the latest AC3filter codecs, I've turned the Desktop themes etc stuff off in compatibility, I have UAC disabled. Tried making an empty file and naming it the endgame video, but that failed as well. As a last ditch, I disabled all the vids altogether and changed the resolution to 1440x900, my monitor's native resolution. That, for some reason, helped, and I managed to start FoV.
So, I guess you dismissed the video being the problem (just like I almost did), but try turning them off in the master file, anyway.
Last edited by Kordy; 20/03/11 10:57 AM.
