Im having the same problem but my game is from Steam, did you find any solution?
Also playing patch 1.0034A. Te reason why, is because playing the game as it comes out of steam allows you to play the cutscene and puts your character in the wastelands but then you cannot save your game, as it crashes.
If playing at higher resolutions, after the council of 7 ceremony the game just crashes. If playing at 800x600 then it asks for cd3, so there is no way to advance.
