I played the game the whole way through the first time and had no bugs.

The second time I had no issues until I had gotten to the Pripyat section. I actually went mostly through it and left to get more med kits/bandages.

When I returned the game began to crash. I tried going back a bit and starting the game a bit before Pripyat but seemed to have issues when I finally got to Pripyat.

The error says:

Xrayengine_error_report_
080913-031328.zip

Any ideas? I downloaded the latest three official patches and other then some second delays when the graphics were on the high end, well, as I said, no problems the first time playing it through.

Here are the stats for my computer and it's Vista, business edition:

Best,

Bishop

Operating System: Windows Vista Business (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.071009-1548)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Dell DXC061
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 2.3.2
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.9GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 1942MB used, 2365MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name: 256MB ATI Radeon X1300PRO
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: Radeon X1300/X1550 Series (0x7183)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7183&SUBSYS_0D021028&REV_00
Display Memory: 1018 MB
Dedicated Memory: 255 MB
Shared Memory: 763 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor

There are unfortunately no work arounds for this problem I know of - you should back up save games (if I have to tell you how to do this - well, I cant be bothered) and re-install this game though bear in mind you will likely only have your autosaves available not your quicksaves. Bummer if you still have no joy - Though I see you have a pretty poor GPU so you may want to consider upgrading to something just wee bit faster as I found I had many screw ups with my old GPU (I dont think that will solve error - but hell your gaming experience will be much sexier!!)