Seems it's a DEV c0ck up, from the Silentgate nfo:

Needs a patch methinks!!

1) Mount .mds in DT4 (fixed Image)
2) Use Pr0t.St0p to hide the virtual drive(s)
3) Titan Quest.exe -> Right click -> Properties -> Compatibility [x] Win98/ME [x] Disable Visual Themes [x] Turn off advanced text services for this program
4) asr.exe -> Titan Quest.exe

Working on 100% for me and next many people
Singleplayer or Multiplayer Working! No Crashing Game!

The patch will be released on July 5th.
Source

Greets

OK, I extracted the *.arc files, even the audio files, and the game still crashes when I run it.

How do I force the game to use the extracted files and not those inside the archives? Should I delete the *.arc files?

hi their,

i have used the following batch file - this extracts the arcs to the right folder und renames the arc files - when you extract the arc files in the resource folder it will f**k up the game:

simply create a batch file, in the TQ main folder, with the following content ("C:\Spiele\Titan Quest" must be changed to match your game path):
if you dont have a dual core cpu you can try the following:

open the options.txt in the my documents/my games/titan quest/settings folder and alter this:

forceSingleProcessorMode = false
to
forceSingleProcessorMode = true


but i would wait for tha upcoming patch, i hope it fixes this random crash problem.

And what about the *.arc files in the Audio folder? Where do I extract them? Should I creat separate "Music", "Sound" etc. folders?

dont know, haven't ever extractet them.

Yeah, I extracted them all, and guess what....it doesn't help. The game crashes just as it crashed before.

When im using the crack, the game crashes after a while. I don't have this problem when im using the original disc. And when im trying to use curerom 2.03, i alwas get the message that the game cant find the disc.

Game works for me fine with RELOADED crack:
1.turn off internet connection,
2.turn off antivirus
3.turn off process Daemon tools
4.do not use image or disk,
works fine!!!
my config:AMD Athlon 2500+,Ati Radeon 9700 128 MB,RAM:512,Main asus a7n8x Deluxe Gold,Seagate Barracuda 120 GB ,win XP

Did you delete the arc files?

ok guys, i found a solution that works very well for me:

-first i de-installed TQ completely
-re-installed it
-the only emu software a have installed is DaemonTools 4.03 with alle emulations on
-than i installed CureROM Pro v2.0.3 (creating a TQ profile with the built in wizard is quit easy)
-i used the mini-image from Bender
-so i let do curerom all the work, starting the game, mounting the image and so on
-at least i have deleted the video folder from TQ :)
-started up the game with the shortcut created by curerom
-putting all options to default (dont know if this is important to run the game smooth)
-so the fact is i played the game the whole day without a single crash


dont know if this works for others

i can upload my curerom-profile, if this will help in anyway

hi,
i used rld crack, than game crashed, so i install this fix and game crashes every time i try to load my char, so i have to create new one? will it be ok? or its better use curerom?

you can try to delete the last modified .que files in the
...\My Games\Titan Quest\SaveData\Main\*CHARNAME*\Levels_World_World0 1.map\Normal

playing 2 days now with curerom without a single crash. you should give it a try :)

im just trying curerom with new char, hope it will be ok without crashes now.