Ahum, I just did a complete reinstall and now it's happening to me too
How embarrassing
Anyway, I'm busy testing things out. A note : it did work ONCE, when I had put all graphic options off and put the resolution on 640x480. Very weird. My previous install worked flawlessly with the nocd, but now that I've reinstalled, including the static\ files, it doesn't seem to really work anymore ? I'm trying to find out what's causing the problems, and why it stopped working after the reinstall. In the meantime, you can all use the CloneCd + Daemon Tools method to play without the cd.