NOLF2 stuck on "Loading" Screen

[mountainsurfer]

I'm going through the same issue. I can never leave the "loading" screen. Same thing happens if I click "test" on the video settings screen. I also received the Game2.rez error on install. If I click 'retry' the game won't install. If I click 'ignore', it installs, but I don't think it installs correctly. When I launch the game, I see the intro from the devs and get to the selection screen. I see the main screen with a crosshair, but everything inside the crosshair is grey. I do see Claire walk out and leave. If I choose "new game" I'm taken to a LOADING screen that never loads.
I KNOW my hardware is OK. I'm running an athy850 with a geforce3 (t&l enabled) and I have 512k mem. My drivers are current. This isn't an issue with my machine. There isn't a game out there that won't run on my machine. I have installed all patches and updated the Lithtech file accordingly. There has to be something else wrong here.
Please help out!
Thanks.
Mike