Worms Armageddon crashes after 2 minutes

[marccox08]

I've tried consulting many of the threads on this forum in order to get my copy of Worms Armageddon to work, but I have come to no succession. The version of Worms Armageddon I bought was the Sold-Out software version, which comes with Worms Armageddon and Worms 2, which I purchased off eBay. When I try to run it on my desktop computer, the game runs okay for 1-2 minutes, then the screen goes back, returns to desktop and says "Worms Armageddon has stopped responding". It runs fine on my laptop with no problems whatsoever but I wish to play on my desktop. I've tried these solutions to try and make the game work.

1. Installed the latest update
2. Disabling the intro screen from the shortcut
3. Running the game in either compatibility mode or 256 colours
I have come to no avail with these. Can anyone please help?

For comparison reasons, here is my system specs:
Desktop
Dell Optiplex 790
Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit
Intel i3 Core - 3.1Ghz
4GB Ram
Intel HD Graphics

Laptop
Acer Aspire 5338
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 Bit
Intel Celeron - 1.8Ghz
4GB Ram

[CyberShadow]

Can you confirm that the error message actually says "Worms Armageddon has stopped responding"?

Can you find crash details when going to Control Panel\System and Security\Action Center\Problem Reports? If so, please use the "Copy to clipboard" link and paste the details here.

[marccox08]

Source
Worms Armageddon 3.6.31.0

Summary
Stopped working

Date
‎18/‎07/‎2012 11:21

Status
Report sent

Description
Faulting Application Path: C:\Team17\Worms Armageddon\wa.exe

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: wa.exe
Application Version: 3.6.31.0
Application Timestamp: 4ce25091
Fault Module Name: MFC42.DLL
Fault Module Version: 4.21.0.7325
Fault Module Timestamp: 34762b9a
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00014b92
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

[CyberShadow]

Please install WormKit (http://worms.thecybershadow.net/wormkit/) and the following WormKit module: 30849
Run the game via WormKit.exe and reproduce the problem. After the game has closed, there should be some files named EXC_xxxx.DMP in your W:A folder. Please compress and post them here.

[marccox08]

Here are the produced files.

[CyberShadow]

Thanks. What happens if you rename the file MFC42.DLL from the Worms Armageddon installation directory to something else?

[marccox08]

I just did that, run the game again normally and now it works with no problem whatsoever! :D Thank you very very much CyberShadow. You are awesome. *salutes*