Hi white_fang, I also get the end of mission CTD. And believe it or not, I put it down to my USB joystick. I have a Logitech Attack3 joystick with built-in throttle. Whenever it is plugged in, I get the CTD. When it's not, I don't. Weird, hey?

I also don't use any separate drivers or any profiler software at all. I have no idea what to suggest as this is one of the reasons I gave up on LB2.

I have heard of joystick hat switches not working in LB2, I guess it's to do with the bizarre joystick functionality in LB2 on modern PCs - like having to repeatedly press the trigger to get the cannon to fire.

As I've never bothered with a fancy joystick, I don't have much first-hand experience with controller issues. So I can't really be much more help than that.

Oh, and I am very angry...