FFX Squared Danger Room Crash

[DoctorDark]

With FFX 2.6 Squared Gold Edition installed, every time I set up a Danger Room fight this happens: when the fight is over, I can go back to the main screen but when I click on the Danger Room again the game crashes. Also, if I select to play another Danger Room battle after the first one is over, it crases. There are a couple other instances where Danger Room-related crashes occur, but only with FFX installed.

Without FFX installed, there are no Danger Room-related crashes at all. The main game is patched all the way to 1.3, since it won't work on Windows XP without it. Is FFX busted by patch 1.3, or is there some way to solve this odd problem? I've been trying for two days now, but this still keeps happening. 

I know this was asked about once before on the forums, but no solution was mentioned.

[stumpy]

My recollection is that the DR crash is an issue introduced with the 1.3 patch and there was never a great workaround for it. The best approach is just not to switch from the DR to the main menu screen and back any more than necessary, since that's when the crash seems to occur most. If you are playing several DR scenarios in a row, you might not see the crash much.

[DoctorDark]

Actually, the crash occurs when clicking "Next" after finishing a bout in the Danger Room, as well as when going back into the Danger Room from the main menu. Rather than happen randomly, this is happening specifically on those two occasions every time... but only when FFX is installed. I've been lucky in that I haven't *ever* had this occur with patch 1.3 when playing just regular FF without FFX being installed. Perhaps it isn't a bug caused by the patch (else it would happen without FFX), but rather maybe it is caused by how FFX handles the Danger Room (something not fully compatible with the 1.3 patch)?

So far, I have discovered a definite workaround of sorts. If I choose to go back to the main menu rather than clicking "Next"... I can click Multiplayer, then exit back to the main screen. After doing that, I can start the Danger Room again without it crashing.  While it isn't a fix for the bug, it does avoid it every time, so if there is no permanent fix, there is at least always this method.

[stumpy]

Good find on that workaround.

I had never noticed the FFX connection, but I probably haven't played FF without FFX since before the 1.3 patch was released. I wonder what in FFX could be triggering that sort of crash...