Vega, that sounds just like I had... when I had what turned out to be an illegal copy. Did you get it from the shop here or via less reliable ways?
In my 3.08 I had the game crashed after most SP turns.
If this was the case for you there is a great probability you have the same problem I had.
I easily improved it with 55 dollar though
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