I got the new pack and had crashes so went back to the previous pack which I'd used mostly error free. However, I've had tons of crashes now on the "stable" version since trying the cutting edge pack. Would something have "cross installed" to cause these errors to start cropping up?



I don't believe so, unless you unzipped them to the same folder. There isn't really an "install" to these programs in the windows sense. You are just playing the game out of a self-contained folder. I have been making a point to have them installed in a folder named clealy within a main DF folder. So my current playing is done in:C:\Dwarf Fortress\PeridexisErrant's Starter Pack 0.42.04-r03\when I still had both the stable and cutting edge starter packs installed, there was another folder in the Dwarf Fortress folder, so that would have probably been this:C:\Dwarf Fortress\PeridexisErrant's Starter Pack 0.40.24-r20\Or something similar to that, not exactly sure of those numbers as I have since deleted the stable pack. With this type of setup you can play either version easily with the correct shortcut.Incidentally, I also have the C:\Dwarf Fortress\ folder as a shared cloud folder, enabling me to play the same save game from any of my computers. Kind of like having Steam Cloud for DF! (minus the nice auto updates, lol)One important note- The decompression folder setup has not always been the same. Sometimes when you unzip the contents of the folder, they are already grouped together within an aptly named folder, sometimes not. I make sure to make a folder first and unzip them into there, just to make sure. The worst thing that could happen is your contents are two levels deep instead of one. As long as the OCD of that doesn't get ya, not a big deal.