Sorry for double post, but I have to say this:
I got the mail, I was suggested to completely wipe Geneforge 3 and reinstall, it didn't work out, but this one time when I alt tabbed I got an error:
Unhandled Exception: c0000005
At Address: 00404c2a
Look at my name, now look at topic poster, now look at your post and mine.
I'm just saying I did not make any hardware changes and out of a sudden the game has problems.
This is not an isolated case, it might be a problem for many other players.
My theory is that the install from the main site might be missing something?
Ahem, I didn't make any driver changes, it worked fine before, but now I don't know why it takes so much to open the menu.
And no, my computer isn't old. It can run Crysis.
I have the same issue regarding saving and leaving areas in G1-G3.
It takes 10 seconds to get the menu up and 15 seconds to leave an area, its blatantly annoying.