I run CC (unregistered), it opens up totally fine, everything loads, I can play it through a game, though it seems to crash a little more often than SP2..

I try to load it with ANY mod, the game crashes when loading index.ini, specifically the activities part I think. (Not sure because for some odd reason the game doesn't dump the last frame before the crash.) I reinstalled several times to different places on the hard drive, re-downloaded installer, etc etc.

I am running Windows XP SP3 Student Edition on a Macintosh using Parallels Desktop, but I don't see why that should effect anything.

Note: Anything about how Macintoshes aren't better than PCs is spam, and will be reported.

What mods are you trying to load?

It's not the mods. I tried Kloveska, Crobotech, AAL corp pack, then only the flaregun mod, all separately, they crashed every time when loading index.ini

Windows XP SP3 Student Edition Might be the problem, seeing that schools don't let students play games on computers.

And how did you get Windows/CC to run on a Mac?

Also try a fresh install.

AHAH!
In a flash of insight, I realized that transferring the files directly from my mac desktop to my parallels might have been the problem.
So I then loading my thumbdrive into the alternate windows desktop and transferred them from there.
No problems.


Edit:
Argh, may still be broken...
Edit:
Crobotech and Alchemist mods don't work. Crash at pretty much every line of their indexes.