Game won't load a level

[Shadows1990]

Downloaded this game the other day as I received the THQ Pack as a gift.

Initially, I played through the first level fine.
I came back to play the second level later that day, and hasn't been able to load a level since.

I haven't changed any system settings, and my drivers are all up-to-date. I have also verified the game file's integrity, which seems to be all in order.

I really enjoyed the first level of this game, so it would be a massive shame if I couldn't play anything else :(

edit: I just tried removing my save data and config (so that it returns to the default values) but it still hangs on level load. FWIW, when it loads, I can see the spinning logo stop for a second, then continue, then it gets stuck once more, where it stays.

[Shadows1990]

Massive bump.
I really wanna play this again :(

[the Jack]

Hey, not sure if you solved this or not, but I was having the same issue: loaded it again after installing Windows 7, and it was hanging on the little revolving hexagon thing in the level load screen.

The solution?

Patience. It takes a good 5 minutes, but if you wait you'll see it'll revolve and stop, revolve and stop a couple of times, then the level will load. I'm wondering if this is maybe a multithreading issue?

If anyone has a solution that involves the game loading faster, please post!

[arizonachris]

OK, read here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=952424

Then here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1035874

Maybe some of that will help. This is still one of my all time favorite games. Great fun! (MP was and is dead, tho)

[Shadows1990]

Hi the Jack, I'll redownload the game, and see if leaving it for a few minutes results in the game loading.

arizonachris, thanks for the links, but the problems found aren't similar to the one I'm having.

[Shadows1990]

Just a quick update to those reading.

I tried leaving the game to load for around 5 minutes (as suggested by Jack), and it seems to have done the trick. It does load eventually, but having to wait so long for a single level is a bit crushing :(