Dark Messiah is crashing on the loading screen for Chapter 5 (Windows 7)

[Xesthan]

So I finish chapter 4, then the cutscene that plays afterwards ends, and proceeds to the loading screen for Chapter 5 afterward. It crashes on the loading screen. Then I get this.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: mm.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 45211f69
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.17725
Fault Module Timestamp: 4ec49b8f
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0003a6c7
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: e8ad
Additional Information 2: e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863
Additional Information 3: e8ad
Additional Information 4: e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863
I've tried to get it working, but I don't know what to do. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[PrinceOfPerversia]

Just experienced the same recently. Lowering all graphics settings - save for the resolution - to the minimum before the area transition and reverting them after the new level loaded did the trick.

[Dusk of Oolacile]

You only need to set gfx detail to medium. Keep it that way, high is bugged. It crashes often, while having it on medium allows you to play the game from start to finish without a single crash. (Crash on exit doesn't count, you only can avoid that by using windows xp.)

[Xesthan]

I fixed this a long time ago by switching to the PC I have that uses Windows XP.