HoMM3: Wake of Gods Crashing Problem

[RobinHood2005]

Right, really vintage, obscure issue here, so bear with me.

 

On my PC, I have a Virtual Machine running Windows XP 64 bit. I use it to run older Heroes games and edit maps for them.

I have Heroes III: Shadow of Death and HotA HD on the machine and both work perfectly (although the former does not detect a CD despite me selecting the drive as a shared folder).

 

I used to be able to run WOG perfectly as well, albeit in a smaller window, but now I can't open the 'Scenarios' menu because I run into a bug which crashes the game. The following was found in the error message, as well as the crash log:

EIP = {0x00404C36}, Access Violation. Attempt to {read} the inaccessible data at {0x00000000}

The Latest Executed ERM Receiver:

Register Context:

EAX = 0x00000001

EBX = 0x0022759C

ECX = 0x00000000

EDX = 0x006AB800

ESI = 0x00000000

EDI = 0x00000000

EBP = 0x002272F4

ESP = 0x002272D0

Stack Frame:

0x002272D0 : 0x00227544

0x002272D4 : 0x19080000

0x002272D8 : 0x0022759C

0x002272DC : 0x0022759C

0x002272E0 : 0x00000000

0x002272E4 : 0x002272D0

0x002272E8 : 0x00227554

0x002272EC : 0x00627A00

0x002272F0 : 0x00000001

0x002272F4 : 0x0022730C

0x002272F8 : 0x004049E5

0x002272FC : 0x04290070

0x00227300 : 0x002276E4

0x00227304 : 0x00000200

0x00227308 : 0x0022759C

0x0022730C : 0x00227560

0x00227310 : 0x00485A24

0x00227314 : 0x19080000

0x00227318 : 0x00000000

0x0022731C : 0xFFFFFFFF

0x00227320 : 0x00000000

0x00227324 : 0x042BF954

0x00227328 : 0x002276E4

0x0022732C : 0xBF002A31

0x00227330 : 0x00000001

0x00227334 : 0x00000000

0x00227338 : 0xBE002605

0x0022733C : 0x00000001

0x00227340 : 0x00000000

0x00227344 : 0xC000252C

0x00227348 : 0x00000001

0x0022734C : 0x00000000

0x00227350 : 0xC1002731

0x00227354 : 0x00000001

0x00227358 : 0x00000000

0x0022735C : 0xC200071A

0x00227360 : 0x00000001

0x00227364 : 0x00000000

0x00227368 : 0xC300071C

0x0022736C : 0x00000001

0x00227370 : 0x00000000

0x00227374 : 0xC4000A23

0x00227378 : 0x00000001

0x0022737C : 0x00000000

0x00227380 : 0xC5000825

0x00227384 : 0x00000001

0x00227388 : 0x00000000

0x0022738C : 0xC6000D10

0x00227390 : 0x00000001

0x00227394 : 0x00000000

0x00227398 : 0xC100071B

0x0022739C : 0x00000001

0x002273A0 : 0x00000000

0x002273A4 : 0xC0000B24

0x002273A8 : 0x00000001

0x002273AC : 0x00000000

0x002273B0 : 0xC2002C00

0x002273B4 : 0x00000001

0x002273B8 : 0x00000000

0x002273BC : 0xC4002904

0x002273C0 : 0x00000001

0x002273C4 : 0x00000000

0x002273C8 : 0xC5002A01

0x002273CC : 0x00000001

0x002273D0 : 0x00000000

0x002273D4 : 0xC6002709

0x002273D8 : 0x00000001

0x002273DC : 0x00000000

0x002273E0 : 0xC700240C

0x002273E4 : 0x00000001

0x002273E8 : 0x00000000

0x002273EC : 0xC800121A

0x002273F0 : 0x00000001

0x002273F4 : 0x00000000

0x002273F8 : 0x000000FF

0x002273FC : 0xC900320F

0x00227400 : 0x00000001

0x00227404 : 0x00000000

0x00227408 : 0xCA003226

0x0022740C : 0x00000001

0x00227410 : 0x00000000

0x00227414 : 0xCB003235

0x00227418 : 0x00000001

0x0022741C : 0x00000000

0x00227420 : 0xC9001C1D

0x00227424 : 0x00000001

0x00227428 : 0x00000000

0x0022742C : 0xCB00101D

0x00227430 : 0x00000001

0x00227434 : 0x00000000

0x00227438 : 0xCC002802

0x0022743C : 0x00000001

0x00227440 : 0x00000000

0x00227444 : 0xCD001202

0x00227448 : 0x00000001

0x0022744C : 0x00000000

0x00227450 : 0xCE00452A

0x00227454 : 0x00000001

0x00227458 : 0x00000000

0x0022745C : 0xF9004628

0x00227460 : 0x00000000

0x00227464 : 0x00000000

0x00227468 : 0x91003F42

0x0022746C : 0x00000000

0x00227470 : 0x00000000

0x00227474 : 0x92003B45

0x00227478 : 0x00000000

0x0022747C : 0x00000000

0x00227480 : 0x00000000

0x00227484 : 0x00000000

0x00227488 : 0x00000000

0x0022748C : 0x00000000

0x00227490 : 0x00000000

0x00227494 : 0x00000000

0x00227498 : 0x00000000

0x0022749C : 0x00000000

0x002274A0 : 0x00000000

0x002274A4 : 0x00000000

0x002274A8 : 0x00000000

0x002274AC : 0x00000000

0x002274B0 : 0x00000000

0x002274B4 : 0x00000000

0x002274B8 : 0x00000000

0x002274BC : 0x00000000

0x002274C0 : 0x00000000

0x002274C4 : 0x00000000

0x002274C8 : 0x00000000

0x002274CC : 0x00000000

0x002274D0 : 0x00000000

0x002274D4 : 0x00000000

0x002274D8 : 0x00000000

0x002274DC : 0x00000000

0x002274E0 : 0x00000000

0x002274E4 : 0x00000000

0x002274E8 : 0x00000000

0x002274EC : 0x00000000

0x002274F0 : 0x00000000

0x002274F4 : 0x00000000

0x002274F8 : 0x00000000

0x002274FC : 0x00000000

0x00227500 : 0x00000001

0x00227504 : 0x00000000

0x00227508 : 0xBE00091C

0x0022750C : 0x00000001

0x00227510 : 0x00000000

0x00227514 : 0xBF000D25

0x00227518 : 0x00000001

0x0022751C : 0x00000000

0x00227520 : 0xB3000D26

0x00227524 : 0x00000001

0x00227528 : 0x00000000

0x0022752C : 0x19080000

0x00227530 : 0x002276E4

0x00227534 : 0x3B0B0021

0x00227538 : 0x0022759C

0x0022753C : 0x042BF954

0x00227540 : 0x00000000

0x00227544 : 0x00227604

0x00227548 : 0x22030021

0x0022754C : 0x19080000

0x00227550 : 0x1908001F

0x00227554 : 0x002275B0

0x00227558 : 0x0062AC48

0x0022755C : 0x00000000

0x00227560 : 0x002275BC

0x00227564 : 0x004C3FA1

0x00227568 : 0x002276E4

0x0022756C : 0x042BF954

0x00227570 : 0x042BF8B4

0x00227574 : 0x00606EB6

0x00227578 : 0x00000000

0x0022757C : 0x00000000

0x00227580 : 0x00000000

0x00227584 : 0x00000000

0x00227588 : 0x0022769F

0x0022758C : 0x00227600

0x00227590 : 0x00000000

0x00227594 : 0x00000000

0x00227598 : 0x00000000

0x0022759C : 0x00227604

0x002275A0 : 0x00000001

0x002275A4 : 0x00000000

0x002275A8 : 0x00000000

0x002275AC : 0x042BF954

0x002275B0 : 0x002276AC

0x002275B4 : 0x0062C6C8

0x002275B8 : 0x00000000

0x002275BC : 0x002276B8

0x002275C0 : 0x004C432C

0x002275C4 : 0x0E81F400

0x002275C8 : 0x00001708

0x002275CC : 0x04290184

0x002275D0 : 0x042BF73F

0x002275D4 : 0x00000023

0x002275D8 : 0x0061BCCB

0x002275DC : 0x00000023

0x002275E0 : 0x006194F7

0x002275E4 : 0x0068FEA8

0x002275E8 : 0x0068FEA8

0x002275EC : 0x0068FEA8

0x002275F0 : 0x042901D4

0x002275F4 : 0x04290185

0x002275F8 : 0x00606A31

0x002275FC : 0x0068FEA8

0x00227600 : 0x04290184

0x00227604 : 0x002276E4

0x00227608 : 0x00227688

0x0022760C : 0x00000023

0x00227610 : 0x00227623

0x00227614 : 0x00000000

0x00227618 : 0xFFFFFFFF

0x0022761C : 0x04290161

0x00227620 : 0x7C006272

0x00227624 : 0x7C809B60

0x00227628 : 0x00000023

0x0022762C : 0x00000041

0x00227630 : 0x002276D4

0x00227634 : 0x04290184

0x00227638 : 0x002276E4

0x0022763C : 0x00000023

0x00227640 : 0x04290184

0x00227644 : 0x002276E4

0x00227648 : 0x00227670

0x0022764C : 0x00227660

0x00227650 : 0x00000000

0x00227654 : 0x00000000

0x00227658 : 0x00000000

0x0022765C : 0x00000000

0x00227660 : 0x04290184

0x00227664 : 0x002276E4

0x00227668 : 0x00000023

0x0022766C : 0x00000000

0x00227670 : 0x00227688

0x00227674 : 0x007043B2

0x00227678 : 0x04290184

0x0022767C : 0x002276E4

0x00227680 : 0x00000023

0x00227684 : 0x00677D6C

0x00227688 : 0x002276B8

0x0022768C : 0x006067E7

0x00227690 : 0xFFFFFFFF

0x00227694 : 0x004D6EE9

0x00227698 : 0x042BF73F

0x0022769C : 0x00000000

0x002276A0 : 0x00000000

0x002276A4 : 0x00000008

0x002276A8 : 0x002276E4

0x002276AC : 0x002276F4

0x002276B0 : 0x0062C706

0x002276B4 : 0x00000000

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Help, anyone? I think I saw someone on another forum have a similar problem, though they never responded after receiving tips on how to fix it and the thread is about a decade old. Other than that, I couldn't find anything.

Link to the forum here: https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/4/11256

This place is my only hope for finding a solution to this problem. Can some good samaritan -no, some HERO- help me in my hour of need? Thanks.