Stuck at "Connecting"...

[Jaaaaack]

So, recently upgraded my laptop from integrated graphics to dedicated ATI x1400. Spring now hangs at the "Connecting to server" black screen. Even when I run it locally (Test spring) it refuses to work. I've completely uninstalled/deleted my mods and re-downloaded. Checked my graphics card for newest drivers and everything is fine. So yeah, what gives?

Edit: Exact specs of computer:

Core Duo 1.73ghz
320GB harddrive
ATI x1400
1GB ram
Vista home premium

Edit2: Infolog after closing game with taskmanager

using configuration source "Software\SJ\Spring"
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 32-bit (build 6000)
Hardware: Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU T2250 @ 1.73GHz; 1021MB RAM, 2295MB pagefile
Using read-write data directory: C:\Program Files\Spring\
Scanning: C:\Program Files\Spring\maps
Scanning: C:\Program Files\Spring\base
Scanning: C:\Program Files\Spring\mods
Video mode set to 1024 x 768 / 32 bit
[ 0] SDL: 1.2.10
[ 0] GL: 2.0.6465 Release
[ 0] GL: ATI Technologies Inc.
[ 0] GL: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
[ 0] GLEW: 1.4.0
[ 0] Connecting to local server using number 0
[ 0] Became player 0
[ 0] Using map Sands of War v2.smf
[ 0] Recording demo demos/local_20081121_111504_Sands of War v2_0.77b5 (spring_0.77b5-R6842).sdf
[ 0] Using script Empty script
[ 0] Using mod Balanced Annihilation V6.41
[ 0] Connecting to server
[ 0] Parsing unit icons
[ 0] Loading all definitions: 0.994000
[ 0] Opening map file

[caldera]

your using an old BA version, ever tried with BA 6.5?

[AF]

that avatar fucking pwns

[caldera]

yea, Oberst Klink FTW

[Jaaaaack]

Happens with all mods. Perhaps it's a hyper-memory issue?

Edit: Turned off hyper-memory and still has problems.
Can I find old versions of the spring.exe somewhere?

Edit: Always seems to occur when the computer starts loading the map.

[caldera]

I'd suggest playing around with the spring-settings a bit. turning down water to basic, disabling lua and ground decals, etc.

[Jaaaaack]

How well does Spring run on Linux? I'm thinking of installing a small ubuntu partition on my harddrive to see if Spring will run inside it. Any thoughts?

[Scikar]

Are you running as administrator?

[caldera]

dont know much about linux but ati+linux seems to be difficult...

[Jaaaaack]

Are you running as administrator?

Yup.

As far as linux, I just finished installing ubuntu (I'm actually posting from it right now) and things seem to be working, currently downloading spring to see how it works. Will report back.

Edit: Got it installed and configured in ubuntu and it seems to work... well perfectly actually. Haven't actually played against another person yet so Im' not sure about frame rates but we'll see soon enough.

Edit2: Well it runs flawlessly on ubuntu under my setup, there are a few strange glitches but nothing major. Still won't work under vista though, but at this point I've ceased to care I guess. Guess Ill be dual booting and just choosing my OS according to what I plan to do.