I start the game here in Slovakia,,set it up,,purchase my units,,then send it off to him zipped (we're using zip because batlefront.com suggested this might help) He is recieving it,,,purchasing his units and then sending it back to me. I recieve it,,,,save it to my pbem file and unzip it there. I then go into cmbo and join multiplaer,,I click on load e-mail and then click on the file from my friend. The game seems to load alright and I'm then taken to my screen where I can see my units. I have control over the cursor and my units for perhaps 15 seconds before the game freezes up,,I am able to manipulate the screen,,scroll and click on units,,,everything works fine for about 10-15 secs then freezes. I have tried playing with lower graphics settings and have turned off directx accelerator. any ideas???rruussllaann@hotmail.com