well i fixed it myself... uninstalling the game did not remove the "maine" folder @ C:\Users\"USER"\AppData\Local\Maine i had not modified this folder in anyway other than changing a single line in gameusersettings.cfg to change sg.PostProcessQuality from 3 to 0 to remove the ingame "fog" which after deleting the whole "maine" folder and relaunching the game it worked fine i quit and went back and changed it again to remove the fog now with no crashing... so lets see if they actually read anything here..