All of the checksums were correct, but I went ahead and reinstalled X3 and X3e anyway. Things seemed better at first, but then I encountered problems again (i.e. SONAR going totally nonresponsive.)
It might be that while basically starting from scratch with the tutorials and trying out things I won't necessarily be using all the time, I'm running into glitches I wouldn't see in normal usage.
That being said, I don't think I've done anything that should result in a program hang, so it must be my system or the plugins I'm trying to use or the way I'm using them.
Last night I was working with automation envelopes for MusicLabs' RealGuitar. At one point, I deleted the envelope since it was messed up, thinking I could start again. I started trying to draw points. That caused a hang, and I believe generated a problem report (something did).
After a restart, I got a SONAR hang again, this time clicking the "Silent" button in MusicLab's RealGuitar.
That tells me RealGuitar probably won't work reliably on my system with X3e, although it works fine otherwise (on my other DAW) and I'm sure it works fine for others with SONAR.
I *really* want X3e to work with my system, but I honestly don't know what to try next.
It's very frustrating. Just when I think I've got it going, I run into not just a head-scratcher, but a total SONAR hang and I have no choice but to End Task and reboot. No fun at all.
I'm sure there's something wrong on my end, but I have no idea what i is or what else to try.
-Susan