I don't know if there was another update but for some unidentified reason this game just hangs now... it's been a month so I'm not sure what changed... I've had M$Windows 10 updates, maybe a graphics driver update and maybe you updated the game since I last played?
I'll keep you posted if I discover anything.
Edit: I tried re-installing it but same thing, no joy. Maybe I have a corrupted save?
I tried again with nothing at all running and I still get a window with a black background and then it just hangs... it has to be killed by Windows... it doesn't seem to be trying to do anything either. *shrug*
I'm running Windows 10 up to the 22H patches (I think) if that's any help. (Windows 11 shenanigans preclude me from going further than that but this is the main Windows 10 branch for those not able to upgrade to Windows 11 because MS says so - this laptop is better than my wife's but hers is on the upgrade path and mine isn't... *shrug*