When Zahir presents the Tear of Asha to the Monk triad for some kind of ceremony, a Demon army presents itself which I kindly dispatch of. I then go to the center of the starlike emblems, which Zahir then does an about-face and parks...Two of the monks cast a spell that resembles haste and I am SUPPOSED to start the second part of the map. However....I just sit there and the game hour-glass ICON just stares at me...for several minutes. It locks up...The music still continues normally however I cannot pan or rotate the scenery, nor do any of the buttons on the action wheel work, with the exception that I can change to subterrainean view.
I flip to task manager and the game is using tremendous resources on each core (2). I have let it sit for about 30 minutes, waiting for the game to procede, but that is where it ends and I have to terminate the game. I have tried several things like: Moving almost all my army and gear to another Hero; approach each of the monks again before going to the center; romping around the map for a few days before entering the center. Same results...Game just kinda locks up.
Any ideas? Please don't say "start the quest over" because that is the one option I haven't tried yet
