[canadianvixen]

MICAH YOU ROCK!

Thanks for the advice. Between the BIS board and your suggestion I was able to get it working.

For anyone else who may run across the same problem here is the fix.

a) defrag your computer
b) save your mpsave folder to a temp file
c) uninstall IWD, (you will still have one file in program files that you will need to go back and delete manually.) DO THIS!
d) install IWD I went with the full install this time instead of recommended. It takes up more space but I'll delete it when I'm finished the game anyway.
e) transfer your saved mpsave file back into the game.
f) Go hunt some orc!

This particular assertaion error is a missed file on Disc 1. For some reason recommended download always missed that same file but full download caught it.

Hasta Luego,
Vixen