[VonBarb.]

Also wdoes anyone else have some maps hang at 100%?

Yes. It only happens to me whenever I try to apply May_Bug's winter textures from Winter Slovakia - both original and lo_res version from VPmedia's default maps upgrade - to other maps.
Maps to which I've applied the textures will hang at 100% and the game will pretty much freeze. When opened with FMB, they will work fine until I zoom in and textures are displayed, and then the game freezes as well after a few seconds.
I have checked the load.ini for the incriminated maps several times, but I cannot spot anything wrong.

Anybody have any idea what might be causing this ?

Cheers

Nico