patch 1.2 screen black then crash

[patchmcpatch]

Yep, im back again looking for a sollution to this awfull game. My problem is as followed:

I could play the game unpatched, until i reached the society of leopold and the game didn't work. So i patched it with 1.2 and now things have got messed up. Whenever i use the desktop shortcut icon it comes up in a red, rectangular box "Vampire the masquerade..." then the screen goes black(as it should). However now it just crashes back to the desktop.

This problem even occurs when i press shortcut to cd and click play from the menu.

If there is a sollution to this problem then its probably really simple and been staring me in the face 0.o please help