I´ll try that today, but, if it doesn´t load the plugins, the samples wont be loaded, and the project wouldn´t be considered “large”. I have no problems with small projects.
I have seen a thread about the same problem in Cubase 5 forum, trying to revive it but no luck so far.
It seems that MR816 is the problem, after the first crash, it seems the “hardware integration” is not loaded so, the project loads fine.
So, from what I have seen in the other thread, logic tells me that something is wrong with large projects and MR816x.
here´s the other thread:
I will try today when I have free time the plugin approach.
Thanks!