[Mongoose]

The shinemap and glowmap files go in the "Maps" folder in your Data directory.

[StratComm]

I'm actually running into the freezing problem too.  I can't trace it to a specific moment in a mission (and in fact can prove that it happens at any stage of the game, including pilot file selection) as you can but there is no reason for it to be simply freezing.  I'm about to look around the Mantis and see if it's a known issue.

[Itsara]

Cool, but yea, everytime its the same exact spot, little annoying.