Windows 8/8.1/10 ML crashes after selecting character?

hey everyone, i downloaded maplelegends 3 days ago and it has been working fine the whole time until this afternoon. now, it crashes about 30 seconds-4 minutes after i log on, select my character, and start playing. it fades to black and crashes with no error message. here is what i found from the crash logs:

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[1.28.0 Win] - [2025-01-05 17:25:50]
Exception code: C0000005
Exception address: 7756EB0B
Base: 665C0000

Call stack:
0019E7C8
1941C650
00000057
FFFFFBF9
00000000
FFFFFFFF
7756EB0B (KERNEL32.DLL)
0040296C
0041080D
0040FCDC
00406D55
00442CBF
0078C2AF
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[1.28.0 Win] - [2025-01-05 17:26:56]
Exception code: C0000005
Exception address: 004034D2
Base: 665C0000

Call stack:
FFFFFFE4
1E7B4A14
002E0020
002E0020
00000000
1E69BD44
004034D2
0041080D
0040FCDC
00406D55
00442CBF
0078C2AF
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[1.28.0 Win] - [2025-01-05 17:27:23]
Exception code: C0000005
Exception address: 00401999
Base: 665C0000

Call stack:
1AC7F510
1475CEB8
0062005F
1475CEB8
00470020
A4E80000
00401999
004025AE
0041080D
0040FCDC
00406D55
00442CBF
0078C2AF
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[1.28.0 Win] - [2025-01-05 17:29:35]
Exception code: C0000005
Exception address: 00401999
Base: 665C0000

Call stack:
2655DDE4
1478E260
0065005C
1478E260
00650063
DC24E4E8
00401999
004025AE
0041080D
0040FCDC
00406D55
00442CBF
0078C2AF
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[1.28.0 Win] - [2025-01-05 17:33:00]
Exception code: C0000005
Exception address: 00402533
Base: 665C0000

Call stack:
FFFFFFE4
1E8B56CC
0026E000
16DFD6BC
9C84B236
1F0AAC50
00402533
0041080D
0040FCDC
00406D55
00442CBF
0078C2AF
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[1.28.0 Win] - [2025-01-05 17:36:42]
Exception code: C0000005
Exception address: 00402533
Base: 665C0000

Call stack:
FFFFFFE4
1A4B0328
0034D000
1692E154
00009202
0D5368E4
00402533
0041080D
0040FCDC
00406D55
00442CBF
0078C2AF
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[1.28.0 Win] - [2025-01-05 17:38:54]
Exception code: C0000005
Exception address: 00402533
Base: 66E70000

Call stack:
FFFFFFE4
17EC6204
0033C000
16CC52B4
00003D02
1F4CC088
00402533
0041080D
0040FCDC
00406D55
00442CBF
0078C2AF
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any advice?? i've been loving the server & really want to get this fixed!