Help please - error with game

[Jason2]

Please bear with me, I'm sure this has been answered before, but couldn't find it:

I just got a new laptop and installed SEIV and then downloaded the current patch and modpack. Loaded it all up and then on the second turn, with my first colony ship I get:

Range check error (er... maybe Range index...) everytime I try to move it to a warp point. The game then crashes. Argh!

I have tried this 3 times and can't get it to work - what do I do?!?! (

My system is Windows ME (didn't know if that mattered)

Thank you!

Jason2