The project either hangs at 0% or sometimes 5%, loading forever.
Ending via task manager produces yet again the same error message that has bee coming up ever since this issue arose.

Extra Information
   File:                C:\Users\Ultraman\AppData\Local\VEGAS Pro\18.0\fileio_x64.log
   File:                C:\Users\Ultraman\AppData\Local\MAGIX\FileIO\1.0\So4HardwareDetectionError.log
   File:                C:\Users\Ultraman\AppData\Local\MAGIX\FileIO\1.0\So4HardwareDetectionOutput.xml
   File:                C:\Users\Ultraman\AppData\Local\VEGAS Pro\18.0\dx_video_grovel_x64.log
   File:                C:\Users\Ultraman\AppData\Local\VEGAS Pro\18.0\svfx_video_grovel_x64.log
   File:                C:\Users\Ultraman\AppData\Local\VEGAS Pro\18.0\svfx_Ofx1_1_plugin_x64-'de.magix_StyleTransfer' (0, Multiple Contexts).log
   File:                C:\Users\Ultraman\AppData\Local\VEGAS Pro\18.0\svfx_Ofx1_1_plugin_x64-'de.magix_StyleTransfer' (0, Filter).log
   File:                C:\Users\Ultraman\AppData\Local\VEGAS Pro\18.0\svfx_Ofx1_1_plugin_x64-'de.magix_Colorization' (1, Multiple Contexts).log
   File:                C:\Users\Ultraman\AppData\Local\VEGAS Pro\18.0\svfx_Ofx1_1_plugin_x64-'de.magix_Colorization' (1, Filter).log
   File:                C:\Users\Ultraman\AppData\Local\VEGAS Pro\18.0\ocio_x64.log
   File:                C:\Users\Ultraman\AppData\Local\VEGAS Pro\18.0\dx_grovel_x64.log
   File:                C:\Users\Ultraman\AppData\Local\VEGAS Pro\18.0\vst_grovel.log
   File:                C:\Users\Ultraman\AppData\Local\VEGAS Pro\18.0\vegas_script_x64.log
   File:                C:\Users\Ultraman\AppData\Local\VEGAS Pro\18.0\gpu_video_x64.log
   File:                D:\vegas projects\takaneo\takaneo-medical2.veg
   File:                F:\vegas projects\takaneo-medical.veg

Problem Description
   Application Name:    VEGAS Pro
   Application Version: Version 18.0 (Build 527)

Fault Process Details
   Process Path:        C:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 18.0\vegas180.exe
   Process Version:     Version 18.0 (Build 527)
   Process Description: VEGAS Pro
   Process Image Date:  2021-05-04 (Tue May 04) 00:45:44

I'd really appreciate if Magix finally looked into this.
thanks!