Crash at 'Create new character' screen

[ether]

Hey guys, new to planeshift and really keen to check it out..but I'm crashing at the character screen also. 

Running Windows 7 32 bit, with the infamous Intel GMA but mine is 3150. I've updated the drivers and tried various settings in the game options and in the intel control panel but it crashes everytime when i click on a race to choose. I've got the sound disabled so theres no problem there. I've tried deleting the shader something or other file in th app data folder as whas suggested in another post.

I get the message - psclient has stop working, windows is checking for a solution blah blah. Then it fails and goes back to the launcher.

Error log says -

Thu Sep 01 20:53:06 2011, <..\..\src\common\paws\pawsimagedrawable.cpp:69 pawsImageDrawable::PreparePixmap SEVERE>
Thu Sep 01 20:53:06 2011, Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/top_left_1.png<
Thu Sep 01 20:53:06 2011, <..\..\src\common\paws\pawsimagedrawable.cpp:69 pawsImageDrawable::PreparePixmap SEVERE>
Thu Sep 01 20:53:06 2011, Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/top_right_1.png<
Thu Sep 01 20:53:06 2011, <..\..\src\common\paws\pawsimagedrawable.cpp:69 pawsImageDrawable::PreparePixmap SEVERE>
Thu Sep 01 20:53:06 2011, Could not open image: >/paws/base/maps/leather/bottom_left_1.png<

etc etc

I also have noticed on the download page it says the clients filesize should be 380mb, but I've tried all 5 mirrors and they all are 588mb file. And during the update process there seems to be issues with missing data. Could this be related or is it a separate issue?

Thanks 
EDIT: Despite a few bugs the game runs fine on my desktop with nVidia card in it. =D

I'm trying to get my friend to start playing PS with me...  She's having the exact same isue pretty much.  Including the fact that my laptop with an nVidia card works perfectly.

[Elvicat]

intel graphics cards are notorius for beging bad at 3D a nvidia or ati(amd) is recomended to play any game, it's pure luck if ps runs on a intel card.

[ether]

My friend had a very, very similar problem.
She fixed it by running this: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Processors&ProductLine=Desktop&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+Core%E2%84%A2+i5+Processor

She managed to get into the game without any further crashing, but she's still dealing with some seriously strange graphics issues (especially terrain textures).