Odd Early Game Issues (LARGE pics inside)

[Trickydude]

I was curious about this game, since a friend recommended it to me, so I downloaded it and gave it a try. When the game loaded to the log in screen, it began to add oddly-


After I selected a race, nothing became clickable. Also, some of the bodies were only partly visible.

And, when I went to edit the settings in Planeshift Setup, I get this, which does not look complete:


Any idea on how I can fix this?

Specs:

Windows Vista Home Premium
Dell XPS M1330
Intel Core 2 Duo processor
Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset family (>.<)
All drivers updated

EDIT: I apologize, but I think I posted in the wrong forum. I thought the other tech help forum was for pre-boot up, not including log in.

[Caarrie]

looks like you are missing a skin or it is not loading but your images are so small it is hard to tell anything.

[Trickydude]

Ack, I apologize. Can you copy-paste to Word or something and expand it for yourself? Or should I upload bigger pics?

[Caarrie]

Or should I upload bigger pics?

please

[Prolix]

looks like a lack of opengl support to me. hard to say though.

[Trickydude]

I'll try to edit the first post with new-sized images.

And is this game designed for OpenGL? (I use DirectX 10)

PS- These new ones may be too big. I apologize, again. Can't seem to find a middle ground. 

PS2- One thing I forgot to mention- in the PSSetup window, nothing I change is saved.

[Tyrania]

hm... maybe try to run the updater, there are some fixes with art and so on.

Maybe you can test this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e90615cf-27ed-45f4-9b93-c10f9d54d7b8&DisplayLang=en (GDC 2008: D3D10 - DirectX 3D 10). Description from MS:

Session Description
Learn about performance tools and best practices for driving the DirectX 10 renderer in your game from XNA Developer Connection's experiences in the trenches.
This talk identifies common issues from developing high-end graphics experiences on Windows Vista using DX10 and outlines approaches to mitigate those issues.

[peeg]

PlaneShift uses OpenGL. Try to download the latest drivers from Intel's homepage

[Trickydude]

Ok, I'll try to find drivers, although I've never had much luck with them.

[Caarrie]

Ok, I'll try to find OpenGL. Can DirectX and OpenGL coexist on one computer, or will one interfere with the other?

should not be a problem to have them both installed as they only will run when an app needs one _or_ the other.

[Trickydude]

Ok. I'll edit with information on whether this driver update works.

EDIT: The only driver I can find is the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver. Is that the one?

EDIT: Oh boy. I'm getting an error when I try to run the installer:


"The Driver being installed is not validated for this computer. Please obtain the appropriate driver from the computer's manufacturer." I'm going to try getting the update from Dell's website.

EDIT: Hallelujah! The update from Dell seems to work! I'll keep you posted if things change. For now, thanks!