Also i have made a mod/fix for some ATI and Intel related issues. if you can't update your drivers to 13.9 or later would you like to try this for me and tell me if it improves your situation, it has helped a few ATI users https://forums.uberent.com/threads/rel-performance-booster-v2.53233/
ahh , sorry i take a while to get back to you, i fell asleep just before you replied. i will ask another person on the forum who is real good at assisting with issues. He may be able to see something i may have missed.
also one more thing i need ask you to post, can you post a PA log file. C:\Users\"YourUserName"\AppData\Local\Uber Entertainment\Planetary Annihilation\log\PA-00-00-00.000.txt "Click sort by date so the most recent one is at the top, And post that one here." Your Dxdiag.txt indicates you should have no issue (i could be wrong i will get second opinion from the person who got the game working on my system), I'm hoping maybe the PA-00-00-00.000.txt will reveal more infos about the issue.
oho wow, this a new one to me, it appears an animation isn't finding an item in the game, i'll see what things i can try i to suggest to work as a temp fix to the situation. first one, try installing my performance booster mod. and play the game with your desktop resolution @1280x720 or 1360x768 or something low, don't use 1024x768 tho it has issues https://forums.uberent.com/threads/rel-performance-booster-v2.53233/ let me know if either of those things help .
im not sure why the pa log file is saying you getting an error loading an animation bone in an object. it sort of coincides with the game crashing when you build something tho so it makes sense. maybe your download is corrupt, try verifying files or deleting and reinstalling the game, or like i said last but not least see if my shader fix works. i made the shader fix originally for ATI cards maybe its an issue that's flooding memory in your card stopping it from loading something, im more likely to think its a corrupt file tho.
if re-downloading the game fails, let me know if trying this mod fails too. https://forums.uberent.com/threads/rel-performance-booster-v2.53233/ that link is to my temporary ATI fix, i made it a global performance boost mod for all cards now. ---edited--- the performance booster mod has fixed quite a few ATI Card user issues now