First time going into the game in the morning: Loads up the beta 3 splash screen (this stays there for about 3 minutes). Then get to the menu, click load game, select from list. WHatever the selection, game freezes still on the load game screen - but I have also got it to the 'building world' screen and frozen there several times. It usually requires a complete reboot to get out of this.

dxdiag: http://pastebin.com/kZcLn6YW

debug file part 1: http://pastebin.com/ZHxDQcwQ

debug file part2: http://pastebin.com/jHVTMG0p

debug file part 3: http://pastebin.com/rCEeHTFJ

Last part that pastebin won't accept (!?)

DebugMessage:  LoadGameXMLData
DebugMessage:  No string tables in C:\Program Files\Stardock Games\Elemental\Data\English\*.tips
DebugMessage:  Set mouse.
DebugMessage:  Set update timer.
DebugMessage:  Popup Manager Update: Unhiding LoadWnd
Debug Message:  LOAD GAME: Loading Quick Data
Debug Message:  Finished Load Game XML Thread

There is no zip file associated with this as it never loaded.