Still hasn't been fixed in 1.06.
durecellrabbit
Same problem using Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 with it's drivers.
I found you can get more than your 10 points when creating a faction. When creating a faction spend your points then uncheck one and change your race. It will recheck that trait while letting you keep your points from unchecking it. You can repeat to end up with something like my screenshot. http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/6485/factioncreator.jpg
I kept getting a must build on open ground error message once. I moved a few tiles away and it fixed itself but I could later build improvements on those tiles so I'm not sure why I couldn't start a city there.
How do you find stones? I've gone through every loot I can see at my adventure level and been killing barbs and I can't get any.