I also have this problem (I have an nVidia 8400MG chip) and I noticed after changing my drivers from the proprietary ones (to version 173 I believe) the game did indeed load fine with no crashes. The only problem with this was that the rest of my desktop was incredibly choppy, Compiz wasn't working properly and I couldn't watch any videos through VLC. So I changed back and the desktop is liquid smooth again, but 0AD still crashes all the bloody time. Any input on a fix would be great, as changing the drivers to fix 0AD breaks everything else - which is no good to me.
