I managed to get the game to work by doing a reinstall with the latest setup file for the original Distant Worlds.  I kind of get the feeling my previous installation didn't have the latest patch which may have caused the issues I got.

<t> When I start up Distant Worlds with the new expansion, the game fails to start and I get a "Distant Worlds has stopped working" pop-up. I have updated my sound and video drivers. I have also installed .Net 4.0. I have attempted to run both as an administrator and not as an administrator. Any ...

<t> I just set my power plan in Windows from Balanced to High Performance and my core speed jumps up to where it's suppose to be. More specifically, there is a setting under "change advanced power settings" called "minimum processor state" which I can use to set the slowest that my CPU will run at ...

<t> In response to pirates attacking my freighters and mining stations, I added weapons to my civilian designs for a little self defense capability. Unfortunately, in my current game, the AI players have started to accuse me of sending military ships into their territory. When I've checked this out ...

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<t> Looks like the video card isn't ramping up either. The CPU is now running at 3ghz but I'm not seeing any performance increases. I'll turn my sights on the video card and see.<br/>
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Edit: No increase in performance from increasing the clock rates on my CPU or GPU. Edit2: Now there is ...

<t> Here's what I've found after some research.&nbsp; My PC has a AMD Phenom II X4 945 for it's CPU, 4GB of ram, and a GTX 260.&nbsp; Without a doubt, this computer should be tearing up Distant Worlds but I'm consistently getting poor performance.&nbsp; CPU-Z explained why.&nbsp; My core speed while ...

<t> 1. I'd like the ability to obsolete a ship class from the window that lists all your ship designs. Right now, you have to edit each individual design in order to obsolete a ship which is kind of a pain.<br/>
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2. After you make a design and click save,the "only show latest design" option ...