Just bought the game tonight. No trouble installing or getting to the main menu, but no mouse cursor. I have a Logitech G700. I updated the drivers and rebooted, but no fix. Got any suggetions?

No, that has never been an option. The ability to build facilities on planets was added in RotS. I believe that its just an oversight, but worth mentioning for inclusion in an upcoming patch.

No, I have triple checked and there is no option to turn off those messages as of v1.5.0.4

I just put a gas mining component on a version of my mining stations and build these exclusively at ice planets with tyderios.

I apologize. I just saw J HG T's response.

Could we get an option to turn off planetary facility construction messages? That is one of the few things I fully automate, and I get spammed with those messages.

The problem is that the planet you have Ugnari on are outnumbered by some other race. It seems the most populous race on the planet controls what type of colonizer is built there.