<t> I seem to have misplaced the shield bar, that usually shows over ships when they take damage.<br/>
It suddenly went away, and loading saves do not seem to fix it. <br/>
Im suspecting I punched some random key and that it is in fact a feature (for screenshots i guess),<br/>
but I cant seem to ...

Another possibility is that you have colonzed low-quality planets. AFAIK planets below 50% quality will never net you money, so are best avoided unless specific reasons dictate otherwise.

One time I lost the important luxury goods Korrabian spice (I think it was spice) on the otherwise useless planet Korabbia... there was then no further sites of this luxury goods in the entire galaxy.

So my guess is anything can come or go

Applying the patch seems to have fixed the issue.
At least I was able to fill up the fleet without the admiral deciding to space a percentage of the troops&nbsp;[:)]

No patches applied (cannot access the Members club without a profile).

Also my economy is quite good and quite stable with atleast 200k+ cashflow for the last few decades.

But yes I might just make a profile to get that patch [:)]

I believe that selecting "distant" in the setup means distant from YOU.
So they will tend to bunch up on the other side of the galaxy.. thats my experience anyway.

<t> I have problems as well regarding troop disappearance.<br/>
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Currently I have a fleet of 11 troop ships, each capable of loading 9 troops.<br/>
Well and good. <br/>
Trying to fill them up poses problems because while filling up they will suddenly loose 11 embarked troops. <br/>
If left ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins<br/>
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When you next fight the Silvermist, you can also click on it and watch its health to see if your Ion Weapons (or other weapons) are causing it damage.<br/>
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Regards,<br/>
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- Erik
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Yup I did. The Ion ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: elliotg<br/>
You might have the automation setting 'Character Locations' turned on. This means that the AI is fighting with you over where your characters should be [:)]<br/>
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Go to Game Options screen (O key) and uncheck the setting 'Character Locations ...

<t> First impressions: (and first post)<br/>
Shitting my pants over the Silvermist. Scary scary<br/>
It appeared in a system with a independant colony...which it promptly ate (edit: also there was a debris field...but I dunno if it ate that too havent returned to see). Then it zoomed down to a ...