Check your virtual memory settings (google "change virtual memory *OS-Name*" for XP and Win 7) and make shure, that the disk on which VM is activated is not full. Maybe that helps.

<t> My father is a big 4X and sci-fi-fan, so I showed him Distant Worlds including all addons. He is eager to buy and play the game, but there is one problem: He can't understand much of all teh English!<br/>
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I searched for translation mods, but didn't found one that is good and/or complete ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: HariSeldon<br/>
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Maybe it is time to migrate to a newer OS ... 12 years is quite old for an operating system [;)]
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XP is still officially supportet and I have no gain from migrating to another OS. XP fits my rig very well. Also the ...

Okay I found the problem ... my colony ship was TOO SLOW!
It couldn't catch up with the planet rotating in his orbit

Added some boosters and everything works fine

Tried another game and there colonization works fine. Another strange thing: In the game where I can't colonize anything I didn't have a colony-ship blueprint and I had to design my own colony ship (even when designing was 100% automatic) ... maybe a bug?

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Not sure what happens if you exceed the colonization limits that are set at the start of the game. Could it be that?
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Can't remember setting a limit and I only have one planet (my homeworld) at the moment. So it must be ...

<t> I had the same problem yesterday under Windows XP SP3. Tried everything mentioned here and in the FAQ. Uninstalled and reinstalled several times, updated my drivers. Didn't work at all. After six hours of trying around (net framework takes forever ...) I requested a refund at midnight last night ...

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I am new to the game and the forum. Started my first game today in dark age mode and got to build a colony-ship. When I target a colonizable planet and say "colonize" with this ship it flies to the destination and stops right in front of the planet. Nothing else ...