%50 of research not working properly

[thewonderdude]

hi,

I recently(2 days ago) brought this game and wanted to give it a try. I chose a custom map with prewarp starting tech. I chose some techs to research and immediately noticed that some tech items do not have pictures next to them. And upon hovering over the tech, no descriptions came out. I decided to research construcion sizes to increase my ship size but when I finished researching the 2.nd construction tech, a blank gray box appeared on the right, and the top panel said "you have finished researching (whatever construction tech I was researching) but when I clicked on it nothing happened. The construction sizes were not changed as well. I still had 160 as ship size in design menu. Then I kept researching nothing but contruction sizes and checked youtube videos and tutorials. Everytime, the same gray box on the right upon completion and no change at construction size. Some other research items did research properly since it showed me unlocked technologies when it finished. Its like this for %50 or more tech. Happens at every game. Thanks for your help in advance.

Btw, when I start the premade map, I start with construction size 500, but researching further makes no difference in size. Is there some cache of game files somewhere or something that the game cannot delete, create or has access to.

EDIT: OS is Windows 8, Bought the game from Slitherine

autosave is too large to attach and fraps doesn't take opened in game screens for some reason.

[thewonderdude]

the new update fixed something and I have no idea what it is:)