Game start: says there’s an independent colony, but there isn’t

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Game start: says there’s an independent colony, but there isn’t

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Platform: Steam
Build version: started with v1.1.8.1
Severity: Low
Annoyance factor: Low
Confusion for new players: Through the roof!
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Right at the start of a new game, as Ackdarians, I got a message saying that we encountered an independant colony of Quamenos at Pudires 1 in the Pudires system. The problem is that Pudires 1 is one of my 2 colonies (started at Young/Level 1), and its inhabitants are Ackdarians:

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Here’s a screenshot of the Pudires system, and of the Pudires 1 selection panel:

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Hopefully, it’s not a sign of things to come in the game (weird anomalies and/or bugs)...

By the way, I went back to the official release, because with the 1.1.8.7 beta, the game was crashing too often, just freezing (most of the time while saving, but not always). I wanted to check if it was the beta that caused the problem, so yesterday, I went back to 1.1.8.1 and started a new game. Using the “Run in absence” automation setting, I’ve let it run for a long time (hours), doing a few manual saves here and there. And it didn’t crash at all. So now I’m trying a “normal” game (we’ll see about its “normalcy”), to check if it will crash or not. I’ll let you know how it goes.
- Imagine how confusing it is to a new player!
- Tedious is the opposite of fun
- "The welfare of the people…has always been the alibi of tyrants…giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience." – Albert Camus
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Re: Game start: says there’s an independent colony, but there isn’t

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As a follow-up to my previous post, I've played quite a few hours since I've switched back to 1.1.8.1 and the game didn't crashed once (in the same amount of time, it would have crashed many times with 1.1.8.7 beta). So there's definitely a problem with 1.1.8.7 beta, at least on my PC.
- Imagine how confusing it is to a new player!
- Tedious is the opposite of fun
- "The welfare of the people…has always been the alibi of tyrants…giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience." – Albert Camus
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Re: Game start: says there’s an independent colony, but there isn’t

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Thanks for the report.

We have an update in the works that should hopefully address the instability found in 1187, so please keep your eyes out for that.
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Re: Game start: says there’s an independent colony, but there isn’t

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Thanks. I will.
- Imagine how confusing it is to a new player!
- Tedious is the opposite of fun
- "The welfare of the people…has always been the alibi of tyrants…giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience." – Albert Camus
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