Thanks. I gave that a shot and still no luck.

I agree with your idea that maybe GalCiv3 is not seeing all my resources. 

Because I can use a gigantic map with 22 players but if I add more I loose graphics.

So thanks for the suggestion,, I gave that a try today and no luck.

I tried a Ludicrous map on low settings with 36 players as the recommends.

No luck,,,, Any one got any other ideas?

No it does not but I went ahead and followed your suggestions about forcing the dedicated GPU and it still is a no go at fixing the issue.

Here are screen shots of the issue and the resources it is using.

This was on a ludicrous map, 36 players, abundant everything. 

The first was of the GPU and the second is the memory used. You can see to the right 

what I see or don't see. No planets, No ships, no other objects or icons other than the tile outline and path.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GcLz8p9cBgTxr5yHokrV46mPpbum5rdv/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h7pKH9cd9HnGI6IqJstRsKo6Ng27Yvpz/view?usp=sharing

First off thank you for your help..

So even though I had done the name change thing before, and had no success. I did it again anyways.

My first try without mods enabled on a ludicrous map, 21 players all default civs, abundant everything, with no workshop items. IT WORKED  .

So I tried it again with a mod(one self made changes to xml files) enabled, on a ludicrous map, 21 players all default civs, plus 21 additional players which are copies of the original default ones (so 42 civs total), with abundant everything, with no workshop items.. IT WORKED .

So this is good progress,,,, for tonight I have ran out of time. But hopefully tomorrow I can slowly start to add some workshop items back in to the game, i.e. Civs and ships and see how it goes. Any ideas on what to look for or to stay away from as to custom civs/factions or ships as to compatibility with Retribution 4.1.

Rhonin you are the wizard thank you. I will let you know what I finally come up with. 

THANKS.