Skywryter

I had no problem playing Altarian Prophecy, but with Dark Avatar I've been unable to choose my Civ, alter adversary numbers or settings, etc. The windows are frozen. The game still plays, but these interfaces are dead. Did I install incorrectly? Is there a patch? This takes a lot of the fun out of the game. I've already pre ordered Twilight of the Arnor but would like to get this one working first...

I've been play ing Gal Civ for a couple years and have some game play problems with that as well... But after playing Sins for a week I can't get my population to go up, no matter what I do.... No matter what Civ I play, planet upgrades don't have any effect on population, and the further I go the more my credit income plummets. Is this a common game bug? Is there a patch to download? Should I reinstall? Other than this, and the habit of my cur