Hmm, not sure what happened, but i'm guessing in my innital playing around i edited the default ship designs to remove the moduals making it not work, this new game i removed the old designs and am using the defaults, and i have been able to colonize a planet, trying to do the mining now, but i already see the big purple circle around my constructor, so i would guess it wont be a problem. Thx for your help.
Thank you for your reply, i have figured out the new custom ships part, though i'm using the default ships when trying to build things. Can you post a screenshot where it would say "construct"? I've just tried to change the resolution on my screen thinking maybe because i'm on a laptop it was being cut off, but I'm still not seeing it. I do see it when i press "d" after targeting the constructor, its just shaded so i cant click on it. As for when a ship enters
I just started playing this game yesterday, it looks cool, and seems to have most of what i'm looking for in a game, however I just cant figure out how to do things. I've even read the manual and looked at other sites. I move my colony ship to another planet early in the game, 1 with a rating of 8, another with 10, i left click on the ship, right click on the planet, and it moves there just fine. So 2 ships moving out, i even research the first planet tech on the way, they