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 cursor freezing, the game is very engaging.  I only playing against the AI, and would like to play online once I can get the hang of this.