> Planets, Ships and Stars are not displayed on my 3D main map view.
> I am using a Geforce 6800 GS and tried both forceware drivers 81.98 and 82.12.
> Does anybody have the same problem and/or can help?
Yes I do! and it's driving me nuts. Both on my laptop with 128 mb ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700 and on my desktop with 64 mb Geforce 3 Ti 200. These are not the very latest and hottest graphics cards I know, but at least my ATI is able to run games like DOOM 3 and clunky Civ 4 with no problems.
I'm so pissed off right now. The game is running but is unplayable on both my computers.
> Adjust the stars/nebulae/zoom settings and load/reload/quit load game.
Didn't help a bit. Are you sure this is all you did?