Really need help

Greetings,

I play with the new Beta patch.
I am in a middle of a game at the toughest level on a medium map. I am the #1 race with 4 systems and 7 planets. I keep my moral and approval to the highest possible. I have plenty of influence, my borders are quite well protected (influence and military wise), I have a ring of economic starebases around each solar systems to boost production. I am a STAR Democracy and my population is quite happy.

Suddently, 3 of my planets defect and form a minor race. And my approval is down to 1%. I said to myself: " ok, it sucks, but it is a new challenge." For 75 turns, I keep tax to 0 (yes, ZERO) and I manage my economy by selling my techs, keeping my spending between 20% and 50% most of the time.

I spent money to build and research entertainment, ethic (alliging to good), etc. I was not able to take back the planets with transports because the vote don't let me invade them.

NEVER the approval went up. I had to terminate the game. Anyone encountered that glitch already? What could I have done to get back my approval to more than 1%? Did I messed up?

Thank you
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Reply #1 Top
I encountered this problem after making one of those ethical choices, and this was pre-1.1. Couldn't get my approval up just like you said. Didn't bug me too much, I just loaded an autosave and it didn't come back. You didn't mess anything up, you just got the shaft. Sorry duder.
Reply #2 Top
i had that ocne where for no reason my approval dropped to 1% (but i didn't lose any territories) . i ignored it and after about 10 turns or so it went back to normal. i did buy a few morale boosting improvements though.
Reply #3 Top
maybe everyone pulled a "we all hate president bush" campaign thingy.
naw, just kiddin. (NOT being politcal,best example)
as others mentioned, just a sucky glitch.