Blind exploration toggle not working?

I have been away while waiting for the metaverse scoring to be fixed, so maybe I missed something about this.

When I start a new game, whether I turn blind exploration on or off I can not see where the other races start.
Maybe you need stellar cartography for that now?
Maybe metaverse games have it off no matter the toggle?

Anyone else have this problem, or is it a "feature"?

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What is "blind exploration"? I haven't found any documentation of what this option actually does.

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What is "blind exploration"? I haven't found any documentation of what this option actually does.

If it's off, your map shows the influence zones of each race (the coloured bits!)

If it's on, you won't be able to see those zones until *after* you've explored the area.

It's a cool feature to use if you have a random number of opponents on a gigantic map, since you have no idea what's out there. Of course, it becomes rather less cool when you discover you've just wasted 2 hours playing the early stages of a map with just 1 other opponent!

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Blind Exploration is supposed to limit you to only seeing other races influence in areas you've explored (so you can't see where everyone else starts at just by toggling on the influence on the minimap).

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