Random beginner question

I'm really confused about this, so sorry but BUMP

I suspect one reason you needed to bump was that there isn't a simple answer for this situation. I'm a bit of an old hand and I have seen a lot of odd behavior in this context. Unfortunately, that's been whilst I was playing and not being a methodical tester.

Possible reasons for this include: having a negative treasury, building on a conquered world that is beyond your current environment tech level, and possibly planetary unrest (really low approval--IIRC you can't rush-build when that's happening).

But I kind of suspect there are some minor bugs still lurking. Sometimes after I conquer a planet, I find an improvement that gets "stuck" until I rush-buy it. Maybe some of the wiser heads can point us to a thread or two that can help us both understand.

I think he is referring to a little quirk I have also noticed...

Sometimes there is a delay when the computer calculates spending and building, This is because when you are building no structures then social credits are diverted either to military spending or back into your treasury. This means that you have 0 being spent on social projects (you are not building anything so why would you be charged). But when you start a new building the computer calculates the build time based on that 0 value therefore the initial time displayed the build queue is "never". The "never" is false and as you mention once you click on something else (e.g. build a second structure, focus spending, leave that screen, etc.) then the computer catches up, realizes you have a non-zero social spending and displays the correct building time.

Hope that makes sense,
Cheers

That answers my question, thanks.