Works fine for me, even in DL.  What version number are you playing?  Have you tried updating via SDC or Impulse?

I check for updates every time I play. I'm running version 1.5

Well, we're all stuck with such "situations" and won't be able to help at all unless - SD staff could be convinced to correct these issues by recompiling the code itself.

Do me a favor.

I can't see your screen.

Take two screenshots, at 100% research funded.  Homeworld on turn 1 with nothing on it, and homeworld on turn 1 with 1 lab rush bought (not on a bonus tile, please).

Racial points (statistics) screen might be helpful as well if you're running any kind of research bonus, but isn't exactly necessary.

Also, for the sake of this exercise, please limit your difficulty to somewhere between Tough and Normal, regardless of what you usually play.  Subnormal gives the player hidden economics bonuses, while settings above Tough give a hidden bonus research value when a research bonus is used.  The first is irrelevant for our purposes, but the second one could make the numbers difficult to crunch, assuming we don't see the exact same values from one screenshot to the next, which is what your post leads me to believe you're seeing.

This is the problem you're complaining about, yes?  When you build a lab, the additional research doesn't show up until the next improvement is built, etc?  Actually, rereading the above, it seems your complaint is that it doesn't show up until a new -planet- is taken.

Also-I'm seeing my installed DL version as 1.50.135 in Impulse, as well as in SDC.  Does that match your 1.5?

One MORE question...is this phenomenon present in newly created games, or are you reloading a game you started some time ago with an older version?  It may be obvious, but most bugfixes don't apply to saves from an older version, only to new games.

For the record: I am not telling you that you are obsessive or stupid.  I am attempting to find the solution to your problem, starting with the most basic possibilities.  It is certainly possible that only Stardock can help you, but we -are- trying.  This is especially confusing to me since, as I have stated, I am running 1.50.135 and I do NOT see this behavior.

I've played a number of games and haven't come across the problems mentioned.  Perhaps there's some confusion that we could work through.  Let's use the op's settings and try it out.

Dread Lords 1.5.  A tiny map.  I'm using the Terrans since they're a fairly plain race with nothing special about them.  I'm leaving the sliders at the default settings.  Here's a screen shot of Earth on Turn 0.

As you can see, nothing has been built and it's an unremarkable planet. Maintenance costs are at 1 to maintain the colony.  Research output is at 5 due to the initial colony and bonus from being a civ cap.

I'll buy a Lab without navigating away from the screen or doing anything else...

Still Turn 0.  As we can see, the maintenance cost has risen to 2 and the research output has increased to 6.  I haven't taken any planets ended the turn or done anything other than simply buying the lab.  The effect is immediate.

Edit - My apologies, Zubaz.  I wasn't intending to cause you any discomfort and I don't really need to respond to Balatar666, regardless of the content.

I also loaded up dread lords and had the same results as Mottican.

No one has said you are making up this issue Balatar.  Why don't you try uninstalling the game, deleting the game directories and doing a fresh install as this seems to be only happening to you.

And since you are seeing insults in every post, I figure I'll make it easy for you on this one-- You are being a complete JERK.

Honestly, I was trying to convey the sadness I was feeling that some people can't be helped because they choose not to be helped.  There is only so much teh community can try to do.

Thank you (and everyone else) who tried ot help Balatar.  Youare what makes this community great.  I'm proud to be amonst you.