So I've had SoaSE for over a month now, and have enjoyed it thoroughly throughout. However, just the other day I encountered a bewilderingly odd problem that had not appeared before... opposite button disorder.

Basically about an hour into a game the planet buttons either stop working or link to other ones. This naturally draws the game to an immediate close from my perspective as I can no longer build ships, build orbiting structures or improve planet conditions. I have no idea why it happens, or why it only just started to strike my games. So I guess my question is: has anyone else run into this peculiar glitch? A run-through of available postings suggests not, so I'd love an explanation and solution to my problem.

I am up-to-date on patches.