Nothing? Guess I'll hold off on playing until I feel like putting Humpty Dumpty's ship list back together again. I tried sending in a ticket with the civ in question, the error log, and my computer specs but I got a message in return saying there was only email support for certain items and my issue almost certainly is not one of them. I was hoping for more on the forums, even if it was a "we're working on this" or "no, you have to rebuild it". I've searched the other threads so I know this is happening to at least a few others as well, I'm sure they would like to hear something too.

Eazy

I would be glad to, is that on the Stardock support page?

I only ever use my one custom civ, because I like the way it is set up in regards to abilities and flavor text and ship designs etc. I've spent many hours tweaking the look and feel of it because that is my "portal" through which I put myself in that mini universe. Whereas some folks get enjoyment from using different races and strategies to win based on the setup of the game, I prefer to use my one race and a limited strategy tree to win in the widest variety of situations possible. I recognize that this is not something that most (or possibly even many) enjoy but it has kept me in the GalCiv universe for thousands of enjoyable hours this way.

The ships used are all downloaded from the workshop, not created by me. I really enjoy seeing all the designs from other gaming universes being imported into this game and I appreciate all the time that was invested in creating those models.

Hope this works, just set it up.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/muo6ipy1f4jlfym/United%20Systems%20of%20America_E51D00BFC4324D16AD7F5C7F066CE30D.faction?dl=0

OK, so it seems my issue is related to syncing items to the Steam workshop. I just went to the workshop in-game and looked for new civs. I did not download any, but when I closed out the overlay it stayed on Syncing Workshop Items for over 10 minutes. After using task manager to end the process, my civ came up as unknown ship style again. Since I am more used to getting items while in the Steam program and not while GalCiv is running I can make sure not to do that again, but any tips on what I can look at to make sure the sync works (which I assume has a good and useful purpose) would be appreciated.

How long is a while? 10 minutes seemed excessive to me, even with ship sets and all. My computer is pretty good even if it's not top of the line anymore, and my internet connection is solid as well. I do know ending a task can have consequences, I rarely use it for that reason.

Yes, the overlay is enabled. I just verified in the Steam settings In-Game tab.