Well they had a bug list going up thru 1.08 at space empires.net
http://spaceempires.net/home/forum-6...87d65c51446ff5
But it looks like it may be lagging. This is the best forum AFAIK. Most folks have had their share of frustration, and most of the folks here are helpful. What time I do have to play SEV I'm doing so because 1) I want to be familiar with the (cough) interface when version 3 is released (ROFL), and 2) I want to be sure I've put any issues I'm having that others may not be having in front of strategy first and malfador.
By all means submit a bug report to tech support if you're having problems. Run a dxdiag, zip up a save game saved at a logical point to highlight the problem, and any relevant screen captures and e-mail them in to support -at- strategyfirst - dot - com, and or support - at - malfador - dot - com.
Mostly be patient, looks like you regged long enough ago to know how it went with SEIV improvements. DeJaVu all over again!