9.0 Beta 6 On map: no crosshairs and Grand Exchange 1 Sector has shrunk to near non usable dimensions

[TommyTx]

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 9.00 6 Beta, English

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Terran Cadet

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Normal Gameplay - I was advancing my empire and one day noticed that Grand Exchange 1 was shrunk to the max on the map.
When you open the save you will see it.  It happened before I renamed it to TX.  The other change I noted was that the nice crosshairs 
when selecting features on the map is gone and I don't know if I am missing a setting or something happened in the change to Beta 6

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Went to the 9.0 Beta

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It does not crash, so I am not inlcuding crash dump files.  

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The link to my Save and DxDiag Files:

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https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZCm7E5ZAlLg5CQvE6QOUHWPdTWGwJbrUhfV

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See link above.

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Hopefully I have provided the information you need.  If not, please be kind and let me know what else you need,
as this is my first report of this type and I'm just trying to help / get my game fixed and continue enjoying the game.

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Hopefully my pcloud link works for you.  If not, please let me know as it passed my fresh browser test.

A link to a vanilla save uploaded to a public fileshare site and the open public sharing link for it posted in the forum, along with the steps needed to encounter the issue on loading it, form by far the best evidence that allows the devs to quickly investigate a tricky issue in your game.

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 The only issues in my game save are:
 
 1.  Grand Exchange is shrunk.
 2.  The helpful crosshairs feature on the map disappeared with the change to 9.0 6 Beta.

Links to DxDiags, etc uploaded to a public fileshare site are much preferred to lengthy text embedded in posts.

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 See above.

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Hopefully my two areas of concern are not in violation of this rule.

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My game is NOT modded.

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I have an RTX5070 Graphics card and The NVIDIA Drivers are the latest - Version 595.97 Released Tue Mar 24, 2026

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I have done my best to conform to your Tech support submission instructions.  If you need more information please let me know what you need.  Thanks for your time.

TommyTX

[Alan Phipps]

Wow, that's a detailed report, well done! Perhaps the only minor criticisms are that its not in the beta forum and that two different issues are mentioned in one thread.

The sector shrinkage is normal if you have a player asset somewhere far from sector centre. You can check for that in the map and also by looking for any thin clear tracks left in the sector map fog when zooming out. Check the vertical axis too by tilting the map.

On the crosshairs, it may be your Selection Lines setting: " * [Beta 6] Fixed crosshair lines on map not disappearing when Selection Lines disabled (new feature in 9.00)".

[TommyTx]

Thanks for the response.

Should I repost in the other forum? I didn't see that one - I'll have to try to track it down. And yes, I thought maybe I could sneak in the crosshairs thing too. You guys really want a completely separate post for just that?

If you load the game save you'll see that this is not normal sector shrink (which I have seen before) The end of my actual navigable space is all contained in that tiny hexagon and the rest of the sector is empty non-space.

Something is definitely off. I have uploaded screenshots to the share folder to further demonstrate the problem in case you don't want to load the save.

Additionally, I am not seeing a Selection Lines setting in any menu. Can you tell me the path to that to check?

[Alan Phipps]

The Public Beta forum is probably from where you got access to the Beta.

The reason for one issue per thread (In Beta and in Tech Sp) is because you want the right dev (they have specialised areas of work) to follow the thread and reply if appropriate. Mixed issue threads would get confused or have some aspects missed out.

On the sector shrinkage, vvvvvvvv has some advice here that might be useful. Does that work for you?

Selection LInes - Map, top right look for Filter Settings (Funnel icon), Other (3 dots in circle), Misc, Selection Lines toggle.

[TommyTx]

Just for the record - I found out that the Selection Lines are in the filters - and I had it turned off. So, that was my error. (Thanks - I saw your last line after I had found it. Right on)

I will check the link on the shrink.

Is it possible for you to move this to the proper area? I don't want to repost if I'm not supposed to multi post. But if you think I should, I will.

[Alan Phipps]

Well if it turns out it is just a settings thing or easily recoverable then there's no need to move. I'm still in 8.00 by the way and helping from what I see in-game.

[TommyTx]

On the sector shrinkage, vvvvvvvv has some advice here that might be useful. Does that work for you?

If you look at my pictures you will see that this is a different issue. I am having a hard time explaining it but if you just look at the picture sequence provided it will make more sense.

[Alan Phipps]

Fair enough, the screenshots sequence did not show whether you had been closing and reopening the map as vvvvvvvv suggested. If you wish you can copy your opening post above and then post that in the beta forum removing all references in title and post to the crosshair stuff. Then this thread can be closed.

[TommyTx]

I've probably closed and opened the map a hundred times trying to fix it... to no effect. You can close this thread. I will repost in the correct area. Thanks for your input.