Fresh install didn't work nor did using a different mouse/keyboard set. I love this game so much that I was actually able to complete the first two missions without rotating buildings but it hurt my economy a little since I couldn't place down any coastline stuff, meaning tourism and oil were mostly out of the question early-game. Anyway any help would be appreciated...

I am little bit surprised that no matter how much I search I cannot find anything on what the difference between these variables. Anyhow whats the diff between these and the negative variables as well?

Whenever I try to start a game it goes into an infinite loop of synchronizing saves, closing itself, launching itself and again. It's driving me nuts by now. I tried launching the game in offline mode and it does same thing.

Almanac states I have 57 soldiers but the number on the mission is stuck at 16/20. What do I do to change this?

At present, I use the Hypochondriac trait, doubling the use of medical facilities, coupled with clinics and hospitals set to obstetrics, which increases the likelihood of pregnancy by 50% and finally the Mardi Gras edict to spur on a baby boom! What else could I be doing to increase my island's fertility? I recently learned that churches marry, and only heterosexual couples will sire children (naturally) so I wondered about the Religious Zealot trait, which doubles church attendance, but doubt the effect i...