Cannot contact anyone even though I am in year 2254.

[tsenyks]

Before I installed I uninstalled 2.5.3. I have not played in a while. Then from GOG I downloaded all new files including DLC's 3.4.3. I installed all the new DLC files again from GOG and installed them 3.4.3. I have all DLC's except Overlord, Aquatic Species and Nemesis. The game works good except I cannot contact any other civilizations! I am now on year 2254, so I am well along and no contacts. My borders are now surrounded by others and all I see is question marks for star bases and ship movements. In the situation log I have 9 races or entities that will not reveal themselves: Envoy sent: WAW 80%, Upsilon 100%, Iota 80%, Gimel 90%, NU 110%, Delta 110%. No envoy sent yet: Psi 0%, Sade 0%, Taw 0%. I have looked online for a solution and only came to a reference about a .txt file in the folder first_contact. That did not pan out because the fix was already in the file. Irony Mod manager installed, but no mods activated.

Also, no situations have come up from anomalies or projects. Empty situation log except for contacts that I cannot contact.

 

[Zair]

Post in the bug reports forum and upload a save file.

 

[Troyen]

First Contact has completely changed since you last played. As of 3.0 you have to complete a first contact project (similar to archaeology) that you assign an envoy to. The AI can run this project as well, so I'm a little surprised none of them have finished it by 2254.

From the other situation log symptoms, I wonder if you have leftover data from an old mod that didn't cleanly uninstall itself or deactivate. Can you try a completely clean installation?