I've been having the same problem. I have a save game from just before it happens. Flying ot other planets is fine. I've completed a mission and gt called back home because of an attack of UFOs. I kill them all off and try to leave, my ship gets stuck in the atmosphere.
This is where I have something new to add, though it doesn't help much. Scrolling with the mouse wheel achieves nothing, I'm still stuck in the upper atmosphere with the laoding icon on the cursor. However, if I use the zoom keys on the keyboard [end,home, x, space] I can at least return to the planet. The game hasn't actually hung or frozen, it is unable to transition to the space stage. this would be extra helpful if we could at least save while on a planetary surface and allowing us to try a restart. What is the reasoning behind not letting us save while on a planet surface in the space stage?
After several attempts I abandoned my game and started a new one until such a time as this gets fixed.
|