So me and my friend try to start up a multiplayer game, just the 2 of us. Starts out just fine, we can see each other and everything, then it suddenly decides to (don't know how else to describe it) pause the other person at a certain point. We're still playing the same game, we can send crystal and stuff like that, but can't offer missions, can't see what the other is doing, and it won't update what planets the other has captured. It's like we're playing 2 single player games where we are only able to support each other financially. Is there anyway to fix this, or are we just going to have to wait till release to do a proper multiplayer match?

Oh and about 'pausing the other player' I can send a ship to his home planet and see a few building he built and ships, but the ship locations aren't accurate (he's at a completely different planet with the captial ships i'm seeing at his home world) and his base is more developed then it shows.