Ignore my last post...
it must have been another bug in the game... Anyway I just decided to start a new game for the 5th time! :ranting: and finally used the trainer for ores n money.
I couldn't get the plane and the ion cannon since i couldn't get the erans to use their shapeshift ability and I refused to wait another few hours waiting for it to happen because of the bugs n stuff.
anyway, I am willing to share my last savegame just before I attacked earth.
Just need to know what to do so that I could upload my savegame.