just mildly annoying
Yeah, it is annoying. And I've run into the same problem. My colony ships aren't autocolonizing. Despite having enough antimatter, and even sitting right next to the planet (ie within range). I think its bugged.
I'm beginning to believe that it is associated with turning auto-colonize off at some point, and when you turn it back on, it won't work correctly then.
Oddski, do you recall turning auto-colonize off at least once before this incident of failing to auto-colonize?