When you start the game, you are supposed to start with 10xHuman home settlements that produce 4000 energy each, and 2x Human home settlements that produce 50 resources each. I know this because originally this was the case on my computer, and it is the case in every multiplayer game I don't host.
However now I only start with 1x Human home settlement that produce 50 resources, and no others. I also don't start with the mercenary dock built. I've reinstalled the game from scratch multiple times, and can't recall when this started.
The question: Is this a setting I somehow set somewhere, or is my game somehow bugged, not related to the installation files?
Edit: Attaching screenshot. Notice the time and AIP. Nothing was lost, everything was spawned at this point. I was missing those 12 structures. 11 human home settlements, and the mercenary dock.