Endless Space 2 taskbar icon totally blank on Windows 8.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I'll pass the information along to the team.

In the future, I would recommend using the Bug Reports or Tech Support forums for issues like these. However, I'll leave this question open for now in case any other player has a solution.

Hi Negatratoron,

[Heads up I have not experienced this bug in these circumstances myself as I'm on windows 10, but can give some general advice.] 

As mentioned before, I wouldn't be surprised if one of the 3 following generally applicable solutions solves the issue.

-Verify the integrety of the game's cache on steam (right click game in library -> Properties -> Local Files Tab -> Verify integrity of game cache)

-Restart the computer system

-Updating your graphics drivers 

-Updating yourwindows operatings system

-Or reinstalling the game as Eosis mentioned.

These are just general broad spectrum fixes applicable to this variety of problem so they are fairly hit or miss, though I suspect the issue is specifically related to the interaction between the app and your OS or computer taskbar option settings. Some programs can just act very finecy with operating systems under certain circumstances.

-You could also try running the ES2 executable as a program on a different version of windows to check if its OS related. Just remember I'm on Win10 so the pathing for this stuff might be a bit different but I'm sure you are smart enough to find it with this rough guide. 

(Right click the ES2 exeutable file [under steam/steamapps/common/Endless Space 2] -> click Properties -> click Compatibility -> tick box "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" -> select an older version of windows from the dropdown menu below the prompt you just ticked -> click "Apply" then "OK". Try some stuff, see if it fixes your icon problem and let us know how it went, it could help us determine if the problem is OS related or your computer specific.

Hoped that I helped you out,

-Pyro