Phoenix Rising mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption

I'm encountering a pretty big issue with unit AI.

Whenever I order them to attack something, they will move up to a certain range and then stop. Just stop.
You might think: "Oh, they just move close enough to use their long range attacks."
Nope. That is true for, say, the Acclamator (I'll stick with examples that are easy to check), who move barely close enough to use their torpedo launchers. Most of the time, it seems to be completely coincidental. Others, like the Corellian Corvette, floats around like debris. Even the Carrack Cruiser, that has a pretty long range, stays just outside of their firing range.
I know you guys put a lot of time and effort into this already, and by no means do I want to say that I don't appreciate it - what you've done so far is pretty incredible. But it is pretty annoying to know that my units just can't fulfill a very simple order, that is, moving into attack range and shooting like there's no tomorrow.

Another issue: Some of the special abilities seem to be broken. Say, the missile barrage of the Victory: It fires a stream of missiles (that lasts a second or two) every ten seconds or so. Clicking the ability button, however, does nothing. The ability is not automated.

I hope these bugs are not too hard to fix. At least for me, they spoil the fun immensely.

A final request: I'd love to see a Galactic Conquest campaign where you have to start from scratch. I've never been a big fan of campaigns where you're open on all sides and spread out across the galaxy, cause I tend to forget what's at my disposal, it's all in the wrong place... So, yeah, that would be greatly appreciated.

right so ive been playing this mod for god knows how long (over 700 hours total in the game since i bought it about 2 years ago. of them, only about 120 or so hours arent with this mod) and it presents me with a paradox. on the one hand, that the team behind this has done the job that they have is nothing short of amazing. on the other hand, that the kind of effort that WASNT put in by the ORIGINAL developers is kinda saddening. just one main warning for anyone that downloads this. well 3. 1, you might get hooked. 2, if you plan on adjusting some aspects of the mod, go to the forums on the mod site. trust me, you will save yourself some hardship and time, etc. 3. be patient, lol. there is a LOT of content that has been added, almost too much for the engine to handle. to put it in perspective, its kinda like going from Counter Strike 1.6 to Crysis. there are 180 buildable units in the fighter-sized category for GC. thats not even including non-buildable starting units, or pirate/illegal/antique/other modified units, or units from the CSA, who arent playable in GC at this time. and thats not even half i think of the total buildable units. lol. there are so many units, that one of the main goals in 1.3 is to try to trim that number down.

So I downloaded the game but I'm not good with technology, can someone please tell me how to start the game?

I keep having trouble with the AI, they dont seem to even work =(