Hi @drkshdw992 for a start welcome to the community. We patched the game today with a new release and have a few wild bugs that we are in the process of hot fixing. Please bear with us while we get the hammer out and fix them 
Could you try restarting Steam, this should help.
In the mean time feel free to hit this thread to report any issues you may have encountered: Release 159 - Report issues here
Or you can drop by our lovely Discord community, where our army of helpful players will gladly guide you on all things Boundless: https://discord.gg/x7NtXmD