Can create Empire. Can't create character.

If I add a comment my post may actually appear. I hope.

It also worked with Firefox 1.5 under Linux for me, but it didn't with Firefox 1.5 under Windows XP...

I have this problem at my work computer. I went to add an extra character so I could set my original as default so it would show the medals and no add character. I am running ie 6 here as well although it is on windows 2000 so maybe that is the problem. I plan on checking at home later on my xp pc but it did work when I set my first character.

Yes, for some reason the ADD Player appeared. It was not appearing before. So I added Koko as a character and uploaded a pix of Koko. Opps, something went wrong. My Empire is No longer Dogen but is displayed as Imperial EarthForce. It seems I can even edit what is apparently someone else's Empire but I will not touch it. So where is my empire now, lol? Thanks for any help.

I'm using the version of IE you specified. If you look up I posted after you did, but you appear first. Anyway, I added a character as I explained above. And now I have somone else's Empire. Help, lol.

This is so weird. I logged out, then logged back in. Now I see my Empire and my character, picture of Koko and all. Maybe someone fixed it. Maybe one has to log out. Odd. Thanks. I will check here in case you need more info. It seems to work now. The red ADD Player sudenly appeared, I added but got someone else's empire. Then logging off then back on cleared that up. Oh well.

We havent seen that issue is quite some time. What links did you follow whereby you could edit someone else's empire?

EDIT : Just to be sure I created a new account, created a new empire, created a new character, went to Edit My Empire and then to Edit My Characters - through the whole process, in order, I was unable to duplicate any situation where I was in control of someone else's empire. I'm definately going to need more feedback from you all with regards as to exactly how you were able to make that happen.

This is what the 'spaces' should each look like, with the Add Player button to the right. This screensnip was taken from an IE 6 browser, so it does indeed work

The metaverse is tested with the latest version of firefox, you absolutely must have the latest version installed. Because they release new versions so frequently, and the fact that there are so many versions (which changes between each) we can gaurantee that the site will work properly only with the latest version (which happens to be 1.5.0.3 right now).

Even though firefox builds should be identical between the many operating systems that they release a build for - since the game is available only on the PC, we only test the PC versions of firefox.

IE Version 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519 is the latest version of IE and the version that we test the metaverse with.

If you're using a version other than that (the 6.0.2900.2180 is the important part) then please post your IE version along with operating system specs, including service packs. If there is a continued issue, we'll attempt to get setup to test that particular version.

We havent seen that issue is quite some time. What links did you follow whereby you could edit someone else's empire? EDIT : Just to be sure I created a new account, created a new empire, created a new character, went to Edit My Empire and then to Edit My Characters - through the whole process, in order, I was unable to duplicate any situation where I was in control of someone else's empire. I'm definately going to need more feedback from you all with regards as to exactly how you were able to make that happen.

I did nothing more than follow the standard links. I'm as baffled as you are. I started a game of Gal Civ 2 then hit Metaverse. It either had my username or I typed it in foloowed by my password. I never played meta before, obviously, so I think I had to type in "rivak" and then my password. It said I didn't have a character or empire or whatever it says so I clicked "Yes" to make one and my IE6 popped up, the version you state. I was able to successully create an emipre, Dogen, including uploading a pix of Koko and a tagline from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "What? The curtains?". But when I clicked on edit characters I was not presented with the red "add character" prompts. After stomping my feet and posting I thought of closing the browser and I think I restarted my PC as well. Maybe I didn't restart. Behold, I clicked on Manage my Empire, or the like, then edit characters, and the red prompts for a new character were magically there. I made a character Koko and uploaded Koko's pix again. There was a strange blink of the browser and I thought, that's odd. At this point I still had Koko there. I clicked on manage my Empire and behold, my Empire was "Imperial EarthForce" no space between Earth and Force as far as I could tell. I even saw their characters. I clicked edit and it sure looked like I could edit so I didn't, lol. Then I thought, let me log out (from stardock, or I pressed "log out" in any event in that Empire window). I logged out and back in and Dogen, my proper universe was there and so was Koko. Beats me.

One possibility is that I used Netscape 7.2 when I saw IE6 wasn't making anything go. There, my memory fails. Sorry. But that should not have allowed me to gain control over another account.

Another possibility is that I was creating my character around the time that your forums go down for maintenance. Maybe that had something to do with it. Wild guess there.

Yeah, those are some pretty wild assumptions/guesses. The metaverse system is wholly unrelated to the forums. Best I can figure is that it was a glitch in the core of the scripting engine at the time. I've tried numerous times without being able to duplicate that situation, and we've never been able to register and get control of another's empire. The mystery continues...

Thanks for the info on your IE version rivak, still waiting on the others...

Unfortunately I have the same problem. I first "Viewed My Profile" and then "View My Empire." After that I went to "Edit My Characters" to make one. I saw it was all grey, as was described. I then wemt to "Edit My Empire," then created my empire, and clicked "Join Empire" because I was curious why it was there when I made the empire. It showed the same grey screen, no red "Add Player" button was there. I then went to the "Edit My Characters" to investigate. Same grey screen. I then was befuddled and came to the forums, and found this thread. ohh......lol....IE is not 6.0.2900.2180, it is 6.0.2800.1106. Where do I download new version? LMAO, sorry for wasting text...but since I typed it, you said you wanted ravik to be specific and give details, so I did.