Cannot create Metaverse character?

Sorry for my question, I just don't know where else I can ask. When I try to create a character, I get these 2 errors... Is the Metaverse is working rigth now?

The serial number you have entered is not valid, or has not been activated. Please try again or contact support.
The file you have chosen to upload as the Empire Logo is not an image of format PNG or JPG. Please choose another.

For the invalid serial, I use the one I received from TotalGaming.net. It seem to be the same serial for all my TGN games if I am not wrong, because I never received a specific code for GC2.
For the upload logo, I dont understand, there is no place where I can upload a logo.
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Hello,

I have sent you an email. Please check that and reply so that I can help you further.

Thanks

Reply #4 Top
Nice, thanks!

Sorry for the multiple post... it seem the forum bugged when I clicked on the emote icon.
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Thank you Andrew, I finaly found my Serial for GC2, I used it instead of my TGN number and... voila! Everything was working fine.

(My GC2 serial was in my junkmail folder, that's why I thougth I never received it. Just in case other do the same mistake.)
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I'm getting this message:
"The serial number you have entered is not valid, or has not been activated. Please try again or contact support."

It's the serial number I had Stardock Central send me. And I also used the one from the original Email they sent me, and I also used the one that Stardock Central displays when I selected my GC2 games registration information (they are all different!). Please advise.
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For the box orderers, who got a temporary serial number, can they use this do make a metaverse char? Or do we have to wait for the box to come before we can participate in the metaverse?
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Same issue here - download pre-order. I tried both the serial # listed under GalCiv2 in the SDC, and the serial # that SDC e-mails me.
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I'm getting this message:
"The serial number you have entered is not valid, or has not been activated. Please try again or contact support."

It's the serial number I had Stardock Central send me. And I also used the one from the original Email they sent me, and I also used the one that Stardock Central displays when I selected my GC2 games registration information (they are all different!). Please advise.


I've rebooted and used IE instead of Firefox and emailed to get a new activation number and all for naught. I'm going to quit trying to create a character for the metaverse till after I get the game so that all this messing around doesn't screw up my final download.

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I have the same problem. I get this message after trying to create a character: "The serial number you have entered is not valid, or has not been activated. Please try again or contact support."

I tried both the serial that was in the email I received when I preordered GalCiv2 (download only) and the serial in that email that contains all of your serials.

I'm not sure if I'm just supposed to wait until the game is actually released and activated or that there's something wrong with my account. The only thing that I can think of that could cause a problem is that I have 2 accounts registered with a single email address (SakkraCommander and Lord Psilon, don't know why I ever registered 2 usernames, but hey ).
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Sorry about that. The problem has been corrected. Please give it another try.
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when i used firefox to add a character i jsut get the image of the iconian where it says "data processing..." indefinately.
Switching to IE fixed the problem but I hope i can use firefox for my metaversing in the future because i hate IE so very very much
Reply #18 Top
Citizen Nermnim, I use FF 1.5.0.1 with the NoScript & Adblock extensions and I could create my metaverse characters without any problems.

It could either be the FF version you are using or an extension or a feature that you might have activated that could be causing the problem.
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when i used firefox to add a character i jsut get the image of the iconian where it says "data processing..." indefinately.
Switching to IE fixed the problem but I hope i can use firefox for my metaversing in the future because i hate IE so very very much


Comment #18 (from Citizen maathyas, which btw, thank you for your post) explains pretty much what is recommended here. Make certain you are running the latest version of FireFox and that you do not run Ad/Script blockers that prevent asynchronous JavaScript communication. If you do have script blockers running, be certain to add GalCiv2.com & Stardock.com to the trusted sites lists.
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I'm having some difficulty creating a metaverse character. Can one of you fine ladies and/or gentlemen kindly point me in the right direction?

Here's the error I'm getting:

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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Exception :
Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {D96216AD-DB59-449A-A039-CF0027F135A6} failed due to the following error: 80040154.s

Please copy this message (Control + C) and notify the site administrators.
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OK
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Exception :
Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {D96216AD-DB59-449A-A039-CF0027F135A6} failed due to the following error: 80040154.s

Please copy this message (Control + C) and notify the site administrators.



I'm getting the exact same error. I've tried both IE and firefox.

Reply #22 Top
Same here on that CLSID error. I've tried the usual stuff (rebooting, trying IE, etc) to no avail.

Anyone have a fix for this, or is it server-side?
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I can't create a character. It says

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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Exception :
Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.s

Please copy this message (Control + C) and notify the site administrators.
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OK
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Tried using firefox too and I get the same error. I am using win xp 64 bit.
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Exception :
Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.s


I second that error, on FF, IE, 2 different computers
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im getting the memory corrupt.s error too 8(