Anyone still playing?

CaptainYar — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 8:26:13 AM -0400

I just started my first game in a few years. Just wondering of anyone else is still playing Gal Civ 2.

Kzinti Empire - offical empire thread

KzintiPatriarch — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 9:20:12 AM -0400

You have dared to enter the lair of the most ferocious predators in the galaxy! It is the ulitmate destiny of the Kzinti to conquer the other civilizations of the galaxy, subjugate and enslave any who may prove useful to us, and devour the rest. The Fanged God has ordained that this is how it will be. In just 26 octals of days (7 months or so...Kzinti count in base 8), the Kzinti Empire rose from obscurity, to #1 on the Metaverse . With the blessings of the Fanged ...

The 'Negative Balance'-strategy (NB strat)

Maiden666 — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 7:55:56 AM -0400

The 'Negative Balance' -strategy is the most efficient way to create an early high military score and/or an uberhigh lategame military score. It is published here for the first time, after being part of a collection of private strategies in the, now defunct, KzintiEmpire forums. It can serve as a basic militaryshipbuilder/ planetaryoutbuilder in Giga-All-Abundant-Millionpointer games (where it has FAR less rampup-time than any other comparative strategies [like "All-Econ"]); and it...

The 249 Military StarBase Field (MSBF)

Maiden666 — Sat, 02 Apr 2016 9:18:53 AM -0400

Because there is no real competition at the Metaverse anymore I'm going to make some of my personal scoreing strategies available to anyone who's interested to find out to what extreme levels a MV player can take the unmodded game. This one, which I coined the name 'Military Starbase Field' (because the starbases are so clumped together they rather resemble a field...) is most likely the strongest way to increase your military score that exists in the game. It's ...

"Spore" ZYW - a step-by-step guide

Maiden666 — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 2:10:34 PM -0400

In a Spore-ZYW game the player defeats a single (or 2) AIs by turning their own SpaceMiner into a SporeShip, and uses it to invade their homeworld on April 8th in the first year/ after 14 turns. It nets about 100k-110k score (in Dark Avatar) and can be played in a matter of minutes (once you're used to it) although, if you're looking for a 2 PreCursorLibs starting system you'll have to accept a certain Control-N-time. However, any common Spore-ZYW can be played out v...

Advanced Race Customization (ARC)

Maiden666 — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 6:14:02 PM -0400

ARC means you'll be tinkering with personalized files to change your/your enemies Super-Ability (SA), homesystems, personalities, ethical alignments & some other stuff. Most likely you'll need it for Stock Races. Custom Races can easily be changed using the " Create New Opponent "- or " Edit "-buttons which you'll see in the Enemy Selection -screen during a game's setup. Don't change any other stuff otherwise the MV may trip a cheat-flag . Usually, the game w...

'Super-Diplomat' ZYW strategy

Maiden666 — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 5:45:30 PM -0400

In a Super-Diplomat -ZYW one tries to win a -most likely- All-Rare Gigantic map via the swindleing-/ forced surrender- trick , and because this tactic offers an immense income via techtrade, it's not necessarily ended at the first possible occasion. ARC: [see also] Player ARC : You play as Altarians because of their inherent bonuses to research, economics & moral. Change their code from this file ( Altarian Resistance.customracexml ) to:

The '3-starting-planets' trick

Maiden666 — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 6:57:35 PM -0400

It's possible to start out with 3 colonizeable planets at your homesystem (instead of the conventional 2) - even for MV games. For this, you'll have to specify the name of your starting homeworld as the name of a (usually) empty PQ0 world which is listed at your own system. This planet then gets an upgrade to be a PQ10 world. Here's a list containing all important taglines: [extracted from the responsible "CustomPlanets.xml"-files]

The 16/24 Military Starbase Arrays (MSBA)

Maiden666 — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 9:49:00 AM -0400

Here is some basic info on 2 forms of Military Starbase Arrays which can be used in order to maximize your Military Score for MV games. Because there is a 'only 4 starbases per sector'-limitation in place a 24 MSBA has to look like this: Actually, this is only true for the outer 16 starbases which have to be placed in the exact fields because these are the only places which then allow the Zone-Of-Effect of all bases to conjoin at exactly 2 sweet spots. The other 8 SBs near t...

The 'Great Galactic Swindle'

Maiden666 — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 12:58:35 PM -0400

The 'Great Galactic Swindle'[*] is an essential key-mechanism for many MV strategies, because it will easily & swiftly give you everything that the AIs possess. Which - if you take away all their planets - can be used to win the map on that turn.. but that's not the only practical use this technique holds for scoreing games. Here are the 4 key increments to successfully Swindle: Research "Total Majesty" & build the 'Spin-Control-Center' (SCC) on a planet: ...

ZERO YEAR WIN

Orbital 2000 — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 2:53:07 PM -0500

hello guys ,I am posting here,,, I am open to diferent subjects,, but my question is what is ZERO YEAR WIN?? if any one know , please let me know.. i play on metaverse for years, but never managed to win a suicidal level victory , or a victory in zero years,, some one told me this is possible,,, feel free to chat..

So, Altmeta is gone?

Crushbone — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 8:22:41 PM -0500

I just started playing a bit, after about a year's break. I get a dead link where Altmeta used to be, so I assume it's dead. Either way, my thanks to those who ran it for all those years!

Bought GalCiv2 Ultimate from Steam - How to play GalCiv2 or Dark Avatar Games on Metaverse?

jhaelen1208 — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 1:35:49 PM -0400

I've already registered my serial number and created a Stardock account. When starting the game via Steam or when starting Twilight of Arnor (GC2TwilightOfTheArnor.exe) directly, I can connect to the Metaverse. However, when starting the GalCiv2 game (GalCiv2.exe) or Dark Avatar (GC2DarkAvatar.exe) directly, I get an error message that my serial number couldn't be found in the registry. Is there a way to work around this or can I only play Twilight of Arnor games via the Metaver...

Tyranny of Evil - A Metaverse Empire.

Neilo — Wed, 27 May 2015 1:33:40 PM -0400

Hi all and welcome to the Tyranny of Evil. The Tyranny of Evil is a dedicated Metaverse empire that has risen to prominence in just 1 year. 2nd place on the AltMeta and a soon to be 3rd place in the MV is no small feat from an empire with ~39 active players. Dedicated to the pursuit of evil, we encourage all players, new or veterans, to join us in our quest to be the strongest, most active an...

The shape of the GC2 Metaverse

The Man in Black — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 9:41:27 AM -0400

I appreciate that the powers at Stardock are not even thinking about the GC2 Metaverse at this stage, but I would like to get in early to provoke some thinking after my experiences playing GC over the past couple of years. Historically, the Metaverse design changed over that time and I think that created some significant consequences for the playing group. It would be nice if we could have a debate about these kind of issues so I thought I would start the ball rolling. I think the Meta...

Adepta Sororitas - An Active Metaverse Empire Thread

Saint Mina — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 6:39:17 AM -0500

W elcome to A depta S ororitas Empress Saint Mina rules with a just hand and pure heart. I am Saint Mina and I am here to tell you a little about my fast growing E mpire, so enjoy your reading of my Empire and please, leave a comment and if you like, give Karma too! O rders Militant of Adepta Sororitas are female warriors of the Eccle...

Kilts And Daggers

Snarkotamus — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 5:47:15 PM -0400

Enough of this "let's all get along" malarky. We're here to conquer! GIT-R-Done! H ey, remember how Ben Hogan discovered the secret of golf? Well, I've just discovered the secret of ToA, and it has NOTHING to do with Race Behavior 3! It can, in fact, be implemented using powerful custom races that you create using the in-game setup screens! Join this Empire in it's quest for 25 Million Points, and I'll show you the way the the 3-Million point character! The...

Need Link To Crash Exception Procedures

Snarkotamus — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 7:00:11 AM -0500

OK, I'm trying to complete a Metaverse game, but I have experienced a crash. I seem to recall a policy for submitting "crash exceptions", but I can't find the policy. Can someone post the policy or a link? Thanks

Empire thread --> The Gerontocracy

ghostwes — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 9:10:27 AM -0400

The Gerontocracy is here, and the universe will never be the same. This empire is intended for players over the age of 30, hence the name of the empire. Judging by other threads, that means about 89% of us. For that other 11%, my advice is to hurry up and get older; in the meantime, though, there are plenty of other empires to join, even if they're not nearly as awesome as we are. Click here to join this empire.

Metaverse Council Suggestion Box

Mumblefratz — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:23:45 AM -0400

The Metaverse Council is now open for business. We're just getting on our feet and haven't even formally met yet, but I'd like to take the opportunity to open up this thread. Please feel free to suggest anything that doesn't involve the word "stick". Of course, what we're most interested in are things that have a realistic chance of getting done and in particular anything related to Kryo's AltMeta2 I hope that people won't expect too much from us, but I also hope they won't expect t...

Problem with Metaverse

Beligor — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 1:23:47 PM -0400

Hi, I bought Calactic Civ II Ultimate via Steam. When I press "Metaverse" or "Tournament" it asks me to create a char in the metaverse first. When I click on "no" it returns to the menu. When I click on "Yes" I come to a page where I can add a char. My problem is that this is still true after I created a char. Even after I created a char I still get the message and after pressing "yes" come to a page where I can add a user. But I can not play using that ch...

Metaverse League (MVL) Recruitment Drive

Mumblefratz — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 1:23:28 PM -0400

I thought I'd open up this thread to bring up a few points about the league. This has all been discussed in many ways and in many places but I just want to summarize what it is we do and what the benefits of the league are for current and future members. First of all the MVL (Metaverse League) is just a group of people that enjoy playing metaverse games and have gotten together to play a monthly game with randomly selected settings. All versions of the game are allo...

Galactic Brotherhood of Steel is now recruiting

mikehahn78 — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 7:41:27 PM -0400

Galactic Brotherhood of Steel is now recruiting people to join their empire. Remember, Do onto others, before they can do onto you!

Zero Year Win Club 2011

KzintiPatriarch — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 1:13:55 PM -0400

Have you beaten the AIs before the first 12 months of the game have passed? Post your score screenshot here to brag about your skill and magnificance! Here are the current leaders in ZYW scores: 'Expert' ZYW - Gigantic Maps 1) KzintiPatriarch - 331,100 points 2) Maiden666 - 301,000 3) Saint Mina - 201,250 poin ts 'Classic' ZYW - Tiny Maps 1) MottiKhan - 56,700 points 2) Sc...

Wrong Steam account tied to Metaverse GalCiv install

Stroomschok — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 6:50:34 PM -0500

Hello folks! I bought and installed the GalCiv II: Ultimate Edition when it was on sale, but hadn't come round to actually playing yet. At some point my girlfriend, who already had the game came to my place, logged on her Steam account, saw my PC had GalCiv II installed and played it for a bit with her custom race of 'Furrians'. =^.^= Now I want to play the game, but somehow the install is locked onto her Metaverse account and nothing I do can get it switched to my own...

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