Zombie Man

Ebil-o FTL June-21 & Feb-22-2010
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  1. Zombie Man

    GM Can't see me

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    I still think those chat options should be defaulted to on... or off... they seem to be really inconsistant on which ones are "Enable to allow messages" and "disable to stop hiding messages"... -.-

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    Dear Devs, we've been begging for this for a long time now. When will it happen?
  2. Try:

    /bind shift ""
    /bind lshift ""

    If that doesn't work, click on the reset binds button under Menu > Options > Keybinding Tab
  3. Update Windows and your sound card drivers.

    Turn off water and bloom graphics effects.

    Post HijackThis.
  4. Check out this thread, Common Solutions & Posting Guidelines


    Then post the results of this programs:

    <ul type="square">[*]HijackThis - it will show us what's running on your computer concurrently with CoH. Click on "Do a system Scan and save a logfile." It will automatically open up Notepad and put the info there. Make sure Wordwrap is off in Notepad (Format &gt; Wordwrap unchecked) before you cut and paste here.[/list]


    Also, your main hard drive is starting to get full.

    1. Go to control panel and then Add/Remove Programs and get rid of any programs you don't need any more.

    2. Go into Windows Explorer (not the Internet Explorer) and right click on your C: drive and chose Properties. Under the General Tab, you'll see a button for Disk Cleanup, run it and get rid of deleted (recycle bin) and temp files.

    3. Under the General Tab, make sure Indexing is not selected. Unless you need to do quick searches of your documents on a regular basis, you don't need this. It may take a while to propagate the un-indexing to all the sub-folders.

    4. Go to the Tools Tab and click on the defrag button. Run the defragger. It may take an hour or two to defrag. Make sure the computer doesn't power down during it (you'll find power options where you change the screen saver -- right click on desktop...).
  5. In the updater, check to start in Safe Mode and see if you have the same problem.

    Also check out this thread, Common Solutions &amp; Posting Guidelines


    Then post the results of these two programs:

    <ul type="square">[*]CoH Helper - it will show us basic computer settings and your CoH configuration.
    [*]HijackThis - it will show us what's running on your computer concurrently with CoH. Click on "Do a system Scan and save a logfile." It will automatically open up Notepad and put the info there. Make sure Wordwrap is off in Notepad (Format &gt; Wordwrap unchecked) before you cut and paste here.[/list]
  6. Post the results of these two programs:

    <ul type="square">[*]CoH Helper - it will show us basic computer settings and your CoH configuration.
    [*]HijackThis - it will show us what's running on your computer concurrently with CoH. Click on "Do a system Scan and save a logfile." It will automatically open up Notepad and put the info there. Make sure Wordwrap is off in Notepad (Format &gt; Wordwrap unchecked) before you cut and paste here.[/list]
  7. Try copying the cohupdater.exe file to the desktop and run it from there and point to the c:/programs/City of Heroes/ directory (where you already have the game installed) as the installation directory.
  8. Post the results of HijackThis - it will show us what's running on your computer concurrently with CoH. Click on "Do a system Scan and save a logfile." It will automatically open up Notepad and put the info there. Make sure Wordwrap is off in Notepad (Format &gt; Wordwrap unchecked) before you cut and paste here.
  9. Try:

    /bind MOUSEWHEEL "+camdistadjust"


    If that doesn't work, reinstall mouse driver.
  10. Zombie Man

    Updater loops

    Try copying the updater to your desktop and run it from there and point it to the correct C:/programs/City of Heroes directory.
  11. The Data Stream in the AE building is flagged as a 'door' and is being used by random scanner/newspaper missions. The waypoint to that 'door' simply points to the building, and not the door. So, clicking the Data Stream should work.

    (During Beta, they ran the Trick or Treat event and the Data Stream gave out tricks and treats. They tricks instantly died in the kill-zone, tho.)
  12. I play in Windowed mode, so, I never noticed such a problem.
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    A lot of the links are broken- I'd guess about a quarter of them, mostly the older emotes.

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    They're all working for me. Please give an explicit example of one that's not working for you.
  14. It is not an option.

    Costumes are hard coded to be two-color selectable only (you can have other colors, but they're not selectable).

    It would be a big deal of programming to allow more than 2 selectable colors. They're no way in hades they'd do that just for one costume piece. It would have to be a decision to allow that for all costume pieces and then they'd be pretty much committing themselves to re-creating a large chunk of the costume pieces to take advantage of this new feature.

    So... very improbable.
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    Correction: "Fight a Boss" doesn't actually require a Boss rank mob. The name is misleading.

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    Now it does. Boss or higher. In Beta, could have been something lower in rank than a Boss, but that was changed.
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    Now we come to the part where I tell you what doesn't seem to work. You may notice in looking through mobs that some have overlapping ranges. Unfortunately if you use a mob with a level 5-15 range in the same group as a level 15-40 this doesn't set the mission level to 15. I wish it did.

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    Putting critters of differing levels into the same group expands the level of the group. This can be a good thing if you want a group that spawns lower level and weaker foes at low levels, but starts putting in the higher level and stronger foes at a higher level.

    However, if you put critters of different levels in *separate* groups, and use both group anywhere in the mission then the mission gets restricted to where the two groups overlap.

    So, if you have a Boss objective and the Boss is level 30-50 and you put in an accompanying group to spawn with the Boss whose range is 20-40, then that will restrict the mission to 30-40.
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    You can add in a level restricting NPC as an ambush to a clickie, or as a captive to be rescued, or an ally that is passive and runs around on their own.

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    I went into a mission that was a 54-54 mission, all I saw in the mission was a destructible object, some custom A/V allies, and some custom Boss baddies.

    How did they get the mission to level 54? How can I do the same in my missions?

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    Probably one of the mission objectives spawned an AV like Mako of which there is a 54-54 level version (look under Arachnos while adding a Boss objective). Mako won't appear on the map until the objective is triggered, which, if it ends the mission, most people just leave and don't look to see if something new has been triggered on the map.

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    For that matter, how exactly do you:
    <ul type="square">[*]add in a level restricting NPC as an ambush to a clickie [*]add in a level restricting captive to be rescued [*]add in a level restricting ally that is passive and runs around on their own?[/list]Thanks.

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    Just chose a group with a restricted level. If your ambush is Clockwork, then the mission will be limited to levels 1-15.

    Check out:

    http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Missio...itect_Tutorial
    http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Missio...t_Custom_Units
  18. Sorry, Trials can't create missions or operate the MA interface. However, they can be invited onto a team and participate in MA missions run by a full member account.

    See here for more info on Trial Account: http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Trial_...t#Restrictions
  19. A passive Empathy EB optional ally will help a lot and won't kill steal.
  20. You can add in a level restricting NPC as an ambush to a clickie, or as a captive to be rescued, or an ally that is passive and runs around on their own.
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    So... since the other thread was locked, does that mean we're allowed to goof off and B.S. in this thread instead until the servers come up? Or do we HAVE to talk about the forum issues?

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    *puts on his "smart, caring guy" mask*

    "So. Tell me about your issues."

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    Well, my mommy was a lush and liked to sleep around all over town, I never knew my biological father, he left when I was two, and I had two separate step-fathers, both of whom were in the Navy and were gone more than half the time. Speaking of my mom sleeping around, I'm the oldest of five kids from three different fathers.

    Oh, and I'm pretty sure that my first stepdad physically abused me, because I have no memories from before the age of 12, I believe they may be blocked.

    Is that a good start?

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    You Fail for not turning this into a Fresh Prince of Bel Aire meme.

    Wait two weeks before attempting again.
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    Yeah, I find it ironic that most of my author tickets are generated from my shortest mission that hovers in the 3-4 stars. Honestly though, it makes sense, as many players look for the very short arcs, and many look for lowbie arcs as well which it also fits.

    So, Zombie Man, what did you get with the roll?

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    I'm holding on to the Tickets to see if there is a 9,999 limit for the Ticket Vendor account. (Unless someone has already hit it and would like to say what they've found.) I guess I should say I currently have the equivalence of a Gold Roll and will roll gold when my experiment is done.