American_Angel

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by theOcho View Post
    This thread is to discuss the announcement found here.

    Thanks,
    How about granting Rename Tokens as rewards? Or Transfer tokens?

    Not that I don't appreciate the extra character slots on my main server (I do I really do), but having hte ability to transfer characters for free or rename them would be awesome.

    ALSO:
    Another idea would be a Supergroup Rename Token. This would absolutely rock!
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Avatea View Post
    UPDATED! Please note we now allow the use of https://www.yousendit.com/ for files bigger than 5MB.

    Also viewing the entries we have received so far, we have decided that it was necessary for us to get UNFLATTENED files. Apologies for this change in the rules.

    Thank you for patience, we look forward to seeing what you come up with!
    Avatea, I got your email about sending the unflattened files through yousendit.com however the problem is this...even for their free trial of 14 days, they require a credit card. This has two negatives:
    • It requires a credit card to activate the trial, which I'm not willing to give
    • If the credit card is a Visa Bank card (or any brand) and the balance is not in our accounts, the trial will not activate; this will prevent a lot of people from participating that were able to in the previously
    In my case, I have my own webspace, so I can send the files without using yousendit.com...but others may not have this luxury.
  3. I'm surprised they didn't just put in a whole new housing system called "Safehouses" or "Headquarters".

    It would fit in with the arcs there, and it could give them a chance to work on something new in regard to the base design system.

    While we're on the topic...it would be nice if a new contact could be placed inside the bases when we reach prestige milestones. And these contacts could unlock new base content.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Impish Kat View Post
    I.... should've taken one, but in the end it didn't suit the space, so I tore it down and went with a different design...

    I might be able to get a little example going in a few days..

    .

    That would be cool. I tried using the corners and single tile balcony to create steps going up a vertincle square tunnel...but it just didn't work out.

    I need steps going upward in a square (one tile wide) still.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by JKPhage View Post
    See, now I'm irritated. This is a contest that I'd actually stand a ghost of a chance of winning as it doesn't require you to be an artist like most of the US competitions, and it's only open to the EU players. When does the US get a contest like this?

    EDIT - And just to point out, I'm glad the EU got their own contest, just irritated that of all the contests the US players get most require some form of artistic skill of which I am completely devoid. A costume design contest I'd stand a chance at, but we never get stuff like that. *Shrug* Oh well. Have fun with that one EU, and may the best (wo)man win!
    I second this.
  6. First...congrats, people!

    Second, and more selfishly, I would rather switch contests with you guys. Grrrr.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ShadowNate View Post
    Protip: You legally can't copyright a "font". The only thing you can copyright is the means to create it, like photoshop. So for example if you create something with a font with photoshop but don't have a license to use it then if they can prove you used their software to create the image that used font, they can bust you for copyright infringement.

    Cryptic studios or whoever has the original data for the font doesn't NEED to give it to you.. However i'm fairly sure the font the game uses is just one you can find on the internet, ive seen it before.

    edit: On the copyright issue the exception is the font "data" like the truetype code. The design itself is not copyrightable.
    I'm afraid you are mistaken in this. As a former professional in the Comic Book Industry, I can tell you that many, many, many fonts are copyrighted...as in the actual designs of them.

    Blambot is a prime example of this. Go to their website and you will see a bunch of copyrighted fonts. They create the fonts themselves for illustrators. Some they creat with the intent of being free for everyone, others they limit use to liscensing.

    EDIT: You gave excellent sources...but having worked for Marvel as a letterer in the past, they explained to us that some typefaces are copyrighted...and at the time gave us documentation to prove it.

    It's been years since I've needed that stuff, and I no longer have it...unfortunately.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Peacemoon View Post
    You really think everyone and their mother wants to see characters when loading into a zone? Sorry but I have to agree 110% with the current rules, especially after seeing your example. This is not about self promotion. The screens need to be as neutral as possible. Iconic characters in the lore like Sister Psyche, maybe. But even then, I think pictures should focus on the environment. The bridges in your pic are excellent, I care not for Lusca or your character.
    That's your opinion. Lusca is inherent to that zone, so it only makes sense that the thing be one of the shots.

    Also, if you read my message entirely, I said that the shot with my toon was unacceptable. I also verbally gave an example of what WOULD be.
  9. I think he means you are facing one way when you click on the door, but the oposite direction once you enter. In other words, the interior of the building is located where you would be 'outside' the door.

    I'm not confirming this, just trying to guess at the OPs meaning.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Impish Kat View Post
    For extra tricky-ness, try creating a spiral staircase with the balcony corners: use a cubicle + angled wall light... remove the cubicle & stick the balcony to the wall light for 30/45 degree angles. The real trick is getting the inside points AND the rope railings to line up nicely.

    .
    You wouldn't have a screenshot example of this would you?
  11. In other games (MMOs) I've seen patch notes placed on the websites during the server downtime.

    Yet in this game it is not the case, in fact, I've seen patch notes posted almost a day later in the past.

    Does anyone know why this is?

    Because it would be nice to see them during the server downtime so that we have something interesting to do when we should be working
  12. Avatea,

    The only complaint I have is that we cannot include character images. This seems wrong somehow.
    • Certain areas are impossible to get shots of without players being in the frames.
    • Showing the higher quality costume designs would be a huge boon for your advertising department.
    • A chance to show incredible action photos, which is very exciting.
    Unfortunately, the servers are down for a patch today, so I can't grab an ingame shot in Ultra of any characters for this example. And if I had a choice, I would get shots of a couple groups fighting hte giant octopus, because that would really be an exciting shot.



    The shot of the character is unfortunately with my old video card, and the angle/pose isn't really right. Obviously, the characters would have to be incorporated into the shots in a natural way, not with overlays, but it was all I have access to for my example.

    But imagine if that left frame had a couple teams attacking the octopus? What we see now as an interesting, but dull shot would become action-packed.

    I understand a shot of my character like the above one will not work, mainly because that character is not always in the zone and it is a 'zone' loading screen. But characters engaged in actions in that zone should be allowed.

    So...is there anyway we can be allowed to submit shots with characters in them? Maybe not in the way I showed above, but in more natural ingame ways?
  13. American_Angel

    QUESTIONS on GR

    Another Question:

    5) How does switching sides affect the items stored in Wentworths? For example, if my blueside guy turns red completely, will he lose the items in his WW window?
  14. American_Angel

    QUESTIONS on GR

    Also:

    4) When I hit 20 on my Preatorian toon, it said Epic Archetype unlocked. But I already had both sides unlocked. Does that mean there's an Archetype for Preatorians coming?
  15. American_Angel

    QUESTIONS on GR

    Okay, so I'm playing this thing. I have my 43 Fire/Kin hero, I get him the tip missions, complete the Vigilante stuff and take him over there to Rogue Isles.

    On the way, it tells me I cannot get missions there, which turned out to NOT be true...I get paper missions. Still working on the first round of them, so haven't done a bank mission yet to see if it gives me a contact, but my assumption is that it will not.

    So here are my questions...

    1) My Vet Reward Respec does not seem to be useable on redside if I was originally a hero. Currently a Vigilante, will this change when I complete the Villain tips?

    2) After I complete the villain Tips, will it start giving me contacts in the Rogue Isles? Because the whole idea of going over there is to enjoy the arcs on my fire kin (I love playing fire kins...they are good at soloing).

    3) Since I had to go to Galaxy City to use my Vet Reward Respec, will I be able to go back to the Rogue Isles without doing the Tips again?
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Cardiff_Giant View Post
    I'm afriad I'm gonna have to burst that bubble Tex...

    I'm running Win XP SP3, Athlon 64 3200+, 1GB Corsair XMS twin-paired/dual channel DDR 400 (still kick-azz 5 years on) Ram...

    And a BFG 6800 GT OC
    *With an admittedly OLD driver = Because it's the last one that's worked well with my card - from back when they still gave a frak about the Series 6 cards. Every attempt I've made to install newer ones caused me a truckload of problems, I'm simply not doing that again on this system.*

    (I'm looking at parts for a new system, but this one still works well given that it's nearly eligible for Social Security.)

    I'm not even trying to run the UltraMode settings, I'd be happy with a fix for Anti-Aliasing, that's been "broken" since I17 went Live.
    Also running XP here:

    Windows XP Professional
    Intel Dual Core 2.0 CPU
    2 GB DDR2 Ram (with heatsinks attached)
    Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT 1 GB Video Card (that runs everything I'm ever tried to run)


    I THINK I FOUND THE CAUSE
    I noticed my refresh rate had been changed from 60 to 70 in the options. I changed it back to 60 and it required a restart, but the servers had come down right at that moment for a patch. I logged on last night, but my graphics settings were set to minimum...however the problem did not occur.

    This morning, the problem seems to have disappeared and I'm running on high settings again. This tells me that either the hot fix solved the issue (which I doubt since others have claimed it has not) or that the issue was the refresh rate.

    Everyone having issues, please check your refresh rate under options, set it to 60 and test to see if the problem remains.


    Additional Note:
    Although changing the refresh rate seems to have worked...lag is a huge issue still. I keep starting to DC, and just now I totally disconnected right at the end of a mission. Servers were yellow at the time.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MondoCool View Post
    >implying the only reason to use AE is for experience gain
    From the creative aspect, it is not the only reason. However, if you want people to actually play your arcs...that's a whole new ballgame.

    Or do you enjoy making stuff non one ever see's?
  18. American_Angel

    Servers Crashed?

    Never mind.

    http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=236037

    Quote:
    Live Server Stability Hotfix- Thursday, 26th August 2010
    The Live European & North American City of Heroes servers will be offline for a stability hotfix on Thursday, 26th August 2010.

    Start Time: 3:15 p.m. Pacific Time / 6:15 p.m. Eastern Time / 11:15 p.m. British Time / 00:15 Central European Summer Time.

    Expected Duration: 30 minutes

    Expected Finish Time: 3:45 p.m. Pacific Time /6:45 p.m. Eastern Time / 11:45 p.m. British Time / 00:45 Central European Time.

    We apologise for the last minute warning and thank you for your patience!
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  19. American_Angel

    Servers Crashed?

    Restarted my game and all the servers are now down. Anyone know why?
  20. I don't know if this makes a difference, but I just noticed my refresh rate was changed by city of heroes from 60 to 70.

    It required a restart to see if there is a difference, and of course Freedom is down now, lol.

    EDIT
    Scratch that...all servers are down! Maybe they are patching?
  21. Two things:

    1) let us know how much prestige there is to work with

    2) Are we talking real cash or influence? Daddy needs his subscription paid
  22. I think it's a grapghics rendering issue.

    I've had the issue popping up for years, on various video cards.

    The nearest cause I've found so far is that the item menu (where to objects are shown) is too small to render the objects properly. However, when I drag it bigger (ie, taller) and restart the game, it looks fine.
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kryon1z1 View Post
    well...got it working after fiddling with stuff... just mr. glitchy glitchy making me itchy bitchy..
    Let me guess...it had to be moved down the wall further to be within reach?