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Quote:Even so, I do believe I (and probably others) managed to get inside it with Teleport using some old clipping camera tricks. Same sort of trick that allowed for a time folks to get under the floor of city hall and see the inverted dome.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
From what I remember, people actually got stuck in the globe, which is a reason it was made solid.
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Well I'm liking that they're listening on this and making changes. I'l agree with the apparent consensus that the costume bits need another way to be aquired outside the packs. I look forward to further developments and the changes so far make it more likely I'll consider buying some now and then.
And a further idea: Since much of the angst I've seen over this comes from the notion they're trying to milk VIPs for more cash, how about a VIP-only perk for the packs? Freems and Preems get the pack as stated now, but VIPs get say, an extra bonus card? Like an extra bonus rare or something. Or a bonus card that is of theoretically any rarity but guaranteed to be a costume part, ATIO, or other desirable item.
Such a thing would help improve the value perception of the packs to VIPs and be an extra little nudge for non-VIPs to become such. -
Quote:I would absolutely love to go to something like this. But I can't. The finances just won't support it. This being a big reason I'd like to see some love from them for the heartland. And honestly, I think that doing a few smaller cons around the country would be of a definite help to them. The more they're out there promoting, the more folk who become aware of the game and how good it is. Send the big Z or Black Pebble or some other notable redname on a cross-country tour of comic conventions. I'd be willing to bet that they could get volunteers from the community here to come out and help run the booth at each stop. For a swag bag and the opportunity to spend the day talking up the game with a redname, I'm sure they'd have all the volunteers they need to make it a success. Put me down as volunteer #1 for any con they want to come to in my area. So load up one of those mysterious Paragon Transit buses we've never seen, hang a 'cross country or bust' sign on it, and get rollin'!Originally Posted by Texas Justice
From what I gathered talking to some of the ones in attendance that weren't directly involved with the panels, they didn't HAVE to be there. They WANTED to be there to be able to talk to the players, get feedback on things related to what they do, listen to (and, if possible, answer) questions players had that weren't related to the various panels. Some had specific players they wanted to speak to about some posts that those players had made on the forums or that persons general contributions in game or on the forums. The one thing that was evident from every one of them was that they all wanted to be there.
Would I like to see events held elsewhere in the country? Certainly.
Would I specifically like to see something held in the central US region? Of course since that would make it closer to me.
Going to this event puts a considerable strain on my finances, but the time I get to spend visiting with the other players makes it worth it. I've met several really nice folks at these things (Devs, OCR team and players), and I wouldn't trade that for anything. -
Here's a genuine question, can you buy it for a friend/relative/total stranger? I could see it making a neat (and cheap) Christmas gift for folks you know but who have never played. And hey, DOES it work with the 500 point referral dealy? That could be a nice bonus/incentive for folks to gift this (assuming you can).
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Quote:Well I'm not necessarily asking for a 'Pummit' in the center of the country. I'm simply asking for ANYTHING involving City and some Devs to happen there. Because so far as I know it has NEVER HAPPENED. And really, did they *need* 40 folks to show up for this Pummit? I doubt it. I wasn't there obviously but that seems rather overkill to have or even need 40 folks actively involved in this. I mean really, get the key Devs together or some duly authorized subs for any who can't go, and you could have a Pummit of some level and substance most anywhere I think and not break the bank.Originally Posted by Red_Gren
I see DR/Samuraiko has already gotten the ball rolling, so instead of starting a new thread, I'll just add to hers.
I talked to Zwill to find out about next year & the answer I got was that he couldn't promise that there would be a Pummit in 2012. He did say Paragon Studios very much likes doing an event like this & they would very much like to do one in 2012, but Zwill couldn't PROMISE that there would be one. I don't know why Sam & I have discrepancies in our information.
I also found out from Zwill that 3 months notice was the longest notice he thought he'd be able to give.
As TJ mentioned above, Zwill also said that a different time was being considered, possibly summer.
I'm not sure if this is something Zwill said or if I heard it from Brian Clayton during the opening session, but an event like this, with the presence of such a large number of the developers in attendance ,was pretty much only going to happen here in the Bay Area. That makes sense to me when I consider how many of the development team showed up. (Maybe as many as 40?) Can you imagine the expense & especially the hit to productivity if Paragon Studios sent so many people anywhere else? I think Paragon Studios events outside the Bay Area will be limited to Meet & Greet style events.
It's not that they hate you, or don't care about your loyalty, or think you're any less deserving a fan, it's just that it's not feasible for the kind of event that happend this last weekend to take place anywhere else.
So... like the awesome videographer said, start saving up if you think you'd like to come on out. If this thing happens you'll probably get no more than 3 month's notice. It might happen sometime during the summer. (So pack your shorts & your windbreaker, microclimates don't ya know?)
Actually, that might be something we'd want to discuss to help with planning. When would it be best for you for the potential 2012 Pummit to be held? Summer? Keep it in the Fall, but earlier? Obviously it's not going tobe the same for everyone, but maybe we can help out by providing trend info?
What IS unreasonable to me is to expect those in the central regions to ALWAYS have to travel long distance if we want to go where they are. Show us some love guys. Haven't we waited long enough? -
I'd love a survey too.
AND I'd love it even more if they did this sort of thing somewhere in the NON-coastal US. This game has been out there for 7 years and they have NEVER to my knowledge done an event anywhere in the middle part of the US. Do something I can reasonably drive to and I'll be there with bells on. It's WAY past time they showed us middles some serious love. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Yes yes. We've heard this before.
They hit 3-4 coastal cons a year. Two of which are in their back yard.
The other 98% of the country and the rest of the world doesn't exist for them.
I agree completely. Coastal events simply DO NOT WORK for me. I can't afford it. Do something in the center of the country that I can reasonably drive to and we'll talk. But as I can't recall any instance of them ever doing such an event in the entire history of the game, I'm not holding my breath. -
Likewise, was on Infinity when all went boom.
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It's a touch out of date as it discusses XP and Vista, but this is a pretty decent explanation of the whole addressing mess and how it works for anyone interested.
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Quote:Well that's interesting if it proves true for more folks. I know 11.7 has been no better there I think than on live. Not for me anyways.Originally Posted by Morgan Reed
For the little that I am sure it is worth, 11.8 has worked great for me in the Beta.
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Quote:I assume you mean a total system freeze? Ouch. 11.6, 11.7 freeze the game but not the system for me. I can force CoH to quit and restart it and I'm fine till it decides to freeze up again.Originally Posted by je_saist
Continue to hold off.
I got a hard-lock after about an hour or so standing around doing nothing.
Again, a thread is open on the AMD developer forums: http://forums.amd.com/devforum/messa...&enterthread=y
if you try the 11.8 drivers and experience a crash: PLEASE POST IN THE THREAD ON THE AMD FORUMS. -
Quote:Which mouse do you have?Originally Posted by DarkBlaster_NA
Hey. Is there any way to bind specific powers to the mouse 3/4 macro buttons on my logitech gaming mouse? Im not sure if im typing it wrong or if it just doesnt work. ive typed
/bind mouse4
/bind mouse3
/bind m3
/bind mbutton3
and /bind mousebutton3
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Quote:I presume you're concerned about PCIE vs PCIE 2.0? Most if not all current hardware is PCIE 2.0. However, the specs are backwards compatible. The 2.0 spec has a bigger bandwith but the interface slot is the same. The downside to putting a 2.0 card in a 1.0 slot (or vice versa) is that you're limited by the slower 1.0 spec. So the 2.0 device will be constrained by the slower 1.0 hardware. More simply put, the 560 should work on your board, but it won't necessarily give the optimum results it is capable of.Originally Posted by Exodus_V
Ok one more quick question the above GTX 560 Ti will run on my current motherboard? The PCIe spec's concern me. If so i can upgrade my current box and then build a new second box in December/Jan timeframe
Current board:
ASUS, P5N32-E SLI, LGA775, nForce 680i SLI, 1333MHz FSB, DDR2-800 8GB /4, PCIe x16 SLI /3, SATA 3Gb/s RAID 5 /6, HDA, GbLAN /2, FW /2, ATX
Thanks again!
As a side note, PCIE 3.0 has been finalized and there are rumors and murmurings of hardware to come which uses it. -
Quote:Haven't had the time yet to play with the 11.7s but that's pretty much what the game would do to me on the 11.6s. Whether 11.7 will be better for me I don't yet know. They also have a preview of 11.8 out. Anyone give that a spin yet?Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Only thing I've had happen I can't say is specifically related to the 11.7s (since we had a game patch as well) - occasional game lockup while zoning. Gets about halfway throught he load screen and locks. Only listing I see in the event viewer is pointing at CityOfHeroes.exe as opposed to mentioning the video driver.
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Well on my machine it unpacked everything to C:\Windows\Temp\CRF000\. There's a folder under that called Drivers which has two subfolders called SBXF and XFHX. The drivers appear to be in subfolders named wdm under those two folders. Not certain which of the two sets though is for your card. So drilling down a bit further might get you somewhere.
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I'll second the safe mode idea. I'd also suggest basically turning off everything you have running in the running processes area above.
Beyond that, how long exactly have you had this issue? Did it just happen out of the blue or have you made any changes/modifications/upgrades/etc of any sort around the time this started? Basically any sort of change in hardware or software at all? Have you tried verifying your game files? -
Quote:It's fairly simple. Download Driver Sweeper (it's free) and install it. Uninstall your current drivers normally. Then boot to safe mode. Run Driver Sweeper and have it clean out the leftover bits of your old drivers. Boot back to normal mode and install the new drivers.Originally Posted by Chaos Creator
I haven't seen anything telling me to do a clean sweep; could someone point me in the direction of what programs/ things I need to do? I'm running 11.3 and thinking of trying the 11.7 drivers.
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From your opening line, I assume you've tried going into multiple different bases? Have you tried a coalition base? Does this ever happen when zoning or going into a mission? You also might try updating your video drivers and verifying your game files through the updater.
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More detail of what you actually have would be good. Like a full system spec so we know where you're starting from. Is this a custom rig or a manufactured machine (Dell, etc) you've upgraded? As for a second 275 for SLI, don't bother unless you play other games. CoH doesn't support it so it won't get you anywhere. If you want to upgrade the video for CoH, upgrade the 275 to something better. But a 275 should be able to handle UM with decent results.
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Quote:Glad you found it! Sucky solution but at least you know what to do for the network.Originally Posted by Finduilas
Update! I think (hope) I have found the reason for both of my problems, and how to fix them.
First, the internet problem. Googling my onboard NIC (a Marvell Yukon 88E8001) I found this:
http://www.sevenforums.com/network-s...n-88e8001.html
Evidently, the combination of that particular network card, an ASUS mobo similar to mine (the one mentioned is a P8N SLI, mine is a P5N SLI) 64 bit Windows 7 and more than 3 GBs of RAM will cause this problem. Change any one of those things and it works fine. Since I don't want to downgrade to 32 bit Win 7 or reduce the amount of RAM, changing NIC cards is obviously the best solution.
Unfortunately, before I figured this out I ordered a cheap wireless card form Newegg; I should have gotten a new network card! Ah well. I'll use the wireless card for now and see how it works--if the performance isn't what I want it to be I'll buy a new network card. Or maybe Marvell will release a driver that fixes the problem; I read that the most recent driver update fixed the problem for 64 bit Vista but not Win 7.
Sound problem:
I did get the onboard sound to work, it was just a matter of the speakers plugged into the wrong port. (D'oh!)
Regarding my Creative sound card, I noticed there was a disabled, unknown audio device listed in the device manager. When I checked the properties, it said it was disabled because there was no driver for it.
As I mentioned earlier, I downloaded the 64 bit driver for the card, but it won't install because it can't find a supported device. That's right folks, evidently it's unidentified because it doesn't have a driver and I can't install the driver because it's unidentified.
At this point my plan is to try and find a generic 64 bit sound driver so I can at least enable the card. After that, hopefully once it's enabled the Creative driver will install and I'll be a happy camper again.
Thanks so much to everyone for their suggestions and support!
For sound, you could try a more manual install. I tried downloading the installer for your card to have a look at it. It appears to decompress a bunch of files into a folder under c:\windows\temp. If you open the properties of that unknown device, there should be an Update Driver button on one of the tabs. Click that then go for a manual install and point the install towards the temp folder. Have it search there for drivers. Be sure the little check box to have it search subfolders is selected. See if that doesn't get you somewhere. -
Quote:Ultimately, a full clean wipe-install might be required here. But as this install is mostly so, maybe not.Originally Posted by Finduilas
Yes, that's what it did. However, one thing that you would think would simplify trouble-shooting is that almost nothing is currently installed on the machine except for Windows software.
I really have no complaints about Verizon's responsiveness. I spent probably 45 minutes each on the phone with two different techs and they were sincerely trying to help me solve the problem. The first one actually called me back after we hung up because another tech suggested something else to try, and the second one was pulling suggestions from the internet when all the things he knew to try didn't work.
That, combined with the fact that I now know this is a issue that's known to happen with Win 7, and that I was able to successfully get a wired connection on my son's Win 7 laptop makes me think there's something funky with my Win 7 install that's causing the problem.
EDIT: forgot to mention that FIOS provides a combined router/modem.
Odds are, it's an onboard network card. Very few, if any, motherboards come without one these days.Quote:Not sure, I haven't had a chance to open the case and look at it--I never noticed when I had it open before. If it helps, it's a Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010.
Thanks for your help, if there's anything else you think I should look at/try, I'm open to suggestions!
Unless Finduilas has made a special effort to assign IPs to all the machines in the house, DHCP is on. And that would include assigning one to the wired network port on the kid's laptop when it was plugged in for testing. Most routers have it on by default anyways and I have yet to see a router where DHCP wasn't all or nothing. There might be some that limit it to just wireless or just wired, but I have yet to see one. And the default setting in windows for network cards is DHCP but that might be worth checking.Quote:Originally Posted by Phedra
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Is your computer set to get an IP address automatically from the modem/router? I'm presuming here that the modem/router has DHCP activated (tends to make things simpler with home networks).
Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings (on the left panel) > Select your network card and right click, properties > Scroll to the bottom of the window and open Internet Protocol Version 4 (double click should do this fine) > Check that both choices are set to Automatic.
If they already are... double check if DHCP is turned on, on the router. DHCP is a service that generates IP Addresses for devices attached to the network. I belive it's possible to have it activated for wireless, but not wired.. on some routers.
Well as the problem is a *lack* of internet, I question the value of this. Unless the drivers downloaded to date were infected, there's no real chance the machine is compromised.Quote:2)
Another thing to try would be running a copy of Unknown Devices to check if anything needs a driver... I recommend the Beta copy at the top of this page.
http://www.halfdone.com/Development/UnknownDevices/
I know it hasn't been updated in forever, but I still use it for older hardware.
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Thirdly... run some anti-malware checks. Past studies (before windows 7) have shown that an unpatched Windows computer can be infected within 4 hours of being on the internet. Download stuff like Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware, Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy. Hit the computer with a heap of updated on-demand scanners just to be safe. Also, get a software firewall installed or activate the better-than-nothing windows one.
A good suggestion.Quote:4)
Most motherboards automatically disable any onboard video when you install a card.. if you still want to try to get your onboard sound working, it wouldn't hurt to A) physically remove your sound card and B) ensure you installed your motherboard/system drivers (they often include onboard sound)
I played around with the RC some myself and was pretty impressed with how it worked on various testbeds, including some rather underpowered hardware. M$ made a good one.Quote:________
I admit, my experiences with Win7 have been all positive. I was running the beta on what was then, 6 year old hardware. P4, 2GB RAM, etc. They even released an update which fixed my microphone (speakers worked on the windows generic drivers)... heh Although I will admit that any heavy 3D gaming was kinda impossible due to me running (low power) DirectX 9 hardware in a DirectX 11 environment.
The Win7 hosts file is in the same spot as XP. That didn't change. Not sure where you got that info. Some malware does as you say but as the system has yet to go online, I'd say the probability of infection is miniscule. And I can't imagine Verizon needing the hosts file to be modded to work with their network. It would be absurd. They'd be flooded nonstop with tech calls from folks setting up new PCs they just bought, helping friends who brought a laptop over and want to borrow their wireless, etc. It would be a tech support nightmare.Quote:Originally Posted by Gaia
I don't have a Win7 machine to hand atm but iirc there is a Network settings option available from the Start menu
If they match the settings on the laptop which connects without problem then that would suffice.
Probably not the problem but some security site will suggest using the hosts file to block malware sites.
Conversely some malware will generate one to redirect you to sites it wants rather than the ones you do.
It could be that one was set up by your ISP or firewall and as Win7 looks in a different location to XP this is being missed - most won't though.
Win7 comes with a number of chipset drivers baked in plus generic ones. If it didn't have at least minimal access to the NB and SB, the system wouldn't boot. But installing the actual chipset drivers from the manufacturer is a decidely good idea and *could* make some difference in the sound equation.Quote:Motherbooard drivers normally handle On board Video, Sound, Networking and SATA drives support but may also cover Northbridge and Southbridge - this may also be why your soundcard installer cannot find your card.
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I'm not personally familiar with it but a little Google-fu suggests it is a pretty good one. I would expect it will work for you no problem.
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Crossfire and SLI are AMD and Nvidia's (respectively) tech for using multiple video cards to improve video performance, primarily in games. CoH, as yet, doesn't support either technology. They have done some work in that direction I believe but not much has come of it so far. So, for right now, they don't matter. But if you think you might upgrade to a multi-GPU setup somewhere down the road, then supporting both isn't a bad idea.
Whether the Lucid Virtu is of value to you will depend on whether you'll take advantage of it or not. And it's still probably more a 'nice to have' than a 'need' even then.
I will note you picked a water cooling system. Personally, I wouldn't. Unless you're massively concerned about noise from fans, it's totally unecessary. Water coolers are more for doing big overclocks or going for quiet/silent systems. The average user doesn't need one. You can do just fine on air cooling. Water systems take more maintenance since you're basically attaching a small radiator to your case. So there's the potential for leaks and the need to keep your coolant levels topped up periodically. Just food for thought.
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Quote:Wait, you did a direct upgrade of XP to 7? I didn't think that was possible. Vista to 7 yes, but not XP. Or did you do a clean install, thus wiping the drive? Clean installs are pretty much always the best way to go even if they are more inconvenient. And by modifications I meant the settings changes and such you searched up.Originally Posted by Finduilas
Unfortunately, it was the upgrade to 64 bit Win 7 from XP that caused the problems, and I'm not sure I can undo that. Is reverting to 32 bit Win 7 possible? I do have the disc for the 32 bit version, so that might be worth a try.
The 32 and 64 bit versions are 'equivalent' versions. There is no downgrade from 64 to 32. While you could install the 32 bit version, it would be a clean wipe-and-install replacement for the 64 bit version. Since you clearly have a 64 bit system, a 64 bit OS is generally best. You'll get the most out of your hardware and have better memory management meaning you get to use the full 4GB of memory you have installed. A 32 bit OS can only use ~3GB of the 4 you have. It's a technical limitation.
Snagging one of your kids' laptops is possibly the best test on the list. If it fails, the problem is your network and Verizon is on the hook. If it works, your PC is to blame somehow.Quote:About the only things on that list I haven't tried are wiring into anther Win 7 computer--I'll be sure to do that tonight if I can pry one of my kids' laptops away from them. I'm a little reluctant to buy a new network card since it seems to be working properly and I never had any trouble connecting until I did the Windows upgrade. But it may come to that.
If it's not there, then it's fried or not seated right or something like that. You could also try moving it to a different slot, if possible.Quote:Hmm, not sure, I'll have to check. I do know when I tried to install the appropriate 64-bit driver from the Creative website it said it couldn't find a sound card for the driver.
If it installed without complaint then it's probably 64 bit but no harm in verifying. The driver date is the date of release from the maker, not when you installed it. So that driver was released last May.Quote:I think I got the 64 bit versions, but I can double-check. (It's just a bit of hassle since I have to download them on another PC and use a flash drive to get them to my desktop.) The driver update for my NIC card seems to have installed properly, though, the driver date shows as 5/2011.
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When you did the rollback, did you scrub the 11.6 drivers out with something like Driver Sweeper? If not, that may be the issue. Uninstalling doesn't completely remove all the driver components. It's just a fact of Windows. Uninstallers pretty much all leave some detrius behind. Uninstall the drivers, boot to safe mode, run Driver Sweeper to get rid of the leftover bits, then boot normally and install the older drivers you want to use. If you still have issues, then it's something else.