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  1. Beguilement
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Katie V View Post
    Have you tried letting your computer sit for five to ten minutes when it gets stuck at the "loading" screen? There was a change in the last patch that made part of the loading process much slower than it used to be; it might be hitting your computer especially hard.
    Well thats what happens. It takes roughly 77 seconds to actually get the game on the screen, once there, it takes about 15 seconds to show the login screen. It didn't change until the patch, of that I'm certain. I thought my Razer Mamba was culprit but that turned out not to be true. But when I let that checksum rebuild, it returns to normal, tho it has to download information for it to rebuild.
  2. Beguilement
    From out of no where the game launch hangs at the initial loading message. I first noticed this happened after the last big patch, and the subsequent smaller patch. I don't have any windows skinning programs, and can't seem to find why this is happening. I read that someone deleted the checksum file in the gaming menu, when I did this, it worked that one time after rebuilding the file. I'm now at a loss.

    I run Windows Xp Pro Sp3 latest updates
    4GB Memory
    Dual Core 2.91 Phenom
    nVidia 9800GT 1GB

    Here's the list from CoHHelper. Please advise as to what I can do.

    ---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

    DxDiag gathered at February 10, 2011 09:20 (-05:00)
    Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.100216-1514)
    System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
    System Model: GA-MA785GM-US2H
    BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
    Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 245 Processor, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.9GHz
    Memory: 3326MB
    .Net Memory Report: 2754MB out of 3326MB available
    Page File: 5853MB (379MB currently in use)
    C Drive: (WDC WD3200AAJS-00B4A0) 47092MB out of 305234MB (15%) free
    D Drive: (PHILIPS SPD2413P) zero-size drive
    E Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP20) zero-size drive
    J Drive: (HIDGXA LMZGTUJ0DU SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
    K Drive: (HIDGXA LMZGTUJ0DU SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
    F Drive: (Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
    M Drive: (Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
    Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
    DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.5512 (32-bit version)

    Display Notes: No problems found.
    Sound Notes: No problems found.
    Input Notes: No problems found.

    Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
    Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
    Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
    Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 9800 GT
    Video Memory: 1024.0 MB
    Driver Version: 6.14.0012.6658
    Driver Date: 1/7/2011 10:27:00 PM
    Driver Language: English

    Sound Device Description: Realtek HD Audio output
    Driver File: RtkHDAud.sys
    Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5919
    Driver Date: 8/18/2009 4:32:00 AM


    WMI Information
    Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
    Motherboard Model: (empty)
    Motherboard Product: GA-MA785GM-US2H
    Motherboard Version: x.x
    BIOS Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
    BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
    BIOS Version: GBT - 42302e31
    BIOS Release: 20090916000000.000000+000


    Registry Information for Current User
    Resolution: 1360x768
    3D Resolution: 1360x768 (Not using renderscale)
    Full Screen: Yes
    Maximized: No
    Screen Position: 0, 0
    Refresh Rate: 60Hz
    Vertical Sync Enabled: No


    Physics Quality: Medium
    Maximum Particles: 50000
    Max Particle Fill? 10.000
    Physics Card Enabled: No


    Anti-aliasing: Off
    Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
    Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
    Water Effects: Medium quality
    Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
    Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
    Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
    Shader Detail: Medium?


    World Texture Level: Very High
    Character Texture Level: High
    World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
    Entity Detail Level: 1.000
    Shadows Enabled: Yes
    Shadow Mode: Stencil shadows
    Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
    Environmental Reflections: Disabled
    Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
    Ambient Occlusion: Off
    Occlusion Strength: Off
    Blur: Bilateral
    Ambient Resolution: Performance


    Gamma Correction: 1.000
    Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
    Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
    Close Suppression Range: 3.000
    Show Advertisements: Yes

    Audio Mode: Compatiblity
    3D Audio: No
    FX Sound Volume: 1.000
    Music Sound Volume: 0.600

    Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
    Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
    Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
    Save Login Username: Yes
    Transfer Rate: 628919 bytes/second
    Current Game Version: 1950.201102010039.0
    Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

    Mod files in the Data directory
    No modifications found
  3. Beguilement

    Global Chat

    POST-ACTION

    What exactly this? I hear about it and read about it but I'm not sure how it works or what purpose it serves. Yes, I'm new (ish).

    Also, what are IOs again? I keep losing my mind. I went back to WoW for a little =/

    Last question, is there any enhancement that increases jump height? I have a fire/fire blaster with super speed and I took hurdle hoping it would make it fun...it doesn't do as much as I'd like. Thanks for the help.
  4. Beguilement

    help a noob day!

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood View Post
    It's hard to offer a lot of advice without knowing your exact build but you mentioned making it a long time so I'm thinking that the problem might be that you made it before enhancement diversification. Pre-ED most people slotted with damage enhancements almost exclusively but post-ED you get basically zero benefit from slotting more than three of the same enhancement type. Given that go through your attack powers and make sure that you have at least one accuracy enhancement in each (possibly two if you like fighting higher level enemies). Additionally there are a few other things you can do to boost accuracy. The simplest is to get a Kismet: +6% Accuracy IO. You can slot this in Combat Jumping or Hover if you took one of them as your travel pre-requisite power and it provides a 6% to hit bonus which if you're slotting 1 accuracy SO in every attack increases your chance of hitting by about 8%.
    I had a free respec that I just used. From memory I have:
    Ring of Fire
    Combustion
    Aim
    Fireball
    Fire Blast
    Fire Breath
    Hasten
    Fire ****(it is a quick shot fast power)
    Fire Sword Circle
    Build Up
    Super Speed

    I'm lvl 23 currently. What is IO? I'm sure its not input/output. Pre and post ED...I don't know what ED is?
  5. Beguilement

    help a noob day!

    POST-ACTION

    I'm a newb. I come from WoW, CO, and some other stuff. CO has horrible customer service and ripped me off for a 3 months of gaming. I'm back to the original and must say I love it. There are a couple things I'm looking for and hope someone can help me. I'm looking for a tool that lets you test your build and power scheme. I see one exists I just don't know what it is or where to find it. But a thottbot-esque website would be nice. Also, what is AT? I see this in alot of thread but I have no ide what it means. I've revived a fire/fire toon I made a long time ago...any suggestions would be great. I know I miss ALOT of the time but my aoe rocks. Any advice would be great...thanks!!