Bonehead

Tried CoH this morning: 1 min 43 seconds from clicking "I agree" to being at the login screen.

Unless you can't afford the $40 I can't think of a reason to not Step-up.

Lesson: don't use email as storage.

Would the below laptop be ok for playing CoH? Not looking fit maxing the graphics, just need to be able play, team, etc at moderate to low graphic settings.

Processor
* * * * *Intel Core i5-480M Processor 2.66GHz with Turbo Boost Technology
up to 2.93 GHz
* * *
Processor speed
* * * * *2.66GHz
* * *
Memory
* * * * *6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 DIMM); Max supported = 8GB
* * *
Display
* * * * *17.3" diagonal High Definition HP BrightView LED Display (1600 x 900)
* * *
Video graphics
* * * * *ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6550 graphics card with 1024MB GDDR3 with
up to 3738MB total graphics memory
* * *
Audio
* * * * *Beats Audio and HP Triple Bass Reflex Subwoofer
* * *
Primary CD/DVD drive
* * * * *LightScribe Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti 8X DVD&plusmnR/RW with
Double Layer Support
* * *
Hard drive
* * * * *750GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA) with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
* * *
Networking
* * * * *Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
* * *
Wireless options
* * * * *Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n WLAN & BlueTooth
* * *
PC card slot
* * * * *N/A
* * *
I/O ports
* * * * *4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA; 1
HDMI; 1 eSATA + USB 2.0; 1 VGA (15-pin); 1 RJ -45 (LAN); 1
Headphone-out; 1 Microphone-in

I've found a couple of helpful things in playing my Ill/Emp controller who I seem to solo with a lot more than I ever intended:

1) Know your enemy: Hold/Confuse/stun the mezzers. Focus any attacks that you have control over on the mezzers first.
2) Watch your Insp tray: If you see triples of something that isn't a heal or def buff convert it to a break free.

@Lobster: Drat. Have you tried renaming the Pigg folder and having the updater redownload everything?

I recently had some freezing when going into the graphics options, also, have an NVidia card like the OP. To fix, I uninstalled my drivers, ran driver sweeper, rebooted, reinstalled my graphics drivers. Hope this works for the both of you.

I had this problem recently. Uninstalled my graphics drivers, ran Driver Sweeper, rebooted, installed the graphics drivers (same version). Haven't had a crash going to the Graphics and Audio tab since *knock on particleboard*.

This thread has gone to the Americans.

I figured the reason they don't a message in the game not to leave stuff in the mail accounts is because it's labeled as a mail account and not storage so they figured no one would ever store stuff in it. I know I don't since that's not what it's intended for and after reading these threads I'm surprised people keep trying to store stuff in the in-game mail

I had some graphics issues after the i19 update, though I was also seeing graphics issues in Windows itself with the _, [], X missing from windows unless I moused over that area. I endedup renaming my Piggs folder to force it to redownload all the files AND I removed (uninstall + driver sweeper) my Nvidia drivers, rebooted, then reinstalled them. This fixed both issues.

Cool. I will definitely give that a shot when it comes out.

FYI, my computer at home did not download anything when I started the updater but started patching. That sounds like i19 to me.

Spice_weasel, it sounds like you have never gone through a respec before. After you have picked all your powers and put slots in all the powers, you get a screen with ALL your enhancements listed so that you can places them back in the powers you want them in.

Have you /bugged this in game?

Just noticed that the posters that are having issues have a driver date of 7/9/2010 while I have a driver date of 6/7/2010. Wonder if you roll back a version if your issues will go away?

Just ran around Talos for a few. Went to Oro, came back. Changed some graphics settings. Did not have any issues. Mind you, I was only in game for about 5-8 minutes.

Here are my spec/settings:

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

DxDiag gathered at September 29, 2010 09:33 (-04:00)
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: EP45-UD3R
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 3326MB
.Net Memory Report: 1431MB out of 3326MB available
Page File: 20349MB (2035MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD3200AAKS-00B3A0) 77668MB out of 125233MB (62%) free
D Drive: (WDC WD3200AAKS-00B3A0) 152964MB out of 180001MB (84%) free
E Drive: (WDC WD6400AACS-00G8B0) 539374MB out of 610477MB (88%) free
F Drive: (LITE-ON LTR-24102B SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
G Drive: (LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1673S 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 GTX+
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 9800 GTX+
Video Memory: 512.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0012.5721
Driver Date: 6/7/2010 7:57:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
Driver File: P17xfi.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0621
Driver Date: 11/21/2007 6:06:26 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: EP45-UD3R
Motherboard Version: x.x
BIOS Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: GBT - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20081031000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1600x1200
3D Resolution: 1600x1200 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: High
Maximum Particles: 38946
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: 4x
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High


World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.901
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Shadow Mode: Unknown (3)
Shadow Map Shader: Medium quality
Environmental Reflections: Ultra quality
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: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.831
Music Sound Volume: 0.330

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 782590 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1850.201009101722.3T2
Installation Directory: D:\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
.\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\common\Backgrounds has 1 file
.\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\Login has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 40 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files

Yup. Getting "Lost DB Connection" on Freedom as well, though if I go to a few other server character select screens first, then go to Freedom I get to the character select screen.

The store is up (or at least it let me purchase the Collections pack). Are people still unable to access their purchased slots?

Only found 2 YouTube videos from the panel:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR28xCM_4A8

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpjTvXlGcH8

In no particular order:

• They can take the servers down at anytime they need for as long as they need them down.
• They schedule the downtime for how long they think it will take but it can go over for unforeseen reasons
• This is not the normal weekly maintenance. That is why they warned us about the maintenance ahead of time.

Definitely liking these drivers.

Thanks for the info Hyperstrike! I'll have to give these a try.

@ElectroHawk: If I remember correctly the UltraMode features make use OpenGL 3.