Coyote_Seven
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LOL! Well I'm glad I was able to help! I'm also glad it was a very simple solution!
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This happened to me once, a few years ago. In my case, it turned out to be a game controller that I had completely forgotten I had plugged in, which had buried itself under a pile of papers and what-not, turned upside down, and so some of its buttons were being held pressed down.
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Quote:I pretty much admitted to that already, didn't I? I don't get your point here.Originally Posted by newchemicals
When I say high quality I mean a good GPU.
So far you bought 2 very low end cards that are found in $329 computers from e-machines or a Frys brand PC.
Aren't they all resellers? Nvidia doesn't exactly make and sell their own video cards. 3dfx tried to do that and it didn't work out very well for them!Quote:XFX, ECS, Asus, MSI are resellers. Some are better than others. Some use better quality components than others.
My point here was that maybe I should re-evaluate just whose opinions I am heeding. As in, it's probably a bad idea to listen to someone who keeps telling you that you should be getting a Ferrari when all you can afford is a Civic.Quote:You are correct that it if you dig hard enough you can find someone that hates X. I'm sure if you dig hard enough you can find people that like something awful too.
LOLQuote:Heck, I bet there are people out there who think the Ford Pinto was the best car ever made and are still driving one today. I'm sure there are people that think the Cimmaron was the best Cadillac. 
Anyways!
I should be able to get something decent sometime soon. I might have been able to get it sooner, if that MSI motherboard hadn't developed intermittent connections on its x16 slots and killed two video cards in the process, necessitating the need for me to buy yet another video card once I replaced the motherboard, just so I could have any kind of video at all. I intend to keep that videocard as a spare, because it's always good to have a spare!
I'd love to be able to get something even better, but, you know, there just might be a few limits on the amount of money I can spend at any one time.
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Quote:It would be nice to have contacts that unlock at 50, contacts that unlock when you unlock the Alpha slot, and maybe even more contacts that unlock when you unlock other Incarnate slots.Originally Posted by gec72
Now that I think about it (and I'm sure it's been brought up), why *did* the contacts stop at 45-50 anyway? Much of the time on my 50s, it took that range of contacts to get me there. Why never a new set of contacts that unlocks at 50, even outside of Incarnate content?
In fact, I think it would be cool if every TF contact could be unlocked to also be a normal mission contact at level 50. And these would have to be some really epic, world-saving story arcs. Real wrath of god type stuff! -
I did indeed perform a clean install of the operating system. Though that operating system is still Windows XP Home (I have two OEM licenses for it; three if you count my laptop). I'd gotten a Seagate 160 gig SATA drive to use as the boot drive, and that is what I am using currently.
It's funny what you say about XFX. I was able to find plenty of negative opinions about them. I'm starting to think that I can find plenty of negative opinions on just about every company, haha.
I'm guessing you mean "high quality" video card. I sure would like to get something even better, but after spending that much on a SLI motherboard, I can't now afford a high quality video card, let alone two of them to engage SLI mode. Right now I just need "a video card", and I'm starting to get a bit tired of the GT 240 (I managed to find plenty of negative opinions on that GPU as well, lol).
But I must say, I'm starting to miss my old 7800 GS...
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Still within 30 days!
OK, so since my last post, I managed to get some overtime and some extra money. I also managed to run plenty of diagnoses on this frankenmachine that so far refuses to work correctly.
Long story short, the MSI motherboard was bad in some way. As in, anything in a PCIe x16 slot would get seriously borked by this thing. I'm pretty sure it took the video card with it (what with the game suddenly freezing, and the screen showing red streaks everywhere, and always always with the mangled textures). As I'll further explain.
I swapped the MSI NF980-G65 motherboard for an ASUS M4N98TD, which uses the same nForce 980a chipset. I'd had the XFX GT 240 video card stored in its anti static bag, since the MSI motherboard seemed to behave itself when using its onboard video (but I had to play CoH at very close to the minimum settings, meh!). I plugged it into the ASUS motherboard, and at first all seemed well. It certainly had no problems with Direct3D or OpenGL stuff, and there were no mangled or corrupted textures anywhere. Alas, my joy was to be short lived when I discovered that this card was now having problems with anything related to hardware accelerated 2D. This includes CoH's user interface, streaming videos from Netflix via Silverlight, streaming YouTube videos via Flash with hardware acceleration turned on, and having hardware acceleration enabled in Firefox and Thunderbird. Any of these things can cause anything from mangled 2D graphics in the offending application, mangled gadget boxes in the desktop window frames (in CoH's case, mangled looking or even invisible window gadgets and sliders), or even a BSOD if the video driver ends up stuck in an infinite loop. Feh!
I tested both the system and video RAM for several passes (and several hours) each, and each and every test came back with zero errors. I even regressed the driver from the current version to the previous version (I used Driver Sweeper to ensure a clean uninstall and reinstall). So if it's not the RAM or the drivers then I would have to wager that it might be the GPU that's causing the problems somehow. Either it's badly designed, can't handle the stress I'm trying to put on it, got damaged thanks to the MSI motherboard, or some combination of all that. Either way, I decided to order myself an ECS GT 440. I might have jumped the gun on the video card, but I was all "meh, I'm so tired of this!" I haven't received it yet, but if these problems persist after installing it, I'm gonna start believing in... what's the word for when objects retain the "memory" of other things they have touched? LOL. -
Quote:Darnit!Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
Playing the game!
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Quote:Originally Posted by Slaunyeh
Dude, look at the dates. This thread died in December 2011. IT'S FROM THE FUTURE.
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I'm still waiting for the temp power [summon bigger fish]. Will that stack?
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Quote:So much for that Harvest Moon MMO idea, then...Originally Posted by The_Larker
Any end game content that requires farming...
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The Smurfs: Rather limited costume options, especially for women.
McDonaldland MMO: Mayor McCheese still gets stuck in the Evil Grimace's lair.
Homestar Runner: Currently, it's still impossible to unlock Senor Cardgage as a contact.
Ghostbusters: Wait, no. That would be completely awesome! -
Quote:Are they still artificially segregating the playerbase from the Diff'rent Strokes MMO? I'm tired of seeing the same Peekskill maps over and over again. It'd be cool to see New York every now and then.Originally Posted by First Son
The Facts of Life MMO
The Facts of Life
Known Issues
- In some zones, Blair Warner will spawn multiple times. Her petty rants can debuff you past the debuff cap.
- Currently the only playable character is Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey sorry for the inconvenience.
- "The Sneak out and party till dawn" task force it currently removed from game. An exploit involving getting Mrs. Garrett drunk and hooking her up with a student to stay out till noon the next day currently has no known fix. -
Quote:I think we know which way you swung in the great ED debacle, now.Originally Posted by RemusShepherd
Restrictions create diversity. By removing restrictions diversity is lost.
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Just checking up on this thread to see if the crazy is still alive...
Seems like RemusShepherd is trying to tell that "Less is More." What's next, "War is Peace"? "Ignorance is Strength"?
How Double-Plus Good.
Carry on! -
I unsubbed from the game for ~6 months in 2005 (I resubbed when I got an invite for the CoV beta) and again for another ~6 months this year (I resubbed right before CoH Freedom went live).
So... yeah, I left twice, but both times I eventually came back. So, there it is! -
Hearing that one Freakshow boss singing about blowing things up. Now hear that word of C-4!
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Quote:So now we know what the aliens say when they find Earth:Originally Posted by Dark One
Fix't for better accuracy.
"Well, on second thought let's not go to Earth, 'tis a silly place!" -
Quote:[Send in the clowns] is the Clown MM's version of [Gang War]Originally Posted by Chris_Zuercher
There's also the issue of the competition. If you announce your plans too far in advance, you give others too much time to counter it. "City of Heroes might have Clown Summoning power set in four years, but play our game and you can command your clown armies TODAY!"
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Quote:Oh, well the sky's the limit with UN sets!Originally Posted by Chaos Creator
Seems like it would fit nicely in an UN set.
Speaking of CoH and Magic though, I always imagined Statesman would be creature type "Human Hero Legend", with Flying, First Strike and Vigilance. He'd cost something like 3UWWW, have 7 power and 8 toughness.
Lord Recluse would be creature type "Human Villain Legend", cost 3UBBB, and have the ability to pump out Soldier creature tokens. He'd also have the ability to redirect damage done to him to Soldier creatures instead. EDIT: He'd also have the Reach ability, 'cause all spiders have that in MtG! -
Quote:That's a good question. I'm not really sure, but I would guess the devs would rule something like: It would be forced to cast, but as it had no legal target, it would either sit there for the remainder of the game and do nothing at all, or else immediately fizzle and go to the graveyard.Originally Posted by Chaos Creator
But do you need a legal target if there was say.. an effect that directly played it?
I doubt a card like this would get past beta testing as it looked. Quite possibly it would be changed into an Aura Enchantment from the get-go, with the card rules stating that it targets Thread artifacts that are in a graveyard. -
Quote:More like if you had no legal target (presumably, an artifact with the "Thread" subtype that is in some player's graveyard), then you could not cast it in the first place.Originally Posted by Chaos Creator
So that means if it isn't cast and is just put into play it doesn't work?
Of course this isn't a real card so... yeah! -
Quote:Errata: "When Thread Necromancy is cast, it becomes an Aura Enchantment with "Enchant Artifact". Put target Thread card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control and with Thread Necromancy attached. When Thread Necromancy is sent to the graveyard from the battlefield, destroy enchanted artifact."Originally Posted by Stone Daemon
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Quote:Fix'd!Originally Posted by MentalMaden
Earth: Mostly harmless
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I'd sell you 1,000 for 150,000,000.
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Quote:Perhaps this should be tested. Someone should pop purples, zerg rush different types of enemies, and record all the results. Then post the numbers here!Originally Posted by Mr. DJ
Nemesis and DE will be your end if all you're doing is zerging them...
Nemesis - too much stacked Vengeance can overwhelm any team
Devouring Earth - Quarts > your defense
But that someone is not me. I don't really care enough, lol.