Dagmo

Found it. I had to manually update the registry. At the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cryptic\COH\

I had to manually (that is, type in) the current client version (from the error message when attempting to connect to a server) into the CurrentVersion string value. After doing that, it works fine.

For some reason, my daughter's non-privileged login is not updating the CurrentVersion string value when I run the updater. I presume that it is because it is running with administrative access (i.e., as my own account) and updating the administrator's (my) HKEY_CURRENT_USER key but not hers.

Less than ideal, but at least I know the fix now. Hope this helps someone else.

I have had great fun with Dark/Rad. Reasonable AOE (knockback in the cone is annoying, though, with Tar Patch), plus I thoroughly enjoy having a stun in my highest damage single target attack. I play him controllery, though--if I had it to do over, I probably do /Ice Blast. Slow is a preferable secondary effect to -Def, particularly for my playstyle.

I may roll a Dark/Ice after he hits 38. Or maybe swing back over to my still 12-ish level Ice/Dark Corr. (Or both!) Two reasons I like Defenders over Corruptors is the stronger secondary effects and Leadership values plus the "perception" that folks have of Defenders. That blue shield makes me an others believe that I'm doing more for the team. ;-)

SOLVED. Jump to my last post: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...=1#post2925484

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Summary:
"(rest of path)\CityOfHeroes.exe" -project coh used to work, but now does not. Running cohupdater.exe works fine--it downloads nothing and makes no changes to the game files whatsoever, but the game client does not complain. Exact message when running with "-project coh":

I didn't read this whole thread (11 pages by the time I started). Does this damage buff replace the current Vigilance, or is it in addition to it? If "in addition to," then perfect. If it replaces, then does that leave Defenders without an operating inherent on a full team?

I take issue with Defenders who ignore their secondaries calling themselves "purists." If I hired on a Scrapper who ignored his secondary, he would not be a purist, he would be a liability. The same is true for a Defender.

It is definitely true that a Defender's primary powerset is more important (which is why it is the primary), but to claim that you should not be doing damage is ignoring a significant part of your contribution to a team. If you wish to ignore half your powerset, that is your prerogative, but you are not a "pure" Defender, you are half of a Defender.

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I would like ask where you got your formula for calculating a modified recharge rate. If a power's RECH is reduced by 33% (.33), then it means it will recharge 33% (.33) faster.

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Hmm...
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Therefore, the formula should be [Modified RECH = Original rate - (Original rate X Boost %)]. So 10 - (10 X .33) = 6.7 not the 7.52 in your calculation which would only be 24.8 % boost. 6.7 is 33% (.33) faster than 10. Better example to illustrate my point is using 100 sec. 33% (.33) of 100 is 33. [100 - (100 X .33) = 67]. 67 sec is 33% faster than 100. Reduce the RECH by 50% (.50) and it will be twice as fast. [100 - (100 X .50) = 50]. 50 is 50% faster than (twice as fast as) 100.

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Well heck, you're right! Why don't I just three-slot all my powers with Single Origin Recharge enhancements (100%) so they're all recharged instantly!

I tease.

However, you must understand that enhancements that reduce an attribute--like recharge or endurance cost--cannot be a straight percentage reduction or they'll eliminate the attribute--and then go negative!--after just three enhancements. If three Endurance Reduction enhancements caused a 99% reduction in endurance cost for each power, no one would ever need to take Stamina.

Thus, Arcanaville's post is right on the money. Ye Olde Formule:

(Original Value) / (1 + Enhancements) = (New Value)

is quite correct.

So, ignoring Enhancement Diversification for ease of calculation, slotting three 33% recharge enhancements (even level SOs) into a power than normally takes 30 seconds to recharge will subsequently recharge in 15 seconds.

It's pretty easy to see this in action. Slot three single origin recharge or endurance reduction enhancements in a power and see if it recharges instantly or costs nothing to use.

The names of the powersets are there, which is really cool, but not the game-mechanical methods they would be implemented. Is that because they are not decided, yet?

Either way, thanks for asking!

'Wolf

I'd like MoG more if Revive had, say, five seconds of intangibility associated with it. That way, you could blow MoG, do something glorious--and, of course, get defeated--then Revive yourself and spirit away to lick your wounds. This is in contrast to Reviving in the midst of a mass of enemies (since Scrappers fight in melee) and getting immediately re-defeated.

I think I'll retake MoG in my next respec, just to either relive the frustration or give other folks free kills in zone PvP.

'Wolf

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Till they add something to do at 50 that hero is going to stay retired.

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I have lots to do at 50! With all my SG-mates' new alts, there's enough
powerlevelling to be done for ages.

'Wolf

This is definitely my favorite Guide on the boards. I have little time to play compared to many (I have a family and commute a long way to work), so my little SuperTeam plays only once a week for a couple of hours.

At the top of your Guide, Arcas, you mention that the prescribed roles of a team are really for the beginners and that experienced players are able to do much more in a team-only environment. Well, we did a little bit of stacking effects, but we primarily focused on everyone doing their role to the best of their ability, almost to the exclusion of all else. For example, our Tanker will get his second damaging attack at level 35.

We're playing a Pentad (one of each Archetype) called Synergy on Liberty, and our roles are well-defined:

The Blaster is Fire/Elec and AoE's minion into a fine powder before stepping in with the impressive Blaster melee attacks. The Electric Mastery's secondary, End Drain, stacks nicely with the Defender.
Our Controller, an Earth/Rad, is the backline healer (when necessary) and crowd control. Earth's Slow and Knockdown effects stack with the Tanker's. As time progresses, we'll also use Enervating Field to churn out even more damage over and above the damage cap.
The Defender is Kinetics/Electricity, and the boost to recharge rate and massive increase to endurance recovery and damage make a huge difference in power selection. Her Electric attacks are slotted up for end drain, and stack with the Blaster's melee attacks, as mentioned above.
The Scrapper, Dark Melee/Dark Armor, is the bosskiller. Dark Melee adds a damage type (dark, obviously) to our output, and DA also adds to AoE damage and crowd control. Accelerate Metabolism, Speed Boost, and Stamina are just able to keep this end-hungry set in the blue. We considered Spines, but decided we liked concentrating on single target damage, allowing the Blaster to rain down on areas.
Finally, the Stone/Ice Tanker is all about surviving anything at all. When constantly teamed with a Kinetics Defender (and having Teleport), Stone Armor really doesn't have any drawbacks to speak of. Ice Melee is incredible for one single power: Ice Patch. But what a power.

Everyone has the Leadership pool - though only the Controller and Defender will slot the powers. Only the Blaster (Fly/Recall) and Defender (Inertial Reduction) have travel powers. (Fly ain't bad when Speed Boosted, by the way.) As much as we wanted to avoid Stamina, the Leadership toggles - which are damn impressive when the whole team runs them, by the way - are too expensive on top on all our other powers to maintain, even with Speed Boost and Accelerate Metabolism. The melee characters will have Stimulant (Medicine Pool) to supplement the Defender's status effect protection, since the Tank and Scrapper already have their own very strong status protection. (And thank goodness for the DA Scrapper that both Increase Density and Accelerate Metabolism lend Knockback resistance...)

We started running our missions on Invincible starting somewhere around level four, and we only bumped it down when going through The Hollows so as not to outlevel the Cavern of Transendence Trial. We failed the Cavern, in large part due to the fact that we just couldn't make things work with the bozos - okay, two bozos, and one good player - we had to pickup to fill out the eight people required. We work really well together, and newcomers just screw us up. Back up to Invincible for the Positron Task Force (yawn, what a sleeper), and now we're Unyieldingly breezing through Synapse.

I am continually surprised at how easily and quickly we do our missions. At the first, the Tanker was the big debt magnet, as the Invincible missions would quickly reduce him to a smouldering heap of goo. We're in our mid-teens, now, and the team has exhibited no major weaknesses, either to a damage type or to a particular mob type. However, the Scrapper is currently Debt King, as his armors are not yet well-slotted, and DA is not particularly hardy in the massive groups we generally deal with. I believe that will greatly improve by the late twenties/early thirties.

I love Super Teaming - it's renewed my interest in City of Heroes, and it's a heck of a lot of fun.

'Wolf

Edited for typos.

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Awesome post feeee, but I did EXACTLY as said and doesn't work, this is what I get:

Usage:Bind_load_file takes 1 args, you gave 2,
Reads a list of keybinds from a file.
Bind_load_file <string>

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Is there a space somewhere in your pathname? If so, use quotes:
<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>/bind_load_file "c:\coh binds\tp_off.txt"</pre><hr /> or (preferably) put you bind file(s) in a location with no spaces in the path, such as c:\cohbinds\

'Wolf

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I think I must have things really messed up? I copied the binds over exactly and they worked fine. I added a "r" instead of a "l" to the first of each bind and now I have added a "r" to the second part of each file. Now all I get when I try to teleport is confusion??

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You have binds left over from before. Do the each of the following commands inside of CoH (no need to use an external file):
<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>/bind lshift nop
/bind rshift nop
/bind lshift+lbutton nop
/bind rshift+lbutton nop
/bind shift+lbutton nop</pre><hr />
(That last one may be redundant, but it won't hurt anything.) And then reload your first file, and you should be good to go!

'Wolf

Command list in alphabetical order, along with a additional formatting for items with syntax or options descriptions:

afk - Marks the player as Away From Keyboard (with given message)
alttray - Toggle the secondary tray while a key is being pressed. (for keybinds)
alttraysticky - Toggle the secondary tray.
assist - Change your current target to selected allies target
auction - Send message to request channel.
autoreply - Start a reply for client.
autorun - Toggles autorun.
b - Send message to entire map.
backward - Move backwards.
beginchat - Starts chat-entry mode with given string.
bind - Binds a key to a command - 'bind k ++forward' will set k to toggle running forward.
bind_load - Reads a list of keybinds from &lt;INSTALL DIR&gt;/keybinds.txt.
bind_load_file - Reads a list of keybinds from a file.
bind_save - Saves all keybinds to &lt;INSTALL DIR&gt;/keybinds.txt.
bind_save_file - Saves all keybinds to specified file.
broadcast - Send message to entire map.
buffs - Toggle team buff display.
bug - Report a bug. Enter a short description of any length.
camdist - Sets the distance in feet that the third person camera pulls back behind the player.
camreset - Camreset is bound to the PageDown key (default) to reset the camera behind the player.
camrotate - Camrotate is bound to the PageUp key to allow controlled camera rotation around the player. This command should not be invoked through the console.
canlook - Whether the player can use the mouse to look around.
cc - Change costume.
cc - Change current costume.
chan_create - Create a new chat channel
-- Syntax: create &lt;CHANNEL NAME&gt;
chan_desc Set the channel's description
-- Syntax: chan_desc &lt;CHANNEL NAME&gt; &lt;DESCRIPTION&gt;
chan_invite - Invite player or chat handle to a chat channel
-- Syntax: leave &lt;CHANNEL NAME&gt; &lt;USER NAME&gt;
chan_join - Join an existing chat channel
-- Syntax: join &lt;CHANNEL NAME&gt;
chan_leave - Leave a chat channel
-- Syntax: leave &lt;CHANNEL NAME&gt;
chan_members - List all members of channel
-- Syntax: chan_list &lt;CHANNEL NAME&gt;
chan_mode - Changes default access rights for new user who joins the channel. If you set -join, no one can join.
-- Syntax: user_mode &lt;CHANNEL NAME&gt; &lt;OPTIONS...&gt;
-- Valid Options:<ul type="square">[*]-join - kicks user from channel[*]+send / -send - gives/removes user ability to send messages to channel[*]+operator / -operator - gives/removes operator status from another user in the channel[/list]chan_motd - Set the channel's Message Of The Day, which is sent to everyone that joins the channel
-- Syntax: chan_motd &lt;CHANNEL NAME&gt; &lt;MESSAGE&gt;
chan_send - Send message to chat channel. You must be in the channel and have Send priviledges. (alias is "/send")
-- Syntax: send &lt;CHANNEL NAME&gt; &lt;MESSAGE&gt;
chan_user_mode - Sets user permissions for specified user on channel. You must have operator status to set permissions.
-- Syntax: user_mode &lt;CHANNEL NAME&gt; &lt;PLAYER_NAME&gt; &lt;OPTIONS...&gt;
-- Valid Options:<ul type="square">[*]-join - kicks user from channel[*]+send / -send - gives/removes user ability to send messages to channel[*]+operator / -operator - gives/removes operator status from another user in the channel[/list]change_handle - Change your global user name, if allowed
chat - Toggles the chat window.
chat_cycle - Cycles through the default chat channels.
chat_set Sets - the channel to the given string.
chatbeta - Allow your client to participate in the Chat Server Beta Testing. Specify '1' to allow, '0' to disable
chatoptions - Toggles chat options for specified window (0-4)
cmdlist - Prints out all commands available.
copychat - Copy the entire chat history from specified chat Tab into the clipboard.
costume_change - Change costume.
costume_change - Change current costume.
cursorcache - enable cursor cache for smoother cursor changes
demostop - Stop demo record/play
demote - Demote supergroup member one rank.
dialog_answer - Answer dialog with button matching provided text
dialog_no - Answer OK, No, or Cancel to current dialog
dialog_yes - Answer OK, Yes, or Accept to current dialog
disable2D - Disables 2D sprite drawing.
down - Move down (if flying).
e3screenshot - Enables special e3 2004 screenshot mode
e - Emotes a text string.
em - Emotes a text string.
emaildelete - Delete message &lt;message num&gt;
emailsend - Send message &lt;player names&gt; &lt;subject&gt; &lt;body&gt;
emote - Emotes a text string.
estrange - Remove player from friend list.
ex - Invite player to be your exemplar.
exemplar - Invite player to be your exemplar.
f - Talk to friends channel.
first - Toggles between first and third person camera.
fl - Display friend list.
follow - set follow mode, 1 = follow selected target, 0 = stop following
forward - Move forward.
friend - Add player to friend list.
friendlist - Display friend list.
fullscreen - Sets video mode to fullscreen.
g - Send message to group channel.
getpos - Get current position.
gfriend - Add a player to your global friends list.
gfriend_player - Add player to global friends list via their player name.
gfriends - Display all members of your global friends list.
ghide - Make yourself invisible to your global friends.
goto_tray - Go to specified tray number.
group - Send message to group channel.
gunfriend - Remove a player from your global friends list.
gunfriend_player - Remove player from global friends list via player name.
gunhide - Make yourself visible to your global friends.
hide - Hide from other users.
hideprimarychat - Hide/unhide primary chat window text messages.
i - Invite player to join team.
ignore - Ignore User
ignorelist - Displays a list of ignored users
inspexec_name - Activate an inspiration by name.
inspexec_slot - Activate an inspiration slot in the first row.
inspexec_tray - Activate an inspiration slot in the given row and column.
inspirationSlot - Activate an inspiration slot in the first row.
invite - Invite player to join team.
k - Kick player from team.
kick - Kick player from team.
kiosk - Pop up the kiosk info for the nearest kiosk. (Assuming you're close enough.)
l - Send message to your area.
leaveTeam - Leave your current team up.
left - Strafe left.
lfg - Toggle looking for group status.
lfgset - Set looking for group status
loc - Get current position.
local - Send message to your area.
logchat - Toggle chat logging
lookdown - Pitch camera down.
lookup - Pitch camera up.
macro - Add a macro to first empty slot. (macro &lt;name&gt; &lt;command&gt
macroslot - Add a macro to provided slot. (macro &lt;slot&gt; &lt;name&gt; &lt;command&gt
makeleader - Change the team leader.
manage - Go to the enhancement management screen
map - Toggles the map window.
maximize - Maximizes the window.
me - Emotes a text string.
menu - Toggles the menu.
ml - Change the team leader.
mouse_invert - Invert meaning of mouseY for mouselook.
mouse_look - Command key for mouselook
mouse_speed - Scale factor for mouse look.
mousepitchmode - Set mouse pitch mode.
myhandle - Display your chat handle.
nameCaptain - Renames the 'Captain' supergroup rank.
nameLeader - Renames the 'Leader' supergroup rank.
nameMember - Renames the 'Member' supergroup rank.
nav - Toggles the navigation window.
netgraph - Displays network connection information.
next_tray - Go to next tray.
next_tray_alt - Go to next secondary tray.
nojumprepeat - Disable jump auto-repeat
p - Send a message to only one player.
petition - add user petition (stuck, cheated, etc) to the database
powers - Toggles the power inventory.
powexec_abort - Cancels the auto-attack power and the queued power.
powexec_altslot - Executes the given power slot from the alternate tray.
powexec_auto - Sets the auto-attack power to given named power (or blank to shut it off, or toggles if it's on already).
powexec_name - Executes a power with the given name.
powexec_slot - Executes the given power slot from the current tray.
powexec_toggleoff - Toggles a given power off. If its already off, does nothing.
powexec_toggleon - Toggles a given power on. If its already on, does nothing.
powexec_tray - Executes a power in the given tray and slot.
powexec_unqueue - Cancels the queued power.
prev_tray - Go to previous tray.
prev_tray_alt - Go to previous secondary tray.
private - Send a message to only one player.
promote - Promote supergroup member one rank.
quickchat - Pops up the quickchat menu.
quit - Quits game.
release - Activate medicom unit fot emergency medical transport.
req - Send message to request channel.
request - Send message to request channel.
right - Strafe right.
rsk - Invite player to be your exemplar.
s - Send message to your area.
s - Sends the given text on the current chat channel.
say - Send message to your area.
say - Sends the given text on the current chat channel.
screen - Sets X and Y screen dimensions. Should be constrained to 640x480,1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200, etc
screenshot - Save a .jpg format screenshot.
screenshottga - Save a .tga format screenshot.
screenshotui - Enables or disables the ui for screenshots (1=ui on, 0=ui off)
sea - Find a player.
search - Find a player.
sell - Send message to request channel.
send - Send message to chat channel. You must be in the channel and have Send priviledges
-- Syntax: send &lt;CHANNEL NAME&gt; &lt;MESSAGE&gt;
set_title - Set badge title.
sgSetMOTD - Sets supergroup MOTD.
sgSetMotto - Sets supergroup motto.
sg - Send message to super group channel.
sgi - Invite player to join supergroup.
sginvite - Invite player to join supergroup.
sgk - Kick player from supergroup.
sgkick - Kick player from supergroup.
sgleave - Leave your current supergroup.
sgmode - Toggle supergroup mode.
sgmodeset - Setsupergroup mode.
sgstats - Display supergroup info in chat window.
shadowvol - Controls whether or not shadow volumes are drawn.
show - Forces the given window to be shown. (Synonym: window_show)
showfps - Show current framerate (1 = on, 0 = off).
sidekick - Invite player to be your sidekick.
sk - Invite player to be your sidekick.
slashchat - Starts chat-entry mode with slash.
speed_turn - Set the number of degrees for rotateleft/right
ss - Controls whether or not simple shadows are drawn.
startchat - Starts chat-entry mode.
stopinactivedisplay - Stops rendering when the game is not the foreground application.
stuck - Try to get unstuck.
supergroup - Send message to super group channel.
t - Send a message to only one player.
tabglobalnext - Cycle forward through all chat tabs in all windows. Will open the corresponding chat window if necessary.
tabglobalprev - Cycle backward through all chat tabs in all windows. Will open the corresponding chat window if necessary.
tabnext - Cycle forward through all chat tabs in indicated chat window (0-4)
tabprev - Cycle backward through all chat tabs in indicated chat window (0-4)
tabselect - Select the given chat tab. Will open the corresponding chat window if necessary.
tabtoggle - Make the previously active chat tab the new active tab. Used to flip between two tabs.
target - Toggles the target window.
target_enemy_far - Targets the farthest enemy.
target_enemy_near - Targets the nearest enemy.
target_enemy_next - Cycles through visible targetable enemies in near to far order.
target_enemy_prev - Cycles through visible targetable enemies in far to near order.
target_friend_far - Targets the farthest friend.
target_friend_near - Targets the nearest friend.
target_friend_next - Cycles through visible targetable friends in near to far order.
target_friend_prev - Cycles through visible targetable friends in far to near order.
team - Send message to group channel.
team_select - Select Team member.
tell - Send a message to only one player.
texwordeditor - edit the text layout for translatable textures
third - Toggles between first and third person camera.
toggle - Show a window if hidden, hide a window if shown. (Synonym: window_toggle)
toggle_enemy - Cycles through targetable enemies.
toggle_enemy_prev - Cycles through targetable enemies (in reverse).
trade - Invite player to trade.
tray - Toggles the tray window
turnleft - Rotate left a fixed number of degrees.
turnright - Rotate right a fixed number of degrees.
unex - No longer be an aspirant (or be an exemplar).
unexemplar - No longer be an aspirant (or be an exemplar).
unfriend - Remove player from friend list.
unhide - Stop hiding from other users.
unignore - Unignore User
unrsk - No longer be an aspirant (or be an exemplar).
unselect - unselects currently selected thing
unsidekick - No longer mentor (or be a sidekick).
unsk - No longer mentor (or be a sidekick).
up - Jump or fly up.
vis_scale - Controls draw distance 1.0=default
watching - List all channels that you belong to.
whereami - Tells the name of the shard/map you are on.
whisper - Send a message to only one player.
whoall - Print who's on this map.
window_color - Changes the window colors.
window_hide - Forces the given window to be hidden. (Synonym: hide)
window_resetall - Resets all window locations, sizes, and visibility to their defaults.
window_scale - Change a single window scale.
window_show - Forces the given window to be shown. (Synonym: show)
window_toggle - Show a window if hidden, hide a window if shown. (Synonym: toggle)
windowcolor - Changes the window colors.
y - Send message to entire map.
yell - Send message to entire map.
zoomin - Zoom camera in.
zoomout - Zoom camera out.


'Wolf

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I would be happy if I could just switch it to the right shift key. Which I though would be simple enough but when I change the "l"s to "r"s it only transfers half of the bind to the right shift key. Where is my mistake? Thanks for the help!

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The second bind in the first file is
<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>shift+lbutton "powexec_name Teleport"</pre><hr />(meaning it will activate on either shift key). You need to change that - and the corresponding line in the second file - to "rshift+lbutton...."

'Wolf