Doctor Vivian
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What's wrong with the old weapons?
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Rikti Mothership Raid Update: 02-12-2011
Hi, Folks --
Another two back-to-back EE Mothership Raids kicked off tonight in the RWZ, once again maxing out the Zone with six full teams!
Tonight's Raids were backed up with massive HVAS and Pet support, with over 10 HVAS deployed during the Second Raid!
Lag was reduced significantly during the Second Raid through the use of a lag-reduction command! (We'll always use it, henceforth)
Shards and Vanguard Merits flowed more freely than ever as Rikti were pulled in from all sides and smashed to bits in a continuous stream!
The next scheduled back-to-back Rikti Mothership Raids will be on February 19th, 2011, at 5 PM Pacific (8 PM Eastern)!
Announcements will be made to the usual Channels (Guardian, Level 50, etc), of course.
-- Vivian
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Rikti Mothership Raid Update: 02-05-2011
Hi, Folks --
The back-to-back EE Mothership Raids resumed with vigor, maxing out the Zone with six full teams and spawning a second instance!
Lag, Shards and Vanguard Merits flowed freely as Rikti were tossed helplessly around the bowl like salad!
The next scheduled back-to-back Rikti Mothership Raids will be on February 12th, 2011, at 5 PM Pacific (8 PM Eastern)!
Announcements will be made to the usual Channels (Guardian, Level 50, etc), of course.
-- Vivian
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I got very little time in, I had to work for most of the weekend in my Secret Identity.
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Rikti Mothership Raid Update: 01-29-2011
Hi, Folks --
For the first time since they began, a scheduled EE Mothership Raid did not take place!
A strange variety of unexpected challenges met several of the main EE team leaders in their Secret Identities, from a bad case of the flu all the way to having to work late.
These disparate events conspired to make them all late for (or to miss entirely) the night's activities! Such levels of coincidence are hard to accept -- it's surely a Nemesis Plot!
Regardless, the night's Raids were begun by various folks that had come to join in on the event, who stepped up to the plate and formed the teams. Hats off to them!
Arriving late (just as the Shields Dropped), some EE Team Leads were able to participate in the Second Raid, which went flawlessly.
The next scheduled back-to-back Rikti Mothership Raids will be on February 5th, 2011, at 5 PM Pacific (8 PM Eastern)!
Announcements will be made to the usual Channels (Guardian, Level 50, etc), of course.
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Okay, I got to the root of the problem when I realized NOTHING OpenGL-based was working, not even the SDK components.
I have another video card in my system, a PCI card intended to drive two side monitors that run various things (stock displays, videos, performance counters, e-mail, etc).
OpenGL was not working using the latest driver (266.58) with that old card also in the system. It didn't recognize it, or support it -- in fact, that card had stopped working -- but OpenGL calls would just fail, with no clear reason why.
However, after Disabling that card in the Hardware Monitor and rebooting, everything worked perfectly fine. I am back up and running again!
Thanks for the suggestions, JS!
-- Vivian -
Rikti Mothership Raid Update: 01-22-2011
Hi, Folks --
The back-to-back EE Mothership Raids went flawlessly, maxing out the Zone with six full teams and spawning a second instance!
Alas, no screenshot is available from this day's event due to a video card failure.
The next scheduled back-to-back Rikti Mothership Raids will be on January 29th, 2011, at 5 PM Pacific (8 PM Eastern)!
Announcements will be made to the usual Channels (Guardian, Level 50, etc), of course.
-- Vivian -
Hi JS --
I ran Driver Sweeper and completely nuked ALL of the NVIDIA drivers, including my chipset.
Following this I reinstalled the 680i chipset drivers then the latest 266.58 video card drivers.
I also performed a DirectX update, just in case.
No change. The game still will not load. Exact same error.
These ARB errors are apparently OpenGL errors. NVIDIA's Control Panel also gives an OpenGL error and won't run.
I am now looking into installing the NVIDIA OpenGL SDK, I'll post results.
Any suggestions for me to try on the OpenGL side?
CohHelper.exe output following all of these changes is as follows:
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at January 22, 2011 17:48 (-08:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (5.2, Build 3790) Service Pack 2 (3790.srv03_sp2_gdr.100216-1301)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU X6800 @ 2.93GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 4094MB
.Net Memory Report: 2448MB out of 4094MB available
Page File: 8488MB (1550MB currently in use)
C Drive: (AMCC 9650SE-4LPML SCSI Disk Device) 591659MB out of 1430467MB (41%) free
J Drive: (WD My Book 1110 USB Device) 78MB out of 1907057MB (0%) free
L Drive: (WD My Book IEEE 1394 SBP2 Device) 239084MB out of 953867MB (25%) free
I Drive: (WD Virtual CD 1110 USB Device) zero-size drive
H Drive: (_NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A) zero-size drive
F Drive: (MagicISO Virtual DVD-ROM0000) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.3790.3959 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 460
Video Memory: 1024.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0012.6658
Driver Date: 1/7/2011 7:27:00 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: SoundMAX HD Audio
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0002.6110
Driver Date: 1/16/2007 9:05:30 AM
Sound Device Description: HD Audio front headphone
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0002.6110
Driver Date: 1/16/2007 9:05:30 AM
Sound Device Description: Plantronics Headset
Driver File: usbaudio.sys
Driver Version: 5.02.3790.3959
Driver Date: 2/17/2007 12:00:46 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P5N32-E SLI
Motherboard Version: 1.XX
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
BIOS Version: UNKNOWN
BIOS Release: 20070822******.******+***
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 25600x16000
3D Resolution: 25600x16000 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 100, 100
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No
Physics Quality: Unknown (2147483647)
Maximum Particles: Unknown
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: Unknown (2147483647)
Anisotropic Filtering: Unknown (2147483647)
Texture LOD Bias: Unknown (2147483647)
Water Effects: Unknown (2147483647)
Bloom: Unknown (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Unknown (2147483647)
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Unknown (2147483647)
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 2.000
Entity Detail Level: Unknown
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Unknown (2147483647)
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (2147483647)
Environmental Reflections: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Blur: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Ambient Resolution: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Gamma Correction: Unknown
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: No
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: Unknown
Music Sound Volume: Unknown
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: Unknown
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 646247 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1900.201011102104.27
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found -
Hi, Everyone --
CoH worked fine with my old GeForce 9500 GT, but I bought a new GTX 460 video card to take advantage of Ultra Mode properly, and after installing the latest nVidia drivers (266.58, I believe) CoH now no longer loads -- instead, it gives the dreaded "Your video card does not support ARB_multitexture" and "ARB_texture_compression" errors.
I found it unlikely that an old 9500 GT card will run CoH but not one of the newest nVidia cards (especially since I'd seen other people in the past posting about using the GTX 460, so I searched the Forums and found that I'm not alone in this ARB problem -- but there does not seem to be any common solution to it.
Below is the output of CohHelper.exe -- can anyone give me any advice as to how to get CoH to load? (Oh -- and of course, I already tried SAFE MODE, same results)
-- Vivian
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at January 22, 2011 00:15 (-08:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (5.2, Build 3790) Service Pack 2 (3790.srv03_sp2_gdr.100216-1301)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU X6800 @ 2.93GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 4094MB
.Net Memory Report: 2394MB out of 4094MB available
Page File: 8648MB (1390MB currently in use)
C Drive: (AMCC 9650SE-4LPML SCSI Disk Device) 593166MB out of 1430467MB (41%) free
J Drive: (WD My Book 1110 USB Device) 78MB out of 1907057MB (0%) free
L Drive: (WD My Book IEEE 1394 SBP2 Device) 239084MB out of 953867MB (25%) free
I Drive: (WD Virtual CD 1110 USB Device) zero-size drive
H Drive: (_NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A) zero-size drive
F Drive: (MagicISO Virtual DVD-ROM0000) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.3790.3959 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 460
Video Memory: 1024.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0012.6658
Driver Date: 1/7/2011 7:27:00 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: SoundMAX HD Audio
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0002.6110
Driver Date: 1/16/2007 9:05:30 AM
Sound Device Description: HD Audio front headphone
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0002.6110
Driver Date: 1/16/2007 9:05:30 AM
Sound Device Description: Plantronics Headset
Driver File: usbaudio.sys
Driver Version: 5.02.3790.3959
Driver Date: 2/17/2007 12:00:46 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P5N32-E SLI
Motherboard Version: 1.XX
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
BIOS Version: UNKNOWN
BIOS Release: 20070822******.******+***
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 25600x16000
3D Resolution: 25600x16000 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: No
Screen Position: Unknown, Unknown
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No
Physics Quality: Unknown (2147483647)
Maximum Particles: Unknown
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: Unknown (2147483647)
Anisotropic Filtering: Unknown (2147483647)
Texture LOD Bias: Unknown (2147483647)
Water Effects: Unknown (2147483647)
Bloom: Unknown (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Unknown (2147483647)
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Unknown (2147483647)
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 2.000
Entity Detail Level: Unknown
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Unknown (2147483647)
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (2147483647)
Environmental Reflections: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Blur: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Ambient Resolution: Unknonwn (2147483647)
Gamma Correction: Unknown
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: No
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: Unknown
Music Sound Volume: Unknown
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: Unknown
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 646247 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1900.201011102104.27
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found
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If you want to use Ventrilo, Earthclan Elite could volunteer the use of its Ventrilo Server for the Event.
Just let us know, we're always happy to help support fun Guardian Events like these.
-- Vivian -
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Hi Nutty! Welcome back to City of Heroes.
As servers go, Guardian is a good place to call home, if you're looking for a new one.
If you're only looking for the most highly-populated server, that's Freedom.
We Guardianites believe in quality over quantity, however!
-- Vivian -
Under the Forum's Posting Rules, we are not allowed to mention any other videogames than CoH.
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Quote:It's plainly obvious. Ever see DARK CITY?Originally Posted by Ramification TM
There's no children OR animals... Which just make me ask why?
The Rikti actually won the war. We, the surviving humans, are part of a giant experiment. They didn't think it necessary to the experiment to import birds, animals or any lesser life forms.
And of course, there are no children. All of the test subjects were sterilized before being placed in the experiment.
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It could be "Working With, For, and Against Differences".
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Hi War Witch! Welcome to the tail end of this happy thread!
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*gasp*
Oh, Carnifax! How could you?
Such blatant disregard for the rules smacks of sheer Villainy!
(Or perhaps at least Rougishness!)
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The Forum Posting Rules are really not that onerous.
I just think it would benefit us all to read them now and again, to refresh ourselves.
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This is actually interesting and relevant, although be aware that I am cross-posting his comment here.
You should follow the link there to Noble Savage's post thread if you want to provide feedback on this topic, as I do not think he is going to ever see or read this one.
Quote:Originally Posted by Noble Savage
Clearly, animal parts are on some of your minds right now, and I want to understand why it's a top concern. IF we decide to do a Super Booster: Beasts set in the future, is that something the average COH fan really wants? With every Super Booster, the general aim is to expand the limits of the costume library while enabling as many new character concepts as possible. Animal heads and legs are a niche sub-category that, for whatever reason, seems to get a lot of attention in these parts.
Our top goal is to give players what they want. We're open-minded, eager to please, and not opposed to anything, but let me play devil's advocate here and tell you why there might be some resistance to a hypothetical Animal Pack:
A) There are already animal parts in the game. Given the LONG list of player requests, why build 'Werewolf Head #2' when we could make, say, a tech-themed fixed-wing, something that doesn't exist in the game currently?
B) Animal parts don't appear to have mass appeal. COH is a living, breathing comic book universe, and our ongoing goal is to reflect the diversity of all the comic titles out there. But take a quick look at any comic book store and you'll be hard-pressed to find a single issue featuring an anthropomorphic character on the cover or otherwise. They're simply not that popular. So why build lizard parts or giraffe parts when it seems like VERY few people would be interested in them?
C) Resources are limited. Everything we make comes at the cost of something else. If relatively few people would use animal parts, why should they be the top priority over some other theme?
Let me restate that I'm playing devil's advocate here. I wouldn't mind having a few more animal parts personally, but selling the team on a whole pack devoted to this theme is another matter entirely, especially with several other strong ideas on the table. If this is something you guys really want, please take this opportunity to make your case. -
Grats to you and Dusk Lily! Well done!
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I'm sure we'd love to see dozens of Kangaroo characters hopping around Atlas.
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*crickets* Hmm... I think I killed the thread with that one.
Sowwy.
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Quote:Shards can drop from any Level 50+ enemy. So even if you are running Radio Mishes, you'll be getting Shard drops. Just take out a lot of enemies, and the Shards will come. It's good because you don't need to worry about them -- just run normal content, and your Shards will continue to slowly accumulate. I know, I've got like 50 or so sitting there waiting for the rest of Alpha to unlock.Originally Posted by __Naq
I'd be interested to see how often people are picking up shards on everyday 50+ mishes. Right after I ran the arc with Redeeming Fire, I was running the Praetorian arc and picked up one, but not since...
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Quote:I think they really picked a good middle ground.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
It's perhaps the only way Sexy Jay could bring himself to make them
These full-out animal heads and parts will work for those who want to make Animal Heroes and Heroines while not getting the "Anti-Furry" crowd in an uproar. -
It's interesting to note that the animal heads shown thus far are wholly animal and not of the sort of human/animal blending that is often seen in illustrated and 3D animal/human characters these days (i.e., such as the rabbit shown below, with human hair and anime style eyes on top of an otherwise wholly animal head).
So if this is representative of the Pack, it would basically be animal heads, animalistic paws, feet and tails to be attached to the normal human body types.
