Eternal Mydnyt

old system completely fried. Power surge burnt out everything. had some pretty light shows and colors coming out of it when it happened.

Alright I just installed COH on a newly bought windows 7 computer.
The game randomly freezes on me.l at first it took 5 or 10 minutes but now it wont even fully load a zone, I see the blue loading bar fill then nothing, I click the screen and it goes grey and says its not responding.

Heres the basic reports which i gathered while the game was up and frozen


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

DxDiag gathered at November 12, 2010 07:59 (-08:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
System Manufacturer: eMachines
System Model: EL1352
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 220 Processor (2 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 4096MB
.Net Memory Report: 1805MB out of 3839MB available
Page File: 5149MB (2527MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST350041 8AS SCSI Disk Device) 382978MB out of 460454MB (83%) free
D Drive: (ATAPI DVD A DH16AASH SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (64-bit version)

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

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Video Memory: 1912 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.12.6099
Driver Date: 10/16/2010 10:55:00 AM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6045
Driver Date: 2/9/2010 7:28:22 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: eMachines
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: EL1352
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends, Inc.
BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
BIOS Version: ACRSYS - 20100128
BIOS Release: 20100128000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1362x702
3D Resolution: 1021x526 (Using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: No
Screen Position: -9, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: Low
Maximum Particles: 24952
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 0.750 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Medium?


World Texture Level: Low
Character Texture Level: Medium
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.794
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Disabled
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: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
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: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1850.201009101722.18T2r
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found


Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 8:01:49 AM, on 11/12/2010
Platform: Windows 7 (WinNT 6.00.3504)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.7600.16671)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\Program Files (x86)\eMachines\Hotkey Utility\HotkeyUtility.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Updater6\Adobe_Updater.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Trend Micro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://homepage.emachines.com/rdr.as...4v105r4741t231
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://homepage.emachines.com/rdr.as...4v105r4741t231
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://homepage.emachines.com/rdr.as...4v105r4741t231
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://homepage.emachines.com/rdr.as...4v105r4741t231
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = C:\Windows\SysWOW64\blank.htm
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=userinit.exe
O2 - BHO: &Yahoo! Toolbar Helper - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - C:\PROGRA~2\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: Ask Toolbar BHO - {D4027C7F-154A-4066-A1AD-4243D8127440} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\GenericAskToolbar.dll
O2 - BHO: SingleInstance Class - {FDAD4DA1-61A2-4FD8-9C17-86F7AC245081} - C:\PROGRA~2\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\YTSingle Instance.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\PROGRA~2\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn\yt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Ask Toolbar - {D4027C7F-154A-4066-A1AD-4243D8127440} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\GenericAskToolbar.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Hotkey Utility] C:\Program Files (x86)\eMachines\Hotkey Utility\HotkeyUtility.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Sidebar] C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun
O4 - HKCU\..\RunOnce: [FlashPlayerUpdate] C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil10k_Pl ugin.exe -update plugin
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O9 - Extra button: Blog This - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Writer\WriterBrowserExtension.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: &Blog This in Windows Live Writer - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Writer\WriterBrowserExtension.dll
O16 - DPF: {E6F480FC-BD44-4CBA-B74A-89AF7842937D} (SysInfo Class) - http://content.systemrequirementslab...ri_4.3.1.0.cab
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\Alg.exe,-112 (ALG) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\efssvc.dll,-100 (EFS) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\fxsresm.dll,-118 (Fax) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\fxssvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: ForceWare Intelligent Application Manager (IAM) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NetworkAccessManager\bin32\nSvcAppFlt. exe
O23 - Service: GameConsoleService - WildTangent, Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\eMachines Games\eMachines Game Console\GameConsoleService.exe
O23 - Service: GRegService (Greg_Service) - Acer Incorporated - C:\Program Files (x86)\eMachines\Registration\GregHSRW.exe
O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdate) (gupdate) - Google Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
O23 - Service: @keyiso.dll,-100 (KeyIso) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @comres.dll,-2797 (MSDTC) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Nero BackItUp Scheduler 4.0 - Nero AG - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Nero\Nero BackItUp 4\NBService.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\System32\netlogon.dll,-102 (Netlogon) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: ForceWare IP service (nSvcIp) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NetworkAccessManager\bin32\nSvcIp.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (nvsvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\nvvsvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\psbase.dll,-300 (ProtectedStorage) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\Locator.exe,-2 (RpcLocator) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\locator.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\samsrv.dll,-1 (SamSs) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\snmptrap.exe,-3 (SNMPTRAP) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\snmptrap.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\spoolsv.exe,-1 (Spooler) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\sppsvc.exe,-101 (sppsvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\sppsvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\ui0detect.exe,-101 (UI0Detect) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\UI0Detect.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Updater Service - Acer Group - C:\Program Files\eMachines\eMachines Updater\UpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\vaultsvc.dll,-1003 (VaultSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\vds.exe,-100 (vds) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\vssvc.exe,-102 (VSS) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\Wat\WatUX.exe,-601 (WatAdminSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\Wat\WatAdminSvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\wbengine.exe,-104 (wbengine) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%Systemroot%\system32\wbem\wmiapsrv.exe,-110 (wmiApSrv) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe,-101 (WMPNetworkSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Yahoo! Updater (YahooAUService) - Yahoo! Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Yahoo!\SoftwareUpdate\YahooAUService.exe

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End of file - 8054 bytes

This is something that ive been wanting to see for awhile. I accidentally took the axe on my girlfriends account and wish desperatly i hadnt... i hate the axe. Any chance of a redpost on this one?

For anyone who helped me Id like to say thank you. I finally solved the problem and its one that is so stupid i actually feel bad.

The first set of motherboard drivers i had downloaded were corrupted so whenever the motherboard tried to communicate with the videocard it had a breakdown and triggered a restart. Upon completely wiping the old drivers and installing new ones it works fine now. Thanks for all your attempts to help.

Question to the Almighty Tech Geeks.

My power supply is an Aspire ATX-AS420W

Could that be insufficient? Some of the stuff i found online said it was kind of a junk supply.

Well another clue to the mystery. Its not just City of Heroes. Its also Fallout Tactics.

lol not a clean system. a new one. Just completed a reinstall this morning. Full format

Took a look at the suggestions for ATI cards and ran the Catalyst Control center. Set all my settings to match the suggestions (with some sliders turned down to account for my lower performance) and I still Restart within minutes of loading the game. Sometimes my system freezes instead of restarting but it usually restarts

Still having problems. Actually froze at the login screen this time

yea thats the full log. I'll try those settings and see how it helps.

I realize my graphics are set higher then they probobly should. cant load the game long enough to drop em

Finally got CoH Helper and Hijack This to run properly. heres the reports.

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---

DxDiag gathered at March 12, 2010 15:51 (-08:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.091208-2036)
System Manufacturer: VIAK8M
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 766MB
.Net Memory Report: 514MB out of 766MB available
Page File: 1677MB (196MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD800BB-55JKC0) 65102MB out of 76308MB (85%) free
D Drive: (AOPEN COM5232/AAH PRO) 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 sound card was found. If one is expected, you should install a sound driver provided by the hardware manufacturer.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: ATI Radeon 9600 / X1050 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x4152)
Video Memory: 256.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6925
Driver Date: 2/10/2010 8:45:14 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description:
Driver File:
Driver Version:
Driver Date: 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer:
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: K8M800-8237
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: VIAK8M - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20060118000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1024x768
3D Resolution: 1024x768 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes

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

Anti-aliasing: None
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High Quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Low (with world bumpmaps)

World Texture Level: High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX 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: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600

Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1600.20100114.8T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found



Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.3 (BETA)
Scan saved at 3:54:07 PM, on 3/12/2010
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\msiexec.exe
C:\Program Files\TrendMicro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...?1268428785234
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Browseui preloader - {438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\browseui.dll
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\browseui.dll
O23 - Service: Ati HotKey Poller - ATI Technologies Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
O23 - Service: ATI Smart - Unknown owner - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2sgag.exe

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End of file - 2269 bytes

768 of RAM and 60 gigs of free hard drive.

I can get CoH to load, but within minutes it either freezes up my entire system... or triggers a reboot. I dont get it. I tried running CoH Helper to get the information to troubleshoot all this but when i tried running it it gives an error and shuts down before it even starts.

Ive gone to system requirements lab and it says im wel above minimum specs. If anyone could perhaps help me get CoH Helper running i could post a log from that.

Alright like i said i have more suggestions that I would like opinions on. Let me throw another one out here for you and see what happens. This time i'Il keep it simple... just a few proliferations that i don't totally understand why they haven't occured yet., If someone can give me a clear explanation beyond "The Devs just havent done it yet" I would be satisfied. but Im curious if others have asked these particular questions before.

Tanks: Why no Energy Aura? or Regeneration? or Broadsword?

Why do Arachnos Agents get Patron powers but Kheldians cant get Ancillary? Im sure they would be willing to do a mish arc for them... something about the kheldian achieving some sort of deeper bond with its host.

Dominators: No Illusion?

Mastermind: No Radiation Emission or Cold Domination?

Stalker: Fire Melee? I can almost understand no fire armor but why no fire melee?

Brute: Partially same gripe as Tankers... No broadsword or Regen?

Im sure many of these questions have reasonable answers. I just havent been enlightened yet. Anyone care to take a shot at it?

Not a bad suggestion. I was trying to make it balance against the other manipulations. theres actually a few choices there that im not fond of. Like i dont understand why Electric manipulation has the damage dealing aura... but i gave it to dark just for parralel matching. I just cant justify in my mind giving a blaster an aura which actually draws attention to them. The logic baffles me

I would think they would want something the exact opposite... maybe a cowering type aura that would reduce their threat with all enemies within its radius. But i didnt include anything like that because theres no existing precedent for one that i know of unless you include stealth granting armors like arctic fog.

Im surprised i havent heard alot more talk about Dark Blast as a blaster set. I was concerned that id recieve alot of negative feedback about that because of its slightly low end power and the prominance of immobilizes. I would actually be all for suggestions on how to adjust Darkblast to be more "Blaster" and less "Defender" then it currently stands as.

Well at least its good to know that im not the only one out there who wants Dark Blasters. and yea I do think that perhaps your right... some of the TK damage should probobly be psy but i dont think they do 75/25 splits and i just cant see TK as being a whole 50% psi. I dunno i geuss im just picky

I decided on that idea for a build when i wanted to make a character from one of my stories. Shes a powerful telekinetic yet has absolutly no telepathic powers. so shes not really viable for the psychic or mental builds as they are. I ended up making her a Grav / FF troller though in the stories she is a force of destruction... i really wanted to make her a blaster. Grav is admittedly among the better damage dealing troller types... but thats like saying that Forcefield makes for the least squishy defenders... they are still squishy... just takes an extra pound of pressure

New SG Badges and Base Items

Badge: SG members Buy and Sell 10000 Items through WW/BM
Base Item: Wentworths / Black Market Remote Terminal
Access WW or the Black Market from your SG Base

Badge: Members craft 1000 recipes at the SG crafting table
Base Item: Recipe Storage Shelves
Kinda self explaining

Badge: Members convert 100,000,000 Influence into Prestige
Base Item: Supergroup Influence Storage
Members can contribute their influence to the SG or draw on the influence of the SG to increase their own. Stored influence may be used to pay crafting fees at the SG base crafting table.


Badge: Members complete 50 AE stories ranked Hall of Fame or Dev Choice
Base Item: Miniature Architect Array
Access Architect functions from the SG Base, However can only activate and play Arcs published by SG Members



New Powersets

Blaster Primary
Dark Blast
Left Relativly untouched... Remove Dark Pit to add Aim

Plasma Rifle
Variant of Robot Mastermind Attacks.
All Plasma Rifle attacks share a 5% chance of inflicting "Plasma Burn" 4 ticks of minor fire DoT with a Minor Defense Debuff

Rapid Pulse
Ranged
Minor Damage
Energy/Smashing

Pulse Rifle Blast
Ranged
Moderate Damage
Energy/Smashing

Pulse Rifle Burst
Ranged
High Damage
Energy/Smashing
Foe Knockback

Pulse Wave
Ranged (Cone)
Moderate Damage
Energy/Smashing

Photon Grenade
Ranged (Targeted AoE)
Moderate Damage
Energy/Smashing
Disorient

Plasma Assassin
Sniper
Extreme Damage
Energy/Smashing

Plasma Mine
Place Mine (PBAoE)
Superior Damage
Energy/Lethal

Plasma Spray
Ranged (Cone)
Extreme DoT
Energy/Fire
Always Plasma Burns

Overload Rifle
PBAoE
Extreme Damage
Energy/Smashing
Self -Recovery


Telekinetic Blast
For the more... "Tactile" Psychics. Less about the mental and more about the smashing. Close to a Blaster variant of Gravity. Strong in Disorient and -Fly

Crush
Ranged
Moderate DMG
Smash
Foe Immobilize, -Fly, -SPD

Lift
Ranged
Moderate DMG
Smash
Foe Knockup, -Fly -SPD

Push
Ranged
Moderate
Smash
Foe Disorient

Thrust
Ranged (Cone)
Minor DMG
Smash
Foe Knockback, Disorient

Propel
Ranged
High Damage
Smash
Knockback

TK Lance
Sniper
Extreme Damage
Knockback, Disorient

Slam
Ranged (Targeted AoE)
High Damage
Knockdown, -Fly -SPD
Disorient only main target

Blast
Ranged (Targeted AoE)
Moderate Damage
Knockback from Target point
Disorient

TK Fury
PBAoE
Extreme Damage
Knockback, Disorient
Self Disorient, -Recharge


Blaster Secondary

Dark Manipulation
In the vein of the other Manipulations it has a mix of Dark Miasma, Dark Melee, and even Dark Armor

Tar Patch
Ranged (Location AoE)
Foe -SPD, -Jump, -Fly, -Res(All)

Smite
Melee
Moderate DMG
Smash/Negative
Foe -To-Hit

Death Shroud
Toggle: PBAoE
Minor DoT(Negative)

Touch of Fear
Melee
Foe Fear, -To-Hit

Dark Regeneration
PBAoE
Minor DMG
Negative
Self Heal

Fearsome Stare
Ranged (Cone)
Foe Fear, -To-Hit

Cloak of Darkness
Toggle: Self Stealth
+DEF(All), +Res(Immobilize), +Perception

Soul Drain
PBAoE
Moderate DMG
Negative
Self +DMG, +To-Hit

Midnight Grasp
Melee
Superior DMG
Negative
Foe Immobilize, -To-Hit


I have more powerset suggestions but i wanna see how badly im flamed for these first. I know they are rough but I really feel the blasters have some glaring weaknesses in their powersets that need addressed.

Well Nvidia is completely stumped. They gave me 3 distinctly different solutions and none of them worked. After yet another complete wipe and reinstall my opengl is still 1.1 and there seems to be nothing i can do.

After yet another reformat and reinstall of EVERYTHING and still the same problem im in contact with Nvidias tech support. They seem to have some idea of why my OpenGL isnt updating properly so hopefully we can get to the bottom of this

Yea ive tried the reinstall of my drivers many times now. Ive checked to make sure my motherboard drivers are up to date... its all there. Just for some reason OpenGL is remaining at 1.1

ok ive found the problem. Still unsure how to fix it though. the OpenGL test reported my version is only 1.1 and for some reason its not updating with my video drivers.

The two errors i got both refer to components that are listed under 1.3

Does anyone know of any method of updating OpenGL without the videocard drivers? I tried using the Extensions Viewer to do it and it had an unhandled exception.

Oh and there was no disc with the motherboard. the blue screen came when i updated the sound card driver through windows update. The original problem with my computer was the power supply started overheating and causing random restarts. After taking my tower into a pc repair store he tested all the individual components and found that my hard drive and Video card were fine but the motherboard had recieved irrepairable temperature damage. So I bought a new tower and had my old video card and hard drive moved over.