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Quote:*nod* It safe to say it's this site then.Originally Posted by Santorican
Nope just an issue with these boards...
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Although it's perfectly possible that this issue is in fact with Chrome, chances are fairly slim. These boards have been non-responsive/sluggish for a while now. When we first switched over they were decent, but they're slowly starting to go back to how they were before the software switch.
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But we're currently up to 190. So even your 177's were old. The newest ones seemed to have resolved the "Error 14" for many. Not everyone, but many. I would suggest completely removing the drivers you have now, possibly running Driver Cleaner and installing the latest drivers.
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You are using very old video drivers. Like 2 year old drivers. Might want to update those before you do anything else
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Rage quit? Hahaha.
You're not by chance using any powers that are "stealthy" are you? -
Quote:If you right click on the shortcut on your desktop and click on Properties, a window will pop up. You will see a few tabs here at the top, you're looking for Compatibility.Originally Posted by Supernova2219
I just received my new laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium. Yesterday I installed CoX and booted it up. Everything worked fine despite the annoying shield icon over the shortcut. Today I go to log in and the game quits responding on the loading screen (the one immediately after the loading bar). I've restarted hoping that would fix it but it hasn't. I'll admit I'm a little computer stupid so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Make sure that Compatibility Mode is NOT checked. It should be off.
A little further down, you should make sure "Run as Administrator" is checked as well.
Hit Apply or OK at the bottom and try it again.
If that doesn't resolve the issue, you'll need to post more details about your system. You can do this by using this program CoH Helper. Download it, run it, paste it's findings here. -
I think it's safe to say the Belkin router is having issues properly moving the packets from either computer.
Just out of curiosity, what quality is the reception you get wirelessly on either computer? If it's possible, I'd also try connecting one or both machines up through ethernet and see if the problem persists. If it does, the router isn't functioning correctly. If the issue disappears, the wireless portion of the router is crap. Either way, I'd say test wired and then go from there. You might just want to bite the bullet and get a different router. -
I'm not familiar with Safari as I don't use it, but this is definitely a cookie issue.
Before changing any of your cookie settings I would strongly recommend going in and deleting all cookies associated with cityofheroes.com. This will reset how your browser deals with this website as if it were your first time. Sometimes cookies can become corrupt. If the same happens again and you're sure all cookies related to cityofheroes.com were removed, then I'd try changing your cookie settings. But if the settings are set to their defaults, and you've never changed them one of the cookies have become corrupt and clearing them out should fix it. -
I would also recommend a fresh install rather than an upgrade. There are just too many things that can cause an issue. At least with a fresh install, you can very easily resolve an issue with a simple process of elimination. Something that can't really be done with an upgrade as anything wrong with your system (Whether you're aware of it or not) will carry over.
Upgrade or fresh install, it should go very smoothly. There isn't much that needs to be done other than to watch to screen.
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Quote:Not sure whether you've tried this, but you shouldn't be running in compatibility mode at all. It should be turned off. Leave the checkmark in "Run as Administrator".Originally Posted by Krom4
I upgraded to Win7 64 and COX wont completely load now. It sticks at the splash screen after the character selection screen. It doesn't matter which character, server or where they were left (ie KR, GV, PI), it gets to the screen where it is loading say KR and will not go past that screen. The tips still appear and change, the sound is fine, but the blue bar will not go past about 1/2" inch. I went to Nvidia and downloaded (195.62) and installed the latest drivers, did the same with Creative for the audio card. I have turned off the firewall, updated all the antivirus software and tried loading in compatibility mode with the administrator checked. I tried loaded in safe mode also with the same results. I even uninstalled COX and reinstalled it. I have plenty of RAM, 6GB. I don't know what else to try, short of wiping the drive and starting over. Any help would be appreciated.
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Quote:I have to say I've had the same good experiences. No issues with any of the drivers since I switched to Windows 7. As a side note, I also don't run SLI at all. Maybe this is where the drivers begin to show their issues.Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Possibly not ready in an SLI or multi-SLI configuration? This is going to be a case of "My experience doesn't match," so I'm curious to find out why. I posted my current system specs in my "upcoming build" thread, and haven't had any crashes in COH, L4D 1 or 2, Assassin's Creed, HL2, Aion, Dragon Age - quite a pile of games, TBH. Though as mentioned - I don't run SLI. 1680x1050 on my 21" panels - can't go bigger due to desk space, and it's a comfortable size for me anyway. It's just been really stable overall as a single card (9800.) Did you check it that way?
Not that I don't believe you je_saist, nor do I think you're adding your own spin of hyperbole. I just wanted to see how you came to that conclusion From what I've seen in this thread and others, it looks like SLI/multi-SLI may be causing some issues with the 64-bit drivers. So far all of the machines with single GPU's that I've installed Windows 7 on (All 64-bit) have run fantastic in nearly every game I've thrown at it
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Quote:Just out of curiosity, what exactly isn't ready about them? I find nVidia's 64-bit drivers work just fine. Been using what's usually considered the latest drivers since I had my 8600 (Now on a GTS 250).Originally Posted by je_saist
but there are a couple of reasons why I used Vista SP2 32bit to do the same benchmarking test when I got to the Nvidia cards. Nvidia's 64bit drivers just aren't ready. No other way to put it.
Not that I don't believe you may have experienced some issues with the drivers, but that doesn't mean they're "not ready". I am really interested to hear why you think they're not
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Quote:Once you've installed the game, just copy the entire folder where you installed onto a DVD.Originally Posted by Optic_Spark
This isn't really a game issue, but i didn't know where else to put it.
I install CoH from 4 cd's is there any way that I can put all that info onto a single dvd and have it install without asking for the next disc?
Thanks gang
Next time you need to install, you just put in the DVD, copy the CoHUpdater.exe to your desktop and double click it.
It will ask you were you want to install, you choose. Once it starts downloading the game, you just close out of that window and then copy the content of the DVD to place you chose to install. Delete the checksum in the directory on your computer and you're good to go! -
Quote:Although I agree partly, I don't entirely. This was an example of how for the same amount of money, you can get parts that are of higher quality. A direct comparison of course fails, but if you take the same money you would spend on that fully bootable machine and reuse some of your components (HD and optical drives for instance) you get more for your money.Originally Posted by Father Xmas
True enough, but comparing a pile of parts to a fully bootable machine isn't really a fair comparison. Not everyone is a DIYer.
I guess I should have added that with my examples, sorry
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Quote:Originally Posted by Father Xmas
First one is also missing an optical drive.
The second one is missing both an optical drive and a hard drive as well as a graphics card and the power supply.
Correct. But there generally isn't any reason to dispose of the old ones simply because you're upgrading the guts. If there's nothing wrong with your optical drive or hard drive, no reason to waste the money. Unless of course you're planning to use the old machine for something else. -
Quote:For around the same price (Minus a graphics card) you could have this:Originally Posted by NovaThunder
The Computer I got is right now
http://www.thesource.ca/estore/produ...ine&tab=2#more
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...7&Sku=B69-1130
Or for $200 more:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...521&CatId=4149
You can get a decent graphics card for around $200 or less right now. Of course, you could go for bleeding edge GPU for a lot more. I picked up a Gigabyte GTS 250 (1GB) card for around $140 a short while ago. -
Update:
So I installed the 7.12 drivers. Everything runs fine with them as far as I can tell.
If I get a bit more brave, I just might try the 8.xx series drivers at some point.
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Quote:I'll start with the 7.12's and I'll go from there. My friend is out of town and I'm house sitting so no one else is using it. The last time I played CoH on it (Before last night) was most likely last year. Her machine is *mostly* used for work/general Internet usage, which is why I haven't bothered to update her drivers in so long. I only decided to do it last night on a whim for no particular reason.Originally Posted by Texas Justice
I figured you were already aware of the memory issues, and possibly the low disk space. I also thought it was possible that your friend may have downloaded some files, moved pictures off of a camera, or something else between the time you played with it working last night and when you tried today, and that you weren't aware of how much drive space had been eaten up.
I'd be curious how the 8.xx series of drivers worked with that card as well as the 7.12 that je_saist listed. -
Quote:Sure. Now that I know the 7.4 drivers work if I go back to them, I have no problem doing some testing. I may not get to it tonight though.Originally Posted by je_saist
Hmm. This is actually quite interesting. I'm actually curious as to why the 9.3 drivers would break the game since.. well.. the 7.4 drivers. Actually I dunno.
I was going to say that they were using the older OpenGL rendering engine, since the 7.4 drivers were released in May 2007, and the OpenGL rewrite hit Fglrx in November 2007.
Could you try the December 2007 Drivers, the 7.12 set, and see if the crash occurs with them? : http://www.oldapps.com/ati.php?old_ati_drivers=3
I'd also like to reiterate what's happening again so it's clear. When you click Next and then OK in the Updater, a small banner that says "Loading" pops up. It's before the game actually starts up with it's own loading splash screen. This is where it crashes. Right when the game is about to launch. It throws up the generic "Tell Cryptic what you were doing" dialog box.
Once I close that window, a memory read error pops up. I can either post a screenie or at the very least type out the error message for more info. -
Quote:I absolutely updated the drivers. From 7.4 to 9.3.1. Regardless, I'm well aware of the RAM and disk space issues. As I said in my original post, I played just fine last night without any issues. I guess I'll just have to roll back to the 7.4 drivers and hope it works again. *sigh*Originally Posted by je_saist
I can confirm that the 9.10 drivers aren't causing the game to crash atop a WinXp system with RadeonHD 4850's.
However, you can't have updated your drivers. According to the information you posted your graphics driver is listed as : Video Device Name: RADEON 9800 PRO
The last driver to support this card was the 9.3 driver back in March: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...?&lang=English
There was an update in July, the 9.3.1 release, but as I understand it, that was primarily a source code bug fix for Microsoft's upcoming Vista SP2 / Win 7 launch. If you were running NT5 (Windows Xp) there wasn't anything listed in the patch notes.
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm not by any means incapable of troubleshooting these things. I was just looking for a second set of eyes in case I was missing something.
Update:
I went ahead and "downgraded" back to the 7.4 drivers. The games loads and runs just fine again. Guess that old saying is true. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
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Hey guys...
I'm having some difficulty with a computer over at a friend's place. I was playing the game just fine last night, but I decided to update the ATI drivers today and since that update, CoH crashes before it even loads. I run the updater and click next. It shows the "Loading" banner and then sits for a moment before throwing up the dialog box that CoH has crashed and to fill in what I was doing at the time.
I'm aware that this is an older system. I don't expect to run crazy graphics settings. But as I said, it was working last night. The most obvious thing would be to downgrade the video drivers, but I'd like to see if there might be something I'm missing before I do that. Any suggestions?
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---
DxDiag gathered at November 14, 2009 21:44 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090804-1435)
System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
System Model: A7N8X-X
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.1GHz
Memory: 1024MB
.Net Memory Report: 698MB out of 1023MB available
Page File: 2098MB (364MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0) 525MB out of 20002MB (2%) free
E Drive: (WDC WD1200JB-00EVA0) 77923MB out of 94468MB (82%) free
F Drive: (MAXTOR 4K040H2) 11159MB out of 38170MB (29%) free
D Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4081B) zero-size drive
G Drive: (E-IDE CD-ROM 48X/AKH) zero-size drive
I Drive: (SCSIVAX DVD/CD-ROM 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: Dell 1907FP(Digital)
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1280,1024
Video Device Name: RADEON 9800 PRO
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x4E48)
Video Memory: 128.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6925
Driver Date: 7/21/2009 10:54:20 AM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio
Driver File: nvapu.sys
Driver Version: 6.14.0442.0030
Driver Date: 5/25/2004 2:58:04 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: A7N8X-X
Motherboard Version: REV 2.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: Nvidia - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20031007000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1280x1024
3D Resolution: 1280x1024 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: None
Maximum Particles: 6945
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: Unknown (0)
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Low (with world bumpmaps)
World Texture Level: Medium
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.646
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Gamma Correction: 0.900
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: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 664131 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1600.20091102.3T
Installation Directory: E:\Program Files\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
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When you use the Shutdown command from the start menu, does your computer shutdown properly? Or do you have to turn it off yourself?
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Quote:Lmao!Originally Posted by Zombie Man
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Before I explain, if you run the latest unstable version in Admin mode, you shouldn't have this problem.
Now that that's out of the way, the reason for this is because of how Vista/7 deal with "OnTop". In previous versions of Windows it was apparently quite easy to get a program to stay on top by simply forcing it. In Windows Vista/7 they changed the way this functions. The developer of HeroStats has said he's planning to work on it, but it's on the backburner. Not something he's looking to fiddle with right now. At least that's what I gathered from the last time I read up on the issue.
Like I said though, the current unstable version appears to work fine in both Vista and 7, or at least has on my machine. -
Was in the middle of a mission when they wen poof.
