GhostRaptor_EU

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Meh, I'm keeping my hopes up for Beginnings then...

But they said the 5th...it's only 40 minutes till the 8th...do we even have a winner?

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I'm looking through them now. Unfortunately I was too busy last week due to preparations for Mac and Issue 13 betas.

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Have you tried updating to the latest version of directx as well? if you have vista you'll also need the vista nvidia hotfixes.

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Unless they've transcended past 9C then no, because such a things does not exist.

I'm not running Vista either.

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DirectX 9.0c receives regular updates, the most recent of which was earlier this month (version 9.25.1476).

Unfortunately this does look like a drivers+hardware issue of some sort. Depending on where the conflict lies, it may take a bit of effort to track down. If you haven't already, try contacting out support team.

I believe that the time is tracked in full days, so if your account was created late in the day you won't receive the reward until late in the day. If you created very early in the day then you'll get it early.

In cases like this, please wait until the day after indicated in your PlayNC account pages before petitioning.

The forums became inaccessible due to a glitch in the forum software while we were preparing a Closed Beta forum for the Mac testing. Now that we are aware of what specifically causes the glitch it hopefully should not happen again.

Hi all,

Based on a couple of enquiring PM's I wanted to assure you all that your existing accounts on the live servers will not be altered in any way by playing on a Mac. When using the Mac version of City of Heroes you will be logging in to the same servers using the same account. As such, all of your account data (characters, vet rewards earned, purchased extras etc) will be available regardless of whether you play on a Mac or a PC.

Short version: The servers don't care if you're on a Mac or a PC.

If you have an existing account created with any other version of the game, to play on a Mac you simply need to download the Mac installer from here and then log in with your existing account.

See here for more.

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Also: any more news about NC's involvement this year GR?

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News post later today .

Ms Liberty will be there Sunday, and we'll have Draw the World Together all weekend.

The Halloween event is now completed. Paragon City and the Rogue Isles can now rest easy ... or can they?

Unfortunately Arachnos spies infiltrated our planning department and stole a few important pages from the planning documents ... *ahem* What I mean to say is, they're coming as soon as we get a couple of key elements smoothed over. I'd like to say they'll go into open beta next week, but I can't commit to that yet.

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broomstick temp flight power plx ;D

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I love that idea!

The game should be showing you prices in Euros if you are in Europe (except UK). Please contact the support team if you continue to see the prices in UK Pounds.

Edit: Same applies for you as well, Ravenswing: if you are located in the UK you should be getting prices in UK Pounds not Euroes.

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gah... I was looking for news about Open Beta, which I though it would happen right after Halloween Event finished last Sunday... and I was told last night it will be run until Wednesday... guess no news of O.B. will be released this week then (sigh).

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hmmmmm

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They could have avoided the problems AND the complaints if they'd just tested the bloody thing properly in the first place.

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The event was tested both internally and on the US Training Room. Unfortunately the bug that caused the event to randomly switch off did not manifest itself during those tests.

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and the mac tp/cossie because if its free to them, what we having to pay for it for?

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I don't know what the pricing is for the Mac special edition as yet, however I'd wait until after pricing is announced before making any assumptions about whether we're asking people to pay for something that others get 'free'. The special GvE Edition is priced higher than a standard game account, and the GvE add-on pack costs the difference for those who decide they want it. Similarly, the temporary jet pack costs the difference between a regular sub and the cost of the special prepaid card it comes with in the US.

Hi all,

Been very busy today and not at my desk very much today (hope Palladium's healthy and back at work tomorrow!).

Anyway: we've extended the event by 2 days here to cover for the shakey start to the event. It will be finalising on Wednesday morning, so there's a couple more days of trick or treating and Apocalypse's to come yet.

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We will be able to buy a valkyrie pack
I am sure we will be able to pay a monthly fee for the mission teleport pack.

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I believe the extras that come with the Mac Special Edition will be packaged together in the same manner that the GvE Edition goodies were packaged together.

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However I do have a bit of a rant here. For those in the case as me who've been on bootcamp, what happens if want to use the Mac version specifically? I have all my vet rewards and chars on my current account which is of course the Windows version of the game. I would LOVE to use this on OSX as the drivers for the gfx are better than the tweaked ones for XP. BUT, I would be furious if I were unable to retain all the chars and achievements I've got over the 2 years I've been playing.

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As with previously, what you pay for is your account. Those who already have accounts and have been playing using Bootcamp will be able to obtain a copy of the Mac launcher and continue playing with their existing accounts. No lost characters or vet rewards .

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love how this article has been "appropriated" for the main site now.

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That's the way it happens most of the time. A feature is written, given to a specific press website as an exclusive, then published to the official sites and sent out to other press sites the next day.

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My sources tell me that in the not too distant future there will be some kind of merging with the US (although unclear what form that will take).

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I would guess your 'source' was referring to company structure changes that have already occurred in recent months.

I'll follow up with support with regards your ticket. You'll need to send me a Private Message with your ticket number before I'll be able to do so, however.

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But they've still got time to do news updates - there have been several in the past few days. So why is there no post about the 'true' reason behind Zombies invading?

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I would assume it has to do with the writers at NCNC being hard at work on other things (such as new missions, arcs etc).

Official announcement will be available shortly, along with a bit more not included on that original link.

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Any chance the event could be extended for another week? The MOTD says "As a special thank you to all City of Heroes and City of Villains players we've begun this year's Halloween Event early!" - however, given the problems with the invasions and such initially, it really kicked off late instead .

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For a full week, no. For 2-3 days ... probably. We're still discussing, and I'll let you know ASAP.

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Waiting for it to come to open test (if it ever comes for us on EU)

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Open beta will be available on the EU Training Room, as closely as possible with the US Open Beta commencing.

Fudge is tastier and keeps the event running . Given that it's effective and Issue 13 is rapidly rolling ever closer it makes sense to go witht he fudge rather than a full fix at the current time.

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Will ours be keeping the "city sights" and "hall of fame" when we get ours updated?

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I believe we will be, and hopefully in a form that will make submission and (for us) administration easier .

While we're here ... if you have any feedback (constructive!) about the new website design, please don't hesitate to post and let us know. We'll forward on to the US web team and our own EU team.

I think we only need one thread on the new site .

http://uk.boards.cityofheroes.com/sh...Number=1244955