Indiramourning

The work-around for this bug is:

Use /releasepets (the normal way you release your pets does NOT work) and respawn them. Or throw an indiviual heal on each of them in turn (Ideal for Pain Domination MM's).

Opening the contact list almost always triggers the glitch that crashes CoH with an OpenGL error that people have been posting about. It's as if the contact list pictures are part of the problem because opening the contact list on the Tips tab doesn't cause the OpenGL error.

I have also found that by disabling the Bloom setting a strange darkening of my graphics (which I could sometimes fix with /unloadgfx, but not consistently) stopped happening when the glitch happens from opening the contact list when it doesn't out right crash.

After I installed the 260.99 nVidia drivers my FPS went from around 30 to 60, and holding steady. These new drivers seem to be using my Quad SLI GTX 295 configuration with CoH--which the older drivers did not. And this is happening even before Issue 19 officially goes live (which is supposed to enable SLI support).

I couldn't be happier with the performance. However, there is one annoying glitch which has me stumped. When I exit CoH and then try running it again (without rebooting) the login screen is sluggish and I get 15 FPS in game. If I reboot first, I don't have that problem and get a steady 60 FPS. I do not want to revert back to the 258 nVidia drivers where I get 30 FPS, so for now I am rebooting before I start CoH.

Has anyone else seen this behavior or have a guess as to what is causing it?

And BTW, the nVidia 260.99 drivers come with a new install program that lets you do a 'Clean' install--it's about time. And that is what I used to do my install from the older version of the drivers.

1. Are you male or female?
Female

2. What ATs do you mostly play, and for what reason(s)?
Blasters, Controllers, Scrappers, and Tankers mostly.

3. Redside, blueside, purpleside, or any combination of the above?
Blueside

4. What are your favorite story arcs?
I like lots of them, but my favorite are several level 20-25 range arcs: Durge of Chaos, Crown of Glory. The Striga arcs that help me earn the Atlas Medallian. Freak Olympics.

5. What makes you like this game?
The devs are competent and talented. Grouping is better in CoX than any other MMO I have played ever.

6. What other games do you play?
At present none really. But if a new games comes out I might try it out for a few months (I played WAR for 8 months). but I always come back to CoH and have never let my subscription expire.

7. How long have you been playing?
Right from the start.

8. How many alts do you have, what is the average level range, and how many are level 50?
I have about 30 alts only 3 of which are 50 after all these years. I have a tendancy to get my characters to level 49 and savor the idea of getting them to 50 but hold off doing so for months.

9. Do you bother with softcaps, set bonuses, and all that numerical stuff? What difficulty settings to you normally use?
I IO out at 25, but don't really put energy into set bonuses. I like getting the Atlas Medallion and the Freedom Phlanx accolade on all my characters.

All my characters are this many... *holds up some fingers*

And in case anyone is wondering. They are still to the south near the war wall mostly.

I like all caves. But any cave + speed boost = ARRRRRGGGG!!!

On a Sister Psyche TF the other day. We had a mob stuck in a wall. /Petitioned for help and the GM appeared within 5 minutes and pulled the mob out so we could kill it to complete the mission. Professional and courteous.

In the 6 years I've played that was only the second time I can recall that I needed a GM. The first time, 5 years ago, they also appeared in less than 5 minutes to quickly resolve the issue.

Ah! So this is that famous lunatic thread I heard about.

Seriously, good luck guys. This is going to be quite the challenge for.

Omg! Thank you, Steelclaw!