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Quote:Never too late. I'm not just using one. I'm going to be using 7 or more so keep them coming
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Quote:Making this thread has filled me with lots of ideas. Some of them are really fun, but I can't purrrsue them until after I finish introducing several new characters :Pjust finished reading your webcomic, your drawing and technique has definately improved loads from when you started.
Gale still has to be my favorite, gotta love noobs sometimes lol. She needs her caps lock key stolen tooreally like jordans costume as well, its simple but effective
couldnt help but think about how it would pan out if you did pick the wild predator as a charecter, had images of shazel challenging her since they both have some form of fire power and gale crying again over something and dousing them both out lol.
I'm trying to get more regular with the comics so wish me luck!
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Quote:I can verify that this works because I tried it and Fraps shows the adjusted FPS during gameplay and when the screen is inactive. As was said already though, this doesn't INCREASE FPS, it only decreases it (which I did to save processing power for other stuff).I'm trying to increase my crappy pc's performance for the game.
Found this thread, tried the /maxfps # and didnt' notice much of a change.
How do I change the "E:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CohUpdater.exe" -maxfps 35 -maxinactivefps 5 thinger? or maybe where is a better answer.
I got to program files\city of heroes ...but couldn't figure out how to change it.
Thanks in advance!
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Quote:Wow. Someone already did a pretty good job on the artwork for thoseI'll enter in my two catgirls.
First up is Snow Panther:
http://www.virtueverse.com/index.php/Snow_Panther
Sarah was born with her cat ears and tail, as well as her blue hair, so it was apparent from birth that she was a mutant but that was perfectly fine with her parents, they loved her just the same. Her powers themselves didn't manifest until she was 10 when she wished for a white Christmas. Living in Miami she had never seen a snowflake in person, but on Christmas Eve a small pocket of freezing air formed above her house and yard and snow began to fall.
Beyond this first event of a storm she didn't have much control over her powers for awhile, usually being able to just freeze water in a glass or, after she developed them further and concentrated hard enough, create a snowball to catch her friends off guard. Of course it didn't help that she was the only one in the whole city that was able to make a snowball, so she was always caught. Over time she has harnessed her abilities further and is now able to create small storms, walls of ice, shards of ice which she can hurl at enemies, and can skate on ice she forms in front of her as she walks to achieve greater speeds than a normal human can run.
Next is Magic Minx:
http://www.virtueverse.com/index.php/Magic_Minx
Part time hero, part time stage magician. Magic Minx has no memory of her past, having awoken from a daze with no knowledge of herself while still retaining education of a high school level, and possessing an innate ability to perform various simple magic tricks without fail. Since awakening from whatever struck her she has gained a stronger grasp of magic in both the stage and combat roles.
She is very flashy in her actions. When asked about it once she replied "I prefer to save the citizens with a smile on their face."
Though I did not show it in the references, in game I have a string of emotes and phrases I like to put on as a sort of magic show where it ends with her attempting to make herself disappear, upon which she fails and only causes her clothing to disappear in a puff of smoke, leaving her in just her underwear up on stage or in the middle of a crowd, wherever she's putting on the show.
Basically, if she isn't in the middle of a fight her magic has a chance of backfiring on her, something about the difference in concentration. If you have ideas of other magical backfires, they could prove interesting art pieces. -
Quote:And thank you tooUse both the Maxfps and Maxinactivefps commands. I use 25 and 5 for my values. Maxfps 25 will set a cap on FPS at 25, while maxinactivefps 5 makes the client that isn't the focus window run at 5 FPS. It's a great way to save resources, and you don't have to watch a slide show when you're switching to the secondary client.
Beat me to it. It's a great way to set it up for people like me who don't remember to hit buttons like that on login. You can use multiple commands in the end of the target line -test -maxfps 25 -maxinactivefps 5 etc -
Quote:Thanks for the detail. I didn't know what she was talking about beforeBeaten by Aggie~ Again!
yeah, so you can have it show :
"E:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CohUpdater.exe" -maxfps 35 -maxinactivefps 5
Caps FPS at 35 when program is in focus, 5 when not in focus.
I use the maxinactive alot - helps with alt-tabbing :P Also good if you run multiple instances of the game.
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Quote:Bit of a story to add now
The Wild Predator wasn't always as cool and confident as she seems, she has led a very hard life due to the nature of her powers.
She was born different, born with a tail, cat ears and retracting claws. Due to this her parents decided not to keep her and left her outside an orphanage. From this day forward her daily life consisted of being taunted by the other children and having her food stolen. She was forced to learn how to hunt to survive.
However when she was 8 years old she was taken away from the orpanage by the Circle of Thorns. She was infused with a great dark magic power in an attempt to bring the Devil to earth but instead a single crystal grew inside her body, inside this crystal were the flames of Hell laying dormant however, not everything went according to the CoT's plans and her newfound powers awoke, the crystal had given her dominion over fire.
She awoke in a mighty blaze, burned robes and corpses lying around her. Fearful of what she had done she ran and escaped to the jungles of Eden and began to live in the wild. Statesman heard rumors of several wildfires around Eden and went to investigate.
As Statesman came across her, she was crying near a tree, surrounded by charred corpses. As he approached her she burst into flames 'BACK!' she screamed 'I dont want to burn you too' and she continued to sob. Stateman pondered the situation for a while but eventually decided to approach her. 'What are you doing?!' she screamed 'You will burn to a .....' she was cut short mid sentence however, as the flames enveloped him, he was not getting burned. 'How can you....?' but before she could finish her sentence, he put his arms around her and put her tear stricken face on his shoulder 'Its not your fault, you didnt do this to these people' he said.
Suddenly the flames began to subside return back inside of her body. After a few minutes just stood there she muttered the words 'thank you' and Statesman began to explain that the flames of Hell would only subside to people who are good, anyone evil would be enveloped and burned.
He managed to convince her to help him in his fight against crime under the alias The Wild Predator due to her life in the wild in Eden.
Great story! If I end up using your girl I'll let you know. No telling how soon that will be, but I'll let you know -
Quote:As I understand, the idea is that you're telling your card not to waste it's time rendering stuff you can't see anyway which may help in times of load just because all cycles are useful. Something like that.Remember, that's an UPPER LIMIT lock. ie 40 = "I don't care that you could be rendering at 60 fps, don't ever allow more than 40 fps.
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Quote:So I could set that to bind key and just tap it when logging in. Interesting stuff! Must go home and play!Yes, via slash commands, might aslo be able to do it through the menu but I'm not sure.
Edit: apparently any value from 1-999 will work and 0 turns of the limiter.
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I heard online that locking the framerate on a game might improve performance since the card won't be wasting time rendering what you can't see anyway (60+fps).
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Quote:You're the first one to have mentioned noticing that. Gale has always spoken in a particular font, but it changed for that panelWow.....I really liked how you drew and colored Gale in that last panel...and making the line "Call me Gale" in tiny text was highly effective for showcasing the emotions.
I have been visiting your site for a long time and want to thank you for creating such a fun informative place.
Lisa.
Thanks for the kudos. After Christopher Robin contacted me about doing some fan art, I've been inspired to get more active and keep it up more often (thus this thread) -
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Quote:Milkshakes is outgoing then? You described her later as demure though? I think my first catgirl should be more of the silent demure type so that might work. Can you tell me more?You can find a trio of Cat Girls in my character album in my sig, MilkShakes Char Cat and Meowce. MilkShakes started life as the life of the party, attending parties whenever they could be found in the ancient pocket-D. Now later in life she tends to host and organize the parties for the various SG's in her coalition. Now she lives a quiet life of semi retirement (during the school year)
Char Cat...is all about Fire! Where MilkShakes is demure party host Char Cat is vengeful dictator.
Finally, Meowce, my latest cat girl creation is lacking a back story and demeanor to fit. Given her contrasting name of mouse and meow she will likely be mostly bipolar running or fighting being determined by flip of the mental coin. -
I'm looking for some catgirls to do cameos in my upcoming comics so if you've got a hero or villain that's a catgirl, post her name, a short description of her temperment, and why you think she'd make a great comic character!
And pics.... Pics or it didn't happen.
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Quote:I got your art up on my site. I'd been planning to add an art gallery section to my page anyway so you're pic was my impetus. Check it out here:How dare you steal refs from my thread!
Why you little....
hahaha kidding.
I saw that post of yours mentioning you wanted catgurls... there is always Sapphic Neko and Katfood here in the art forums... either of them might be up for it.
Oh and #34 is up in my New Artz Thread... I did say at some point that I would make an effort at some real horses (as opposed to unicorns) so I put up a trio of sketches.
Equestrians have at em.
Jordan's Town Art Gallery
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Quote:If CR doesn't get to it, coincidentally I'm going to eventually need some catgirls for cameos in my comic. I just posted a call for catgirls today in my second-home forums:Throw's hat in ring
This is Gi Gina
http://nekollx.deviantart.com/art/GI-Gina-111754243
A hyper happy kitty girl with a bit of a suicidal tendency, saved from some Outcasts she was badly injered and had to have one arm replaced, on her other arm her savior gave her a gauntletto generate a shield.
and if i may also submit
One of my friends
http://nekollx.deviantart.com/art/Ro...ender-58393615
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Quote:Actually CR, that's pretty encouraging. I started my comic only for the purpose of improving and I have. It's nice to think that I could eventually get to your level if you started the same way I did.I have no formal training either (other than one life drawing class and the stuff I did in high school... both more than a decade ago) nor do I have a vast library of art book (though the internet helps
) and I was not born with a gift for drawing as it seems some people are... I am, for all intents and purposes, self taught.
Does that make me not a "real artist" either?
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Quote:And you fixed the pucker lips I accidentally gave Garuk too.
I should probably sign it first and PM you the full size scan,
but by all means go ahead and post it in your gallery as fan art, I'd be honored.
I also mentioned if you feel up for collaborating you can go ahead and apply your
coloring style to is as well. I'd love to see how it would look finished.
P.S. Yeah, uh hunh... you've drawn your own avatar, you've written, drawn and colored a 25 page web comic...
I can totally see why you'd say your not a "real artist"... sheesh what a hack.
Well not real in the sense that I have no idea what I'm doing. I have a general sense of what it should look like and granted I get better over time (look back at comics 1-3 sheesh), but my approach is like brute force. I have no classes, no books, I'm just hoping to learn little by little by doing it. My only training is the comic itself
I'll think about coloring the artwork, I'm interested in seeing it too, though who can say how soon I'll get to that. If there's anything amazing about me, it's only that I've managed as much as I have with as little time as I have (wife/4kids/job/sidejob/webdesign/actual PLAYING the game now and then). -
CR, let me know if it's ok if I post your pic on my home page as my very first fan art!
Also, in PM you told me to let you know if I had any suggestions and that you're kinda new to the Anime-ish style. I don't really consider myself an expert on anything at all, but I redrew the faces a little to give you an idea of how I'd have done it.
The eyes will be a bit lower and generally aren't as slanted. I also rounded out Shazel's face since girls aren't usually quite so chisled
Again, just my take.