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The slots that weren't released with this issue are currently a total mystery to the playerbase.
In a few days, all the information that's public should be on Paragonwiki for your viewing pleasure. -
Using the NCSoft Launcher, or the old cohupdater? Also, just for clairty, the process's name would be "cityofheroes.exe".
I'd suggest posting a CoH Helper log & HiJack This log, to give us a better idea what's going on with your system. -
ATM, you need Service Pack 3 for Windows XP to play.
You can either install that, or wait until the next patch, which is supposed to restore compatibility for your out of date and abandoned-by-Microsoft operating system. -
It being a 7200RPM HD is definitely not an issue (I play exclusively on a 5400RPM HD in my laptop without issue). Going to a Raptor or SSD will make loading faster (SSD far more so than any Raptor), but it shouldn't be having an impact on reliability in and of itself.
Unfortunately, I don't really see anything that stands out... possibly try doing a verify, it can't hurt. Also, could try running Memtest86 on your RAM, although that's also a long shot... but if no one else has any better ideas... -
Quote:I've had people do this with every TF/SF that has any sort of temporary powers involved. It's not really something unique to these badges in any way... And hell, most people don't even know about the badges, so most won't ever do that, and those that do will likely learn fairly quickly that getting ten on a single character on a single run is extremely unlikely to happen, and logically conclude that's not how it works.Originally Posted by Virusman
I can actually confirm that people think that they need to have all of the objects and proceed to not use them. Had somebody try that earlier... not only did we have to tell him about 3 times DURING it, we had to cajole him to use his grenades on marauder... -
The Strike Force needs to first be unlocked by getting a random 'tip' (doesn't count against the standard tips), you should be introduced to the contact at the end of that. Not sure where the contacts themselves are for either, though (Pwiki doesn't say yet).
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You have to have started CoH using the NC launcher to have the wisp aura available in the character creator, that part doesn't appear to be sticky.
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Quote:Mind you, you get infinite jump, so you can just press it at any time and start jumping as well! The recharge isn't that lengthy (2 minutes, iirc?).Originally Posted by _BAS_
You have to have purchased the Good vs. Evil Edition expansion, and it isn't a jetpack, but rather a jump-pack (The jump pack provides a slower super jump capability, and automatically shuts off after 30 seconds, at which point there is a pretty lengthy recharge).
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So your problem isn't with the badge, but you think people are too stupid to understand it? ... Are you just trying to cover because you didn't understand it?
I have a feeling that anywhere from a week - a month the vast majority of Lambda runs will be going off without a hitch, once people are at all familiar with how they go down. -
Quote:Be aware that TURNING YOUR COMPUTER ON could turn it into a brick. But such statements are quite silly.Originally Posted by dbuter
Be aware that upgrading to SP3 could turn your computer into a brick.
If you're really paranoid, make sure all your drivers are up to date before you update, and that your machine isn't crawling with all kinds of malware from being a year or more behind on security updates. Then again, if you were really paranoid, you'd have already updated a long time ago... -
You need to upgrade to Windows XP Service Pack 3. You also need Windows XP Service Pack 3 to continue receiving SECURITY updates for Windows (actually, you've needed it since last june, when Microsoft officially dropped SP2).
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There appears to be a bug with them not providing the buff on the trials, but normal content appears unaffected.
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AFAIK, your whole team would have to not use any of them (otherwise it'd be damn hard to get TEN of 'em!). It sounds more like a Master of run than anything.
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Quote:So wait, which badge on that list are you talking about? None of them look like they have anything to do with griefing.Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion
WOW. So I can just count on having a 0% chance to complete Lamda with any PUG group I join. Perfect. Thanks for the info, at least I know what I am in for.
FYI, I already beat Lamda on a pug
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I don't believe so. Otherwise, I'd have my +1 by now
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Quote:Make sure mouseover tips aren't disabled in your normal settings- that could be the cause of your issue (also, setting the timer lower than the default is also often helpful). They were working for me earlier.Originally Posted by Katie V
If they did, it didn't make it to my copy of the client. As I noted in my first post, none of the buttons has a mouseover tip.
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I don't think it exists... but it'd certainly be nice.
A "leaguenext" command would also be very good (that goes by the order on the big list, so you won't need 24 binds to get everyone...). -
Quote:Agreed, I think it'd be good to try to make it so the temp travel powers would work (after all, Ninja Run works in it, and I believe the Jump Pack did as well).Originally Posted by Wanted_NA
I whole heartedly agree. Give us Jetpacks, please.
Now you've crossed the line. That's just wholly unreasonable, and I now have to reject everything you ever have, or ever will support.Quote:Originally Posted by Wanted_NA
Oh, re-enable my Alpha slot back in the trial while you're at it.
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Quote:Post in the Tech Issues forum with your reason, and we most likely can help you out. Just saying 'BLAH BLAH BLAH THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!' won't be of any good.Originally Posted by Psychic Guardian
My laptop running XP SP2 is a dualcore from '05 haha. it's the laptop's GFX card holding back my game, not the core usage.
Hm, if that's it's purpose, they could at least hide it in the options of the NCSoft Launcher to disable. I'd happily run my 1core than 0
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Quote:This (except replace "Windows XP" with "XP without SP 3").Originally Posted by Psychic Guardian
Issue 20=Doom for us Windows XP players
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=257008
(ServicePack3 is now required to play the game.)
And for extra motivation to upgrade to Windows XP Service Pack 3, all support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 was killed off just about a year ago, including security updates (no, "I have antivirus" is not an excuse to forgo security updates... antivirus is your LEAST effective means of defense!).
If you're having issues upgrading to Service Pack 3, check the Gameplay / Technical Issues & Bugs section of the forums, and post there if you can't find another thread about that problem already. We should be able to help you solve any problems you're facing. -
Quote:They aren't allys, but pets. So no, there is no penalty for using them... but they aren't permanent (as in, you can't have them out 24/7, similar to the patron pets).Originally Posted by talestar
Will the allys we summon leach exp form us like they do in Ae player made tf? and if so whay do you guys give us one of the best options in a game and then penilize us for using them?
Edit: Like Zombie Man says, you get the henchman controls and such... except they aren't permanent (as in, no duration) like MM pets are. Not sure if they follow you when zoning, either... hopefully they do. -
Quote:-launcher is a special flag we're not supposed to be manually usingOriginally Posted by The_Spad_EU
You say that, but if I run ye olde EU updater without specifying the auth server I get a serverlist with "Unnamed" in it and nothing else (and a Failed to Connect to DB Server error if I trying to connect to it) - it was working fine pre-i20 update
Edit: Actually, it's sort of my fault, but still a change in behaviour. If it run the update without any switches, it works, but if I run it with -launcher than I have to specify an auth server to avoid the "unnamed" server. Still, it worked yesterday with -launcher and without -auth. Serves me right for all the unsupported fiddling really And I'm fairly certain it provides no benefits from repeated use...
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Quote:The US updater needs no special flags, and, still works perfectly fine. AFAIK, that -auth parameter tells the game to use the EU authenticator server instead of the US one. A shortcut created to launch CoH back in i6* would work just as well now.Originally Posted by The_Spad_EU
Run:orCode:
"C:\Program Files\city of heroes\cohupdater.eu.exe" -launcher -auth 64.25.36.15
for the EU or US versions of the game respectively (obviously change the path if you haven't installed CoX to "C:\program files\city of heroes\").Code:"C:\Program Files\city of heroes\cohupdater.exe" -launcher -auth 64.25.36.15
Can't verify that the US version uses the same auth server (or even that you need to specify it), so it might not work but someone with a working US version and a copy of Process Explorer should be able to get the right authserver IP
May break at any time. I take no responsibility for anything, etc.
* And probably i0, but I wasn't around back then so can't say for 100% sure. -
Quote:That's simply silly. The game uses GetLogicalProcessorInformation() to find out information about the processors/cores makeup of your computer, i.e. which cores are on a single processor, how many processors you have, and how many cores- this is important to know for threading, and making the game FASTER and MORE RESPONSIVE. It's not like they're looking through your address book, no need for totally misplaced paranoia.Originally Posted by Psychic Guardian
(From what I can get from that error message it appears the game won't run with XP2 because it's unable to tap into my processor data with it's current coding. I don't see how it's any of an MMOs business what type/power/speed processor I have anyway. maybe with their Techhelp exe they give when players have problems with the software. But it certainly doesn't seem required to me for the game itself.)
Sounds like the driver is 100% to blame, not in any way NCSoft/NCLauncher/CoH. I'd suggest uninstalling the driver, then trying to upgrade to SP3, and then finding the latest version of the driver (not some crappy ancient one that came with the system), and installing THAT. If it's for an unused piece of hardware... just leave it gone.Quote:Originally Posted by Psychic Guardian
I also am on Windows XP SP2. Upgrading to SP3 corrupts a driver of my laptop, which corrupts the OS, I have to restore the OS from the recovery partition when this happens, which restores back to SP2, etc etc.
Cohupdater.exe IS the old launcher! Just make a shortcut to it, or use your old shortcut to it, you can have both installed at once (hell, I still just use the old updater since it's already on my taskbar and I've been too lazy to switch it).Quote:Originally Posted by Psychic Guardian
I am not destroying my OS again for the game. Can someone post detailed instructions of removing the NCSoft Launcher and instructing Cohupdater.exe to use the old launcher instead of queue the NCSoftLauncher to launch?
And that's not like it's going to fix your problem... Your problem is:
1) A crappy driver (update it!)
2) Refusing to upgrade to a 3 year old Service Pack (FYI, even Microsoft has already dropped support for you!)
3) Those damn space pirates.
4) ???
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Quote:It'd be far faster to right click on the City of Heroes folder -> Properties -> Security tab -> Advanced -> Owner tab -> Edit -> (UAC prompt) -> Click on your user name (Or 'Other users or groups...' if it's not listed, then type your user name -> 'Check Name' -> OK), check Replace owner on subcontainer and objects -> OK -> OK -> OK, and you should be done- and now the permissions are appropriately setup, without having to copy several GIGABYTES of data.Originally Posted by Psychic Guardian
Your issue is related to all the "security" measures the crap that windows vista/7 comes with. The Spad's post above my last one give's instructions that I believe will fix your issue. (Copying and pasting the files he named from C:\program files(x86)\ to the desktop and clicking them there)
NCLauncher really should check the permissions itself and adjust them automatigcally, I've no idea why they'd try the switch before they had it fully supported and all that goodness.