Llewthor

Hey guys, so it looks like i'm still at a sticking point.

Today, I wiped out the hard drive today and work and re-loaded all the essential programs, and the game, today before I left work. I tested the game and had no freezing issues and everything looked like it was 100%.

Now that I have the computer at home, reconnected and fired up, I'm having issues with it recognizing/connecting me to the internet, and having the same exact freezing issues with the game and now also with vent for the first time (as I tried to re-set this up, as well).

Not sure what my next step is at this point, but I'm still plugging away. I've done the next suggested tests from NCSoft and will have to wait until tomorrow at this point to see what they come up with/suggest next.

Hope to be back to normal soon.

-Llew.

I haven't reformatted yet, so I just did a search of my computer and can't find anything remotely close to the program you named.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

Thanks for the responses guys.

Just to update, I have the game in windowed mode as this is how I normally play (so I can switch between two instances of the game while also running anything else), but I have been unable to tell the game to "stay on top."

I have my computer at my office with me today and the plan is the wipe the hard drive and start from scratch ... since when I first got the computer a little more than a month ago everything worked fine.

Hopefully I'll have a report tonight that everything is back to normal.

-Llew.

Hey all -

I posted this in the tech forums on Friday and haven't had any kind of response and since the Champion forums are generally pretty active on the weekends, I am hopeful that someone here might have a solution for me.

Here is my original post to the tech forums:

Hey guys -

I've search for the last couple of days in an attempt to try and figure out when I continue to have this issue. My computer is new (not quite two months old, i believe) and I started having this issue about 2-3 weeks ago.

What happens is, when I fire up my computer and load CoH, I am working off of my left monitor. The game opens up on my right monitor (which is how i have things set up), but when i click on the game/right monitor for the first time, everything freezes for a few (20-30) seconds. If I try and switch back to the left monitor (to run vent, Itunes, Chrome or anything else) I get the same freeze again.

If I don't start the game when i start up my computer, I can click back and forth between the two monitors without any issues or freezing, which leads me to believe that the issue is with CoH.

Here's my information and I'll be great-full for any help.


---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at July 16, 2010 18:44 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100226-1909)
System Manufacturer: Alienware
System Model: Aurora
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 980 @ 3.33GHz (12 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
Memory: 12288MB
.Net Memory Report: 10168MB out of 12278MB available
Page File: 21977MB (2578MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST3500418AS) 402757MB out of 468680MB (85%) free
D Drive: (PLDS DVD+-RW DH-24AAS) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (64-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 480
Video Memory: 4063 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.12.5721
Driver Date: 6/7/2010 7:58:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 480
Video Memory: 4063 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.12.5721
Driver Date: 6/7/2010 7:58:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6039
Driver Date: 2/2/2010 10:36:58 PM

Sound Device Description: Realtek HDMI Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6039
Driver Date: 2/2/2010 10:36:58 PM

Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6039
Driver Date: 2/2/2010 10:36:58 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Alienware
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 04VWF2
Motherboard Version: A01
BIOS Manufacturer: Alienware
BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
BIOS Version: ALWARE - 20100406
BIOS Release: 20100406000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1680x1028
3D Resolution: 1680x1028 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: Yes
Screen Position: 1945, 240
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Medium?


World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Stencil shadows
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
Environmental Reflections: Low quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance


Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
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: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 1787383 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1800.201006040036.8T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
.\texture_library\GUI\Icons\Powers has 236 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 32 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files

Wait a minute ... I thought you were on an ice/electric dom last night, Force?

Overall was fun last night and looks like we should have a blast with this team.

-Llew.

Thanks to everyone who came out tonight for this.

After a quick restart for the first wave, this took just about an hour to take out Hami.

Next raid in two weeks, Saturday, 7/24.

-Llew.

EoE Hunt is tonight at Monster Island ... access through submarine in north of Grandville.

Just a reminder that the EoE hunt at Monster Island is this Friday night (7/9 8PM EST) and that the regularly-scheduled Hami raid is Saturday 7/10 @ 7:30PM EST.

Thanks.

Happy birthday Cobalt!

Check out Silas' guide on Pain here: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=196722

I think you basically want everything except Soothing Aura and possibly the rez, depending on your build.

-Llew.

So we had some issues with the number of people in the zone, the lack of /pain domination corruptors and masterminds and lack of EoEs.

I'd like to plan on doing another EoE hunt before the next raid, so if you are available to help, please plan on being in Monster Island on Friday, 7/9 at 8PM EST.

The raid will form up on Saturday, 7/10 at 7PM EST.

Thanks to everyone who showed up and made a valiant try and I apologize that we weren't able to do this past weeks' raid successfully.

-Llew.

See you all tonight.

I've got slotting questions for you Silas. I'm screwing around with my dual pistols/traps build (toon is only lvl 19 right now), and my plan is to build for smashing/lethal defense soft-cap before considering FFG just in case its out of range, so this is where i'm stuck:

Slotting of Acid Mortar -- initially, i six-slotted shield breakers, but i'm only getting minimal (1.56) s/l defense out of it. So, do i swap out the Achilles and Devastation procs and use the last four slots from a ranged damage set for some other bonus? Am I wasting my time with the shield breaker set here?

Seeker Drones -- in your guide you said you slotted Dark Watchers for the recharge bonus and the -to hit. Along those lines, i used five Siphon Insight for the s/l defense bonus, but it's basically the same thing, right?

PGT -- not sure exactly where to go here ... i six-slotted Basilisk's Gaze here in one build and in another used four BG and two recharge enhancements. I'm trying to go with a non-purpled build but not positive what's comparable to your slotting of Unbreakable Constraints.

I did two builds; one with boxing/tough/weave and the other with manuevers/assault/vengeance and i get closet to the soft-cap with the first build. Just for kicks, i've added the data chunk.

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Thanks.

-Llew.

Thanks Silas ... another great guide that I'll refer to for finishing my dp/traps build and again when i get around to making (another corruptor!) a fire/traps for AV/GM soloing.

-Llew.

Thanks Cobalt.

Just to hold the spot on the calendar, can someone add Villain Hami Raids to the following dates for me? They will all be form up at 7PM and starting at 7:30PM EST (or sooner if zone caps).

-- Saturday, June 26
-- Saturday, July 10
-- Saturday, July 24

That's about as far ahead as I need to plan for now.

Thanks.

-Llew.

Since I haven't touched any of my heroes in close to two months (insert villainous grin here) I would say open up my slot to someone who actually plays on blueside and needs the badge.

But, as always, if you need to fill the final slot I can wipe the dust off of one of my heroes and give you all a hand. Just put me down as your alternate, since you know I'll be hanging around vent anyways.

For the record, my emp, stone tank and dark 'fender all have the Mo badge and I could bring any of those or my fire/kin, fire/fire blaster or any of a couple of lol scrappers.

-Llew.

Great run. Congratz everyone and thanks Slacker for leading us through.

-Llew.

Gratz guys ... well done.