Mandu

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  1. I would love it providing it was as presented in the op. You don't have to watch if you don't want the item. That way it doesn't affect those who don't want to watch the ad in any way what so ever.

    And the sword of omens or similar item wouldn't wind up being prevalent in the game anyway. It would be just like every other new powerset or archetype that has popped up. For a couple weeks you would see it everywhere, and then it would become rare. When dual pistols came out you couldn't turn a corner without seeing firing their fancy pistols. Now look at it.
  2. Mandu

    Game Crashing

    Thank you for leaving your solution here. It could help anybody else suffering the same problem.
  3. It is possible that it's the gpu overheating. Visually check to make sure the fan on the card is spinning cleanly and that there is no dust build up. Whatever program you have used to monitor you cpu temperature should be able to monitor the gpu as well.

    And even though you can't get cohhelper to run how about listing what card you have and which driver version. And one other possible way to check if it's a failing video card is to get speedfan or some other software which can control the fan on your video card and set it to 100%. If you can run the game in high settings for a while with the fan set to 100% then the card is definitely failing and it's threshold temperature has dropped considerably.
  4. Mandu

    No panel at PAX?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by blueruckus View Post
    Whatever it is you're all doing please be on Saturday.
    nononononono.

    Sunday. I couldn't get a Saturday pass.
  5. I picked not necessarily what I thought were the best but what I loved and have found that many other people haven't heard of. I've actually been shocked by how few people have read Armor which is in my opinion the absolute best powered armor book out there.

    Plus I picked the Acts of Caine series. Again almost nobody I've introduced it to had even heard of Stover. Dhalgren, Steel Beach, etc... I believe in promote the unknown, not promote the well known.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    However I answered that question as well.


    That goes to show you that if you ask a question, you need to do it in a clear manner. Punctuation, capitalization, and grammar go a long way to being understood.
    I understood it perfectly well. It's not the fault of the op that you read it as "a 15 month" rather than "15 a month".
  7. Re-cluse the friendly ghost
    The friendliest ghost you know
    Though Loyalists look at him with fright
    Resistance all love him so
  8. For me Hulk is hit or miss, mostly miss. I loved him as a kid but became meh over him later. However the one Hulk run which I will never stop loving is when Peter David was writing him.
  9. The mention of Blosnky reminded me of something. I really wish that Captain America had used the same fight choreographer that designed the Blonsky/Hulk fight.

    The fights in the Captain America movie were good enough but the shield bashing people 30 feet through the air seemed a bit over the top. More like what you would see on a b movie version (or the inevitable bollywood rip off version).

    But on the other end of the scale the first time I saw Blonsky going up against Hulk I was filled with a feeling of "Holy ****! That is what a super soldier should look like in action!" And I still feel the same way every time I watch that scene.
  10. Unfortunately it also varies with the credit card and your physical location. I've used my Chase Mastercard to buy 3 things in a row with no problem. Other people have required several days between purchases or contacting support.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ObiWan View Post
    The two most important keys to a healthy Con are also the two hardest to dead with, at least for me. Rest and plenty of liquids. And in THIS case beer does not count as a liquid.
    Very true. You also have to have lots of espresso.
  12. Mandu

    Bill S. 978

    Youtube may get overzealous and start yanking videos if this comes to pass but those videos will soon be back up. The person whose copyright is being infringed actually has to complain in order for any charges to be filed. Nobody except the rights holder can claim loss. And no game company is going to claim loss except possibly where somebody is showing beta footage or demonstrating a hack or other form of cheat. So this means no more video guides to jerk hacking and duping rares.

    On the other hand this will prevent people from reposting Rebecca Black videos after she has yanked them from youtube. So it isn't all bad.
  13. Do you have a wallpaper or screensaver program that changes images every few minutes?

    If it isn't that then your gpu is probably overheating and the computer is reducing voltage to let it cool down. A lot of computers have that as a safety feature. Just in case this is the problem I would suggest picking up a cooling pad. They are fairly inexpensive and almost a necessity for laptops playing CoH on anything except minimal settings. I say almost because there are laptops that have enough fanpower to keep the system cool or have chips rated for much higher temperatures. But that's usually only the really high end systems that can run the latest games on the highest settings.
  14. Are you leaving the launcher running while you are playing? Once you have opened your launcher click on file>settings and then under the general tab choose exit after launching.

    The program has a memory leak and will gradually grab up more and more memory until there isn't enough for CoH to keep running.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Primantiss View Post
    Don't modern PC's reboot when one of the CPU chips are dangerously hot?

    That may be a problem if the OP's cooling is insufficient and some chip is overheating.

    Yes they do. And CoH does stress the cpu more than most programs. But it is best to start with the most obvious possibility and eliminate that before moving onto other possible causes. The overheating cpu/gpu is less likely because although there isn't as great a strain on them CoH still stresses them enough that they would probably be overheating even in empty zones if that was the problem. It could be incorrectly applied thermal paste or any number of other things. But it's still best to take it a step at a time.
  16. Saw it. Good solid hero movie.

    One jarring bit though, at least for me. Mostly the movie seemed to be trying to be a realistic superhero movie. realistic as in Batman Begins, Iron Man or even Thor. People acting like people instead of caricatures.

    But at the moment Steve went from being a symbol to being officially a hero and assembled his team the movie, or acting at least seemed to step into the exaggeration zone. It felt more like The Spirit or Batman Forever. Fortunately not Batman and Robin level though. Then once it switched back to current day it became more serious again.

    Not the script, just the way people seemed to emphasize their speech and movements.

    I didn't think it was bad, just caught me off guard. Possibly they just shot those scenes first since they involved all the special effects. The actors not yet being fully in sync with their characters could have been what I was seeing.
  17. Mandu

    The Dead Pool

    Aside from my comic bookie speculation above it will probably be Citadel. He's a robot so can easily be brought back in some other form in the future. And it will give them time to revamp the Citadel TF.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Melancton View Post
    It is tough to wrap my head around the notion that CoH is actually a "service" like cable TV or internet: you pay your monthly fee, you have access. So for it to suddenly be announced that it will be "free" sits a bit badly.
    A scenario. Cable television is now going to be free. However people getting it for the first time only get to choose two channels and they can only be your local channels. If you have paid for cable in the past then you can pick your two channels from the expanded basic channels but still no premium. If you have purchased premium channels in the past then you can have an extra channel for every premium channel you subscribed to. You can't get any hd or on demand channels unless you subscribe to them.

    Suddenly "free" cable isn't such a great bargain is it?
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Texas Justice View Post
    I noticed that you have the Wacom Tablet Service running. I seem to recall a problem with Wacom tablets or their drivers causing problems with CoH some time ago, although I can't recall the details. Since I recognize Power Stream's name from the Art forumz, it's possible that this is something you have in common.

    I do know that the Wacom tablets used in my school district are USB, so that would fit with Power Stream remembering it saying something about USB.

    Perhaps that will trigger someone's memory that is a bit better than mine.
    Nice catch Texas. The problem with the tablets was that they prevented CoH from loading at all. It acted exactly like the windowblinds issue. And the only way to resolve it was to uninstall the tablet software entirely. Not just stop it from running but uninstall it so it was probably a driver conflict. Obviously the tablet software isn't stopping CoH from running any more but there is a chance it still causes problems.

    Kitsune, my suggestion is uninstalling the tablet and seeing what that does. If it fixes the problem then you have to decide if you need the tablet or not. And if you do then I guess we just have to keep trying for a workaround.
  20. Mandu

    Memory Issue

    The 1 3 4 code is no ram detected and memory failure.

    Have you tried placing them in the other two slots? Usually as long as you aren't installing just a single stick then either paired slot combo will work.
  21. Run this program.
    [URL="http://home.roadrunner.com/%7Edasloth/CoH/CoHHelper.html"]CoHHelper

    It will show us what hardware you have.

    Also if you still have the box for your power supply (always keep the boxes in case something goes wrong during the warranty period. It makes returning them easier) then give us the brand and part number.
  22. Do you leave the launcher open when you play or do you have the exit launcher after launching game chosen? The launcher has an intermittent memory leak. Intermittent as in some people don't see it at all. Most people see a consistent but slow climb. Occasionally there is a huge surge. But if something were gobbling up your ram then you could hit a point where you had virtually none available.

    If you want then post the results of one or both of these CoHHelper and Hijackthis maybe somebody can see something in there.
  23. I gave up long ago on trying to join serious learning about powers rp groups. Because every last one of them has one type who is there at all times. In fact I suspect the player lives at their keyboard.

    "My dad left my mom when I was only five, but not until he set fire to all my friends and kicked my puppy. Then my mom and I lived in a cardboard box. She made me make toast in the morning by cooking moldy bread over a candle. If it burned it she beat me with a piece of pipe. If I didn't burn it then she beat me with a golf club to remind me never to burn it.

    The first time I kissed a girl spines shot out of my body and impaled her. She died in my arms. The same thing happened to the next 10 girls I kissed too.

    Every time I armor up I feel the pain of every person in Paragon who has ever died screaming in agony. Then I get a drink"


    In other words the emoier than thou type. I want to play with somebody who says "Oh wow. Look at this. I just managed to make a bird out of ice." not "Look, I just made a heart of ice. A heart as cold and dead as that of my father Satan, prince of darkness."
  24. I hate the idea. Not because Rodriguez can't do a good version. Truth is his film making sensibilities would be perfect. But because I can already hear the musical score. Lots of rap, Coldplay, Halestorm.
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mr. DJ View Post
    I want to see this...not bootleg, but actually go to the theater and see it.
    I wish more people would do this. Not just because it improves the box office but because if you just watch a cam version then you really have no right to comment on how good the movie is. Or rather you do have a right but your opinion will be so uninformed as to make it pointless. Watching a cam version isn't like watching a dvd. You miss all sorts of visual and audio bits that might be important to the story.

    This plus the fact that seeing something larger than life while in the company of fans can make a movie seem a lot better than it actually is. Which happens to be a good thing as well.

    I won't weigh in on the movie myself until after I've seen it but I am looking forward to the experience.