Master-Blade

Getting it wouldn't be a pain, but trying to leave alive might be. haha

There are a few other things the Civilain NPCs can tell you..

http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Civilian

Does running all 4 Shard TFs in a row count? I've done that once, immediately followed by an ITF and STF. What a crazy day. lol

"-renderthread 1" has been enabled by default for a while now, and trying to purposely shut it off with "-renderthread 0" gives some people an error message when they log in...

What I'm trying to say is that's an outdated modifier. I can't see it making any difference one way or another these days.

That sounds like a HELL of a zone event! I'm up for it! lol

I'm not saying your solution isn't a valid one, but with only limited information about which part of the login process prevents somebody from going any further, it can still be any number of things. Once told it goes no further after selecting a server (still assuming), I would have also suggested removing that file (not necessarily the entire folder though).

Also, I'm just surprised that the issue is still around since it was supposedly fixed at some point last year.

Other possible fixes include:
- logging in with the "remember account name" UN-selected.
- logging in with an alternate username (Example: capitalized instead of lowercase)

As for your very specific scenario where one player is able to log in, but the other isn't, yet they can both log in just fine at another location, you are right.. the number of possible issues becomes limited... but I'd wager that specific scenario is not common enough to warrant a "retrain the Support staff" meeting. (That doesn't mean I don't think they need some retraining in general though. lol)

This. And that goes for Vampyre spawns in Striga as well. As long as somebody is in the area, the spawn will endure until defeated or until there is nobody in the area for X amount of time for them to "un-spawn".

This means it IS possible to find them there during the day (including the Masks), but certainly can't count on it.. and if you defeat them, they wont respawn again until nighttime.

That's not necessarily true either. Masks can still spawn during the "Day" in DA.

On my recent badge hunts, I used the spot in Talos until daytime, then I ran to DA to kill masks (and Sorcerers) in there until night came again. (I know when it's nighttime based on real time)

That's not my experience.

Per wiki:
It would make no sense for the faction to spawn but not have bosses only at certain times. The entire group is absent during the day, and has been this way as long as I can remember.

The minions only spawn at nighttime also.

A previous poster in the Tech forum mentioned texWorldV1.pigg got re-updated for them when they did a Verify Files. It's possible all you'd have to do is delete that one file and try again. The textures have to be available somewhere because I am seeing them just fine.

I wish you didn't have to re-download the whole set of textures now, but hopefully that will work it out for you as well.

Glad it worked out for you. I hope the problem isn't as wide-spread as it might initially have seemed.

That's actually incorrect and correct at the same time.

ALL commands are red Left-to-Right.. ALWAYS.

The reason emotes/powers/inspiation may appear to do it in reverse is this: (use 3 powers as an example)
- The first power or emote is read and run
- A second power or emote is read and immediately interrupts/overrides the first
- A third power or emote is read and immediately interrupts/overrides the second.
- The third power is executed.

Running the same command a second time will do this:
- The first power or emote is read and run
- A second power or emote is read and immediately interrupts/overrides the first
- A third power or emote is read, but is already active, so does nothing.
- The second power finishes being executed.

Running the same command a third time will do this:
- The first power or emote is read and run
- A second power or emote is read, but is already active, so does nothing.
- A third power or emote is read, but is already active, so does nothing.
- The first power finishes being executed.

This makes it look like it's reading it backward and starting at the last part of the bind, when it's really just the mechanics of the "powexec" commands making it look that way.

This can be tested and verified a number of ways. I use this as an example:
/bind KEY "L Line1$$L Line2$$L Line3$$L Line4"

Press KEY and you will see them in correct left-to-right order:
[Local] Player: Line1
[Local] Player: Line2
[Local] Player: Line3
[Local] Player: Line4

The mechanics may run certain types of commands in a certain way, but they are certainly always read from left-to-right as we write them. It's important to note the correct mechanics of binds when using more complex binds that might involve using certain commands in the correct order.

I was assuming the OP was referring to 60hz being their monitors refresh rate. If there can physically only be 60 frames shown on their screen, then they will only be able to see 60 frames, and there would be no reason to process anything higher than that. If this option is turned on, there would be no reason to use /maxfps 60.

I do agree with you though... even though "there have been studies that the human eye can only detect X frames per second... blah blah", we can certainly still perceive higher frame rates in other ways. Even if the human eye/brain only processes X# of images every second, it's not like they are X# still images. We can still notice differences. What a higher framerate does is create "motion-blur", which is what makes us believe a video at a higher framerate looks more realistic, or "true to life".

To answer the OP, there is already an option called Vertical Sync in the game options that should automatically limit the frame production to your screen's refresh rate. Not only does it theoretically increase overall performance of the system, but it would also reduce choppiness while you are moving/dragging the camera around.

NVidia even has an option in their Control Panel to Force On such an option. I'd guess ATI might also.

Yes. As for what they are adding/fixing:
"Patch notes will be available after the downtime."

Actually, the first command in that string is just chat, so you'd only have to press the button 2 times, waiting for the first emote to finish before setting off the second emote. The problem with that, is that it would say "Gratz!" in the chat twice instead of just once. You also run the chance of it running the same emote the second time the command is run

Alternate bind that would be easier:
/bind F5 "+$$s Gratz!$$e thumbsup$$e clap"

That runs the command twice. It will play one animation when you press the button, then start the second animation when you release the button, but again.. because the commands are being run twice, it will still say "Gratz!" twice as well.

As for the actual functionality of the emote working in the correct order and at the right time, we'd have to wait for servers to open to test it out. Keep in mind that many emote will not play while you are in combat stance anyway, which I believe is the OP's purpose of the bind... so there is a big possibility it wont even work at all anyway.

Workaround:
Use only one emote instead, and also use the "run the command twice" trick:
/bind F5 "+$$s Gratz!$$e clap"

This will still say "Gratz!" twice, but in the longrun, people usually don't care if you spam gratz at somebody leveling up, so maybe we can ignore that for now. What it will also do is interrupt our combat stance the first time the command is run, which should allow it to play the clap animation correctly when you release the key.

Then unfortunately, you'd probably still need a second key if you wanted to bind a second emote to work consistently.

This is all of course still pending testability when the servers come back online.

Personally, I find it easier to skip the emotes for purposes such as this. Unless you are going to be throwing confetti or something, most people on the team are probably not going to notice, and those that do might wonder why you aren't just helping them fight the bad guys. lol