(Copied from thread on Player Questions)
Lately I've been having some pretty strange problems with CoH. About a month ago, I started getting disconnected with increasing frequency, sometimes because of lag due to graphics (I'm not on the greatest system in the world), and sometimes for no reason at all. Now, I have a character who is stuck in Ouroboros because my system refuses to even load the zone. When I try to log in, the load screen finishes, but all I get is a sky-colored blank screen and extreme lag before the game reverts to the login screen.
Using the Task Manager, I've found that my internet connection is almost non-existent when this happens, and my CPU usage spikes to 100% at the same time. I've tried improving my performance by turning down graphics on another character and defragging my hard drive, but neither helped. That's why I'm asking the much-more-computer-savy-than-I forum users for HELP!
System Info from CoH Helper:
---System information gathered by
CoH Helper version
0.1.1.7---
DxDiag gathered at July 22, 2009 10:32 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3
(2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Dimension 8400
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A09
Central Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz
Memory: 3070MB
.Net Memory Report: 2431MB out of 3070MB available
Page File: 3966MB (483MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD2500JD-75HBB0) 131252MB out of 234417MB (55%) free
D Drive: (SONY CD-RW CRX216E) zero-size drive
E Drive: (PHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8631) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.5512 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: SyncMaster 2232BW plus,SyncMaster Magic CX2232GW Plus(Digital)
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1680,1050
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 6800
Video Memory: 256.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.7124
Driver Date: 12/15/2004 12:01:00 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: SB Live! 24-bit
Driver File: P17.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0514
Driver Date: 6/15/2007 2:47:26 AM
Sound Device Description: Modem #0 Line Playback (emulated)
Driver File:
Driver Version:
Driver Date: 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM
Sound Device Description: SoundMAX Digital Audio
Driver File: smwdm.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.5246
Driver Date: 1/27/2005 4:31:06 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 0GH003
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
BIOS Name: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A09
BIOS Version: DELL - 7
BIOS Release: 20060707000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1680x1050
3D Resolution: 1680x1050 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 0Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: None
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: Unknown (3)
World Texture Level: High
Character Texture Level: High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
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: 0.733
Music Sound Volume: 0.733
Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 310436 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 19.20090702.5T2
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found
Any kind of help at all would be appreciated
