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I've only seen that two times before.
Once was a bug related to my graphics settings on the specific graphics card I used.
The first time I saw that, it was on my friend's PC. His graphics card was the problem; and ended up melting itself onto the power connector as well as catching on fire.
If you've changed your settings recently, try turning them down and up, to see if you can find the sweet spot where it works. On the same note, it might be related to a driver change if you've installed different drivers recently.
It also wouldn't hurt to take the side off the case and sniff around to see if you can smell burning and also do a visual check to make sure it's not choked with dust or (obviously) damaged inside.
Maybe someone else will have better ideas, although they'll likely ask you to post a CoH Helper report and other things. For instructions on that, refer to this post. http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=231628 -
+1 for the movie reference. It's always nice to see that the devs look outside of their box towards other works, like an insight into what they do. I've not seen Napoleon Dynamite myself, but I was told about that scene of it by a relative after they saw the movie.
I'll be grabbing the bundle. I quite like that the vanity pet Lion would be non-combat compared to the Lionesses, it mimics real life nicely, which provides a great contrast to the movie reference. -
I've found this error as well... My solution was to disable the sandbox on my security software. If your software might be isolating CoH in some way, due to it being a new version of the executable (because it was just updated) and thus not on the "safe program" lists... Feel free to look for a sandbox/isolation/limitation function in the security software you have and either add an exception or (not recommended) disable the feature.
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Quote:Prior to Free To Play locking large chunks of the playerbase out of the market and making it impossible for them to trade or even receive gifts from teammates... I completely agree. I too feel it is worthile seeing drops that I simply can't use, right down to inspiration types that I've been burning mercilessly being acquired more often by my teammates.. It made it feel like the game forced a multiplayer attitude.Originally Posted by Intussusceptor
*text removed.. just check the post above*
With the aforementioned changes to trading, market & gifts though.. it may be time for a rethink on something. -
It's a bug. It's been in the game for at least 7 issues.
I'm surprised I haven't heard of any harrassment situations involving this bug, it'd certainly make it easier, I guess Paragon's legal department doesn't think that way.
Another item that dissapears is the Wedding Pack's tuxedo for females, the fancy one. The entire tux dissapears when in water... leaving you only with whatever is under the tux. No idea where this item is located in the paragon market, though.
Some Super Group Base items also cause this bug, particularly the arcane versions of the crafting tables (that let you build items for the base). -
My brain is slowly dissolving.. so I'll keep this short.
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I noticed you had both Trend Micro Internet Security and McAfee Site Advisor installed.
There could be a software conflict between McAfee and Trend Micro.
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I'd like to also request clarification on that temperature of "111". If it's 111F that's healthy.. if it's 111C then the laptop probably needs cleaning (internally)* or it could be dead within a week.
* I do not recommend opening the laptop's case yourself unless you are a qualified professional. -
Quote:Freedom of movement. That was its problem from the start. A hero/villain can go to and from Praetoria, Ouroboros, Rikti War Zone, Pocket D and their own side's maps (anywhere I forgot?)... Praetorians however are limited to Praetoria and Pocket D.Originally Posted by MadHobbit
what about Preitoria? last night on server chat a player was complaining about lack of players so he deleted the char he was running and re-created a hero version.
It's easy for a hero or villain to join a Praetorian for leveling (providing you have access..) but a Praetorian is simply stuck.
As for the topic itself...
1) As said before.. The Hollows gets boring rather fast. Personally I managed to drag 6 or so characters through the missions right up to Flux's Frostfire.
1a) Read above posts.
2) TheBruteSquad and Airhammer said pretty much everything I would. Most people enjoy playing Heroes even if the (clasically) Villain ATs are more fun for them.
3) Netphenix5 and SwiftOneSpeaks have a lot to say that I agree with here. I do however agree that the "audio overlay" in the new tutorial is horrifically cringe-worthy. They really do need to remove the audio and replace it with either the pop-up captions of the pop-up dialogue windows that already existed in-game. -
You want this page on the wiki...
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Cce_%28Slash_Command%29
To do your above example...
/bind h cce 1 CCEvilLaugh
That would change to costume slot 2 while using the Evil Laugh costume change emote, whenever you pressed the H key.
To my knowledge, you don't need to worry about capitalisation in the binds, it's there for readability.
An alternative is a macro...
/macro C2EL cce 1 CCEvilLaugh
In this example "C2EL" is the name of the macro, and what would show on the button in your power tray. -
Looks like the new pseudo-zones. Are you anywhere near Argosy Industrial there (or any of the other 3 pseudo-zones)? Your map (top left I noticed) is a mess of names so I can't make any sense of it at that size.
Reason I say this is twofold..
Firstly your team list shows a grey background (instead of the usual green) just like the pseudo-zones.
Secondly, I was observing street-spawn mobs dissapearing in that fashion, next to a pseudo-zone earlier today.
Still needs to be bugfixed of course... Treating chunks of a street map as a mission zone really wasn't one of their brightest ideas. I'm guessing it was done to allow the in-mission debt settings (less debt from dying inside missions) and increase player interaction (failed due to implimentation). -
Apart from the standard, obligatory spiel about checking for newer drivers...
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
Do you know what this is? I don't recognise it and it does seem to be suspiciously named (especially if you note the folder & location).
Quote:Unrelated... I miss having access to CCD, the copy I've got won't install on my new system. I don't have much use for it nowadays but still.. it was nice to have.C:\Program Files\PLAY ONLINE\PLAY ONLINE.exe -
Tried running a Repair/Consistency Check on the game from the launcher?
Seems possible that if your screen didn't show it but another person's screen did, you may have some slightly corrupt files. -
Quote:To clarify before anyone says something silly. This is most likely true.Originally Posted by Fireheart
Feel free to holler at Jay Love, but 'completing' sets seems to have a very low priority. The 'Steampunk' armor-set still lacks boots and normal-sized gloves, and that's one of the Original sets, it's been 'broken' for half a decade, now.
Be Well!
Fireheart
Being that the Steampunk set is NOT to be confused with the "Steampunk Pack" and its contents.
As for the other, there never was and likely never will be, a Cyborg chest piece. Clockwork and Robot will do as a decent stand-in though. I'd hate to think how long it'd take to concept sketch, approve, model, skin, etc. a chest piece that matches those legs/arms/gloves/boots... Seems to me it'd be a mess of flat wires/bent metal that few people would want to use. -
Quote:The new all-levels sewer trial. Just check the Help Channel if you want to find it as a hero (it's SO much easier than standing near Ms Liberty and using local chat). Please remember that as it is ALL LEVELs you can keep farming the sewer trial unti at least level 48.Originally Posted by PL_Beggar
With the nerf to ambush farms what are people using as farm mish these days?
Thank you,
Goodbye. -
Quote:Based on reading the whole thread so far... The only solution I could suggest that hasn't been posted, is to avoid the zones during busy hours. Personally, I've had very little lag. I too though, am curious about what specs your computer has (and for that matter, what your connection to the server is like).Originally Posted by Cien_Fuegos
Hi long time vet here several thing i have noted continue to perplex me about new issue
number 1: I know lag we usually have lag before and after every new issue,but this one seems extra special . I know devs team working on reducing lag and stabilizing usually team is very good at it. This time it seems like been a month of lag lag outs and not being able to go to atlas park,first ward, do Trials.etc without lagging. Is there a special problem?
Partially restating what's been said...Quote:Originally Posted by Cien_Fuegos
Number 2 With getting rid of galaxy city villans and heros have one entry point. Atlas or Mercy or Praetoria
I often see up to 3 atlas 1 mercy and 1 or 2 praetoria ( depending on sever color)
To me it seems like one starting point maybe troublesome. Any way to have atlas and King row be starting point? or Atlas and hollows or Atlas and Perez park?
I don't know if this would fix number 1 issue or 2 but i am sure it makes for less crowded feeling
Galaxy was introduced due to Atlas's overcrowding. Due to the large disparity between the two zones (AE building, Vanguard DPO, size & ease of travel, etc) however.. Atlas was always more popular.
With the new server hardware & software that lets them stack zones a little higher (one beta server managed 11 copies of Atlas Park), they don't have that need.
There's still nearly no player interest in a second zone.
Finally, as stated above, with the switch to free/premium/vip they need the starting zone to be more crowded, it just looks better from a "health of the mmo" standpoint.
Not much to say on this. It's inconvenient but the risk of screwing things up by recoding the zone events and/or the task & strike force code... probably outweighs that for the developers. They have a running track record of bugs, dating back several issues... Unfortunately, just the 'big' ones seem to get addressed.Quote:Originally Posted by Cien_Fuegos
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TL:DR
Yes, you will still get the non-set benefits of all enhancements, when exemplared.
Full:
Ignoring things like set bonuses, all enhancements function in the same way, when your character is exemplared. There is a "smooth" curve (which ignores the differences in efficiencies between different types of enhancements) from 49 down to 1 that your enhancements will have applied to them. So while more powerful enhancements will still give bigger benefits, while exemplared their efficiency is reduced.
Additionally, in your example (at level 47) you would still have access to the set bonuses (unless you somehow got some level 51, 52 or 53 Set IOs). However at level 46, using level 50 Set IOs, you would lose your bonuses.
As stated above:
- Globals will still only give their special benefits if your level is no more than 3 levels below, the level of the enhancement (level 10 character to level 13 enhancements, you gain full benefits. Level 10 to level 14 however you don't)
- Procs will only give their special benefits if your level is no more than 3 levels below the level you gained the power they are slotted in.
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The First Ward contact Nadia, gives a mission titled Investigate The Slaver Den. After completing it, you automatically get a second mission to find Anna in the Shepard's Haven.
The mission to find Anna will persist between play sessions (logging off and on) but the Door ID becomes invalid once the character logs off.
This results in being unable to enter the mission once the character logs back on. Mission Teleporter powers (temp & perm) also fail and no mission marker is placed on the world map or minimap.
The only solution I've found thus far is to abandon the Anna mission and re-do the Slaver Den mission. -
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Is your computer set to get an IP address automatically from the modem/router? I'm presuming here that the modem/router has DHCP activated (tends to make things simpler with home networks).
Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings (on the left panel) > Select your network card and right click, properties > Scroll to the bottom of the window and open Internet Protocol Version 4 (double click should do this fine) > Check that both choices are set to Automatic.
If they already are... double check if DHCP is turned on, on the router. DHCP is a service that generates IP Addresses for devices attached to the network. I belive it's possible to have it activated for wireless, but not wired.. on some routers.
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Another thing to try would be running a copy of Unknown Devices to check if anything needs a driver... I recommend the Beta copy at the top of this page.
http://www.halfdone.com/Development/UnknownDevices/
I know it hasn't been updated in forever, but I still use it for older hardware.
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Thirdly... run some anti-malware checks. Past studies (before windows 7) have shown that an unpatched Windows computer can be infected within 4 hours of being on the internet. Download stuff like Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware, Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy. Hit the computer with a heap of updated on-demand scanners just to be safe. Also, get a software firewall installed or activate the better-than-nothing windows one.
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Most motherboards automatically disable any onboard video when you install a card.. if you still want to try to get your onboard sound working, it wouldn't hurt to A) physically remove your sound card and B) ensure you installed your motherboard/system drivers (they often include onboard sound)
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I admit, my experiences with Win7 have been all positive. I was running the beta on what was then, 6 year old hardware. P4, 2GB RAM, etc. They even released an update which fixed my microphone (speakers worked on the windows generic drivers)... heh Although I will admit that any heavy 3D gaming was kinda impossible due to me running (low power) DirectX 9 hardware in a DirectX 11 environment. -
I like healers.... always have.
I've got a lot of empathy defenders. Some thermal radiation characters. At least two pain domination corruptors.....
There's really only two things I've enjoyed as much as healers. My elec/ice tanker and kinetic/energy stalker.
I've also tried nearly every powerset in the game by now.... and watched the most of them in action. Lots of watching when you're a healer... if you're not watching, you can't heal in time or be in the right spot to live or save a life. -
So I need a level 20-30 proc from Glimpse of the Abyss. Off I go to AE (since I'd already checked WW) and purchase over a dozen Silver recipes in the 20-24 range... when I check my inventory however, I find I've been given recipes ranging from level 30 to 44 (not even a range you can chooes at the trader).
Anyone who wants to grab recipes using tickets.. be aware there is a bug running rampent.
Oh, for the ever so helpful people out there.. the character holds a max of 20 recipes currently and after purchasing the first 3, I was full so went through and deleted any that were over level 29 which cleared out most of my inventory. There's no mistaking they gave me level 40-44 tickets. -
So after reading this I went on a Lambda... I decided to see if I could disprove it. So here I am, on my stalker.. taking every Nova Fist that Marauder could throw at me, right to the face. It hurt (luckily the Kin could heal me up before the next one). While I can't prove the original post.. I can't disprove it either, since I got a Rare.
In contrast.. I might have, maybe, gotten one rare on one of the two healers I run incarnate trials with.
Gotta wonder how they made their RNG work out the reward tables... -
TL:DR
Put the Party Pack on sale and you're likely to see it purchased more than the other (listed, discounted) items combined.
Long (semi-rant) Version:
Well, I have every single pack/expansion/addon/etc. except the Party Pack (since it costs more than it should) and the Jetpack (since it's a recurring cost that I can't justify when the in-game versions are free and mechanically identical).
I do encourage people to snatch up the Jetpack for their Praetorians.. especially since the only alternative for a Praetorian is either the Flight pool or the crazy-expensive-to-craft-and-better-off-sold-to-an-npc Jet Pack Recipe.
Seriously though, the only thing I have never purchased, or considered purchasing, is the Party Pack. Yes, for the price. Why is it not on sale? The devs/publicity/marketing got slammed so horribly unpleasantly when the Party Pack was released and well above 50% of those complaints were from a PRICE perspective. Cheap Party Pack = sales. Win for the company and Win for the players. Everyone but those who wanted it completely free, will win.
And yeah.. pretty much everybody I've met in-game has at least 2 of the 3 other noteworthy items: Wedding Pack (costumes, fun emote & cool emotes) Good Vs. Evil (Temp Power awesomeness + costumes) Mac Special Edition/Mac Special Edition Item Pack (Mission Teleport.. 'nuff said)
Your sales team has made a blunder twice now (ignoring the name) with the Party Pack... maybe someone should sit them down and give them a stern talking-to and maybe threaten to take away their free coffee. -
This post is to help other people know about the problem.
I am NOT looking for a solution, it's part of the game (unfortunately) for the time being. This problem is one that will need to be addressed by the Developers. I have filed a bug report. I received my automated response ("you filed a bug report that said this...").
I'll repeat, this post is to help other people know about the problem.
Bug: Villain Archetypes (brute, corruptor, dominator, master mind, stalker) which started in Praetoria and go to Paragon City when they leave at level 20, can be found on Villain (Rogue Isles) search.
I am unsure the extent of this bug, it may effect people who swap sides other ways, et cetera.
This is an issue (mostly) due to the fact that by default you cannot receive tells from "enemy" players. Of course for PvP there are (probably) other repercussions.
For the record, my characters that have been effected have never been to the Rogue Isles or any PvP maps. Only Praetorian maps, Hero maps, the Rikti War Zone and Pocket D. My memory isn't 100% clear but I believe I've only been contacted by villains (via search) while in RWZ and thus far I have not been able to see the people contacting me, when I open search.
I have not had any (non-automated) reply from support thus far.
Hopefully they'll fix this annoyance soon (and put something useful into the Search function instead of more colours). -
I've been following this thread with some interest...
In the hopes that someone might benefit, however little.. Here is my Currently Working setup.
Syncless, by the way, is a program I use to keep the multiple account profiles in sync. Just copies any new changes into the other account folders.
Monitor 1: 1920x1080
Monitor 2: 1920x1200
The second monitor is physically to the left of the first and I have my desktop set up as such.
Radeon HD 5870
Catalyst 10.10
I have CCC installed.
I have Catalyst AI set to "Standard" and Triple Buffering turned off.
Now for the CoH settings..
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at January 4, 2011 13:32 (+11:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 05/20/10 16:35:37 Ver: 08.00.15
Central Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor (6 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 8192MB
.Net Memory Report: 3636MB out of 8191MB available
Page File: 4028MB (5696MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST31000333AS ATA Device) 67868MB out of 238465MB (28%) free
D Drive: (ST31000333AS ATA Device) 103646MB out of 238465MB (43%) free
E Drive: (ST31000333AS ATA Device) 274008MB out of 499997MB (54%) free
Q Drive: (WDC WD2001FASS-00W2B0 ATA Device) 288143MB out of 476931MB (60%) free
R Drive: (WDC WD2001FASS-00W2B0 ATA Device) 5056MB out of 5119MB (98%) free
V Drive: (WDC WD2001FASS-00W2B0 ATA Device) 60951MB out of 953862MB (6%) free
W Drive: (ST31000333AS ATA Device) 159377MB out of 226883MB (70%) free
X Drive: (ST31000333AS ATA Device) 198766MB out of 226882MB (87%) free
Z Drive: (ST31000333AS ATA Device) 148124MB out of 238465MB (62%) free
H Drive: (PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-217 ATA Device) zero-size drive
I Drive: (PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-217 ATA Device) 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.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x6898)
Video Memory: 4070 MB
Driver Version: 8.782.0.0
Driver Date: 1/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
Driver Language: English
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x6898)
Video Memory: 4070 MB
Driver Version: 8.782.0.0
Driver Date: 1/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (5- Logitech G35 Headset)
Driver File: USBAUDIO.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 1/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: M4A78-E
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 05/20/10 16:35:37 Ver: 08.00.15
BIOS Version: 052010 - 20100520
BIOS Release: 20100520000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1024x768
3D Resolution: 1024x768 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 340, 49
Refresh Rate: 0Hz
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: Medium quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Shadow Mode: Unknown (3)
Shadow Map Shader: High quality
Environmental Reflections: Medium quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: High quality
Occlusion Strength: Strong
Blur: Trilateral
Ambient Resolution: Quality
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: 0.087
Music Sound Volume: 0.000
Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 265000 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1900.201011102104.27
Installation Directory: E:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
.\.syncless has 1 file
.\texture_library\.syncless has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\.syncless has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\city\.syncless has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad\.syncless has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard\.syncless has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers\.syncless has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 40 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static\.syncless has 1 file
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\.syncless has 1 file
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\City has 1 file
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\City\.syncless has 1 file
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
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For wireless? Yes. Wireless doesn't acheive the same blistering speeds as wired networks, even when it's something that is inherently slower like the internet is. Try to get close to where the wireless router is. The better the signal the faster the potential speed.
If you can find a physical copy of the game (Issue 14, Architect Edition is floating around places over here) then install from that and update. It'll go much faster when it only has to patch the newer content in. -
Quote:That makes me curious just how warm your card is getting....Originally Posted by EvilGeko
Well so far so good, but this actually worked! :confused: No crashes during an Apex. I'll try turning the fan up next time I play. Maybe this is the solution.
GPU-Z can tell you your card's temperature. Grab it here if you want.
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/
I find my 5870 to generally run between 60C & 75C, at least, when I bother to look.