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Quote:http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/my_acc..._of_heroes.phpOriginally Posted by NiteKilla
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Well, it's not limited to my computer (my boyfriend's computer has the same issue), or the wireless connection (it happens while plugged in to the router).
Hmm. I'm guessing it still has to be something fairly local to me, or else there'd be a whole bunch of people screaming how they couldn't patch their game for DXP.
Anyone have any bright ideas as to what could cause a consistent file error while patching? Router, perhaps? It's now stuck at textMisc.pigg, saying the file length matches but the hash doesn't. Alternatively, is there some way of downloading the full client directly, instead of trying to patch it through the launcher?
System/network info:
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* Vista Home Premium 64 bit OS
* 2GHz Intel Core Duo
* 4GB RAM
* Belkin F5d7230-4 router
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Quote:I did uninstall everything. Unfortunately, that's where I am now. I did manage to get it partially patched simply by clicking repair every time it glitched, and eventually it would get the correct version of a file. However, it's now stuck on one of the texMisc.pigg and no amount of getting it to redownload the file will get a valid copy.Originally Posted by COH_Myriade
I suggest you uninstall all ncsoft programs and that you remove the remaining folders which have not been suppressed.
And then full reinstallation of the game.
Yet there is the risk you can't patch. I 'm facing that kind of problem with sound.pigg when trying to reinstall from scratch, so be careful.
Yeah. Can't say I'm fond of it at the moment though.Quote:Originally Posted by Canadian_Stars
Are you using the ncsoft patcher? The old patcher is not supported anymore(as of Aug. 4th).
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No suggestions?
I opened a support ticket and have been going through various steps with them trying to work out the problem. Even firing up Windows in Safe Mode with Networking didn't help. Still the same error about a corrupted file (same size but different hash).
Does anyone know if it's possible to download the entire client directly instead of using the patcher? I wonder if the patcher is getting the wrong version of the file, like EU vs NA or something. -
I've been trying for most of the day to get my CoH working. I tried to let it update earlier today (it was up to date not counting the update on the 8th August), but the launcher kept stopping at various points stating that a file was corrupted and recommending a reinstall or repair. I attempted several repairs with no improvement, so I decided to uninstall / reinstall the game.
At various points it has come back with the same error, other it has just kept redownloading the same patch (a file marked 20110713). So far it has downloaded about 28GB of data.
Help! Is anyone else having these problems? My game was running perfectly fine a few days ago, and it'd be really good if I could get it working again in time for DXP.
I have a log file saved, but it's too long to post all of. Let me know if any particular parts are useful to help diagnose the problem.
I appreciate any suggestions.
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Quote:I know why the change was done. I wanted to know if they'd fix the AI so that they could benefit from +Recharge without using nothing but brawl.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
No. Their AI goes screwy when certain powers recharge more quickly than they should. An extreme example would be them winding up using nothing but Brawl.
Their movement speed can be increased, but not the recharge rate of their powers. -
Will Mastermind pets be changed so they can benefit from the +Recharge in this set?
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Fire armor could really use a serious update. My Elec/Fire brute (whose powers are all tinted pale yellow/pale red) currently looks as though he's been dipped in a cotton candy machine when he's all armored up. Not very flamey at all.
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Quote:Agreed. I've never been a big fan of these. I can understand why people from games that do use them would like them, but it'd be great if they could be turned off for those of us who prefer the more subtle contacts.Originally Posted by Mega_Jamie
the contact icons above their head, can we turn that off as an option, I have always loved City of Heroes subtle integration of contacts into the game world without breaking immersion.
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Quote:Dominator Assault set!Originally Posted by Doc_Hornet
Just before the long-haired female character in pale orange jester pants shoots the flame from the wand, the tophatted male character in the pale oragne jester pants does a melee attack with what looks like the same wand.
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Quote:Woohoo! I love me some dommies! New powersets are always welcome!Originally Posted by Synapse
Going to nip this potential rumor in the bud. There is no immediate plan to revamp, remove, alter, change, nerf or buff this archetype as a whole. I never said changes were coming. I said we had plans for the archetype. As in plans for power sets. So, stay tuned for that in the future! (And by future I mean post I21.)
(Please please please be dark control/dark assault! I love dark powers almost as much as I love doms!) -
I may as well add my opinion that I posted in another thread. It was formed after seeing how powerful and desirable to a team the VEATs are.
Quote:And yes, I [nth] the proposal for Solar Flare to become a knockdown power. I don't have problems with any other PB powers doing knockback, but a radial knockback power is just silly. Besides, it is basically a Foot Stomp clone, and didn't that used to be KB and was changed because it was irritating (or was that just the Thugs Bruiser's version?)Originally Posted by Remmet
I would, however, like to see a buff to Cosmic Balance to basically "reflect" all or part of the buffs that the team gives the kheld back to the team, thus making them more desirable and a force multiplier in their own right. It's probably debatable whether a WS would need that change too, although I find it difficult to justify lore-wise that one would have it and the other doesn't. -
I have no real suggestions to make to PBs to improve them per se (except to note than when I play my PB -- who is a lot of fun, mind you -- she basically just feels like a sub-par blaster, scrapper and tank all rolled into one without any real strengths or differences from other ATs like the WSs have).
I would, however, like to see a buff to Cosmic Balance to basically "reflect" all or part of the buffs that the team gives the kheld back to the team, thus making them more desirable and a force multiplier in their own right. It's probably debatable whether a WS would need that change too, although I find it difficult to justify lore-wise that one would have it and the other doesn't. -
Quote:I suspect they do that because people would whine and complain if female characters had significantly more costume options than male characters. Women can wear many male clothes without raising an eyebrow, but the same can't be said for men wearing female clothing.Originally Posted by Gideon
I think he's referring to the lamentable state of affairs that means that several of the costume pieces are, for unknown reaons, gender specific.
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Quote:Microtransaction power, I guess? Like Ninja Run, Secondary Mutation, etc.Originally Posted by Schismatrix
Uhm, what's an MTX Power?
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I'd love to see spectral / light wings, perhaps similar to the current Vanguard glowy weapons. I'd especially love it if there weren't there all of the time, but only sprouted out of the character's shoulders when flight / hover was toggled on (or at least have the option to do so).
Wings of pure flame, lightning or ice might be popular too.
Oh, and add me to the list of people wanting a VFX-less Hasten!
EDIT: I'd also like to see more... sparse / pared down versions of a lot of the current auras (like you have the light / heavy option on the Sparkles aura). Many of them are awesome, but I often find them too much for anything other than combat use.
EDIT 2: I also agree that the fire options could all use an update. It'd be nice for my Elec/Fire brute to not look like he's covered in fairy floss when I toggle all of his (light-coloured) fire armors on! -
Quote:Interesting. Is this confirmed (i.e. mentioned in game), or just speculation?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
The Coming storm is not the Praetorians.
Their connection to it comes form the Well chosing Tyrant as the one to protect the multiverse from the Coming Storm, meaning that we have to defeat him to show the Well that we're better suited to protecting the multiverse from the Coming Storm. -
Quote:I'm not GG, but I felt like commenting.Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
As an aside; Do you GG, think TCS will involve the Praetorians or an as of now unknown group?
I hope it's a different group. The enemies in TCS have been using Shivans as scouts, and all but decimated the Kheldians (for use as ship fuel!). That points to an extraterrestrial origin. It would be rather anticlimactic if it all turned out to be "Evil Statesman". -
Quote:Yeah, I like that too.Originally Posted by MrHassenpheffer
I like how it keeps asking me my security questions to verify my location...even after I verified my location...
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You're not waiting in Ouroborus, are you? I seem to recall hearing somewhere that the LFG feature won't pick you up from there.
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Quote:And the second does the same but first strips all IOs from your characters and distributes them to random people logged in at the time? I like it.Originally Posted by Schismatrix
i still think they should add /nerdragequit and /nerdragequitnao commands to the game.
The first one immediately quits to desktop and uninstalls the client.
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Quote:True enough. Although, as someone else points out down (up?) thread, he can change it to something more meaningful for him afterwards.Originally Posted by Shadow_Kitty
That's just the login name. However, if there's a conflict about @GadgetDon, and he is Euro, and he first logs in on the character DonCocky, he will no longer be @GadgetDon. He will be @DonCocky, unless there already is a @DonCocky - then he will be @DonCock.
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Honestly though, I don't see what the problem is. Paragon is worried about data corruption... fair enough (although that does lead me -- as a database developer -- to question what their data structures are like for this to be an issue, but I digress). However, it seems more likely that the source of this potential data corruption would be the account rename, not the globals, since there is already a mechanism in-game for us to change globals and that doesn't corrupt anything.
So, since nobody seems to be complaining about the account names, why not keep the account name changes as planned, but do the global names differently (whether by wiping both EU and NA globals and letting whoever logs in first nab the one they want, or whether judging who gets to keep what by some sort of active/veteran priority system)? -
Quote:At least "GadgetDonEU" won't be such a stretch for people to correlate back with youOriginally Posted by GadgetDon
And this is going to cause serious disruption. Me, I'd hate to lose GadgetDon as my global name, it's where I am everywhere - and while I'd still be part of every global channel I'm currently in and all my global friends remain global friends, it'll take a long time for people to get used to seeing "PointOfBalance23" in a chat channel and think "Oh, yeah, that's GadgetDon" (and even longer for me to memorize my friends' names - names get locked into my head).
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Quote:And here I was thinking this was a satirical post the first time I read it.Originally Posted by Baarogue
There's no secret. They're just bad players. Some out of ignorance, others out of laziness, still others out of some selfish, false-prideful refusal to do what they perceive as "conforming", which is really just ignorance in another skin. Playing badly doesn't make anyone a unique snowflake, and nobody's proving anything by doing end-game content with a trash build.
When you're leader of the team, and it's a non-trivial task you're trying to organize, exercise your authority to pick and choose your teammates. If they get turned down from enough stuff they want to do because of their lack of skill, maybe they'll change. More likely though, they'll just slither into another team and leach off them instead.
Because after all, remember their war-cry, "it's my $15 and I'll play how I want!!1" ... without a care in the world that they're worsening everyone ELSE's paid-for playtime.
Sure, grabbing those 3 extra powers can make a build better. But pretty much ANY build, presumably except for those made by the hardcore min/maxing number crunchers, can be made better in some respect. As far as I'm concerned, if you're effective at whatever your role is, that's all that matters. -
Quote:Thanks!Originally Posted by Stalemate
Right now I'm trying to get more mayhem missions done, and I think I need a couple more SFs to complete the set. Look me up if you need a team mate.
Ooh, I hadn't heard of that one before. Thanks again.Quote:Follow the Protector links in my signature for more info re: calendar and the Protector Vigilance channel. 
Canadians are all so niceQuote:Originally Posted by LocationQC, Canada