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This error message occurs when the GPU hangs (or crashes) in response to either a driver bug or a hardware failure. It is also possible for OpenCL and DirectCompute application bugs to trigger this (City of Heroes does not use either of these).
On versions of Windows before Windows Vista, this would have resulted in a Blue Screen of Death, but newer versions of Windows require drivers to be able to reset when the GPU crashes instead of forcing Windows to reboot. Unfortunately, 3D applications are not able to automatically recover after this occurs and need to be restarted.
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Quote:If you set Windows' virtual memory paging file (swap) to a value 2GB or larger, the /3GB option will also work on machines with only 2GB of physical RAM installed.Originally Posted by Doc_Reverend
Is there any solution out for those of us with only 2 GB of RAM on our machines? This doesn't look like it'll help me much, and I've been getting the Out of Memory errors and just general crashing with increasing regularity. -
Quote:This is not City of Heroes specific, but applies to all 32-bit applications running on Windows:Originally Posted by Reiska
What I don't understand is how a 64-bit OS would matter as to how long CoX takes before crashing, given that it is a 32-bit application. (Yes, I'm aware support gives this suggestion, as a friend of mine has your same issue.)
* Running a 32-bit version of Windows will give 32-bit applications at most 2GB of RAM to use.
* If you boot a 32-bit version of Windows with the /3GB boot option enabled, 32-bit applications are given up to 3GB of RAM to use.
* If you run a 32-bit application under a 64-bit version of Windows, the application will be able to use up to 4GB of RAM.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff556232.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...#memory_limits
Turning on the /3GB boot option can definitely help applications in out of memory situations, but you need to be careful changing your boot settings as you could render Windows un-bootable if you make a mistake. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Freelancer
Having a working server status page again is very welcome, but the XML feed that goes with it is still producing blank data:
http://na.cityofheroes.com/global/in...=na&format=xml
Interestingly, stripping the format=xml part of the URL does elicit some live data, though in a format I'm unfamiliar with:
Code:{"timestamp":"2011-09-21 16:55:02","timezone":"UTC","0":{"server":[{"name":"Freedom","status":"Up"},{"name":"Justice","status":"Up"},{"name":"Pinnacle","status":"Up"},{"name":"Virtue","status":"Up"},{"name":"Liberty","status":"Up"},{"name":"Guardian","status":"Up"},{"name":"Infinity","status":"Up"},{"name":"Protector","status":"Up"},{"name":"Victory","status":"Up"},{"name":"Champion","status":"Up"},{"name":"Triumph","status":"Up"},{"name":"Exalted","status":"Up"}]}}
That looks like JSON format.
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Quote:Can you post a screenshot of what /netgraph 2 looks like when you are having problems?Originally Posted by Gezus
Nothin else?
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Quote:What does /netgraph 2 look like?Originally Posted by Scythus
Someone suggested to me "/netgraph 1" but it looks pretty even, but I really don't know how to read the thing. In any case, I wonder if this is somehow related to the so-called "stability issues" they've been patching for.
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Quote:What does /netgraph 2 look like?Originally Posted by Gezus
So my game runs just fine every time I enter a new zone. When I do the /netgraph 1 command I get the small grass lookin line. Then like 2-5 minutes later I start getting network lag where I am losing packets, and NPC's start moving speratically, dead mobs will continue standing up, my powers recharge is all off so I dont know what powers are up, and I just start spamming crap.
This isnt a HUGE deal, I mainly play my MM so my bots can still take care of business or the most part, but its freakin annoying.
It was REALLY bad before updating my GPU (Radeon HD 5870 laptop GPU).
Any idea's what could be causing this? I read the common FAQ's about it, but what it describes seems like it would be a constant issue, and I dont have any of those background programs running except Skype. -
Quote:Check out this threadOriginally Posted by Wanted_NA
Ever since the last patch the lag has almost tripled in everything. Not just the trials. It's so bad that my zoning times are taking over a minute. Activating AoE powers takes like 10 seconds to register. And if I dare hit my judgement power it takes about 20 to 25 seconds for it to go off. Meanwhile I'm just sitting there can't do nothing at all with my toon while I'm getting my *** kicked. Please do something about it. This is making some of my toons totally unplayable. It's beyond ridiculous.
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Quote:The only important part is the above. This means your network connection has up to 2.5 seconds of lag. The issue will not affect downloads or web surfing, but will be a pretty big problem for online gaming.Originally Posted by Nyx
I put everything in red here from that analyzer. I have no idea what it means or how to change it.
Network buffer measurements (?):
Uplink 1700 ms, Downlink 740 ms
We estimate your uplink as having 1700 msec of buffering. This is quite high, and you may experience substantial disruption to your network performance when performing interactive tasks such as web-surfing while simultaneously conducting large uploads. With such a buffer, real-time applications such as games or audio chat can work quite poorly when conducting large uploads at the same time.
We estimate your downlink as having 740 msec of buffering. This level can in some situations prove somewhat high, and you may experience degraded performance when performing interactive tasks such as web-surfing while simultaneously conducting large downloads. Real-time applications, such as games or audio chat, may also work poorly when conducting large downloads at the same time.
What should I do?
The problem is either going to be with your router (if you have one at home) or with your ISP. An easy way to tell would be to temporarily remove your router and re-run the test with your computer plugged directly into the internet. Make sure you have a firewall and virus scanner installed and working when you do this so you do not get infected.
If you get a chance to try this, post another permalink with the direct connection results.
If the problem ends up being with your ISP, getting them to fix it might be difficult. -
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Quote:Is this over a wireless or wired connection?Originally Posted by Shadow_Kitty
...so for some reason, the patcher downloaded the same file twice, same length, but got different hashes both times and different from what's expected.
Virus scanning is off at the moment, which I'm not comfortable with.
Repairing seems to work a bit better now than before. -
Next this happens, can you run Netalyzr and post a permalink with your results?
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Quote:Looks like a bug in cohhelper. If you know how to use regedit, can you post the contents of: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cryptic\CohOriginally Posted by FightingCanadian
Hi guys, I just bought a new Alienware m11x and I also just get stuck at the small loading bar. I have a hunch it's this Alienware skin that is pre installed..but I have no idea how to remove it.
This is the info i got off of cohhelper(i have .net 2.0 if anyone is wondering)....it said Running the program brings up a window saying an Unhandled exception has occurred and the following info:
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.OverflowException: Value was either too large or too small for an Int32.
at System.Convert.ToInt32(Double value)
at CoHelper.clsRegInfo.get_AmbientOcclusion()
at CoHelper.frmMain.ForumFormat()
at CoHelper.frmMain.cmdUBB_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventAr gs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.W ndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
p.s. Be sure to remove any private info in there before posting. -
Quote:What directory do you have City of Heroes located in?Originally Posted by MTS
When running the launcher under an account without administrative rights, either in XP, or under Windows 7 with UAC disabled, the following message appears every time the launcher starts:
"You are NOT running the NCLauncher as administrator. If UAC is enabled you'll need to accept NCAccess so your game registry can be updated."
After clicking OK, ncaccess.exe crashes:
EventType : clr20r3 P1 : ncaccess.exe P2 : 1.0.0.0 P3 : 4b686183
P4 : mscorlib P5 : 2.0.0.0 P6 : 4be90358 P7 : 2cf0 P8 : 46
P9 : system.unauthorizedaccess
After closing that, the launcher appears to work okay.
After playing with the options, I can find no way to get rid of the annoying (and incorrect) message.
The message is incorrect because neither City of Heroes nor its updater in any way needs administrative access to the system to function correctly. CoH can be easily installed into a directory that has change permissions for an unprivileged user, and it stores all its settings under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Even without the crash, I'd consider it a security bug that the launcher is pestering users to give it more access to the system than it actually requires. Don't perpetuate the run-everything-as-admin fallacy that so many Windows programs fall victim to.
The old cohupdater functions perfectly in this configuration on both Windows XP and Windows 7 (after tweaking UAC on Windows 7 to not stupidly assume cohupdater.exe needs admin rights because of the file name). -
Quote:-renderthread 1 is the default now, you can pass -renderthread 0 if your video card driver is buggy and crashes.Originally Posted by VoodooCompany
As far as I know, -renderthread has nothing to do with the mouse cursor. The only issue with the cursor had to do with Windows Vista; someone will correct this if incorrect.
The following has the available command line options you can use:
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Game_Cli...ching_the_Game
If -renderthread affected your mouse before, that's the first I've heard of it at least.
The only option that should affect the cursor is -compatiblecursors 1 which you can set in game in the options menu. Since options are not shared between live and test/beta you probably need to set it for the other two. -
Quote:What virus scanner or other malware protection software do you have running?Originally Posted by Sapphire7
Is anyone else getting this error? I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, and yes, I right-clicked and ran as administrator.
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Quote:Performance delta is around 20% to 40% depending on the game according to notebookcheck.netOriginally Posted by Call Me Awesome
It sounds like I'll be having to make the choice on the vid card... as a comparison the 7950GTX in my current laptop can handle the display tasks in Premiere; obviously the 460m is faster but is the 485 enough faster than the base 460GTXm to justify almost a $500 premium? I can't really justify it strictly for CoH; it's a business machine I'll be using occasionally to game with on the road.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.42883.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.33612.0.html
EDIT: 60% with 3dmark 11 -
Windows 7 consumes more RAM than XP, how much does your machine have?
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Just a note, the reason this happens is that IR driver appears to force your keyboard into Japanese mode for some reason. There are a couple other wireless keyboard drivers from Microsoft that appear to do the same thing for some reason.
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Disabling Catalyst AI on the 4870x2 is supposed to disable SLI for X2 cards. I haven't tried it for the last few driver releases, but it used to work in the past.
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Quote:Originally Posted by je_saist
okay! getting somewhere!
So, let me make sure I understand this: in Windowed Mode, on your laptop, the game is running normally with no graphics lag or other issues?
I'm honestly not sure what to make of this development. Such behavior would normally indicate a driver error or an API issue.
Laptops tend to throttle themselves when overheating rather than crash like an older desktop would. Fullscreen mode also should be able to take full advantage of the video card instead of having to share it with the rest of windows.
I know of problems where the M17x can throttle when the temperatures get too hot, it is possible that the M15x is also affected. Often the ambient temperature in the room can make the difference as well. This is easy to test if you have air conditioning. -
Quote:The older 3870x2 cards handled CrossFire directly on the hardware and did not necessarily require games to support it. The 4870x2 and later changed this to require software support.Originally Posted by je_saist
bzzzt. It's an X2.
That's a crossfire configuration. Games will only leverage both GPU's when they support Crossfire. -
After trying Rent's steps above, which downloaded the latest cohupdater.eu.exe and cohhpdater_ui_win.dll to my desktop. I then had to copy the executables from my desktop to the City of Heroes folder. After doing that, using my existing icon would work and I no longer had to repeat the process each time. Does that work for you as well?
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Pressing Alt-Tab, followed by Ctrl-Alt-Delete and then Escape usually works for me in Vista and Windows 7 when running fullscreen mode.