So I have been having this same exact issue with i17 since it went live.
I have upgraded/downgraded/uninstalled/reinstalled both my Nvidia graphic software/drivers and OS (Starting with Vista, then later upgrading to Windows 7).
Sometimes it will load the costume window after a brief, near game hanging pause.
Other times it will one or two costumes out of five.
Most times however, it simply crashes stating that nvoglv32.DLL had failed to respond.
I've checked and rechecked, and double checked this file. And I do a lot of older gaming using OpenGL on my system and have never had this happen. It's doing nothing but making the game a bit... unplayable. I like to change my costumes up every so often, and this has kept me from the tailor almost completely for 5 months.
I have updated to the recent 257.21 Nvidia release candidate drivers and this issue still persists. I'm not sure if it's something in the game or my system.
So here's a COHelper file and... I'll just wait. Patiently....
---System information gathered by
CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at July 15, 2010 11:08 (-07:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100226-1909)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 09/10/09 11:54:11 Ver: 08.00.15
Central Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 4096MB
.Net Memory Report: 1536MB out of 3327MB available
Page File: 3771MB (2880MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD5001AALS-00L3B2 ATA Device) 24924MB out of 49897MB (49%) free
D Drive: (WDC WD5001AALS-00L3B2 ATA Device) 65500MB out of 426938MB (15%) free
H Drive: (WDC WD7500AADS-00M2B0 ATA Device) 66467MB out of 715401MB (9%) free
G Drive: (ENCTO GTE705YNG1 SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
E Drive: (ASUS DRW-22B1ST ATA Device) zero-size drive
F Drive: (SONY DVD RW DRU-810A ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (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:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTS 250
Video Memory: 2415 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.12.5721
Driver Date: 6/7/2010 4:57:00 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHDA.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6151
Driver Date: 7/6/2010 6:30:24 PM
Sound Device Description: Realtek HDMI Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHDA.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6151
Driver Date: 7/6/2010 6:30:24 PM
Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHDA.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6151
Driver Date: 7/6/2010 6:30:24 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: M4A79 Deluxe
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 09/10/09 11:54:11 Ver: 08.00.15
BIOS Version: 091009 - 20090910
BIOS Release: 20090910000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1380x881
3D Resolution: 1380x881 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: Yes
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 75Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: Very High
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Medium?
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: Ultra quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: Yes
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Medium
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: Yes
FX Sound Volume: 0.053
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: 154563 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1800.201006040036.8T
Installation Directory: d:\steam\steamapps\common\city of heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 32 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files
