TheGameBug

Did a verify files and still didn't fix it. So I deleted all the texture files and waiting to see if redownloading them fixes it, will update with results.

Game worked after that (didn't have time to play or come back here to state so), but just tried the game again after a few hours and the graphics glitch is back.

Yeah, having the same issue as Carnie_Tightrope is, everything was fine yesterday, now anything with an alpha map is whited out.

Account #1
City of Heroes Preorder
City of Heroes Retail
City of Heroes DVD
City of Villains Preorder
City of Villains Collector's Edition
City of Heroes Good vs Evil In-Game Item Pack
City of Heroes Wedding Pack
City of Heroes Special Edition In-Game Item Pack
City of Heroes Super Booster I: Cyborg
City of Heroes Super Booster II: Magic
City of Heroes Super Booster III: Superscience
City of Heroes Super Booster IV: Martial Arts
City of Heroes Architect Edition
City of Heroes Mini booster: Temporary 30 Day Jetpack (8)
Paid time: April 2004 - June 2010

Account #2
City of Heroes Retail
City of Villains Retail
City of Heroes Good vs Evil In-Game Item Pack
City of Heroes Wedding Pack
City of Heroes Special Edition In-Game Item Pack
City of Heroes Super Booster I: Cyborg
City of Heroes Super Booster II: Magic
City of Heroes Super Booster III: Superscience
City of Heroes Super Booster IV: Martial Arts
City of Heroes Architect Edition
City of Heroes Mini booster: Temporary 30 Day Jetpack (6)
Paid Time: May 2005 - June 2010

Account #3
City of Heroes Good vs Evil
City of Heroes Wedding Pack
Paid Time: November 2007 - November 2009

Other Items
Penny Arcade Expo 2008
Comic-Con 2008
Penny Arcade Expo 2009
Comic-Con 2009

Okay, lets add to the weirdness of this. I am still having the major lag on my main account (nearly 66 months), but when I play my other account (21 months) I don't have any lag issues whatsoever, on the same machine, on the same settings.

I was running a shield/mace tank on main account, severe fps drops in combat, but ran an equal level spine/fire scrapper on the second account, nothing happens.

I highly doubt it is account linked, but does seem very odd.

Yeah, I know about Bill's setup, that is how I am set up atm and have been since being back on an ATI card. But the issue persists even when I drop all the graphics and sound settings to zero.

Edit: Tried the /suppressclosefxdist 300 with no difference.

Video card is less than a year old. It is an ATI HD4870 512mb. I didn't buy it, it is what NCSoft/ATI sent me earlier in the year. Temperatures are good on the card, runs CO, Sims 3 and Supreme Commander maxed out with no hiccups at all. So I don't know. :-/

And what is the problem running 2GB of RAM? This issue just started only a few days ago, had no issues prior. No new software nor hardware installed in that timeframe. I play more demanding games on my pc without a hiccup in framerate. Never had issues with the game before, so do not know why it is doing it now.

Here is the problem. I turned on /showfps 1 and run on an average of 130-145fps, defeat one enemy and it drops to 50-60fps for about 10 seconds then goes back up to normal. Defeat a large group of enemies, and it drops to 5-10fps for about 10 seconds then goes back up to normal. I have tried this on bare minimum to my normal settings (which are listed in the CoH Helper information below). All my drivers are up to date, my drives are defragged and I have even tried re-installing a fresh copy of CoH. Suggestions would be helpful.

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---

DxDiag gathered at October 3, 2009 13:38 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB
.Net Memory Report: 374MB out of 2046MB available
Page File: 8469MB (1599MB currently in use)
C Drive: (Hitachi HDT725032VLA360) 22578MB out of 51199MB (44%) free
D Drive: (Hitachi HDT725032VLA360) 91154MB out of 127029MB (71%) free
E Drive: (Hitachi HDT725032VLA360) 79244MB out of 127013MB (62%) free
F Drive: (Hitachi HDT725032VLA360) 45577MB out of 102398MB (44%) free
G Drive: (Hitachi HDT725032VLA360) 96192MB out of 101418MB (94%) free
H Drive: (Hitachi HDT725032VLA360) 10181MB out of 10236MB (99%) free
I Drive: (Hitachi HDT725032VLA360) 4042MB out of 12284MB (32%) free
J Drive: (Hitachi HDT725032VLA360) 30475MB out of 78905MB (38%) free
M Drive: (SEAGATE ST3250820A USB Device) 143165MB out of 238472MB (60%) free
Y Drive: (LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1H) zero-size drive
Z Drive: (LITE-ON DVD C LH52C1P) 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.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: SyncMaster 245B/245BW/245BPlus(Digital)
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1920,1200
Video Device Name: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9442)
Video Memory: 512.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6999
Driver Date: 8/13/2009 10:27:20 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Realtek HD Audio output
Driver File: RtkHDAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5643
Driver Date: 6/13/2008 5:11:16 PM

Sound Device Description: Logitech USB Headset
Driver File: usbaudio.sys
Driver Version: 5.01.2600.5512
Driver Date: 4/13/2008 2:45:12 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P5N-E SLI
Motherboard Version: 1.XX
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: VELOCI - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20070611000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1920x1200
3D Resolution: 1920x1200 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes

Physics Quality: High
Maximum Particles: 25050
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No

Anti-aliasing: None
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High

World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 2.000
Entity Detail Level: 2.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 0.687
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: No

Audio Mode: Compatiblity
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.052
Music Sound Volume: 0.000

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 2046190 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1600.20090918.4T2
Installation Directory: E:\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

With the store currently being down, any claimed slots (be them purchased or veteran slots) passed the base 12 are sadly locked. But should return once the store is functional again.

Check your City of Heroes folder (normally under C:\Program Files\City of Heroes). There should be a folder in there called Screenshots. Look in that folder and open up your picture, are they still coming out black?