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  1. TwoHeadedBoy
    Great! I wish I was more tech-savvy and apologize if my questions are a bit elementary. I appreciate your help, I will certainly use that link when I am ready to upgrade.

    My game seems to be running wonderfully today (I've been running in safe mode for the last two days.) Alas, I have another silly inquiry- My character is on the Protector server- I've noticed that when I first click the server, it will either have red or green dots next to it. I wonder what that represents, and the effect it will have on how efficiently my game runs?
  2. TwoHeadedBoy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rajani Isa View Post
    Non-related, but - Go ball of timey whimey stuff
    Sorry if this is a waste of a post, but I don't understand. Maybe my humor capacity will increase with the rest of my general game competence?
  3. TwoHeadedBoy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Father Xmas View Post
    Look everybody, it's a netbook! A single core (with HT) Atom with Intel integrated graphics running Windows 7 Starter!

    Sorry about that, it's just that rig is very underpowered for gaming. The Intel graphics is poor, you are stuck with 1GB (limited in BIOS, thanks of HP) of shared memory and a single core Atom is pretty low end on the CPU side of things. At least the hard drive is 7200RPM.

    Turn on "Advance Graphics Settings" and turn them all down to their lowest settings or off. I still think the basic game shader isn't at it's minimum (not sure how much that would help).

    The game also chews up a lot of memory while playing so I would suggest that you kill any "helper" apps you may have loaded. Ad-aware for instance is a pig. 1GB isn't a lot with shared memory for the graphics. Outdoors will be worse than in mission. You still will be paging the game on and off the disk as you roam around outside as the game itself can easily use 1 to 1.5 GB of memory while playing. CoV areas are a lot more complex than most of the CoH side so it tends to be very laggy traveling around outdoors.

    You can also try and defrag the game directory with a utility like Piriform's Defraggler or Auslogics Disk Defrag. Both give you an option to defrag just a folder so it won't take all day. The game gets awful fragmented after a patch and every little bit of time saved counts.

    Sorry. So exit as many things as you can before starting the game to conserve system memory, go into the Advance Graphics Settings and and make sure everything is turned all the way down and defrag the game folder.
    Thanks so much for the suggestions! I appreciate it, I plan on looking into the defrag software now. In reference to your other comments, I've read online that the HP Mini's RAM can be upgraded to 2 GB so hopefully that will improve my situation! Unfortunately, this is the only formidable computer I have available to me at the moment, so it will have to do.

    My graphics settings are already at the bare minimum- After reading the sticky posts in this section I ran my game in safe mode, and it yielded the same results.

    You are 100% correct about the game lagging only in open areas and not in missions, though only in reference to higher level areas. When I play in areas that are under the jurisdiction of levels 12 and under, I experience almost no lag at all. When I try to venture to any higher level areas, though, the lag begins. I mainly posted this topic to figure out why that is.

    Your suggestion that the computer I am currently using is the essential problem is probably correct, but I would just like to know why lower level areas on the same computer are so much more responsive.

    I appreciate your time and thank you for your assistance.
  4. TwoHeadedBoy
    Everyone seems very supportive here. I really appreciate it, I've been a victim of forum snobbery in the past so this is a nice relief.
  5. TwoHeadedBoy
    And here is my hijackthis log:


    Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
    Scan saved at 6:07:00 PM, on 12/14/2010
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  6. TwoHeadedBoy
    I just recently upgraded my free trial. I am playing a level 16 villain on the Protector server. My game runs smoothly in all areas meant for players up to level 14, but when I try to take the Ferry to higher level areas my game begins to lag pretty badly. I am running windows 7 on an hp mini with 1 gig of ram. I can't think of any other information to include, so here is my CoH helper log:


    ---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

    DxDiag gathered at December 14, 2010 18:01 (-05:00)
    Operating System: Windows 7 Starter 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
    System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
    System Model: HP Mini 210-1100
    BIOS: Default System BIOS
    Central Processor: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N455 @ 1.66GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.7GHz
    Memory: 1024MB
    .Net Memory Report: 70MB out of 1012MB available
    Page File: 1180MB (1850MB currently in use)
    C Drive: (Hitachi HTS725025A9A364) 172126MB out of 222971MB (77%) free
    D Drive: (Hitachi HTS725025A9A364) 2185MB out of 15198MB (14%) free
    E Drive: (Hitachi HTS725025A9A364) 94MB out of 99MB (95%) free
    Q Drive: () 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.
    Input Notes: No problems found.

    Monitor:
    Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
    Video Device Name: Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
    Manufacturer / Chip: Intel Corporation / Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
    Video Memory: 250 MB
    Driver Version: 8.14.10.2117
    Driver Date: 4/20/2010 3:09:10 AM
    Driver Language: English

    Sound Device Description: Speakers and Headphones (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC)
    Driver File: stwrt.sys
    Driver Version: 6.10.6272.0000
    Driver Date: 2/26/2010 5:03:00 AM

    Sound Device Description: Independent*Headphones (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC)
    Driver File: stwrt.sys
    Driver Version: 6.10.6272.0000
    Driver Date: 2/26/2010 5:03:00 AM


    WMI Information
    Motherboard Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
    Motherboard Model: (empty)
    Motherboard Product: 3660
    Motherboard Version: 48.26
    BIOS Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
    BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
    BIOS Version: HPQOEM - 1
    BIOS Release: 20100618000000.000000+000


    Registry Information for Current User
    Resolution: 1024x600
    3D Resolution: 1024x600 (Not using renderscale)
    Full Screen: Yes
    Maximized: No
    Screen Position: 0, 0
    Refresh Rate: 0Hz
    Vertical Sync Enabled: No


    Physics Quality: None
    Maximum Particles: 100
    Max Particle Fill? 10.000
    Physics Card Enabled: No


    Anti-aliasing: Off
    Anisotropic Filtering: None
    Texture LOD Bias: Crisp
    Water Effects: None
    Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
    Depth of Field Enabled: No
    Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
    Shader Detail: Unknown (4)


    World Texture Level: Unknown (3)
    Character Texture Level: Low
    World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.500
    Entity Detail Level: 0.300
    Shadows Enabled: No
    Shadow Mode: Disabled
    Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
    Environmental Reflections: Disabled
    Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
    Ambient Occlusion: Off
    Occlusion Strength: Off
    Blur: Bilateral
    Ambient Resolution: Performance


    Gamma Correction: 1.000
    Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
    Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
    Close Suppression Range: 3.000
    Show Advertisements: Yes

    Audio Mode: Performance
    3D Audio: No
    FX Sound Volume: 1.000
    Music Sound Volume: 0.600

    Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
    Overall Graphics Quality: 0.000
    Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
    Save Login Username: Yes
    Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
    Current Game Version: 1900.201011102104.11
    Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

    Mod files in the Data directory
    No modifications found
  7. TwoHeadedBoy
    Thanks for your responses everyone. Sorry about posting in the wrong area, I guess I should have looked around more carefully before posting. I will repost in the correct area along with my computer specs now.

    In response to the last question, I'm playing a villain on the Protector server.
  8. TwoHeadedBoy
    Hi,

    I just recently upgraded my trial account to a full version so I might be a bit shaky and n00bish on my explanatory skills, but try to bear with me.

    My character is at level 16- Up until about this point, my game has run very nicely, but now that I'm able to access higher level areas via the Ferry (necessary in order to level up further and such) my game likes to lag a lot and be generally irritating once I enter any new areas.

    I'm just curious as to why it would only lag in new areas and run fine in lower level spots. I have my graphics settings at the minimum as is, and I'm at a loss. If anyone has any suggestions as to what else I might do to eliminate this problem and/or an explanation as to why it's happening in the first place I would appreciate it.

    Thanks a lot for your time, I look forward to any and all input.