Vauluur

I'll join you for as many as I can. I doubt that I'll be able to log in for all of them, but that's not a big deal. It'll be great since I haven't done any TFs for awhile.

Nice. Thanks for the help guys.

Safe mode fixes the problem. So I just need to run in safe mode, set non-ultra graphics and then try again?

I updated the drivers, but that didn't fix the problem. I still get the black screen.

They are the drivers that it shipped with. I'm now in the process of updating it. I already went through the problem of fixing a freeze at startup because of the skinning lol.

The UI is showing up over a black screen. The characters don't appear on the character select and nothing draws in the game. The loading screens and login display correctly, as does every aspect of the UI. By turning on the show my name always option, I was able to tell that controls are working as well. When I try to move the character, the character moves as they should. So my problem is I can't see anything. This is a problem on my new Alienware m15x system that I received yesterday. Below is my CoH Helper output.

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

DxDiag gathered at July 15, 2010 22:54 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100226-1909)
System Manufacturer: Alienware
System Model: M15x
BIOS: Ver A06 1.00
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 350 @ 2.27GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 3072MB
.Net Memory Report: 1688MB out of 3060MB available
Page File: 3917MB (2202MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST9250410AS) 181438MB out of 223434MB (81%) free
D Drive: (Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-7640S) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (64-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GT 240M
Video Memory: 2283 MB
Driver Version: 8.15.11.8647
Driver Date: 8/5/2009 12:28:02 AM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers / Headphones (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC)
Driver File: stwrt64.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.6241.0000
Driver Date: 9/15/2009 3:49:02 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Alienware
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product:
Motherboard Version: A06
BIOS Manufacturer: Alienware
BIOS Name: Ver A06 1.00
BIOS Version: ALWARE - 6040000
BIOS Release: 20100507000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1024x768
3D Resolution: 1024x768 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Medium quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
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: No
Shadow Mode: Stencil shadows
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: No
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: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 207333 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1800.201006040036.8T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

Sounds good, I'll shoot you a global friend invite.

No worries Crindon, I'm sure there will be more parties down the road.

I've never done any of the Shadow Shard TFs. I can't go this weekend though, as I have a camping trip to attend. Perhaps if you pushed it back I could go. If that works for everyone else. If not, I understand. I don't want to keep you all waiting.

I'm glad someone remembers us. Sadly, we have had to return without him as we haven't heard from him. Iggy was a good leader for a long time.

I have a level 50 Scrapper and a level 38 WS that are both available for any Task Force. Let me know when and where. I'll keep an eye out on this thread.

On ordinary TFs, they can both perform tanking and DPS roles. For Master runs, the Scrapper would be better off going pure DPS.

Strike Force is beginning to rebuild, and as a result we are throwing one of our celebrations! Long time members of the server may remember our nights of socializing and millions of influence in prizes. This will be an oppurtunity for all players on the server to meet with each other. We hope you can make it!

July 24th, 6:00PM until 10:00PM EST

The night will feature a costume contest each hour. The contests will not be themed and the only rules will be that there can be no powers. Weapons are acceptable.

That is, in fact, our villain group. Several members used to PvP regularly, but those members are among the many who are inactive or missing. PvP is still something that we are interested in organizing, and we would also like to get our VG back up and running. The primary concern right now though is the hero side.

Name: Strike Force

Motto: Let Valor Not Fail

Leader(s): @Ampithere, @Gilight, @Canadian Stars

Player Type: As a community focused SG, we welcome all players.

RolePlay?: Never really a focus in the past, changes were made recently to turn one of our SGs into a light-moderate RP group based on the idea of Strike Force being a sovereign military force consisting of super heroes from all origins.

Membership levels: 1-50

SuperGroup Colors: Traditionally white and blue, a new costume is in the works.

Normal time of Gameplay: We can be found on at pretty much any time.

Other information: Strike Force was originally started a very long time ago. By the time I joined the group in Issue 3, it had already grown to be one of the largest and friendliest groups on the server. Sadly, like many other groups on Guardian, we have seen our membership drop as players moved to other games or switched to more heavily populated servers. Recently a number of officers returned to the game (myself included), and found the SG we had come to love pretty much abandoned. We have taken it upon ourselves to rebuild the group to it's former glory and provide a fun community where all of our members can prosper. We currently control to hero side groups with large feature-filled bases and are working towards recruiting as many old members back as we can. We also are beginning recruitment of new members to fill the fairly large gap. If you like having friends to chat with in game, this is the group for you.

Website: http://strikeforce.viviti.com
The website is new, so we are currently in a transitional phase. You'll find that all the features work, but there are a small number of page views and forum posts.

To join the group, contact a leader in game, and go to the Contact page on the website to send in an application. It is also recommended you register for the forums as much of our discussions about the future of the group will occur there.

1.) We were around long before CoV came out and can hardly help that our SG name resembles the villain name for Task Forces.

2.) I am aware of that fact, but those threads tend to draw in few new members. This thread was meant to call attention to the fact that we are recruiting again, rather than to be a post tacked on to a long dusty list of SGs that are mostly inactive or gone at this point. It seems like a seperate thread has at least a slightly larger chance of drawing in some new members than a single post at the back of that list.

Those of you who have been on the server for a long time may remember us for our Pocket D parties. We do much more than just party, and we are recruiting. We currently need new members of all types. If you are looking for a community focused SG, head over to our new website (pardon the dust while it is under construction). You'll be able to read our charter, apply for membership, and register on the forums.

http://strikeforce.viviti.com

The group still needs members. A lot of members. A webmaster is still needed as well. I'll have a VirtueVerse page up by the end of the day today. Once the page is up, I'll make another post linking to it from here. If you are interested contact @Vauluur or PM me here on the forums.

Fantastic, I'll be looking for your tell. As for time zones, that doesn't make much of a difference for me. I'm East Coast US, but as you said, I'm sure we can work something out.

Mothership Raid was also in progress. They really need to sort these problems out. It shows as being active now but I still can't connect to it.

Well Purple, it doesn't really matter what you play, as long as you play something. And yes Matt, this tends to be the sort of problem any SG faces getting off the ground. Once there are a handful of dedicated officers, recruitment becomes less of a problem.

If this hasn't yet been completed, I have a level 50 scrapper that I'd love to get this badge with.

I have created a new SG with the idea of it being a RPSG that is interested in raids, tfs, mission teams, arena battles, zone PVP, and base raids once those work properly. I have some experience as an officer in a supergroup before, but I need some help to get the group off the ground. If you haven't had much RP experience, that's fine. I expect RP to be pretty light most of the time. Anyway, I need some people willing to help recruit, or at the very least, willing to be recruited.

The group is called the Paragon Justiciars. The concept that I came up with is that it is a group that was nearly wiped out in the first Rikti Invasion. The surviving members of the group gave up hero work for what they expected to be forever. However, with the recent resurgence of the Rikti War and the threat posed by groups such as Arachnos, the Devouring Earth, and the partial return of the 5th Column, the veteran heroes felt the need to return and guide newer heroes to victory in these difficult battles.

If you are interested in joining, send me a PM here on the forums or send a global tell/email in game to @Vauluur. One final note, we need a webmaster. I have some experience writing HTML, but fancy websites aren't really my thing. I can easily provide hosting for the site if someone actually puts it together.

The time has come to gather up our Vanguard merits. This Saturday, 5/15/2010, I would like to organize mothership raids starting at 12 noon EST and ending when we no longer have enough people to keep going. If you'd like to participate, please post here. We will be needing team leaders as well, so please say so if you'd like to lead a team. I'll check back here frequently to see what our status is.