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Quote:Fetching the item of power and putting it in her base!Originally Posted by ChristopherRobin
Hmmm wonder what the "mission" she just "completed" was.
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Quote:According to this thread you downloaded the trial: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=249449Originally Posted by amusedSTYX
How do I know what client I have?
Where are you physically located at? (What country, state)
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way back, at some point during the alpha / beta testing, CoH was indeed archtypeless, and you could indeed take powers out of order.
However, that was changed well before the game hit retail launch in the US, and well before it hit retail launch in the EU markets.
Why?
The free-for-all power concept was determined to be bad gameplay.
This was one of the sticky points with Cryptic Studio's second super-hero themed MMO that made it to the retail market. The Cryptic Studio developers were again trying a free-for-all power approach again was of serious concern to veterans of their first super-hero themed MMO. It was a bad idea back in 2002 and 2003, and it was still a bad idea in 2009 / 2010. -
Okay. Is this what you have going on?
That little bar next to the the start menu?
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Quote:that sounds about right.Originally Posted by seebs
Okay. So... Trying again to get this:
DB, if you don't use combos, is a decent set which is within the broad range of effectiveness of CoH melee attack sets.
DB, if you use combos, is a decent set which is within the broad range of effectiveness of CoH melee attack sets.
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Quote:this... makes... absolutely... no... sense.Originally Posted by seebs
I have a machine which can in theory run CoH, but tends to overheat doing so. I'd like to be able to use it to, say, check up on my WW stuff, without overheating it.
On another game I used to play, you could cap frame rate by telling the game the maximum framerate you wanted to render, and setting it a few frames per second lower than what the machine could do made it quite a lot smoother and quieter. I've already turned settings down pretty much as much as I can, which just makes it faster and still too hot, so that would be my next option.
D'oh! /maxfps
Here's why:
Basically seebs, if you are running into problems where your computer is overheating just sitting still and doing nothing?Quote:All processors, be they central processing units (CPU's), graphics accelerators (GA's), graphics processing unit's (GPU's), network processing units (NPU), sound / audio processing units (SPU / APU), and even Physics Processing Units (PPU's), all have defined maximum clock-speeds. Outside of direct user-intervention, such as increasing the voltage to the processor, or increasing elements of the processor's timing mechanisms, this means there is a hard-cap to the amount of work that any individual processor can accomplish.
The hard limit to how much work a processor can accomplish means that there is a hard limit on how much heat that processor can put off, a limit that is referred to as the TPD envelope, or Thermal Design Power: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_design_power
This heat output is often measured in Watts.
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The maximum TPD is a incredibly important figure for vendors actually building products with various processors. This CK8 cooler from Cooler-Master, for example, is only certified for dissipating up to 110watts. If you were to try and use it to cool off a processor with a 125watt rating, you'd probably wind up with a fried processor very, very quickly.
Presuming that the manufacturer of the processor was accurate about the thermal performance of their processor, outside of user or external intervention, there should not a case where a processor being used in a default setting should be cable of reaching a temperature where automatic shut-offs engage. Referencing the external intervention, build-ups of dust, dirt, or other such debris can impedes adequate and proper airflow to system processors, creating an overheating situation separate of any software variables.
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Quote:That's because there aren't any.Originally Posted by seebs
Hmm. I guess I still can't figure out the balance implications.
There's only one set for Combination Attacks in the game.
That set is Dual Blades.
Dual Blades is balanced to be competitive with other melee sets. Being competitive does not necessarily mean matching total DPS, matching total debuff, or being exactly equal.
The melee sets already feature a wide range of powers and effects. Case(s) in point: Dark Melee is not going to put out the same pbaoe damage as Spines. Dark Melee doesn't have to put out the same pbaoe damage as Spines. Dark Melee has it's own feature set of powers.
Spines is not going to put out the same single-target as Broadsword. Spines doesn't have to put out the same single-target damage as Broadsword. Spines has it's own feature set of powers.
And so on... and so on... and so on.
Dual Blades feature is that it has combination attacks. These combination attacks unlock various mitigation effects for the Dual Blades set.
This gives the Dual Blades set a bit more versatility. Need a little bit more Debuff? Lead into a Weaken combination. Need to park a mob for a second or two? Lead into a Sweep combination.
Also: pulling off the combo's is fairly easy. A bright orange circle shows around powers that will trigger the next stage of a combination attack. -
Quote:... okay. I'm just guessing here but you are using Windows 7 right?Originally Posted by amusedSTYX
I have disabled icons on my desktop, I use a taskbar to place shortcuts on.
And you told the computer to pin to your taskbar the program that was running, right?
Unpin that icon.
Navigate to D:\Program Files (x86)\CoH
(or D:\Program Files\CoH if you are using Windows 7 32bit), and pin the cohupdater file. -
check the other thread you made.
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Quote:right off hand, if you installed your game to a different folder, that's going to be the problem.Originally Posted by amusedSTYX
So I just finished downloading COH, and logged in with my trial account. I create a character, and venture into the world, but before I do anything I change my settings, screen resolution etc etc, and quit the game to make them apply. But when I open the updaer again, it asks me to choose a install folder, and I choose the folder where I installed the game "D:\City Of Heroes" and it says "you may be out of disk space" or bla bla bla, but I already know I have plenty of disk space, so I suppose it won't overwrite.
But why does it do that?
How do I launch the game now? I really want to play, so please help!
Thank you!
The game should have set a separate icon on your desktop that points to the install location. You may have to adjust the shortcut to point to the correct drive. -
Quote:durr. See, Hyperstrike is used to me shorting Vista/7 as NT6Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
NT5 = Windows XP.
NT6 = Vista/7
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Quote:yeah. Looking in the wrong place. I'll take that eye exam nowOriginally Posted by Siolfir
Then you aren't looking in the right place, or don't understand what you're seeing when you look.
What I did wrong is I stopped on the pages that I linked to... rather than clicking through to the specific power http://tomax.cohtitan.com/data/power...des.AoE_Bridge
No, I don't know WHY I didn't just click on through... -
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=219502
NT6 32bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...l2-driver.html
NT6 64bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...l2-driver.html
NT5 32bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2...l2-driver.html
NT5 64bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64...l2-driver.html
Nvidia has a unified driver package. Your specific model of card does not matter.
That being said, your generic model of card does matter.
Nvidia has a couple of different legacy drivers now. Currently the cut-off on those legacy drivers is the Geforce FX series. So, not an issue for what you have. -
Quote:well, if what Ivan said is true, that there haven't been any other serious attempts for a Ghostbusters 3, and there haven't been any other scripts... then those rumors don't really have a lot of weight...Originally Posted by Nericus
Yeah he did do the game, but how much arm twisting and money did it take? It has long been rumored that he has been the biggest reason for why Ghostbusters 3 hasn't happened. Ghostbusters 2 not doing too well didn't help either, of course.
That being said... since nobody really knows what the truth is about the previous attempts at a GB3 movie, Bill Murray may or have may not been the stopping point. -
Quote:most of the time I use Ksnapshot.Originally Posted by New Dawn
How do you printscreen the interface?
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Quote:okay.Originally Posted by Calibre
Hey all, Techies
Yeah, having the hitching, stuttering randomly leading to a hard lockup. I installed and ran CCleaner and this seemed to help for maybe one session. I also notice that when I open my download folder, the icons for the progs I've downloaded here and there take a noticeable time to render...something isn't right but I can't figure it out. COMODO says nothing is wrong.
Cal
Click on start
Click on run
type in cmd
hit ok
we should be at the DOS box
type in: chkdsk /f /r
hit enter
hit y for yes
exit the DOS box
reboot
computer will come back up and run through a Check Disk. It will take a while on a 250gb drive.
When the check disk completes Windows should automatically restart
Go to the control panel
Go to Administrative Tools
Click on Event Viewer
Click on the section labeled Application
Double click on the entry labeled winlogon
The results of the Check Disk will be here.
If you have any Bad Sectors, your hard-drive is starting to die. -
I don't see any particular problem with the hardware and software you posted.
Resolution reads at 1680*1050... you aren't pushing any heavy Ultra-Mode settings... Should be well within range of what a 9800 GT should be able to push no problem.
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Looking at the City of Data though... I don't see any explicit data on the combo's:
- http://tomax.cohtitan.com/data/power...ee.Dual_Blades
- http://tomax.cohtitan.com/data/power...ee.Dual_Blades
- http://tomax.cohtitan.com/data/power...ee.Dual_Blades
So it's possible that you'll have to use the in-game figures. The effects of the combo's are listed in the real-numbers for the attack that completes the combo. Typhoon's Edge completes both the Weaken and the Sweep combo, so it has the effects for both:
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Quote:eh, the whole reason it got started again was because of the Ghostbusters Game, which Murray DID do.Originally Posted by Ironik
I wonder if people would like it without Murray, because he keeps saying, "No way."
So hey, could be interesting. -
If it doesn't, we are here to help.
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Quote:keep in mind that the forums only represent a small subsection of the actual player-base, and that a large quantities of in-game players have large reservations about anything that's posted in the forums due to an overall lack of accuracy and what could be described as a skewed viewpoint.Originally Posted by GeorgeN
Thanks for the input guys. I was a little surprised, is sifting about in the forums a bit I had the impression people didn't generally think much of SM.
For most common power questions, you are more likely to get valid input from players who actually took and use, or tried, a power by asking in a server global channel, your Supergroup members, or your coalition members. -
Quote:... eesh. and I thought I was cold when it came to Michael Bay...Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
So it would only be -100% from decent, then?
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Quote:you would be the first person I've ever met that didn't start howling with laughter at the mention of an archery / fire blaster.Originally Posted by StratoNexus
Arhcery / Fire is very potent with just SOs. You don't need fancy IOs to RoA + FSC, finish a straggler or two, move to next spawn, Fist, FSC, Explosive, finish a straggler or two, move to next spawn, repeat. Sure, IOs, can make it better, but it definitely does not suck with just SOs.
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Tales of Interest...
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Quote:A good way to think of Shadow Meld is that it is a weaker and defense only version of Moment of Glory, but it will still pretty much soft-cap you if you slot it with any defense boosts.Originally Posted by Auroxis
From what I hear Shadow Meld is good for the exact reasons you mentioned. Not as an auto-toggle power but as a situational power for absorbing alphas and for emergencies. Remember DA has another emergency/alpha dealing power in Dark Regen, so you'll have plenty of time to use SM alongside it if needed.
TT is a really subpar AoE power for a melee toon. You don't want to have to go out of melee to fire an AoE on a scrapper.
Anyways, I took Soul Tentacles on a Brute for the same AOE reason... and well... That narrow cone basically means as an AOE, it's useless unless I back out of a mob. I'd have a hard time telling another melee archtype to grab the immobilize cone after my play experience with one.
