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The .Net framework's are installed by Windows Update, and there's really no way to NOT install them unless you hide the update.

Also, 10.5 is available in the mobility format now:

32bit: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...b_win7-32.aspx
64bit: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...b_win7-64.aspx

this is a hard question to answer, and here's why: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...47&postcount=4
This stands true with most mobile chipsets today. OEM's and ODM's may, or may not, use a graphics chip from ATi or Nvidia in the same way that a desktop or reference implementation use the chipset.

For years ATi/AMD and Nvidia have largely depended on the Vendors to keep their drivers up to date. In recent months, both companies have started releasing the reference drivers, used by the ODM's and OEM's to the public. These reference drivers may or may not work with the graphics chipset that your laptop ultimately uses.

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There's also the additional financial incentive on behalf of the actual laptop vendors to NOT update the drivers for their hardware. Their theory runs like this: If they update their drivers and continue to provide support, customers will have no reason to buy a new laptop. If they discontinue the hardware and drop support, an eventual software change will mean that the laptop is no longer functional and customers will HAVE TO BUY new equipment.

The reason desktop vendors (largely) can't, or don't do this, is that components used in desktop computers are rarely proprietary or specially manufactured. True, some companies like Dell do go out of their way to use non-standard motherboard connections or mounting points... but for the most part, commodity parts are commodity.

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From a perspective moving forward, there's no guarantee that any laptop vendor you buy from will have a chipset that AMD or Nvidia will support as a company later down the line. About the only thing that can be guaranteed is that the laptop vendor will not be updating the driver on their own.

As far as I'm aware, Sapphire (and for that matter every other desktop ATi vendor) just winds up mirroring the reference release.

It's generally only in the mobile sector where the OEM Vendor's driver is drastically different from the reference driver.

First: go back to 10.1. 10.2 and 10.3 have issues with Ultra Mode.

Second: if you can't install 10.4 on the HD 5830, FILE A BUG REPORT: http://www.amd.com/us/CatalystCrewSurvey

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Also: 10.5 is out now. http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

The artifacts did not occur on one of the beta-fglrx OpenGl 4.0 drivers, so a fix is somewhere upstream on ATi's side. No idea why the fix hasn't propagated down to a released driver. It might be due to similar issues causing hangups on Unigine's Heaven 2.1 benchmark.

I'm sorry Dave. The engine won't let you do that Dave. Don't throw me out the airlock Dave. Aeon's out there Dave. He's still mad at me Dave. Don't do it Dave. Dave. No.

/cd /home/HAL/Music
/amarok -p Daisy-Bell.flac

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okay. Since I've actually been asked about this by more than just Thirty-Seven and Decorum below, here's the explanation
In most Desktop Linux's the users's account is placed on a separate partition under /home.
The resulting file structure is /home/(username)
cd stands for change directory

The implication is that HAL is running the command to change to his music directory

Amarok is widely considered to be one of the best music management systems available, with it's old 1.4 version often being compared to Apple's Itunes... and winning. Although I'm not sure I'd say that about the current 2.0 branch...
Anyways, the command amarok -p instructs Amarok to play a music file
.flac is the free lossless audio codec, a patent free and royalty free audio compression container.
Daisy-Bell is the name of the song that HAL 9000 plays as he's being shut down.

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So, the two lines basically say:

HAL changes to his music directory
HAL plays the Daisy Bell Song.

actually, all of the in-game content will be loaded whether or not you purchase Going Rogue. Given the way the City of Heroe's processing engine works, it's almost impossible for the developers to maintain completely separate builds of the game based on whether or not a player has purchased the expansion. There's also the aspect that as CoH is an MMO, you will eventually come across another player who has access to that content, and if it's something like a costume set or a power animation, you have to have it loaded to display what the other player has.

While separating downloaded content and only downloading what the player has purchased is difficult, it is quite easy for the developers to flag your account for access to content.

This is why Players who bought City of Heroes, but not City of Villains, had to download and install all City of Villains content... and why players who bought City of Villains but not City of Heroes, had to download and install all City of Heroes content.

So, the short version is: all of the content is downloaded, regardless of whether or not you actually bought that content. You just don't get access until you buy.

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Because of this, as in all past expansions and issue releases, there will be a pre-download period where all of the non-changing content will be added to the engine in advance.

Unfortantly, you DID ask whether or not your computer can run Ultra Mode. You said this:

Then you proceeded to post your computer specs.

Your computer does not meet the min requirements for Ultra Mode. Period.

Now, you can be rude if you want, but I told you what was going on. Now if you want to run ultra mode, Upgrade your Graphics Card. That's the suggestion. That's the answer.

BZZZZT! WRONG!!!

The RadeonHD 4670 is capable of processing OpenGL 3.x API calls, which Ultra Mode leverages.

It, however, IS NOT FAST ENOUGH TO RUN THEM AT A DECENT FRAMERATE.

Which is why your Framerate is stuttering and hitching.

Default levels is still "on"

Your card cannot handle: "on'

Turn them off, and read above.


I did give you the answer in my first post. Your computer does not meet the requirements for Ultra Mode.

.... *bangs head against one of these*

• A: There is no discrepancy
• B: There is no Retcon

What We are seeing on the Going Rogue site is how Emperor Cole, aka Tyrant, presents himself and his followers to the Praetorian public. We are seeing the story that Emperor's Cole Group gives to the Praetorian Citizens.

What Emperor Cole and his Main Followers present themselves as is not their "true selfs." Those of us who have played through the Maria Jenkins and Tina McIntyre Arcs have encountered the "real" persona's of the Praetorian Powers.

The Going Rogue Webpage is an INTENTIONAL MIND-BENDER designed to screw around with new players who are unfamiliar with the history of the Praetorian encounters with the Primal Earth Heroes. That's why the updates are such a big deal. We are seeing the story the Loyalists are told, while already knowing the truth the Resistance is trying to tell to the rest of the Praetorians.

Chaos, the problem is this: those aren't the people who are coming onto the forums and whining / complaining. The fact is, the stories themselves still work properly. The actual mechanics that TELL the story and communicate the events STILL WORK. They were not changed.

What was changed was the reward for certain types of encounter situations within the AE system.

A player genuinely interested in telling a story, and communicating an event, won't care about an EXP loss. That isn't the purpose of the medium being used.

Ergo, there's a disconnect here between the assertion you make:
And the reality of what the situation is. In this case, Forbin is correct. The vast majority of players setting up multiple NPC rescue routines were doing so to farm large targets. Not for purposes of a story telling. For purposes of farming: breaking the risk / reward ratio.

yeah. that's pretty much what I said

Aeon indeed promised a different work around to the problem, but if my memory serves, it was going to require some additional coding. The lack of a shortly available long-term solution is why I think the devs took the approach they did last month.

What we don't know is whether or not those coding resources will be available in time for GR. So... I wouldn't be holding my breath for an AE update to accompany GR. I would expect SOMETHING by I19 though.

... um.

Again. You could play CoH game on a 56k modem. 2Mbs speed is way faster than that. 2Mbps is about 2048Kbps, which is roughly 36 times faster than the minimum required speed.

I bet Villain's / Rogue's / loyalists get a Strike Force where they have to beat Aurora into submission so that Mayhem can take over.

Naughty Detra! 50 minutes in the penalty box!