tony_42

Updating my graphics driver fixed everything! Thanks guys

OK, well, the HijackThis deal detected that I had nothing out of the ordinary going on with my computer (and I don't run anything else while running COH), and here's the COH Helper log

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.7---

DxDiag gathered at July 23, 2009 16:23 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.090302-1506)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: KT371AA-ABA a6514f
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 3070MB
.Net Memory Report: 2442MB out of 3069MB available
Page File: 4137MB (2241MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST3500620AS ATA Device) 341089MB out of 466719MB (73%) free
D Drive: (ST3500620AS ATA Device) 1368MB out of 10217MB (13%) free
E Drive: (TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Q ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 10
DirectX Diag version: 6.00.6001.18000 (32-bit version)

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

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 8800 GT
Video Memory: 1778 MB
Driver Version: 8.15.0011.8618
Driver Date: 6/10/2009 6:03:00 AM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHDA.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5789
Driver Date: 2/11/2009 12:38:14 PM

Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHDA.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5789
Driver Date: 2/11/2009 12:38:14 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: FOXCONN
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: Napa
Motherboard Version: HP P/N
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: HPQOEM - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20080513000000.000000+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: None
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High Quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High

World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
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: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 52465 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 19.20090702.5T2
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

I'm dealing with a very red game right now, and I have no idea why. I've got a decent graphics card that used to run COH perfectly, but having recently replaced the hard drive gives me this mess.

http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/f...t=CIMG1491.jpg

http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/f...t=CIMG1490.jpg


After installing the new harddrive, I went to NVidia's website and reinstalled the proper drivers, and I'm running Age of Conan just fine, so can anyone explain this redness to me?

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Anything that is defeated by the confused foe will not give you experience.

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No no no! Don't spread such vile lies! This is a horrible, much earlier Issue (I don't know, like 3) myth that has been proven wrong time and time again. As long as you are consistently fighting alongside your deceived enemy, you will not lose XP, but actually gain XP quicker.

Please don't post antiquated nonsense in a guide; it's people reading stuff like this in guides that propagates the lies, with an end result being, "DON'T USE DECEIVE! EVER!!!" It's awful and wrong and I won't take it lying down!

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showf...Number=4447670

That right there is good hard proof of Confusion's benefits. It's not an XP stealer unless you go around mindlessly deceiving enemies with no intent of fighting them your ownself at all.

I'm sorry, but lies about Confusion are my hot button.

But do I need Stamina?

Honestly people, read the friggin' guide alllll the way through, past the part where it's mentioned that you don't have to get stamina. Careless, party of....half the people on this thread with near identical builds, to boot.

Very, very, very, very good guide. Excellent descriptions, A++ on hard numbers for the nerds in the building *cough*, and over all very...sharp!

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I believe Tech's Taser and Magic's Apprentice Charm are your choices. I'm not fully sure about the Apprentice Charm, since I've never tested it -- can anyone confirm?

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Yes. Any energy or fire damage will do it.

Ouch, whip it good Luminara.

She's right though. Don't want confused ideas getting out to readers. Otherwise, good job on the guide. Nice touch by adding how the clothing of the ninjas change. Bravo.

I'll definitely chime in with "You're wasting slots with the 3rd accuracy"

Unless you're constantly fighting through chill of the night and hurricane at the same time, that 3rd accuracy is basically seeing no use.

Otherwise, good guide.

Great guide, but one minor nitpick.

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Sure, it's got that whole stigmata of being 'situational'

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Stigmata is when your hands bleed like Jesus; Stigma is notoriety.

I would argue that this is the most thorough, well-researched, cleverly layed out COX guide that I have ever read.

You really took a lot of time to do it up right, and give insights into every single facet of building an En/En Brute. That's really neat. Great job. 42 Stars.

Great guide. Very thorough and well-expressed.

How sure are you about that Blizzard BI? It's seem way low to me. Only 12 ticks of each kind of damage? That can't be right.

Kudos on writing a post-I4 guide though. All of the other information seems up-to-date and nifty, though I think there's a current Ice Stom BI thread floating around claiming Ice Storm to be 5.8 BI if i'm not mistaken.

Good job on the guide for the most part.