Crash after Server select

CoH was working fine this morning. Tonight, I start it up as normal, get the updater, get to login screen, enter my passwrod, get the server select, click a server, and 20 seconds pass and then the crashdump window. It's doing exactly the same thing every time I try. I've been trying repeatedly for an hour now. Afterwards, the updater has to veriufy the image etc again. It's really annoying.

I havwe up-to date drivers for everything.

Any ideas?

Eco.

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

QR - Ah, apparently I had directx9.c. i'm dling directx10 now. hope that works.

Eco.

EDIT: It didnt work

RRG!

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

Last time I had that issue (4-6 days ago) I rebooted, and verified files That either fixed it, or gave the server side enough time to correct the issue ... either way.

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I know this is a no-brainer, but I can't resist asking anyway..

Have you tried messing with the Playerslot.txt file at all? I know you were doing some editing in your playernotes.txt the other day. I'm just wondering if you accidentally messed up the other file somehow. If you temporarily move it to another folder or delete it, do you still have the problem?

As for verifying files.. it will do that after any client crash. If you wish, you can skip this process by making a shortcut similar to the following (substituting your own directory):
"C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe" -project coh

That will load the game directly without loading the updater program. Keep in mind you'll still have to verify files the next time the updater runs, and you'll have to run the updater next time there is a patch anyway.

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I have the same problem, except the uploader doesnt have the imaging problem afterwards.

I re-installed the entire game, re-updated...and still when I select my server, CoH crashes. If I select a server I don't have a toon on and make a new character, I can get to the actual hero-design step before it crashes.

any ideas?

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I know this is a no-brainer, but I can't resist asking anyway..

Have you tried messing with the Playerslot.txt file at all? I know you were doing some editing in your playernotes.txt the other day. I'm just wondering if you accidentally messed up the other file somehow. If you temporarily move it to another folder or delete it, do you still have the problem?

As for verifying files.. it will do that after any client crash. If you wish, you can skip this process by making a shortcut similar to the following (substituting your own directory):
"C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe" -project coh

That will load the game directly without loading the updater program. Keep in mind you'll still have to verify files the next time the updater runs, and you'll have to run the updater next time there is a patch anyway.

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Just tried moving the playerslot.txt to another folder temporaroily. Same problem.

I also deleted the checksum file and let it checksum again. No help.

Eco.

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

QR - I just updated my creative drivers and my nvidia drivers anyway, in case they were to blame.

Still crashing as I described.

I'm getting really depressed now lol.

Eco.

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

Qr - i'm going to attempt a radical solution. Will report if it works.

Eco

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

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Qr - i'm going to attempt a radical solution. Will report if it works.

Eco

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How will you be able to post from the Tibetan monastery?

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Qr - i'm going to attempt a radical solution. Will report if it works.

Eco

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How will you be able to post from the Tibetan monastery?

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Lol. It's still doing it today. Starting it in Safe Mode makes no difference.

My solution is twofold.

First, I'm going to buy a new computer. In about half an hour.

Then, after I've re-installed the game and faffed around etc getting it set up, if this problem still happens, I'll uninstall, cancel my account, and paint the wall behind my head with grey matter and bits of bone.

Eco.

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

CoH Helper's been running for 5 mins now and the little alien just keeps dancing. What's that all aboutk, then?

Eco.

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

Bah. Not only do I have to wait till the weekend for my new PC to be ready, but the %$##@^%$ing forum just ate a medium-sized post explaining the current state of affairs of my problem.

It never rains, eh?

Eco.

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

I just uninstalled everything connected to my soundcard, in case that was the cause.

Nope.

Two good side-effects of this disaster are that:

1. I'll get a spanky new high-end rig to play with, even if I have to give up CoH.

and 2. my ex-girlfriend will get my current PC, which still runs Toontown Online fine.

Every cloud, eh?

Eco.

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

Which local folders do I need to copy if i want to uninstall my CoH game client and re-install it? I haven't tried that yet, but I don't want to lose my AE local arcs etc.

I guess a better phrased question is which folders will the new install include? I can just delete those ones then.

I'd ideally like to dload a new copy of the client before I uninstall the old one, but the updater won't let me.

Eco.

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

The local copy of your arcs, custom characters, and custom groups are saved in the following folders:
..\City of Heroes\Missions\
..\City of Heroes\Custom_Critter\
..\City of Heroes\CustomVillainGroup\

Any chat logs are saved in:
..\City of Heroes\logs\game\

Screenshots are saved in:
..\City of Heroes\screenshots\

Personalized default setting files are:
..\City of Heroes\keybinds.txt
..\City of Heroes\options.txt
..\City of Heroes\wdw.txt

Other personalized files are located in:
..\City of Heroes\"your_login_name"\
..\City of Heroes\data\
( and any non *.pigg file located in ..\City of Heroes\piggs\ )

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The local copy of your arcs, custom characters, and custom groups are saved in the following folders:
..\City of Heroes\Missions\
..\City of Heroes\Custom_Critter\
..\City of Heroes\CustomVillainGroup\

Any chat logs are saved in:
..\City of Heroes\logs\game\

Scrrenshots are saved in:
..\City of Heroes\screenshots\

Personalized default setting files are:
..\City of Heroes\keybinds.txt
..\City of Heroes\options.txt
..\City of Heroes\wdw.txt

Other personalized files are located in:
..\City of Heroes\"your_login_name"\
..\City of Heroes\data\
( and any non *.pigg file located in ..\City of Heroes\piggs\ )

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Thanks v much, MB. You're a diamond.

Eco.

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

In the end I just changed the name of my CoH folder, DLed a new updater into a new folder and let it dl the client afresh, It seems to have workd - Ive logged in once, got a mapserver DC after ten minutes but it let me back in again.

I'm still getting a new rig though

Eco.

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

Crap. its doing it again

I made the mistake of copying over anything I thoiught was necessary from my old CoH folder. Ah well, another 7 hour dl isnt going to kill me

Eco.

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)

Seems to be solved now. I deleted everything apart from the pigg folder, and started the updater again. The new version works.

Eco.

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MArcs:

The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)