Cannot see any models

I recently installed this game onto my E6500 Laptop and everything works fine in the start. I log in, I pick the character I want to log in as and then it loads. After it's done loading all my bars will pop up (Chat, Options, HP) but the actual area where the game is supposed to be shown is the last thing that appeared on the screen. Example: After it's done loading the screen is covered in the loading map picture. If I open options then the options menu is there forever, even if I closed it. I turned all my graphics down to minimum and turned off all things like anti-aliasing and such. I also tried windowed mode which doesn't help. I can move and hear what's happening in the game. I already died because apparently I logged out last time in a mob spawn so I was able to run from the names that were floating in the glitchy screen (Failed though, I think I ran into a wall and got killed.) This Laptop is able to run Call of Duty 4, WoW (I'm a multi-MMO kind of guy.), Hl2 and all sorts of new games. I also tried reinstalling to no avail. Here's a picture of how it looks after a few minutes of playing and looking around.

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Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

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Cannot see any models

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Go to Cannes.



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Fixed link (img tags disabled on these forums)

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Trippy!


Now that I've gotten that out of my system ...


Check out this thread, Common Solutions & Posting Guidelines


Then post the results of these two programs:

<ul type="square">[*]CoH Helper - it will show us basic computer settings and your CoH configuration.
[*]HijackThis - it will show us what's running on your computer concurrently with CoH. Click on "Do a system Scan and save a logfile." It will automatically open up Notepad and put the info there. Make sure Wordwrap is off in Notepad (Format &gt; Wordwrap unchecked) before you cut and paste here.

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

DxDiag gathered at June 14, 2009 23:34 (-07:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Latitude E6500
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A06
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2000MB
.Net Memory Report: 1369MB out of 1999MB available
Page File: 4307MB (537MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST980813ASG) 37090MB out of 76222MB (48%) free
G Drive: (Generic External USB Device) 25718MB out of 152625MB (16%) free
D Drive: (HL-DT-ST CDRWDVD MU10N) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.5512 (32-bit version)

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

Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer / Chip: Intel Corporation / Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Video Memory: 1024.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4964
Driver Date: 8/10/2008 2:46:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: IDT Audio
Driver File: sthda.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.6159.0000
Driver Date: 2/23/2009 11:08:10 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 0NY667
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
BIOS Name: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A06
BIOS Version: DELL - 27d80a0a
BIOS Release: 20081010000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1302x956
3D Resolution: 1302x956 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No

Physics Quality: None
Maximum Particles: 100
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No

Anti-aliasing: 4x
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Crisp
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 2.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Low (with world bumpmaps)

World Texture Level: Low
Character Texture Level: Low
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.500
Entity Detail Level: 0.300
Shadows Enabled: No
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: No
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: Yes
FX Sound Volume: 0.634
Music Sound Volume: 0.651

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 201419 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 18.20090422.5T
Installation Directory: g:\City Of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

I sure recognize that from a few years back..it was because I hadn't put my settings to 'single desktop' and 'no spanning of screen' (including child). I have always used Nvidia cards, so I had to adjust those settings in both tthe control panel and in the Nview. Hope that helps.

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Video Device Name: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family

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There's the culprit. Integrated graphics chips are great for web browsing, not so good for high-end video editing, graphics modeling and manipulation, nor for high-end 3D gaming. City of Heroes is definitely high-end.

Now, you already have all your graphics turned down. That was step one.

Step two is seeing if you can update your graphics driver. Check with Intel and Dell for a more recent version. Also, check with Dell to see if there is a more recent driver for the motherboard chipset/CPU. And make sure you have DX9. While you're check with Dell, see if your laptop can take a graphics card update.

Step three is posting your HijackThis, please, see the link above.

I also just noticed this at the bottom of your screen..
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there shouldn't be that many things running at once, unless you are double-boxing. Certainly, you could shut dow WMP and any other unneeded background things.

Well I was able to fix the problem with the help of the very excellent customer support team. Thanks all who posted here. Back to playing this epic game.

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I also just noticed this at the bottom of your screen..
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there shouldn't be that many things running at once, unless you are double-boxing. Certainly, you could shut down WMP and any other unneeded background things.

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I think you need a refresher course on the taskbar.

From left to right:
* Start menu.
* Quicklaunch toolbar containing: Firefox, Desktop, and WMP. (Anything in this area IS NOT RUNNING).
* Active programs: Seagate 160(G - open drive folder, City of Heroes - open folder, Firefox, City of heroes.

Not shown in your clipped version:
Notification area: 4 programs running. (I've seen a dozen in that area, so that isn't it).

The two folders are (likely) opened by Windows Explorer and wouldn't degrade anything.

I will point out that even on a Celeron 1.8 with 1 Gig of ram I could run CoH, Firefox, WMP, notepad, and a couple of other programs.

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