The new forum sucks
By
Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2009-07-31 15:21 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
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I am offended, Nice job going from one stoop to the next
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Originally Posted by GoliathBirdEater
Oh, okay ... your problem isn't with the forums themselves, but the fact that you have to share them with us Americans (and Canadians, and whoever else uses the North American forums). Gotcha. Unfortunately, bigotry is not a technical issue, so I doubt you'll get a solution in this forum.
Why don't you try posting this in the PvP forum instead? They might be able to help you.  |
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Well, you ARE all Emo and Bitter and such.|
Originally Posted by Emo_Bitter
I am offended, Nice job going from one stoop to the next
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We couldn't expect any different.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
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Wasn't insinuating that PvPers are bigots; my apologies if it read like that.
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Originally Posted by Emo_Bitter
I am offended, Nice job going from one stoop to the next
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Positron: "There are no bugs [in City of Heroes], just varying degrees of features."
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Forgot my toggles again. I'm back.
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Originally Posted by Eislor
BillZ runs away??????
WTF |
Be well, people of CoH.
Sig Pictures? Sweet 
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Well, I'm liking the newness! I was able to go back and fix up my old sticky thread in just a few minutes. I thought sure I would need to re-post the whole thing.
So far, the only sad thing for me is setting my avatar. The new software still won't take a ~ in the URL. (Though the software they used for I13 beta let me do it.) Oh well, with signature pics, maybe I don't need it.
So how does the CoH Helper output look?
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.7---
DxDiag gathered at July 31, 2009 20:15 (-05:00)
Operating System: [color:yellow]Windows Vista Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830)[/color]
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: 122-CK-NF68
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6700 @ 2.66GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 6142MB
.Net Memory Report: 4354MB out of 6141MB available
Page File: 5037MB (1989MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD50 00AAKS-00TMA SCSI Disk Device) 172510MB out of 476937MB (36%) free
D Drive: (WDC WD25 00JS-00SGB0 SCSI Disk Device) 105712MB out of 238464MB (44%) free
E Drive: (TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182M ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 10
DirectX Diag version: 6.00.6001.18000 (64-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 GTX
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 8800 GTX
Video Memory: 3554 MB
Driver Version: 8.15.0011.9038
Driver Date: 7/14/2009 1:54:00 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
Driver File: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1368
Driver Date: 10/8/2008 2:22:22 AM
Sound Device Description: SPDIF Out (Creative SB X-Fi)
Driver File: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1368
Driver Date: 10/8/2008 2:22:22 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: EVGA
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 122-CK-NF68
Motherboard Version: 2
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: Nvidia - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20070112000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 2048x1536
3D Resolution: 2048x1536 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 120, 101
Refresh Rate: 80Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: Very High
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: 4x
Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High Quality
Bloom: 0.805 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 2.000
Entity Detail Level: 2.000
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: Compatiblity
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.436
Music Sound Volume: 0.240
Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 698522 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 19.20090702.5T2
Installation Directory: C:\Games\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
.\Fonts has 2 files
.\Sound\Ogg\BoomBox has 2 files
.\Sound\Ogg\V_FrontEnd has 2 files
.\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\common\Backgrounds has 1 file
.\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\Login has 2 files
.\texture_library\WORLD\Common_Decor\Kirk_Batch04 has 4 files
.\texture_library\WORLD\Swappables_and_Decals\Sign s\Billboard\billboard_Square has 1 file
.\texture_library\WORLD\Swappables_and_Decals\Sign s\Special_signs has 1 file
.\texture_library\WORLD\V_COV\Bases\Details\Decora tive_liquid\Baseliquid_Monitors has 5 files
Hmmm, it uses color= now in the BB code instead of color:. OK, easy enough to fix, and I needed to turn it yellow on folks that haven't got Vista SP2 anyway.
Doesn't seem to like your color tags Zloth. Otherwise, it looks fine.
I'm curious to see how a HJT log will look.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
I think it's a bit early to give up on it. It's different and will take time to get used to.
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It's different, people are bound to get upset. You see it all the time. By the way, did you notice how you can hover your mouse over a topic and see text from the post? Now THAT will be handy!!|
Originally Posted by Sam_Hufinson
I think it's a bit early to give up on it. It's different and will take time to get used to.
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Got the color thing fixed, version 1.1.8 of the CoH Helper is ready. It also flags people who haven't got Vista SP2 yet.
(And I fixed my board text coloring program. Muuuhahaha!)
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That's because the old image size was 80x80 and the new one is 100x100. Old images are stretched to fit the new size.|
Originally Posted by Boxcars
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'Ow come some people's avatars (including mine) look a little fuzzy? Dint 'ave zat problem on zee other board. (By the way, welkommen to the Euro playaz.) |
That's why new Avatar has the inner 'matting', so I wouldn't have to find my original image and recrop for the new size.
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I'm happy they switched to vBulletin. Several other forums I belong to use it and it offers way more control and features than the previous ones. May take a bit of getting used to, but I do think it is for the better.
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"so we are looking into the possiblity of maybe someday thinking about maybe implementing something similar to this, in the future" -Positron
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Guess I'll have to change my copy/paste text when the new one is up. And thank you for flagging SP2 on Vista. Will make that much easier to catch.|
Originally Posted by Zloth
It's different, people are bound to get upset. You see it all the time. By the way, did you notice how you can hover your mouse over a topic and see text from the post? Now THAT will be handy!!
Got the color thing fixed, version 1.1.8 of the CoH Helper is ready. It also flags people who haven't got Vista SP2 yet. (And I fixed my board text coloring program. Muuuhahaha!) |
Use your Mouseover technique on just about anything on the forums. There are a wonderful amount of new things that have mouseover information.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
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Originally Posted by Dark_One_NA
Honestly, there's WAY too much blank space in this new setup.
Forum topics = about 90% wasted space, which given the way they set up the thread author means that 10 topics take up about the half the damn screen. The old forums were compact, elegant, and nice IMO. Image sigs? I hate those damn things. |
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Originally Posted by FatherXmas
You can disable image sigs in your options.
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What if you wish to QR to the thread as a whole and not make one person feel like you are singling them out without going through the whole generic ***, time tested, "I didn't mean you specifically..." blah blah blah that always happens?
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Originally Posted by GoliathBirdEater
First off, you don't really need to add "QR" to non-user-specific replies anymore, because this board's quote system automatically adds the name of the person you're quoting to the quote box, as well as a link to the specif post you're quoting. It'll be a hard habit for some folks to break, but it can be done.
 As for the avatar fuzziness: Is you're avatar pic still 80X80? There may be some automatic upscaling going on. If it's 100x100 ... well, I dunno. |
I disabled the Show Images only. It does indeed disable the images in the sigs, but also images posted in the thread, such as when Positron posted the preview of Issue 16's color customization. It doesn't disable smilies.
But I agree, I want MORE customization options, not less. I'm glad that people that wanted images in sigs finally got them, but I'd like an option to disable Only Images in Only Sigs.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Originally Posted by Beef_Cake 
Just get rid of the nasty grey background behind the avatar and I will be happy.
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Originally Posted by Mateo_06
word
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I'd prefer to have the choice of whether my avatar gets a cheap framing shop or not.
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In that case, don't use the misnamed Quick Reply box, instead use the New Post box. It's not really a Quick Reply box anyway, it's a Reply From The Same Page box. If it were a true Quick Reply, you wouldn't have to click anywhere except for in that box to be able to type in it.
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Originally Posted by Brawlnstein
What if you wish to QR to the thread as a whole and not make one person feel like you are singling them out without going through the whole generic ***, time tested, "I didn't mean you specifically..." blah blah blah that always happens?
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If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Do we seriously need a massive number of QQ threads every bloody time something related to this game changes?!
What is it with people lately?
Adapt. Period.
All I can say is that I am very surprised that they have allowed [ img ] tags ...
Other than that, just gotta get used to the new format, i've almost got it set up like I had it on the old forums.
CHAMPION!
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We just need to wait until someone comes in and complains about how the new forums fried their video card by giving them bad caps.|
Originally Posted by BillZBubba
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>.> I fail to see how this is a technical issue. /runs away |
Patience, grasshopper.
Just something new to learn thats all
Nope,pretty sucky forum format.A lot of wasted time and money IMO.
I believe our children are our future and I reflect on the lessons and values we taught them.
I believe the world has many real Villains,what we need are more Heroes.
*May you all be a hero in someone's life.*
Ok, just how the heck do you do a multi-quote? I click that little button next to "Quote", but it just leaves me replying to one person, rather the quote block of everything.
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That is not the problem,I simply do not like the way it looks. Reminds me of the SG type freebie web site forums.I am sure this wasn't free.
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Originally Posted by Ectomy
Just something new to learn thats all
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I believe our children are our future and I reflect on the lessons and values we taught them.
I believe the world has many real Villains,what we need are more Heroes.
*May you all be a hero in someone's life.*
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I fail to see how this is a technical issue.
/runs away
WTF
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