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COX on a Thinkpad T60P

Faltine

By Faltine,
Posted on: 2009-08-09 08:30 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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I just restarted my account on COX after 2 years. Before I did I wanted to see if it would work with the computer I'm using, a ThinkPad T60p. I checked the forms and googled but I couldn't find any info. Should anyone else run into this problem I just want to let them know what I found out.

The ThinkPad T60p uses an ATI FireGL 5200 video. I can play the game but only in safe mode. If you try to launch in normal mode you will crash every time. Frame rate in safe mode is the pits, but it works.

Hopefully in a month or two I will have my desktop system back and can enjoy COX in it's full graphic glory, until then, at least I can play.

 

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I have a T60p as well with Fire GL5250. For me, CoH runs ok on it without going to safe mode. It looks like we have a similar setup. But I don't have much idea what causes your problem. Thinkpad has a system update that you can try. You can also check if a video driver update will help.

 

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Originally Posted by Nightmage View Post
I just restarted my account on COX after 2 years. Before I did I wanted to see if it would work with the computer I'm using, a ThinkPad T60p. I checked the forms and googled but I couldn't find any info. Should anyone else run into this problem I just want to let them know what I found out.

The ThinkPad T60p uses an ATI FireGL 5200 video. I can play the game but only in safe mode. If you try to launch in normal mode you will crash every time. Frame rate in safe mode is the pits, but it works.

Hopefully in a month or two I will have my desktop system back and can enjoy COX in it's full graphic glory, until then, at least I can play.
Post the output of CoHHelper and HiJackThis into this thread so we can see what your setup is.

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update:
I only need to log in using safe mode once if I go into options. That saves all the low end settings so I can use normal log in.

I don't like posting HiJackThis logs, way to much info going public. I know this box needs a clean OS install, I just can't spare the down time to do it until I get my desktop system back. I'm just happy I can play at all.

Here is the output of my COH helper in case it helps anyone.

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---

DxDiag gathered at August 9, 2009 13:05 (-07:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.070227-2300)
System Manufacturer: LENOVO
System Model: 200883U
BIOS: Phoenix FirstBIOS(tm) Notebook Pro Version 2.0 for ThinkPad
Central Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2600 @ 2.16GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB
.Net Memory Report: 1232MB out of 2046MB available
Page File: 2724MB (702MB currently in use)
C Drive: (HTS721010G9SA00) 12765MB out of 95393MB (13%) free
D Drive: (MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-842) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.2180 (32-bit version)

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

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: ThinkPad Display 1400x1050
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1400,1050
Video Device Name: ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5200
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5200 (0x71C4)
Video Memory: 512.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6587
Driver Date: 12/20/2005 10:52:02 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: SoundMAX HD Audio
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0001.4270
Driver Date: 12/15/2005 7:19:20 AM

Sound Device Description: Bluetooth Hands-free Audio
Driver File: btaudio.sys
Driver Version: 5.01.0000.2900
Driver Date: 1/24/2007 3:33:36 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: LENOVO
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 200883U
Motherboard Version: Not Available
BIOS Manufacturer: LENOVO
BIOS Name: Phoenix FirstBIOS(tm) Notebook Pro Version 2.0 for ThinkPad
BIOS Version: LENOVO - 2070
BIOS Release: 20061124000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 800x600
3D Resolution: 800x600 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
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: Unknown (0)
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Crisp
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Lowest

World Texture Level: Low
Character Texture Level: Medium
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: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Compatiblity
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600

Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 184214 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 19.20090716.3T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

 

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I don't have a problem, but I'll also post my output for CoH helper. Maybe you can compare and see what the difference is.

Edit: I'm using Vista while yours is XP. But you can check if a video driver update is available for you.

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---

DxDiag gathered at August 10, 2009 10:29 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Business (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830)
System Manufacturer: LENOVO
System Model: 2613CTO
BIOS: Phoenix FirstBIOS(tm) Notebook Pro Version 2.0 for ThinkPad
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 2046MB
.Net Memory Report: 1148MB out of 2045MB available
Page File: 3136MB (1198MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST910021AS) 44134MB out of 88743MB (49%) free
E Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4083N 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: ThinkPad Display 1400x1050
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5250
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5250 (0x71D4)
Video Memory: 1022 MB
Driver Version: 7.14.0010.0503
Driver Date: 6/21/2007 5:15:48 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.0001.5500
Driver Date: 7/24/2007 2:34:36 PM

Sound Device Description: Digital Output Device (SPDIF) (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.0001.5500
Driver Date: 7/24/2007 2:34:36 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: LENOVO
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 2613CTO
Motherboard Version: Not Available
BIOS Manufacturer: LENOVO
BIOS Name: Phoenix FirstBIOS(tm) Notebook Pro Version 2.0 for ThinkPad
BIOS Version: LENOVO - 2160
BIOS Release: 20070713000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1384x1000
3D Resolution: 1384x1000 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: Yes
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No

Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 3898
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No

Anti-aliasing: Unknown (0)
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Medium

World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
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: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: No
Transfer Rate: 94856 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 19.20090716.3T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found