Win 7 graphic issue
By
Back_Blast,
Posted on: 2010-03-29 17:19 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Have you tried not using your music program and seeing if you can run multiple CoH sessions then? Also, check task manager after the game shutdown, perhaps the game exe doesn't completely turn off for some reason and that is your issue. Again, this might be caused by your music program somehow. Check that it too is fully 'off'. Also check your game sound settings. I assume you have them off but perhaps they're not and are fighting with the music program somehow, causing issues.
Just some ideas I thought of...
It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.
yeah I just tried after reinstalling Windows with everything as defaulted " in game sound, no external music .. etc" and still it worked well until I restarted the game (had to change the resolution).
BTW i'm using Winamp which never caused problem before (AFAIK)
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Did you check this part? I have this exact problem with Microsoft Access at work. Sometimes when I close it, it SEEMS to close but if I check the Task Manager, it's actually still running.
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Originally Posted by Back_Blast
Also, check task manager after the game shutdown, perhaps the game exe doesn't completely turn off for some reason and that is your issue.
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yeah sorry forgot to add it to the reply. I checked the task manager and unless it's a sub-component still runnin, cityofheroes.exe doesn't appear in the list.
I tried playing other games yesterday (crysis, starcraft, Ut2004 and UT3) and none of them gave me any problem. This makes me think there is something in CoH that is either corrupt or isn't getting removed from the sub-process.
I tried launching the game while Procmon was running but wasn't able to see anything special that could cause this.
If anyone has any idea of where to look, please let me know.
Ok, I know you said you reloaded, but did you transfer your game from a backup or do a fresh full download? If you didn't do a fresh download, remove and try that. Also, no mods till we track this down please. Vidiotmaps and all that are generally fine, but just in case, keep the game vanilla for now.
It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.
I haven't tried a fresh install yet but I don't play with any mods. I noticed Zloth coh helper was finding something in the "mod" section but I don't remember using any.
anyway i'll go start the download and see where that gets me.
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Well Vidiotmaps' map pack and Vanden's icon pack would qualify as mods and be the likely cause of those mod entries. But I'll take your word for it.
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Originally Posted by ElectroHawk
I haven't tried a fresh install yet but I don't play with any mods. I noticed Zloth coh helper was finding something in the "mod" section but I don't remember using any.
anyway i'll go start the download and see where that gets me. |
It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.
hum I did use Vidiotmap a couple years ago.. I didn't think I had been copying the same game folder for all those years (I reformat 2 to 3 times a year easily...)
Anyway I tried again after the game finished downloading and I still had the same issue except that it wasn't a complete lock of the computer just very bad lag whenever there was some sound. I downloaded an updated sound driver, and reinstalled the Nforce driver but I didn't have time to try again.
Well it looks like some progress has been made then. That's good.
It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.
Hey all,
Since a couple of weeks i've been getting some very weird bugs when trying to play CoH on Windows 7. I can play the game for as long as I want, but if I close it and start it again in the same windows session (no reboot), the game will stutter and something freeze the whole computer. If I can get to the close menu or force it down by the Task manager, the computer keep running without problem.
I normally play music at the same time and the music seems to follow the game lag. I have just reinstalled Windows 7 (bout 10min ago) thinking it was a driver issue but no luck.
Even weirder is that once I reboot, I can play the game without problem again but only for one session.
I pasted the info from COH helper (nice job on the updated version Zloth btw). I notice that it doesn't take the motherboard version .. it's an EVGA 780I and the graphic card (275) is also from EVGA. I do have a spare 8800 in but it's dedicated to PhysX and shouldn't interfere. I can always remove it if needed.
If anyone has any good idea as to the cause of this "bug" let me know cause right now i'm kinda lost.
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---
DxDiag gathered at March 29, 2010 20:13 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: 132-CK-NF78
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 8192MB
.Net Memory Report: 6402MB out of 8190MB available
Page File: 14491MB (1887MB currently in use)
C Drive: (SAMSUNG HD300LJ SCSI Disk Device) 169243MB out of 286065MB (59%) free
D Drive: (SAMSUNG MP0804H ATA Device) 2251MB out of 76340MB (2%) free
F Drive: (Seagate FreeAgent XTreme USB Device) 506031MB out of 953867MB (53%) free
E Drive: (LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-160P6S ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 275
Video Memory: 4077 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.11.9713
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
Sound Device Description: Digital Audio (HDMI) (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
Sound Device Description: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: EVGA
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 132-CK-NF78
Motherboard Version: 2
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: Nvidia - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20091026000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1920x1200
3D Resolution: 1920x1200 (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: 4x
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: Unknown (3)
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: 580216 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1600.20100114.10T
Installation Directory: C:\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
.\texture_library\GUI\Icons\Powers has 96 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 34 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files