how do i stop files verifying?

Hi,

Recently I dont know why but im getting random lag spikes, and longer loading times, which either results in disconnection from server or more normally, client crashes.

Its annoying enough having to reset the game after these things but the 2-3 minutes you have to wait for files verifying again is even more irritating. Is there any way to stop the verifying from occuring?

The crashes tend to be happening either travelling by Cap AE, Cap BM or zoning il randomly get stuck at loading screen for 5 or 6 minutes without it budging then il get a message saying its crashed. Its very annoying and happens about 3 or 4 times a day now. Ive recently defragged hard drive which increased loading times slightly when it actually does load, but im still getting random lag spikes and crashes.

Its another one of those things that randomly seems to crop up after a patch, then disappear the next :s

Change that to 6 times its crapped out now.

Seems a lot of people im speaking to are having a lot more regular crashes since the last patch. Poor guy im teaming with has crashed on almost every mission enterence now. Ive just had a few lag spikes on exiting missions then when i get to trainer i get a massive one for about 3 or 4 minutes, then il get client crash message.

Assuming Windows, obviously.

Make a second shortcut to City. Do this by right-clicking your desktop and create a new shortcut (different Windows versions do this differently... usually it's under something like "New..." with a submenu). Point it to your City installation folder, and select the "CityOfHeroes.exe" file. Congrats! You have a new shortcut. WAIT! You're not done yet.

Right-click the shortcut, and find the text box where it says "Target". At the end of that text box, add the words " -project coh" to the end (space is important, hyphen is important, remove the quote marks). So, using my installation information (yours will probably be different), my Target box looks like this:

"E:\Games\City\CityOfHeroes.exe" -project coh

Quote:

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Thank you, im on windows xp and im familiar with the target command part, just not heard of project coh bit before thanks

Strangely enough, after the last crash, it seems it sorted itself out a bit..... didnt get any lag spikes at all and didnt crash, its definately strange. At first I blamed my wireless card i use, so i plugged a cable in instead and it still crashed, i know my computer doesnt have any viruses or anything because its only a couple of weeks old installation and up till the last patch it was fine.

I didnt see any mentioning of anything that would affect crashes etc in the notes but apparently its not just me this is happening to, theres been reports of area crashes, random disconnections and other random crashes coming in from just about everyone in my sg, and there seems to be a lot more crashing in teams too. In the last team I was in, 3 people crashed within an hour.