Game won't launch after patch.

I was able to enter the game right after patching but decided to log out to go to test for the events. I had loaded up test earlier this morning with no problem, but after agreeing to the terms this time the game would not start. Sometimes I can see a faint loading bar but it is frozen and the program is not responding. On other tries it never starts to load. I thought maybe so many people were trying to get into test that maybe the server was having some sort of problem, but going back to live it is now also having the same problem. It either never starts to load after agreeing to the terms or locks up immedialtly after attempting to load forcing me to use task manager to shut it down. I've tried verifying all files and deleting the checksum but neither has had any effect.

what operating system are you using and what graphics card do you have?

Thanks for the reply. Updating my video driver fixed it.

I've got this same problem, but updating my video drivers didn't solve anything.

Bad Wonka, what video card and drivers are you using?

I'm using a GeForce 8600GT Driver version is 197.45

This is on Windows XP Home SP3.

I tried to load up the game again today. Opened up the updater, clicked "Next" then clicked "I Agree" and now not even the little bar that says "Loading..." comes up, nothing happens and under the Task Manager it shows the CityofHeroes.exe running at 84k Mem Usage.

Have you tried safe mode?

Yes, does the same thing, sometimes with the faint "Loading..." bar and sometimes without it. Both ways it does nothing.

Clobbertime, you mentioned deleting a checksum. How would I go about doing this? I'm having the same problem as you since i17 went live, and i've already updated my drivers and tried safe mode; neither worked. The game still just stops after I click the 'I Accept' button.

Before anyone asks, i'm running Windows XP Pro, SP3, nvidia 6600.

Game worked fine before the update.

I'm having the same problem. I played after the patch loaded but now the game won't load. My drivers are updated and I've tried safe mode nothing is working.

Found the checksum file and deleted it, still no change. I'm amazed none of these issues were caught in testing. Sounds like a lot of people are having various problems. Guess it's time to uninstall, redownload, repatch, and see if that works. Awful lot to go through for an issue release.

If you by any chance are using AVG antivirus, check that CoH isn't blocked by that.

It looks like the current CoH version generates a 'false positive'.

Thanks a bunch that worked for me, I clicked on AVG and instantly a message popped up and it asked if I wanted to quarantine the City of Heroes installation folder, I clicked "Allow" instead and now City of Heroes runs fine.

Looks like this issue though could be caused by a number of problems though.