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Woooah... duuude, killer man...

Healix

By Healix,
Posted on: 2010-05-02 18:23 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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Like, I am SO messed up, brah, I can't even... duuuuude...







Best trip EVER, man...



AlrightI'mdone.

For reasons unknown, my CoH crashed and upon restarting it I was confronted with... that. Restarted again, I got the exact same corruption. Booted up Team Fortress 2, no errors of any kind; played AvP, all graphics are fine; went back to CoH, still corrupted. Tried the test client, still corrupted. Restarted the PC and all is well again.

What could cause this?

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at May 3, 2010 02:12 (+01:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100226-1909)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: P5K Premium
BIOS: BIOS Date: 03/19/08 11:51:41 Ver: 08.00.12
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4096MB
.Net Memory Report: 1781MB out of 4095MB available
Page File: 6987MB (3185MB currently in use)
C Drive: (SAMSUNG HD103SJ) 916437MB out of 953766MB (96%) free
D Drive: (Atlas71RAID) 263077MB out of 947727MB (27%) free
E Drive: (Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 USB Device) 57734MB out of 305242MB (18%) free
I Drive: (Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 USB Device) 475248MB out of 476821MB (99%) free
X Drive: (Atlas71RAID) 5MB out of 6143MB (0%) free
F Drive: (ASUS DRW-1814BLT) 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.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x6899)
Video Memory: 2797 MB
Driver Version: 8.723.5.0
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 00:00:00
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
Driver File: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1373
Driver Date: 06/04/2009 02:49:08

Sound Device Description: SPDIF Out (Creative SB X-Fi)
Driver File: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1373
Driver Date: 06/04/2009 02:49:08


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P5K Premium
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 03/19/08 11:51:41 Ver: 08.00.12
BIOS Version: A_M_I_ - 3000819
BIOS Release: 20080319000000.000000+000

(CoH Helper was unable to read my CoH registry information for some reason, running as an admin or not. I can see the registry entries myself, so I have no idea why it is failing. My graphical settings are simple to describe: Everything is on, all UM features are at max, Ambient Occlusion is at Strong/colour bleeding / Super high quality / Trilateral, Antialiasing is off, world detail is 200%, physics are Medium.)

Necrobond - 50 BS/Inv Scrapper made in I1
Rickar - 50 Bots/FF Mastermind
Anti-Muon - 42 Warshade
Ivory Sicarius - 45 Crab Spider
Aber ja, nat�rlich Hans nass ist, er steht unter einem Wasserfall.

 

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Apparently you are always in Malaise's pants.

Upgrade those video driver's my man!

Sermon
@sermon
One of Six, Cannibal 6

 

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hmm... according to here: http://developer.amd.com/drivers/ccc/Pages/default.aspx

Driver Version: 8.723.5.0 would be one of the Catalyst 10.4 drivers. What I'm uncertain of is whether or not it's 10.4 stable or one of the 10.4 preview drivers.

Can you drop back to Catalyst 10.1?

 

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The driver installation appears to be corrupt from looking at the date. Since the sound card drivers show the date correctly I know it isn't due to being a non-US installation of Windows.

Comparing a game running on a DirectX engine like TF2 to a game running on an OpenGL engine like CoH is non-productive. One of the few things the games engines have in common is that they run on Windows.

EDIT: With CoH Helper being unable to read the registry, I'd suspect some other system problems as well.

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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It's a Super villein plot by Glitch Man!!!

 

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It's 10.4a, which is (oddly) dated after 10.4 WHQL.

I could drop back to 10.1, but as I say, the issue cleared up with a reboot and I don't know what triggered it. I'd be waiting a while.

My temperatures are well in the green. All four cores stay under 45 degrees under load (using CoreTemp, which more accurately reads D0 Q6600s due to a correct maximum temperature value) and my GPU stays under 55 degrees.

Necrobond - 50 BS/Inv Scrapper made in I1
Rickar - 50 Bots/FF Mastermind
Anti-Muon - 42 Warshade
Ivory Sicarius - 45 Crab Spider
Aber ja, nat�rlich Hans nass ist, er steht unter einem Wasserfall.

 

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OMG...I see it and still don't believe it!!! Makes Wonderland look like Pleasantville! On a brighter note, if anyone can help you it's the brilliant minds here. Take their advice, Grasshpper, and you will learn....

�Many things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.�

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Healix View Post




OMG...I see it and still don't believe it!!! Makes Wonderland look like Pleasantville! On a brighter note, if anyone can help you it's the brilliant minds here. Take their advice, Grasshpper, and you will learn....
Paragon was invaded by the Gorilla Knitters Coalition! (more google results)

Teams are the number one killer of soloists.

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Texas Justice View Post
The driver installation appears to be corrupt from looking at the date. Since the sound card drivers show the date correctly I know it isn't due to being a non-US installation of Windows.

Comparing a game running on a DirectX engine like TF2 to a game running on an OpenGL engine like CoH is non-productive. One of the few things the games engines have in common is that they run on Windows.

EDIT: With CoH Helper being unable to read the registry, I'd suspect some other system problems as well.
I'm not so sure about that imho. CoH Helper is unable to read my CoH registry entry under WinXP, and its also stating that my soundcard driver date is 01/01/0001, and yet under DXDiag it has the correct driver dates for them, and no errors, so I'm not 100% convinced that it is collecting all the data properly.

Things I have done to test if my CoH problems were clientside:

1. Removing the "cryptic" registry folder, so that CoH Updater would re-write a fresh entry - which it did.

2. Uninstalled/installed the soundcard drivers and nVidia drivers (using driver sweeper for gfx card), with the very latest drivers - all successful

3. Checked all other hardware for driver updates (intel chipset, raid controller, BIOS etc etc)

And after the above was done, I still have the same problems:

- Crashing when changing any Ultra Mode setting (unless in safe mode or the default install settings)

- Crashing when opening costume window or after opening the contact list after a certain amount of time in game - I've actually found I can safely open the contacts list & costume window about 3 times in succession, just after entering the game - anymore times, or a combination of them along with the badge window and personal info window, and its an immediate crash.

- Crashing when exiting the game.

- Huge FPS spikes after about an hour or so (/unloadgfx sometimes works, but the spikes kick in pretty quickly again after zoning)

- Screwy graphics, like that of the OPs, after exiting an SG base for the first time - fixes itself if I re-enter and exit a 2nd time.

As a note, most of the crashes result in sound looping, and having to ctrl-alt-del > end process. And on occassions I have to reboot the PC because the sound is still looping (or I disable/enable the device in computer management if I can't be bothered to reboot).

I've not had any issues running graphics heavy games, such as ME1/ME2 and SWTFU, at high resolutions, and have had no sound issues in other games.

Here's the CoH Helper data anyway:

Code:
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at May 3, 2010 19:01 (+01:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.100216-1514)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 04/07/09 15:26:13 Ver: 08.00.14
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q9550  @ 2.83GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 3326MB
.Net Memory Report: 2421MB out of 3326MB available
Page File: 4256MB (954MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD5000AAKS-00D2B0) 310701MB out of 476929MB (65%) free
D Drive: (WDC WD1200JD-00HBB0) 26854MB out of 114470MB (23%) free
E Drive: (Optiarc DVD RW AD-5240S) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.5512 (32-bit version)

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

Monitor: Acer V991
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 260
Video Memory: 896.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.9745
Driver Date: 04/03/2010 23:55:31
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: ASUS Xonar DS Audio
Driver File: cmudaxp.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0008
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 00:00:00


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P5Q
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 04/07/09 15:26:13 Ver: 08.00.14
BIOS Version: A_M_I_ - 4000907
BIOS Release: 20090407000000.000000+000
and the Sound Devices log from DXDiag:

Code:
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Sound Devices
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            Description: ASUS Xonar DS Audio
 Default Sound Playback: Yes
 Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_13F6&DEV_8788&SUBSYS_838E1043&REV_00
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: cmudaxp.sys
         Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0008 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Debug
            WHQL Logo'd: No
          Date and Size: 5/27/2009 12:18:34, 2034816 bytes
            Other Files: 
        Driver Provider: ASUSTeK
         HW Accel Level: Full
              Cap Flags: 0xF5F
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 192000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 129, 128
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 129, 128
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: Yes
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
               Registry: OK
      Sound Test Result: Not run

http://www.scene-and-heard.com/cov/covsig.jpg

 

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Try uninstalling your video card drivers, running a driver cleaner tool, and re-installing your drivers.

The other games you've mentioned use DirectX and City of Heroes uses OpenGL. The symptons you've described and shown may be due to a problem with your OpenGL drivers which are a part of the video card drivers.

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tex View Post
Try uninstalling your video card drivers, running a driver cleaner tool, and re-installing your drivers.

The other games you've mentioned use DirectX and City of Heroes uses OpenGL. The symptons you've described and shown may be due to a problem with your OpenGL drivers which are a part of the video card drivers.
As I said, I did that. Short of reformatting and reinstalling, I'm unsure of what other tests I could do tbh, and I don't really think I need to do that.

http://www.scene-and-heard.com/cov/covsig.jpg

 

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I no longer want i17 ultra mode... I want i17 Acid mode please

Comes with a complimentry music change to some Jimmy Hendrix tunes

 

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I see nothing wrong here. He's just in an older comic book before they invented laser printers and everything was colored with dots.

 

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EDIT: I didn't read your reply completely. Maybe try running some OpenGL tests?