you are going to have to go and do a CoHhelper and a hijackthis report and post them here so we can see if it is something with your comp.
Well, I'm gonna fall on the Rule of Averages and think that maybe it's not CoH possibly. Though it might definately be. A slight shock on a chip doesn't manifest itself overnight, checking things overall is a good idea.
I, personally, would vac the cat hair out of my PC [may not apply to you especially since you were working in there recently.] Do a total uninstall, reinstall of CoH. Maybe even put in the wrong driver and then the correct one again. You know how PCs are funny like that, chance it then change it back and it works fine.
My advice might be crap though. Ymmv.
I have a computer which is ridiculously overpowered to run CoX (I am getting fps of about 20 in full ultra mode) and I've been having significantly longer load-in times when zoning into zones (as opposed to instances -- except outdoor missions which sometimes are slow too) since i17 as well. I'm convinced that keeping track of where all the objects for shadows and relections are has made load-ins longer.
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Been through all that. Couldn't find anything wrong after running both of those programs. The more posts I've read through, seems like this is happening to a lot of people with a wide range of machines. Hopefully, they get it sorted out soon. Have a CD copy of CoH, but my computer won't read it anymore. I was going to try to do a re-install, but I'm afraid if I delete it I won't be able to re-install.
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Originally Posted by Sharker_Quint
you are going to have to go and do a CoHhelper and a hijackthis report and post them here so we can see if it is something with your comp.
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1.) Post the output here. Many of the people here have seen loads of them so will be much better at spotting any potential issues. Plus, without them we're just entirely shooting in the dark.|
Originally Posted by mrjoshuaaa
Been through all that. Couldn't find anything wrong after running both of those programs. The more posts I've read through, seems like this is happening to a lot of people with a wide range of machines. Hopefully, they get it sorted out soon. Have a CD copy of CoH, but my computer won't read it anymore. I was going to try to do a re-install, but I'm afraid if I delete it I won't be able to re-install.
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2.) You do NOT need the CDs to install CoH. Unless they're very recent, it'll likely take at least as long as using the Updater to download the game from scratch (here's the linky to the Windows version and Mac version, or if you're EU, EU Windows version, and EU Mac Version).
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Originally Posted by ShadowNate
;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!
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Upping the graphical settings means the game has to load more data from disk, so longer loading times it to be expected. Get a Solid State Drive if you want to make the loading times a LOT faster without lowering graphical settings.
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Originally Posted by Enyalios
I have a computer which is ridiculously overpowered to run CoX (I am getting fps of about 20 in full ultra mode) and I've been having significantly longer load-in times when zoning into zones (as opposed to instances -- except outdoor missions which sometimes are slow too) since i17 as well. I'm convinced that keeping track of where all the objects for shadows and relections are has made load-ins longer.
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;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!
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Tried a fresh install, and still no good. All the advice about the graphics problem seem well and good. I may be off the mark, but what happens when you run with minimal graphics settings and still have realy slow loads? I've run in safe mode and still can load into certain zones. Problem seems to be mainly with Talos which usualy boots me back to login. Other zones run slow. When I do get on, missions seem to load fine, so I'm begining to think this may be something other than a graphics issue.
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again. post a cohhelper and hijack this report. that way we can comfirm if it is your comp or not.
CoH Helper results. Didn't post one for Hijack this because been through that with support and they said everything was fine.
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at July 1, 2010 20:11 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.100216-1514)
System Manufacturer: ECS
System Model: P4S5A
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz
Memory: 2048MB
.Net Memory Report: 1660MB out of 2047MB available
Page File: 2662MB (259MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST3160021A) 119316MB out of 152625MB (78%) free
E Drive: (CD-ROM Drive/F5A) zero-size drive
F Drive: (HP CD-Writer+ 7200) 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: HP vs15 flat panel monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1024,768
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 7300 GT
Video Memory: 512.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.8618
Driver Date: 7/20/2009 11:58:35 AM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: C-Media Wave Device
Driver File: cmuda.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0051
Driver Date: 6/9/2006 11:58:22 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ECS
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P4S5A
Motherboard Version: 1.0
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
BIOS Version: AMIINT - 10
BIOS Release: 20010402000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1024x768
3D Resolution: 1024x768 (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: Unknown (0)
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Medium quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High
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
Shadow Mode: Shadow maps
Shadow Map Shader: Low quality
Environmental Reflections: Disabled
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
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: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1800.201006040036.5Tr
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 32 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files
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ok, those are not the most current drivers for your video card. update those at nvidia.com. that may be your problem. also try to update your sound card drivers. you can also update to directx 10 if you can. i'm not sure if xp will do it but give it a try.
Gonna go ahead and try this, but still doesn't explain why things are a no go in safe mode. If it was a driver issue would the game work at all? Secondly, if it was a vid card issue, wouldn't running at minimal graphic requirements in safe mode solve the issue? Just a thought. Gonna keep trying whatever it takes. I won't give up on this. I'll update again once I get the new drivers and try a few other things. Thanks again folks.
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no problem. hope the new driver(s) work for you.
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Originally Posted by mrjoshuaaa
Gonna go ahead and try this, but still doesn't explain why things are a no go in safe mode. If it was a driver issue would the game work at all? Secondly, if it was a vid card issue, wouldn't running at minimal graphic requirements in safe mode solve the issue? Just a thought. Gonna keep trying whatever it takes. I won't give up on this. I'll update again once I get the new drivers and try a few other things. Thanks again folks.
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Still nothing. Loaded up the new drivers, ran a full scan with malewarebytes, then tried Hijackthis, and still nothing. No infections, still no answers. Included the Hijack log filejust in case someone missed something.
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 9:45:52 PM, on 7/1/2010
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\lxduser v.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lxducoms.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wscntfy.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Lexmark 5600-6600 Series\lxduMsdMon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\RUNDLL32.EXE
C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbam.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cleanmgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Josh\My Documents\Downloads\HiJackThis.exe
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/...ch/search.html
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/.../www.yahoo.com
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/.../www.yahoo.com
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings,ProxyServer = http=127.0.0.1:5555
O2 - BHO: &Yahoo! Toolbar Helper - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn3\yt.dll
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Yahoo! IE Services Button - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll
O2 - BHO: Lexmark Printable Web - {D2C5E510-BE6D-42CC-9F61-E4F939078474} - C:\Program Files\Lexmark Printable Web\bho.dll
O2 - BHO: MSN Toolbar Helper - {d2ce3e00-f94a-4740-988e-03dc2f38c34f} - C:\Program Files\MSN\Toolbar\3.0.1303.0\msneshellx.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn3\yt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: STOPzilla - {98828DED-A591-462F-83BA-D2F62A68B8B8} - C:\Program Files\Stopzilla!\Toolbar\SZSG.dll (file missing)
O3 - Toolbar: MSN Toolbar - {1E61ED7C-7CB8-49d6-B9E9-AB4C880C8414} - C:\Program Files\MSN\Toolbar\3.0.1303.0\msneshellx.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [lxdumon.exe] "C:\Program Files\Lexmark 5600-6600 Series\lxdumon.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [lxduamon] "C:\Program Files\Lexmark 5600-6600 Series\lxduamon.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe ARM] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\nView\nwiz.exe /installquiet
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Services - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897} - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yiesrvc.dll
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/micr...?1274418076632
O16 - DPF: {A90A5822-F108-45AD-8482-9BC8B12DD539} (Crucial cpcScan) - http://www.crucial.com/controls/cpcScanner.cab
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/ge...sh/swflash.cab
O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/is...78/mcfscan.cab
O18 - Protocol: linkscanner - {F274614C-63F8-47D5-A4D1-FBDDE494F8D1} - (no file)
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Browseui preloader - {438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll
O23 - Service: lxduCATSCustConnectService - Lexmark International, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\\lxduse rv.exe
O23 - Service: lxdu_device - - C:\WINDOWS\system32\lxducoms.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (nvsvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
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End of file - 5833 bytes
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Shot in the dark...sometimes toolbars interfere weirdly with performance in this game. Shutting those off might help, or might not, but it's something easy to try.
**considers toolbars to be toolbars of the devil, but that's just me** 
Dec out.
Well, just figured I'd update things real quick. After putting in a fresh hard drive, re-installing windows xp, and CoH, still nothing. Checked my ISP, and they ran several test with my connection and said everything is good. I've read a bunch of other posts with people having the same problem, and have come up with these the most common solutions. Hope this helps people.
1. Keep background and toollbars to a bare minimum.
2. Make sure all your drivers (Sound card, Vid card mainly) are up to date as well as direct X.
3. Try running the game under the "as admim." option.
4. Check that your system requirements meet or exceed the recomended requirements. The have been increased since i17 came out. Running below these settings may work, but trust me the game runs like poo. If you have anything below a duo core, be prepared for long load times.
5. Hope and pray the next patch fixes this issue. I got my fingers crossed, but I'm saving up for a better machine. Hopefully, that takes care of it.
Thanks to all those who take time out of their day to help us on these boards. Even if it doesn't seem like it, we do appreciate all the help.
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Since Dark Mirror was released, I've been having issues with load screens. Game crashes back to Login screen after trying to log in a toon. Smaller zones load ok. Larger zones take a long while, and I can't seem to get into Talos at all. When I do manage to get in, the game runs fine until I try to zone. No problems going into missions, just coming back out into the zones. Upgraded my RAM, Video card, pretty much everything but my processor (P4). All drivers are the latest and greatest. Tech support suggested I check with my ISP, but everything seems ok there. If anyone has any info please help.
Win XP SP 3
Board: ECS P4S5A 1.0
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Processor:1.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Not hyper-threaded
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