Opening up the contact list freezes the game!
Also been happening with me, not very frequently, but it does happen.
I've been having this glitch for awhile. See D_R's thread http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=244979
Game freezing when opening contacts window has been happening for me ever since Ultra Mode was released. The first time I open contacts for any character during the play session the entire game freezes. Usually things start moving again in a few (10 to 30) seconds, but occasionally the game crashes.
Also, the first contact portrait in the window is always missing, doesn't matter who the contact is. I've bugged this in game... several times... but nothing has ever been done about it except to tell me to come here.... very useful help.
I posted in D_Rs post.
Basically, for ATI users, many of us were getting this with 10.10 or 10.11 drivers. I have tested 10.6 and 10.9 and the issues go away. I have not bothered with 10.8 but I don't recall probems when I had it.
Mega, I have a 5770 as well, most likely you have 10.10 or 10.11 drivers.
H: Blaster 50, Defender 50, Tank 50, Scrapper 50, Controller 50, PB 50, WS 50
V: Brute 50, Corruptor 50, MM 50, Dominator 50, Stalker 50, AW 50, AS 50
Top 4: Controller, Brute, Scrapper, Corruptor
Bottom 4: (Peacebringer) way below everything else, Mastermind, Dominator, Blaster
CoH in WQHD
I had the same problem for a week. On a whim, I rolled back the driver update that my CoH log-in screen kindly suggested I perform following the apply of the I19 patch.
No problems after that.
I use a NVidia GeForce 6150SE nForce 430. Rolled back from the 260.99 to the 197.45.
Support told me I was only running System Pack 1 and suggested I download Service Pack 2. Looking around my Windows Update is where I found how to roll back the driver. If I knew how to do it before, trust me, it would have been the first thing I tried.
I don't pretend to know much about computers, I can only try things. I know once I had to restore my computer after a Windows Update had me stuck on "Applying Update 1 of 3" for a week. I don't like "updating" things I don't understand. When it was suggested to move to SP2, I went looking for anything else other then SP2 to try before I do something that drastic. It works, my graphics are good, I don't lag unless I crank them up. I don't run Ultra, no intention, I just want to play the game. The new driver kept me from opening my contacts, kept me from my game.
Good luck. It sucks running in Safe Mode to read a tip or fire up the police radio.
I just got 10.9 installed and was finally able to login tin a toon that was frozen with the contact list already open.
So far so good!
Happened twice just now. Will cotninue to happen on toons it previously happened on.
I'm trying to look at my contact list to see which ones I need to close out before I can talk to Raziel.
Grrrr!!!!