cant start city of heroes?
By
Bete Noire,
Posted on: 2011-06-25 08:38 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
How about updating your video drivers from nvidia.com, yours are 2 years out of date and the new ones are dated 6/1/2011
ill let my bro do that since its his comp. and ill post the results when he does if he does lol.
Since those are the drivers that are the default driver when installing Windows 7, it's worth pointing out that those drivers aren't the "full driver" that you'll get from nVidia. The OpenGL portion of those "default drivers" is crippled.
For that old of a card, I usually stick to the 197.45 drivers from the Beta and Archived Drivers at nVidia. Those were the last WHQL drivers of the 1xx.xx series and were released after Ultra Mode so they are UM compatible.
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.
texas justice, thanx for that answer. ya when i updated the drivers the game launched but it froze the comp and then when i restarted the comp it kept freezing without starting city of heroes. so i dont know if it messed up the comp or what. texas justice or someone else that knows what he texas justice was talkin about can u plz link me to the drivers i need to download and install?
nVidia 197.45 drivers
nVidia 275.33 drivers (most current)
Here is how I'd recommend doing the removal of current drivers and installation of new drivers.
Download and install Driver Sweeper but don't run it yet.
Download the video driver package but don't install it yet. (Your choice of the two above).
Uninstall the video driver software from Programs and Features and Uninstall the drivers from Device Manager.
Reboot into Safe Mode.
Run Driver Sweeper and let it remove the remnants of the old drivers.
Reboot into normal Windows mode and run the installer for the drivers that you downloaded earlier.
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.
If the game is still hanging when you launch it after the drivers are installed cleanly, post the results of running HiJackThis. You can find instructions for downloading, running and posting the HJT logs in Hyperstrike's stickied [Guide] Asking for technical help on the forums post. Start with Step Number 7 in the second post in that thread.
It's very possible that there is a program interfering with the game launching and the HJT logs will show us what it is.
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.
k i had to do a system restore cuz the comp kept freezing so the game is uninstalled so im gonna reinstall it and just run hijackthis first b4 i mess with the drivers again cuz i dont wanna repeat the same process lol. and if hijacker doesnt really say anything then i might do what u said with the driver sweeper and the 197.45 drivers.
btw those links to the 2 drivers u posted r they for 32-bit or 64-bit?
The drivers are for Windows 7 32-bit since that is what the CoH Helper report showed you are running.
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.
k thats what i figured. well ill prob have to try it on the weekend since i wont be here till next weekend unless my bro wants to try it himself.
when i try to run city of heroes i get this prompt:
detected video card or driver is unsupported NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT.
when i go to systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/ and see if i can run city of heroes it says i pass and that the video card is fine but i guess u never know.
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at June 25, 2011 10:27 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100226-1909)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: GA-MA790GP-DS4H
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+ (2 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 4096MB
.Net Memory Report: 2447MB out of 3326MB available
Page File: 5656MB (994MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 ATA Device) 359601MB out of 610477MB (58%) free
D Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30 ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (32-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: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM v1.1)
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 9600 GT
Video Memory: 1907 MB
Driver Version: 8.15.11.8593
Driver Date: 7/13/2009 8:16:11 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 7/13/2009 6:51:47 PM
Sound Device Description: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 7/13/2009 6:51:47 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: GA-MA790GP-DS4H
Motherboard Version: x.x
BIOS Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: HPQOEM - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20090916000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 800x600
3D Resolution: 800x600 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 5000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: Unknown (0)
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Crisp
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: Unknown (3)
Character Texture Level: Unknown (4)
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.510
Entity Detail Level: 0.510
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: No
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: 2010.201105250125.1.0
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\NCsoft\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found