Graphical Error/glitch *SCREENSHOT PROVIDED*

So i just found out that CoH went F2P a few days ago and I was SUPER excited because i used to play when it was released, then had to quit because school and work etc. anyways So i downloaded the client and ran it but i get this weird graphics error/glitch thing. Basically when I'm in character creation the character is displayed as ONE block of color, I made a character anyways and looked again INGAME, the character is STILL that one block.

heres a screenshot.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/259...1207234550.jpg

also here are my CoHHelper information (followed the sticky guide) and yes I know my graphics card is...out of date to say the least, dont laugh :X regardless I just updated my graphics card drivers a minute ago via the nvidia website. I dont know what I'm doing wrong. Please help!


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

DxDiag gathered at December 7, 2011 23:48 (-08:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3, v.3244 (2600.xpsp.071030-1537)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 3072MB
.Net Memory Report: 1370MB out of 3071MB available
Page File: 3369MB (1587MB currently in use)
C Drive: (MAXTOR STM3500630A) 107711MB out of 199996MB (53%) free
D Drive: (MAXTOR STM3500630A) 95886MB out of 276932MB (34%) free
E Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H55N) zero-size drive
G Drive: (MagicISO Virtual DVD-ROM0000) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.3244 (32-bit version)

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

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 7800 GTX
Video Memory: 256.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0012.8558
Driver Date: 10.Jul.11 8:50:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Realtek AC97 Audio
Driver File: ALCXWDM.SYS
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.6300
Driver Date: 01.Jan.01 12:00:00 AM

Sound Device Description: Avnex Virtual Audio Device
Driver File: vcsvad.sys
Driver Version: 1.00.0000.0001
Driver Date: 01.Jan.01 12:00:00 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: GA-M55SLI-S4
Motherboard Version: x.x
BIOS Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: Nvidia - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20060703000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1280x1024
3D Resolution: 1280x1024 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: High
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Medium?


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: Stencil shadows
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
Environmental Reflections: Disabled
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: High performance
Occlusion Strength: Slight
Blur: Fast
Ambient Resolution: High 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: 0.600
Music Sound Volume: 0.600

Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.750
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: ?
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\NCsoft\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

You've got a video card with 256MB of RAM.
Most of your settings look to be "Recommended" with some tweaks.
First, try turning Ambient Occlusion to "OFF"
If that doesn't help, drop the Graphics Quality slider back to "Performance".

Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.

Okay so I followed your instructions, and Ambient Occlusion was automatically off, so I didnt bother with changing that. So i Slid the graphics quality bar to "performance" and it reloaded the game, but now the enviorment is fine, but the character still wont show up. the only way i can get the character to show up is if I put it on the LOWEST GRAPHIC SETTING, and i know my video card can at least handle a little bit more that the lowest one. =_= I've played games like Aion and Skyrim on my computer without any major problems so I dont understand what the deal is :/

COH is rendered in opengl and as a result is more reliant on video card capablilties. Try turning down these too,

World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High

There was someone else who was having issues with toons not showing up, and I think one of the program game files was corrupt, and had to be deleted, and "fixed".

"You might try the search to see if that was the case, and if it may be your problem as well."

Well, looked up that problem myself, and it didn't seem to be related to your situation. So if turning down graphics, or running the game in "safe mode" doesn't help, I'm out of suggestions.