I can not get in Paragon City! Help me please!
By
Call Me Awesome,
Posted on: 2011-12-10 10:47 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
It is possible that your system can run the creator and tutorial but isn't powerful enough to run the full game.
Please run this program CoHHelper and post the results here. It will show us exactly what your system and game settings are.
Don't count your weasels before they pop dink!
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at декабря 10, 2011 22:18 (+03:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.070227-2300)
System Manufacturer: VIAK8T
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 2800+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.8GHz
Memory: 512MB
.Net Memory Report: 78MB out of 511MB available
Page File: 1231MB (437MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST340014A) 2255MB out of 16002MB (14%) free
D Drive: (ST3802110A) 5483MB out of 76316MB (7%) free
E Drive: (ST340014A) 1119MB out of 22159MB (5%) free
F Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.2180 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: SyncMasterH8WT407398
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce4 MX 440
Video Memory: 64.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9371
Driver Date: 01.01.0001 0:00:00
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Realtek AC97 Audio
Driver File: ALCXWDM.SYS
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5620
Driver Date: 01.01.0001 0:00:00
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer:
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: K8T800-A
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: VIAK8T - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20040706000000.000000+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: 85Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No
Physics Quality: None
Maximum Particles: 100
Max Particle Fill? 10,000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Crisp
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 1,000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: Unknown (4)
World Texture Level: Unknown (3)
Character Texture Level: Low
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0,500
Entity Detail Level: 0,300
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Disabled
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
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: Yes
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: 0,000
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
Yep, that was exactly the problem. You might be able to play the game on low settings except that you have almost no RAM.
If you can add more RAM to the system then that is the best thing you can do. To try and run it without a ram increase make sure you shut down any non necessary programs in the background. Any browser, any music, and pretty much anything else that uses memory. If you have real time virus protection you might want to try shutting down that while playing the game too. So long as you aren't doing anything but playing the game it's very unlikely that anything will infect your system.
Then open the launcher and right click on city of heroes and choose properties from the drop down menu. Under properties there is a check box that says "launch in safe mode". Check that box and it will put all your settings to the minimum. You might be able to play that way but it won't be a great gaming experience.
Don't count your weasels before they pop dink!
i think its also been recommended to update to service pack 3 as it appears your only running service pack 2
Yep, you at the very least need more RAM to play; you're well below minimum spec for the game.
According to your COH Helper readout you have an Elitegroup K8T800A motherboard. Looking up the manual it shows it takes 184 pin DDR SDRAM and it lists a maximum capacity of 2GB. You can buy a pair of 1GB sticks from Newegg for roughly $50, or you could get two 512 MB sticks for ~$28. HOWEVER, I wouldn't recommend any further upgrades to that machine as I don't think they'll be cost effective. Your board has 3 RAM slots; if you use a pair of 1GB sticks that fills up your capacity and the 3rd slot is left empty.
Another thing I notice is that you have several hard drives that are nearly full; you probably will want to clear them out and open up at least 10% free space on each drive. Drives sometimes get a bit funky when you fill them up.
In the long term that PC is at the end of it's useful gaming life and will need replacement but a bandaid in the form of more RAM should get COH running, albeit at minimal settings.
COH has just been murdered by NCSoft. http://www.change.org/petitions/ncso...city-of-heroes
Even with adding memory, updating to Service Pack 3 and clearing off some drive space, the game may run on the absolute lowest settings, but it's still going to be a horrible gaming experience with that video card.
The best recommendation I can offer is to start saving up for a new computer or the parts to build one if you know how.
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Actually, that PC reached the end of its useful gaming life several years ago.
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Originally Posted by Call Me Awesome
In the long term that PC is at the end of it's' useful gaming life and will need replacement but a bandaid in the form of more RAM should get COH running, albeit at minimal settings. |
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.
Oh okay ... I'll save on a new computer, I think by the end of the year buying!
Thank you all for the info =)
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I have to agree there; that PC will probably be useful for word processing and web browsing for some years to come but as a gaming machine it's way out of date. I'm not enough of a PC historian to know just what vintage that machine is but at a guess it's somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 years old. I'd suggest retiring it or possibly just using it for office work. |
Originally Posted by Texas Justice
Even with adding memory, updating to Service Pack 3 and clearing off some drive space, the game may run on the absolute lowest settings, but it's still going to be a horrible gaming experience with that video card.
The best recommendation I can offer is to start saving up for a new computer or the parts to build one if you know how. Actually, that PC reached the end of its useful gaming life several years ago. |
You can buy a new machine that's up to the task, albeit at moderate settings, for around $600, or you can get something that's highly capable for around $1,200. Yeah, more $ can get you more performance; you'll need to decide on your budget and on just what you want to do with the machine. This forum is full of knowledgeable people who can guide you to the best options in your price range. In today's computer market one of the most important components in a gaming machine is the video card; you want to make sure you get one with enough horsepower for the job. Integrated Intel HD graphics will NOT work well if at all, you need a dedicated Nvidia or ATI card.
From that point the question is "how much video card do you want?"; and the counter question of "how much video card can you afford?". Figure on a minimum of ~$100 to get a good card, from there more $ generally gets you more performance with a top end card running over $500. Realistically the price/performance ratio gets to a peak at around $200-250... those $500+ cards will generally only be a small amount faster; the last few % of performance will cost you more than double the money. You'll be able to get good playable performance with decent settings out of a $100 card, from that point it's just a question of how much beyond playable you want to go and how much eye candy you want to turn on.
Assuming your monitor is of the same vintage as the rest of the PC I wouldn't plan on re-using anything; good 21" LCD monitors are out there for under $150 and they blow away most any old CRT monitors I've seen. Keyboard and mouse are cheap; frankly I generally replace mine on a nearly annual basis. For $20 (newegg price) it doesn't seem worth the trouble to clean an old dirty KB and I frequently fall under the spell of a "new shiny mouse" when I see one with new features I've just gotta have.
COH has just been murdered by NCSoft. http://www.change.org/petitions/ncso...city-of-heroes
Hello!
Today I downloaded a game, updated, created the character and everything is good, but at the end of the tutorial when I got on the helicopter and picked at Atlas Park loaded the game a little more than half of me kicks in login screen!
What can I do to play?
Thanks in advance!