Howdy. Saw you were redirected here. Thanks for posting here instead, you'll get better results.
First, you might want want to peruse *all* of the stickies in this section. They are all important in some way or another, and you may just stumble across *the* thing that fixes it all.
Secondly, we require way more information. In those stickies you'll see various programs that we'll need you to run, to get information about your computer, your software setup, that sort of thing. And this particular sticky:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=231628
is exactly what you need to do for us to help you better.
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Now, as far as what your describing... Depending on which website/box you're reading the specs for minimum are just... not very good. They're a theoretical 'should work' instead of a real world "oh, yeah, that's very playable." or "no way that'll work, we'll have to bump up the specs."
Also, some of the specs are old. And as such, the game has passed them by in needs. So the graphics card *may not* actually be good enough today, whereas 2-3 years ago, it was just perfect. Pentium 4HT 3.0G chip with 2G of ram and an Nvidia 6800GS comes to mind... really wouldn't wanna play on it NOW, but it used to be my main machine. It can't do what I need it to now.
As far as the weirdness you're seeing, you might want to update your drivers. ATI drivers might require a rev or two back from current to work. You might also want to deinstall the drivers currently installed in Safe Mode, then install the new drivers.
Any further help than this is likely going to require the logs for the City of Heroes Helper and/or the Hijack This to solve it to completion. Post those IN HERE, below, and DO NOT use the [code] or any other formatting... just copy and paste them in here directly from Notepad.
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From the NCSoft site? Their "minimum" requirements are a bit of a joke. We need to know what hardware you actually have.|
Originally Posted by Cyba
Hello you see i just started this game and i have more then the minimum graphics card requirement so i have checked.
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| everything i mean everything is distorted or flashy as i would say. flickering, flashes, random colors, |
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Might be a corrupted game file. Open the NC Soft launcher, right click City of Heroes in the list in the left, or click the little arrow on the bar, and select Repair (consistency check). See if that helps.
His video card and/or driver probably can't handle the game.
I seem to remember older ATI/AMD drivers having this problem where the screen would have "artifacts", which seems to be what he is describing.
Hello you see i just started this game and i have more then the minimum graphics card requirement so i have checked. but the problem is the game it self runs fine no lag, and no problems except that everything i mean everything is distorted or flashy as i would say. flickering, flashes, random colors, i cant concentrate or better yet i cant see anything. not even the character creator works properly it is also distorted. Please help i really would like to have the opportunity to play this game but i have no idea how to fix this.