Zombie Man

Ebil-o FTL June-21 & Feb-22-2010
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  1. Wow, you have way, way too much stuff running on your computer concurrent with a 3D game.

    Paste you HijackThis log to this website and click analyze: http://www.hijackthis.de/

    And you'll see there are some problematic entries. My Web Search related files are generally deemed malware. Also toolbar highlighter (anything with *tbh* in it) and Default Manager (defmgr) are also suspect.

    Here's a site that explains the HijackThis log file: http://pchell.com/support/hijackthistutorial.shtml


    My advice is that it's time for a fresh install of Windows. Back up all you data (including application keys). Make sure you have an installation disk. Reformat the hard drive. Reinstall Windows and update it. Update all drivers. Reinstall apps. Restore data.

    As you reinstall apps, keep running HijackThis to see which ones are adding themselves to the start-up registries.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarkEther View Post
    After the revamp from the "old" Faultline, they only appeared at night and it could take you several "nights" to get that one mission done. With the recent reworking of things, the Vahz are a lot more likely to be found, including a few in the daytime that I've found, normally in the underground parking garage. So they are now relatively easy to get.
    They've been changed to actually spawn while it's daylight for this reason.
  3. Ack. Dxdiag is too much information. Please use Hijackthis.

    But I can already tell you the most likely source of the problem. You have an integrated graphics chip which is very underpowered to run 3D games. Short of buying a Graphics Card, you could try your manufacturer's website for updated drivers for the GPU chip or the motherboard CPU/chipset.

    Or try intel's site for updated drivers: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Default.aspx
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dispari View Post
    They could recycle them all and add "Very" and then "Extremely" and then "Super-Duper"
    And for the villainous versions, they could use Emmert's solution and just put 'evil' in front of already used names.
  5. He meant next decade. For BAB, that is soon. He's an immortal.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Phantom Patriot View Post
    That is why they call it cosmetic surgery now!
    So, if I wanted the face of a rakish villain, would that be considered applying rogue?
  7. Red arrows are the tunnel entrances, green the dam entrances.

  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim View Post
    Frankly, my only worry with Vet Rewards is "What happens when they run out of adjectives?"
    I imagine they'll be... umm...
  9. Check out this thread, Common Solutions & Posting Guidelines


    Then post the results of these two programs:

    • CoH Helper - it will show us basic computer settings and your CoH configuration.
    • HijackThis - it will show us what's running on your computer concurrently with CoH. Click on "Do a system Scan and save a logfile." It will automatically open up Notepad and put the info there. Make sure Wordwrap is off in Notepad (Format > Wordwrap unchecked) before you cut and paste here.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Willowpaw View Post
    Just be sure to delete all the entries in the file that reference the character's physical features (face, hair, body scales, etc) and replace them with the corresponding entries for your own character. Otherwise, you will end up with a clone of the person who gave you their costume file.
    Shhh. You're ruining my plans for City of Zombie Men.
  11. ATI.

    Set your Water Effects to low. Use you Catalyst graphics FX interface to force high Anti-Aliasing (AA) overriding the game settings since the game won't let ATI cards have water FX and AA on at the same time.
  12. Well, I guess I'm immune to baseless Internet hype since all I expected was a regular Invasion weekend.

    I was happily surprised by the surprises and the 'what the heck is *this*?!' feeling when the Invasion didn't follow the usual AI.

    Then I enjoyed some Mothership-Raid type of battle in Kings Row. It was fun.

    If I happen to catch it again if they do it again, it will be fun again. If I miss it or it's not repeated, then, I move on with my life after a suitable period of grief measured in milliseconds.
  13. As an example, I took my main character's downhill skier look (ear muff, furry gloves and boots, ski vest, scarf), saved it, and then opened it under Notepad. Highlighted all and copied it. Then I pasted it into a Google Doc and Shared it. Here it is.

    Now, if you want to use it, go to that Doc, highlight all and copy it. Then open Notepad and save it with a *.costume name under the directory: City of Heroes/costumes.

    When you go to the character creator/tailor, it should show up as a choice. Choose it and then alter it as you like.

    Of course, if you haven't unlocked capes, auras, or winter event costume pieces, then they won't show.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ideon View Post
    Biological Mutagen has a cap on how many you can buff at once, unfortunately.

    If I remember right, it's 20 targets.

    So:

    8 heroes/villains
    8 shivans
    4 HVAS
    Indeed it does have 20 target cap.
  15. Zombie Man

    -Renderthread 1?

    What's the command to get CoH to use the eight threads on my i7 machine?
  16. Zombie Man

    lvl 50 content

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison View Post
    Just added Mission Architect and Going Rogue (coming soon).

    Anything else this is missing?
  17. And the trigger is handing in Halloween Event salvage for a costume slot, which can trigger a Deadly Apocalypse (banners) or a Zombie Apocalypse.
  18. Quote:
    Another optimistic post:

    2008 survey:
    Quote:
    A brand new Spy Archetype (class), power sets and player costume options will lead to a massive amount of new character and gameplay options.

    CoH Twitter message:

    Quote:
    Mothership arrival: imminent. Puny human beings' expectations: incorrect. Rejoice: spies and scouts. You have: done well.end of transmission
    Rikti Spy AT?

    The Rikti do indeed have spies and scouts among us. A notable villain arc made that very very very very very clear.
  19. Zombie Man

    GR bit.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    Oh, I'm afraid you misunderstood the title. The Environmental Artists were hired to improve the appearance of Paragon Studios' OFFICE environment.
    Feng shui or country kitchen?
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler View Post
    It's all about the tweets, baby!
    Hopefully it's just the tweets and not the darned annoying retweets...


    1. Zombie_Man
      RT: @CoH_OCR: Starved Rider Courses - prepare four cattle! Rickets inbound! Attack immunities, immunization required! 4 minutes ago from web
    2. thetitannetwork
      RT: @CoH_OCR: Star Strider Forces prepare for battle! Rikti inbound! Attack imminent, mobilization required! about 2 hours ago from Echofon
    3. Positron_CoH
      RT @CoH_OCR: Star Strider Forces prepare for battle! Rikti inbound! Attack imminent, mobilization required! about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck
    4. CoH_OCR
      Star Strider Forces prepare for battle! Rikti inbound! Attack imminent, mobilization required! about 2 hours ago from web
  21. Let me add to the reasons for *not* putting in a third ACC enhancement: ED.

    And if you're looking to maximize the main aspects of a power (DAM, ACC, END Redux, etc...), then frankenslotting is the way to go rather than wasting a slot on a third of a kind single-aspect enhancement due to ED.
  22. According to City of Data, the only two 5th powers that are auto-hit-foe are Nosferatu's Oppressive Gloom and Chill of the Night.
  23. Zombie Man

    GR bit.

    If we don't have new tile sets, then I'll be left wondering what the heck the two World Designers, three Concept Artists, and two Environmental Artist have been doing for the past year and a half.