Bright Shadow

For females, I can easily say the "Tank Top".

It's the only 'Tops with Skin' we get that doesn't look like body paint and actually looks like what it's supposed to be, in my opinion.

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QR

And all the little boys of the World can breathe a sigh of relief.

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Yay, you repeated an over-used, childish, and cliche joke! Woohoo! Way to be original!

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Ghost Falcon:

I'm going to suggest you put all chat-related bugs into the *critical* category.

Why?

Because chat-related bugs are the single most visble category of bugs in the game. EVERYONE sees them. EVERYONE deals with them.

Seeing your most basic social interface bugged, in an established MMORPG, presents a very unpolished and unprofessional product.

I strongly urge you to put all reported chat interface bugs on the "critical - do not release until fixed" list.

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This what I've been trying to say for the past month or so.

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Since I have patience issues >.>
I uninstalled and Defragged my Computer >.<

When I reinstall, I will have the 185 Nvidia drivers

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I responded to your post like...5 minutes after your posted it! XD

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I got ALL my current upto date drivers.

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If you have nVidia, revert to a previous driver. The new ones that were released are causing this problem for lots of people, me included. Search Fu is your friend. :P

To make a PC that is upgradeable for a long time, you need two things (assuming you have enough power from your Power Supply to feed the extensions):

1. A good, top of the line Motherboard.
2. A good Case.

A good motherboard can easily be over $300.

If you raise your budget to $400, you'll have a lot better chances. And we're not even talking about the CPU yet, which is the most expensive part before Graphics Card.

But if you really wanna stick to your budget, here's a Motherboard I'd recommend:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131296

It's an Asus P5Q-E. I'm currently using the motherboard, and it's absolutely fantastic. It has great room for extensions, a fantastic support for a wide array of products, room for maximum of 16 GB of RAM, and it's a trusted brand.

Edit:

I just re-read the forum, stumbled upon this:

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I'd like to avoid motherboard changeout since it would require a new installation of the OS.

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It's heavily recommended to install a new OS when you do any major upgrades (like changing the motherboard/CPU).

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...we're here cheering the return of LINE BREAKS...

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That is shameful and hilarious all at the same time.

Revert to nVidia 185.85 drivers. Many people are experiencing this issue with the 186.18 driver that was released yesterday.

Well I had the issues on 7. When I reverted, everything got fixed. So.

It worked! OMG! I love you! xD

Go back to Driver 185.85. 186.18 isn't working for a lot of people, me included.

Do you happen to have nVidia with the latest driver that was released today?

I'm experienced vaguely similar issues.

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Turn off the MagicDisk stuff, the DAEMON Tools stuff, the GoogleTalk stuff, GoogleUpdate stuff, Live Messenger stuff, Adobe Reader quick launch.

You can also get rid of the following:

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O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)



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There have been some problems reported with the Logitech SetPoint software. You may want to do a search in this forum to see what the issue and workaround was.

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Ugh. Bloody SetPoint. Always has to mess something up. xD

I'll try it later tonight. I'll post the results.

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Hmm...maybe try running fullscreen in safe mode? Maybe there's a conflicting setting or something. You may also want to post up a CoH Helper and HijackThis (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) up here for the techies to take a look at.

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I've tried safe mode. Didn't work. I didn't think I'd need a HijackThis/CoH Helper log since I have a completely fresh install. But here it goes:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 10:52:04 PM, on 6/18/2009
Platform: Unknown Windows (WinNT 6.01.3004)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.7100.0000)

Running processes:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Upd ate\GoogleUpdate.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\SetPoint\x86\SetPoint32.exe
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chr ome\Application\chrome.exe
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chr ome\Application\chrome.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\MagicDisc\MagicDisc.exe
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Google\G oogle Talk\googletalk.exe
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chr ome\Application\chrome.exe
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chr ome\Application\chrome.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\wlcomm.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chr ome\Application\chrome.exe
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chr ome\Application\chrome.exe
C:\Program Files\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = C:\Windows\SysWOW64\blank.htm
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=userinit.exe
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Google Update] "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Up date\GoogleUpdate.exe" /c
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [googletalk] C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Google\G oogle Talk\googletalk.exe /autostart
O4 - HKCU\..\RunOnce: [DAEMON Tools Lite 4.30.4.0027 Setup] "C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\daemon4304-lite.exe"
O4 - Startup: MagicDisc.lnk = C:\Program Files (x86)\MagicDisc\MagicDisc.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Logitech SetPoint.lnk = ?
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\nlaapi.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\napinsp.dll
O11 - Options group: [INTERNATIONAL] International
O13 - Gopher Prefix:
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/ge...nt/swflash.cab
O18 - Protocol: livecall - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - C:\PROGRA~2\WIC4A1~1\MESSEN~1\MSGRAP~1.DLL
O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - C:\PROGRA~2\WIC4A1~1\MESSEN~1\MSGRAP~1.DLL
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\Alg.exe,-112 (ALG) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\efssvc.dll,-100 (EFS) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\fxsresm.dll,-118 (Fax) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\fxssvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @keyiso.dll,-100 (KeyIso) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Logitech Bluetooth Service (LBTServ) - Logitech, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Logishrd\Bluetooth\LBTServ.exe
O23 - Service: @comres.dll,-2797 (MSDTC) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\System32\netlogon.dll,-102 (Netlogon) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (nvsvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\nvvsvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\psbase.dll,-300 (ProtectedStorage) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\qwave.dll,-1 (QWAVE) - Unknown owner - %windir%\system32\svchost.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\Locator.exe,-2 (RpcLocator) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\locator.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\samsrv.dll,-1 (SamSs) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\seclogon.dll,-7001 (seclogon) - Unknown owner - %windir%\system32\svchost.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\snmptrap.exe,-3 (SNMPTRAP) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\snmptrap.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\spoolsv.exe,-1 (Spooler) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\sppsvc.exe,-101 (sppsvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\sppsvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Stereoscopic 3D Driver Service (Stereo Service) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\nvSCPAPISvr.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\ui0detect.exe,-101 (UI0Detect) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\UI0Detect.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\vaultsvc.dll,-1003 (VaultSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\vds.exe,-100 (vds) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\vssvc.exe,-102 (VSS) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\wbengine.exe,-104 (wbengine) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%Systemroot%\system32\wbem\wmiapsrv.exe,-110 (wmiApSrv) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe,-101 (WMPNetworkSvc) - Unknown owner - %PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe (file missing)



---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.7---

DxDiag gathered at June 18, 2009 22:51 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7100) (7100.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: P5Q-E
BIOS: BIOS Date: 08/05/08 20:24:17 Ver: 08.00.14
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 8192MB
.Net Memory Report: 6346MB out of 8191MB available
Page File: 14017MB (2362MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST3640323AS ATA Device) 560580MB out of 610377MB (91%) free
E Drive: (STECH Simple Drive USB Device) 448881MB out of 476937MB (94%) free
D Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30 ATA Device) zero-size drive
F Drive: (MagicISO Virtual DVD-ROM0000) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7100.0000 (64-bit version)

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

No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 9800 GT
Video Memory: 4080 MB
Driver Version: 8.15.11.8618
Driver Date: 6/10/2009 6:03:00 AM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Headphones (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7100.0000
Driver Date: 4/22/2009 12:15:37 AM

Sound Device Description: Digital Audio (HDMI) (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7100.0000
Driver Date: 4/22/2009 12:15:37 AM

Sound Device Description: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7100.0000
Driver Date: 4/22/2009 12:15:37 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P5Q-E
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 08/05/08 20:24:17 Ver: 08.00.14
BIOS Version: A_M_I_ - 8000805
BIOS Release: 20080805000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1600x900
3D Resolution: 1600x900 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes

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

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

World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: Yes
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.000

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 18.20090422.5T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
.\fonts has 2 files
.\sound\Ogg\Rave has 7 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 34 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files

I'm using the 186.something Windows 7 driver that was released today.

I rolled it back to your version. No luck. So I got it back to the new version.

I know. I tried going through the threads about Windows 7, didn't find anything.

I noticed the driver I downloaded today from nVidia was updated -today-. So I'm gonna try installing an older version to see if it works... *crosses fingers*

Update:

Using TweakCoH, I seem to be able to run the game in Window Mode. But full screen, I just can't get it running no matter what compatibility settings I set. Any ideas?!

Today I updated my PC to Windows 7 RC1 (64-bit). It's a fresh install.

However, when I tried to load CoH, I hear the sound, I know the game is running, but all I see is a black screen. I can't even see the pictures of statesman and the login boxes.

I'm using an nVidia 9800 GT graphics card, and I have the latest nVidia drivers. It's the same drivers I used on Vista 2 hours ago.

Any help with this issue would be heavily appreciated.

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Another quasi-half-fix. Yay.

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Well it appears that Character Descriptions have been fixed in the I15 beta... sort of.

Unfortunately the game is still stripping out any Unicode from our text. Unicode had been allowed for 5 years up until I14. For the life of me I can't figure out what "exploit" that restriction is suppose to take care of in our character descriptions.

Also it appears while we can have separate lines of text again it's using some kind of weird <cr><lf> deal that ultimately wastes more of our allotted character space for text than it used to. I tested this by cutting-n-pasting a description that used to fit perfectly before I14 but now it has the last roughly 10 characters of the last couple of words truncated. Now I have to go back and re-wordsmith my descriptions to get them to fit again. *sigh*

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Ugh. And it didn't occur to them to raise the cap to compensate for this. *facepalm*

Oh thank god.

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You just had to understand the mechanics of the system, accept that there were some characters you might not be able to beat on a particular character (a Fire Blaster might have issues beating a Fire Tanker, for example). It took a lot of losing and a lot of stupid mistakes on my part to become a decent PvPer, and it kind of sucks that after all that, the system was dumbed down for those that couldn't be arsed to put in the effort to do the same.

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Exactly. But believe it or not, a lot of people around here don't have time, patience, and motivation to 'learn'. We've learned enough in RL. Now we're here to play a game and have fun. I shouldn't -have- to taken Hasten on all my characters to perform decently in PvP. I shouldn't -have- to take Super Speed and learn the 'technique' of running around and jousting. That, actually, was my biggest complaint about old PvP. It was -all- two people Super Speeding around each other. It isn't fixed much right now either, but it's improved.

In my opinion, in a good PvP system, any AVERAGE build played by any AVERAGE player should have a CHANCE of winning, even if it is a very small chance. The old PvP system did not offer this.

In regards to a Night Widow with 70% defense, no. The person in question was solo. And it -is- possible with stacked Mind Link and enough Recharge with loads of Defense bonuses from IOs.

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The old PvP sucked. It really did.

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Yeah, you're probably right. Faced-paced combat, ATs that had defined roles, powers that did the same thing they did in PvP as they did in PvE, and the ability of support toons to actually contribute to a team meaningfully other than damage kinda sucked. All the new PvP has done is replace various imbalances with more imbalances, most of which are far worse.

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That is exactly my point.

However, this is the only thing I like about the new PvP. I, myself, was not into PvP. I hated it. Why? Because I couldn't have fun. Why couldn't I have fun, you ask?

Because there would be a Night Widow in a zone with over 70% defense to everything WITHOUT their Tier 9 who could not be touched. Because fighting a Stone Tank would almost always lead to a draw. Because unless you were a 'pro' with a very specific FoTM build, you kept losing and losing and losing, with no signs of potential win.

In PvP 2.0, most of those still apply. I'm not a pro, and I still keep losing. There are still very specific FoTM builds runnin' around who are nearly monsters. However, in PvP 2.0, even though I still lose to them, this round I have FUN while losing to them. Why, you ask? Because at least I -have- a chance of win, regardless how small it is. I can actually hit stuff with my cheap PvE build. I can actually make my enemy run away with my clumsy PvP skills.

I can imagine how if you were a 'king' back then are all sad cause you lost your crown to some 'noobs'. But us noobs actually enjoy some of the new changes because now we can also take a shot at that crown.

As I said, on the other hand, the new PvP is ridiculous at times. Personally, I think the whole damage changes, the heal suppression, and the Mez suppression COULD be implemented more cleverly. And that is why even for us noobs, the new PvP is far from perfect. But it's better. Not by much, but still better.

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How about you being back the old style pvp and get rid of this so called GARBAGE pvp system you have now!

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lol

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We only lol because it's true.

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It really isn't.

The old PvP sucked. It really did.

The new PvP still sucks. But in my opinion, it's better than the previous version.

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How about you being back the old style pvp and get rid of this so called GARBAGE pvp system you have now!

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lol