I'm having crashing issues too, and with no real reason. Similar to everyone else here, I get a complete computer lockup - screen goes black and nothing works except shutting off the computer manually and rebooting. Sometimes I can play for hours and hours with no crashing, but today especially I've been crashing nonstop - even as soon as I log in! It's so frustrating to be on a team with friends, crash, reboot, log in, crash again, reboot again, log back in, then crash again! It's gotten incredibly severe and I really wish that the Devs would at least give us some idea of a solution, even just one in the works.
EDIT: Here's my computer info, if it'll help.
---System information gathered by
CoH Helper version 0.1.1.7---
DxDiag gathered at May 2, 2009 18:04 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_ldr.090302-1506)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: P5K-VM
BIOS: BIOS Date: 10/30/07 20:51:06 Ver: 08.00.12
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 3326MB
.Net Memory Report: 2153MB out of 3326MB available
Page File: 5687MB (1156MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD2500AAKS-00B3A0 ATA Device) 64529MB out of 238472MB (27%) free
D Drive: (ASUS DRW-2014L1 ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 10
DirectX Diag version: 6.00.6001.18000 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 9600 GT
Video Memory: 1901 MB
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.7516
Driver Date: 5/2/2008 10:46:00 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHDA.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5371
Driver Date: 2/6/2007 6:44:14 AM
Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHDA.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5371
Driver Date: 2/6/2007 6:44:14 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P5K-VM
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 10/30/07 20:51:06 Ver: 08.00.12
BIOS Version: A_M_I_ - 10000730
BIOS Release: 20071030000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1664x1000
3D Resolution: 1664x1000 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: Yes
Screen Position: -6, -3
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 on)
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: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.090
Music Sound Volume: 0.086
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 179768 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 18.20090324.20T2
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found