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Heh, I didn't realize that irony until I thought about it myself while reading this thread. A fashion model with costume parts that Jay said we'd probably never get

There again, there's a lot of runway concept stuff that is never meant for retail. But still, those boots and loincloths would be pretty nice on a few player characters

Pro tip: on a lot of email clients, you can see the DNS or provider that originally sent the email. For example, if you're getting an email that from "@ncsoft.com" that's coming from Hotmail, it's probably bogus (somebody altering the sender address).

Yep, that's the problem. When the meter stops moving, time to make another level of IO that counts towards the same badge.

My 3D Sound quest with my SB Audigy SE, I think, is a lost cause. Although the new SB drivers that work with ALchemy and in Compatibility Mode will work with other Audigy cards, they don't work with mine. Without new drivers, the game crashes in XP Compatibility Mode. But since the drivers for my particular card haven't been updated by Creative since April 2009, I can't update them on my rig.

It seems I'll be using WinXP Compatibility Mode with my RealTek ALC883 on my mobo instead, and move my sound card into the e-cycle bin :/ It's the only way I can get 3D Sound to work on CoH post I18.

Reference: Support Ticket #100824-001018

Meh, the last thing SGs need is another reason for Prestige sweat shops to exist.

And since personal Prestige data can be lost if a member gets kicked / leaves an SG, it's ripe for problems and greifing.

This is a strong case towards the suggestions in Castle's thread to create an alternate animation set for DP, something more minimalistic. Everyone could be happy then

An interesting argument. I could definitely see it as a consolatory alternative to non-combat quick recovery I've seen in other MMOs.

I'm sure one of them will probably include the pop dance seen during GR beta.

I agree, but you may want to post this in the Suggestion & Ideas thread.

That being said, I wouldn't hold my breath, as Bases are low on the totem pole at the moment.

I did get this to work last night, but only after running XP Compatibility Mode AND using my mobo's Realtek option (I physically removed my SoundBlaster Audigy SE to ensure no IRQ conflicts, to ensure no crashes between CoH and sound driver hooks, etc.).

So the crashing when using Compatibility Mode may be related to the SoundBlaster drivers. OTOH, CoH doesn't really support Windows 7 anymore, at least not when it comes to advanced sound features. Which is funny considering what they've done with Ultra Mode. They removed DS3D for Win Vista and Win 7 without any OpenAL alternative, leaving a lot of players in a lurch.

Their suggestion, and the only one that works for my particular scenario, is to run CoH in WinXP Compatibility Mode. Unfortunately, nearly every time I close the game when running in Compatibility Mode, the game crashes, and does a darn good job of nearly locking up my system in the process.

I'm basically damned if I do and damned if I don't.

Support wants me to try XP Compatibility Mode. Will I take a performance hit if I do so?

Also, I'm halfway tempted to switch to my mobo built-in sound device (Realtek ALC883). Would that make a difference, rather than using my SB Audigy SE?

Edit: they also referred me here for the "patch notes" for Issue 18. Laughable. The real patch notes here and here don't even list this change, clearly for the sake of Marketing to keep the game nice and shiny, when it seemingly looks like they dropped DS3D without any OpenAL substitute.

Probably using a 2nd build is your best bet until the Transfer function to Test is fixed. Unfortunately, slotting it will cost you Inf on Live, but if you try it out w/ SOs it won't be as expensive as IOs.

That's what the "Abandon Mission" or "Quit TF" buttons are for. It's a Known Issue.

On that note, if you abandon a mission, you should be able to talk to the contact again and pick it up again, hopefully with the correct destination.

This suggestion comes up from time to time. I'm all for it, esp., for VEATs that end up going rogue. Alternate armor, backpack, and capes w/ the Rogue Arachnos symbol would be nice.

Yes, but what about the 3D Sound that broke with Issue 18?

Well, regardless of one's definition of Vigilante, we're talking, in technical terms, about a metric assload of:

• re-coding existing contacts and rewriting/ creating new missions for many of the contacts already in the game
• addressing continuity errors where previous contacts are mentioned/ contacted by a current contact
• developing additional branching text/ alternate missions for addressing said continuity errors
• linking "phasing tech" to all of the contacts that have the possibility of being killed through player actions
• other code problems I can't even fathom

This wouldn't be a simple retrofit. At the least, you're talking about something that may require the workload of a whole other expansion, depending on the number of applicable contacts and taking into account both City of Heroes and City of Villains.

And in the meantime, what happens to the Incarnate System, the Coming Storm, the expansion of Preatoria, or other content that needs the attention of the Code and Story teams? Or for that matter, the possible development of CoH2?

Not that I don't like the concept of a retrofit, but the time involved would be quite a bit.