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Quote:Those settings are some that ATI cards are known for having problems with using the In-Game settings. If you want more information, Bill Z Bubba explained it much better than I ever could in his ATI Issues and Settings Recommendations post that is stickied in this forum.Originally Posted by Hugginator
Desaturation sure for visual problems, but the other 2?
Vertical sync combined with Triple Buffering stops tearing.
Anisotropic filtering you might turn off if you had problems with overheating, but I would check and see if the card was overclocked first.
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When you say "everything else runs perfectly", are you referring to other games?
Are those games DirectX or OpenGL?
If they are OpenGL, like CoH, what version of OpenGL were the games written for?
Do those games use the Cryptic Engine that CoH uses?
If they are DirectX, you are comparing Apples to Oranges. DirectX and OpenGL use very different calls to do things, and hardware manufacturers don't always write their drivers to handle OpenGL correctly, or at least not as smoothly as they do DirectX.
If they are using a different version of OpenGL, you are comparing Oranges to Tangerines. Newer versions of OpenGL handle things that older versions can't, or in ways that they couldn't. When City of Heroes was written the only version of OpenGL was OpenGL 1. Some elements of OpenGL 2 may have been included with CoV, but the game engine wasn't really designed to handle them.
If they are using the Cryptic Engine that CoH uses, that game is called either CoH or CoV. Nothing else uses that engine.
Without information that would be provided by a CoH Helper report and a HijackThis log, it's really difficult to tell what the cause of the problems may be.
For instance, different Operating Systems may have different problems with the same video card driver version. Without full information, we are all just playing a game of Blind Man's Bluff. -
Also, turn off Vertical Sync, Anisotropic Filtering, and to be safe, Desaturation effects. But yeah, those video drivers could stand updating.
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Quote:Ok. The 1 Gig of RAM is a bit low.Originally Posted by Aquilio
CoH Helper Results -
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---
DxDiag gathered at August 20, 2009 23:29 (+01:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7100) (7100.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700)
System Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU 2140 @ 1.60GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 1024MB
.Net Memory Report: 399MB out of 1023MB available
Page File: 1286MB (1492MB currently in use)
C Drive: (Hitachi HDS721680PLAT80 ATA Device) 23075MB out of 78530MB (29%) free
E Drive: (MAXTOR STM3250310AS ATA Device) 238313MB out of 238472MB (99%) free
D Drive: (PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7100.0000 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x94C3)
Video Memory: 501 MB
Driver Version: 8.640.0.0
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 00:00:00
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7100.0000
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 00:00:00
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer:
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 2Core1333-2.66G
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
BIOS Version: A_M_I - 7000716
BIOS Release: 20070716000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1024x768
3D Resolution: 1024x768 (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: None
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Low Quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Low (with world bumpmaps)
World Texture Level: Medium
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: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 19.20090716.3T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found
HiJackThis Results -
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [lxbkbmgr.exe] "C:\Program Files\Lexmark X1100 Series\lxbkbmgr.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [StartCCC] "C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe" MSRun
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Sidebar] C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Steam] "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [msnmsgr] "C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Find Fast.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\FINDFAST.EXE
O4 - Global Startup: Office Startup.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA.EXE
Also, your driver installation is corrupted. Download DriverSweeper and install it, but don't run it yet. Download the correct video driver for your card, uninstall all ATI display driver and Catalyst Control Center stuff from the Programs and Features setting in the Control Panel (it used to be known as Add/Remove Programs). Reboot into Safe Mode (press F8 rapidly as computer is booting up until the menu comes up), run DriverSweeper to remove all ATI Display Driver and other video related software, reboot into normal Windows, cancel any automatic installations that try to come up, then install the video drivers you downloaded earlier.
I'm not certain where the HD 2400 falls in the video card ratings, but since it is an ATI card, I would recommend setting your CCC and in-game video settings to those in the first post of Bill Z Bubba's ATI Issues and Settings Recommendations thread that is stickied in this forum. It gives reasons for most of the settings and is a good baseline to start with. Once you get things running smoothly, you might be able to tweak some settings up 1 settings at a time, or you may just want to not mess with a good thing, especially if you aren't sure what each setting does exactly.
I prefer not installing my games to the C:\Program Files directory, especially those that run updates such as CoH. Instead, I install to a folder called C:\Games so that my CoH install is at C:\Games\City of Heroes instead.
Also, you have a LOT of unnecessary files starting up with Windows, as shown by the 04 entries in HijackThis. I'd recommend going into msconfig and going to the Startup tab and killing off unneeded programs like Adobe Reader Speed Launcher, Java Update Scheduler, the QuickTime task, iTunesHelper, etc. Those programs will launch when you start something that needs them, so it is using up resources you are already short on at startup.
After doing these things, post a fresh CoH Helper and HijackThis log and let us know how it's running for you. -
Also, the map is generally the same map as the mission you just exited, and I think that each time I've run it the glowies were in the same place as the previous mission as well.
Easily doable, but as Agge said, designed to be failed as noted by the text being the same whether you Fail the mission or complete it. -
Wow, that was quick.
Thanks Niv/Avatea/whoever. -
Welcome Red.
Glad to see an introduction post for one of the enigmatic new rednames that have been showing up in the Currently Active Users section of the front page of the forums.
Now, we just need a few more to crawl out of the woodwork. -
Quote:And oddly enough, that one went to the Buca main page making me pick a State, then a City.Originally Posted by Red_Gren
I missed the event coordinator yesterday, but was able to speak to someone who was familiar with the banquet menus today. Here's the $/person for the 3 dinner banquet menus:
Classico - $22.95 - choose 3 items & 1 dessert, incl soft drinks, coffee & tea
Supremo - $27.95 - choose 4 items & 1 dessert, incl soft drinks, coffee & tea
Glorioso - $35.95 - choose 10 items & 2 desserts, incl soft drinks, coffee & tea
Link to Buca di Beppo (apparently I can't get it to link directly to the banquet menu.)
It may be that you can't link directly to the menu since it is based off of the choices of State and City. Hard to tell, but I'm going to test something and then check it on my other computer after posting.
And yes, the prices become very reasonable per person.
EDIT: Well, my link goes directly to the Banquet Menu, so I'm not sure what you were doing wrong Red. Maybe it has something to do with my superior computer skillz.
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And having seen the effects on the civillians that Ishmael had, I don't think the Mayhem clustering can even come close.
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Quote:If Knowing is half the battle, what's the other half?Originally Posted by Parsec_NA
Good lord, Aqua, your sig.
Anyway, in the spirit of G.I.Joe, remember the phrase, "Knowing is half the battle." Then ask yourselves why you would want to give half the battle to people trying to sneak into the beta for a sneak peek instead of testing.
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Quote:Not all of the Customer Service people with NCSoft are this daft. You may have gotten ahold of a fairly new CSR or one that, quite simply, isn't thinking really clearly. Many of the CSR's are more competent in different NCSoft games.Originally Posted by Noyjitat
Whats really funny is that actually had the nerve to suggest that I try playing coh with another ISP. I'm thinking (Is this guy serious? Do you really want me to pay out the cash and subscribe to another isp just to test it out?)
I basically gave up hope with customer service and never posted another reply to the ticket after that suggestion from them.
This would be another reason to ask, pollitely, that it be escalated to a Senior GM since the one you have isn't really assisting you in resolving the problem. -
Download the video drivers from nVidia's website. Uninstall your video drivers from the Control Panel. Once you have them uninstalled, reboot the computer into Safe Mode (press F8 rapidly as it is booting), run DriverSweeper and remove any nVidia Display drivers listed, reboot into Windows normally cancelling any driver installations that pop up, install the nVidia drivers.
Once this is done post a fresh CoH Helper log as this will let us see if the drivers installed correctly. -
Quote:As Golden Girl said, it's a known issue and is being worked on.Originally Posted by Morbid_Star
o'kay, ummm, another question,
why is the Dev Digest broken, and when will it be fix'd? ... it's really difficult to find "red name" posts now
Devian created a CoH Digest that works fairly well, it's just not on these forums. -
Post a log from running CoH Helper as it will give information about your system and the CoH installation and settings.
It is MUCH more informative from a troubleshooting standpoint than DXDiag in these situations.
Also, you may want to check out jg0001's NVDIA Settings for Quality (ver 2) thread that is stickied in this forum for information on how to set your NVidia Control Panel and in-game video settings correctly. -
Quote:*cough*Originally Posted by Texas_Justice
The Devs have already indicated that they want it working as it is and gave their reasons.
I doubt their viewpoint on it has changed much since then. -
1) Yes.
1a) Yes.
1a1) Glorioso or Supremo to give the largest selections.
Of the Antipasti, Garlic Bread (Mozzarella Garlic Bread if we go Glorioso).
I have no opinion on the Ensalate, since I'm not much of a salad person.
Of the Pastas, Spaghetti (preferably with Meatballs, but Marinara is OK) or Lasagna.
Of the Entrees, Salmon with Pesto or Chicken Parmigiana would be my preferences.
Of the Deserts, Tiramisu.
Of the Side Dishes (if we go with the Glorioso), Spicy or Mild Italian Sausage would be my choice. If we go with the Supremo it's possible I'll see about paying for my own order of Mild Italian Sausage and will be willing to share, depending on how big the serving is.
1c) Nope.
1d) Well, you already know the answer, I won't elaborate here. However, if you only intended the No people to answer the 1c question, you should have made it a 1b1 instead.
2) Cake.
3) Friday at 5:30 sounds good to me, depending on what Niv plans and when others are arriving. I can't see pushing it back much later than 6:30 at the latest, as it will rush us too much.
As with last year, I'll be arriving shortly before 11:30, so I'll be getting in touch with DD and other people to see which In'N'Out we will be invading for lunch this year, unless a suitable alternative is agreed on. -
The Devs have already indicated that they want it working as it is and gave their reasons.
I doubt their viewpoint on it has changed much since then. -
Quote:Then I would recommend politely asking that they reopen the ticket and help your ISP determine where the cause lies between the ISP connection and the CoH Servers.Originally Posted by Noyjitat
Support ticket wont work. I filed one and they have you do ping plotter and everything and eventually arrive at it being your isp and not the servers. When the trace route clearly shows its not your isp. If it were my isp I'd be having connection problems in every game and so far its been this one since about a week before double xp.
We've had other players that have filed tickets for problems and NCSoft Support worked to find where the problem was and helped to get the problem corrected, as did the ISP. The problem was neither the ISP or the game servers, but they worked together to get it resolved for the customer.
EDIT: Also, politely remind the initial support people that just because it isn't their servers, that doesn't mean it is your ISP that is at fault. If needed, ask that it be escalated to a more senior Customer Service Representative or GM. -
File a support ticket on the NCSoft Support Site and work through the steps that they ask you to in order to troubleshoot the issues.
If you don't let them know there is a problem, and work through the troubleshooting steps so that they can try to find the source of the trouble, well, then there isn't much anyone else can do to help you. -
Turn off Vertical Sync
Turn off Anisotropic Filtering
Turn Water Effects to Off or Low
Turn off Bloom
Turn off Depth of Field
Basically, you want to set your CCC and ingame settings to those in the first post of BillZBubba's ATI Issues and Settings Recommendations thread that is stickied here. Explanations for why those settings are problematic are in the post as well. Mostly, it is due to ATI's implementation of OpenGL support in the drivers.
Once you have things running smoothly, you can tweak up some of the settings one at a time, keeping in mind the items that will cause problems. -
Quote:First, install Service Pack 2 for Vista through Windows update. You may need to install other updates before it will show up, or you may need to unhide it if you have previously hidden it. You can also download it directly from Microsoft's website.Originally Posted by SurlyVee
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---
DxDiag gathered at August 14, 2009 22:54 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.090302-1506)
System Manufacturer: MSI
System Model: MS-7309
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 7750 Dual-Core Processor (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 4094MB
.Net Memory Report: 2932MB out of 4094MB available
Page File: 2704MB (1522MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD25 00AAKS-00L6A SCSI Disk Device) 112073MB out of 238472MB (46%) free
M Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30 SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 10
DirectX Diag version: 6.00.6001.18000 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: ACER AL1916W
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 9400 GT
Video Memory: 2289 MB
Driver Version: 8.15.0011.9038
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5605
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5605
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
Second, your video and audio driver installations appear to be corrupted as indicated by the yellow text and the year portion of the dates. -
Some options you do not want to enable at all as they will cause problems.
Yes, it is how ATI implemented the OpenGL calls in the drivers.
I just set mine to the settings in the first post of BillZBubba's ATI Issues and Setting Recommendation thread that is stickied in the Technical Issues and Bugs forums and don't have any problems. I could likely play around with slight increments to a few areas to see if I can improve the graphics without causing other problems, but since it works so well the way it is, I see no reason to mess with it and get myself frustrated. -
Yeah, in a roundabout way, what my previous post really means is ...
I blame Con.
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It could be any number of things. Usually, it means an error has occurred somewhere in the game and that it is going to have to close itself down on your computer.
To answer your other questions in order:
Yes, I'll post some info at the end so that we can see if it is something on your side.
Possibly, but not as likely or more people would have the exact same message coming up when they do whatever you were doing.
Not very likely.
It would all depend on what is causing the message. The only surefire way to make sure you never see that message again would be to never launch the game again. Not a solution I'd recommend.
As for what you can do, post a log from running CoH Helper as it will give information about your system and the CoH installation and settings.
Second, post a log from running HijackThis. This will show what else is going on on your computer while you are playing CoH. -
Buca? Sure, count me in.
Holder's for Bacon Waffles? Need you ask? I'm definitely there, especially since I'll be able to have Bacon Waffles in the presence of BaconLordBob.
Oh, and if you are inputting the address for Holder's in your GPS, be sure to input the FULL street name, or you may wind up in some residential section.
Yeah, it will be input into the GPS unit I'm taking to HeroCon. I'll blame my sister if I get lost using her GPS and spare Red and DD.