carlbme

OK, problem solved. Crazy, but solved.

Since it was just my account on one box I deleted my account name folder from the CoH folder in Program Files(x86). That didn't do it so I started searching around some more.

I went into AppData/Local/NCSoft/CoX/VistedMaps and deleted all the files in there. So now everything runs perfect. All settings maxed out, even with AO.

Thanks for the help.

OK, I'm even more confused now. On my computer I cannot play on my account due to this issue. However, I can play using any of the other accounts in the family. The wife's and both kids are able to play fine.

I go to my daughters computer and login and can play. Just not on my computer. When I tried their accounts on my box I didn't login to their profiles, I used mine.

To me I see no reason for this.

OK, I'm going crazy it seems. I was placing the video card used to test back into the system I pulled it from and just to see had my daughter log into her account after a reboot. She did so and was playing no problems. I had her exit out and back in...it still worked. My wife then tried it with her account and changed from windowed to full screen before logging in. And she's in playing now. I'm going to see if it still loads up after a reboot and turning some of the settings back up (right now everything is at its lowest settings).

I've tried running different Catalyst drivers (12.2, 12.1, 11.9, 11.4, 11.3). Between each I've used driver sweeper to make sure to do a clean install of the drivers.

Also I had removed all the overclocking utilities then went back into the BIOS and set everything back to Auto. I downloaded and ran CCleaner to clean up the registry to remove the unused entries. So no more evidence of EasyTune.

Still having the same problem. I did swap in my old Radeon HD 4870 and the game loaded up just fine though running the Catalyst 12.2 drivers. The HD6870 was an open box item that I bought, but with CoH the only game I'm having issues with.

Still having the problem. Here's what I tried.

- Removed the Tenda Wireless N USB Adapter, went wired
- Turned off AO
- Tried Safe Mode

Even in safe mode I still have the same problem when I made it past character selection and past the map loading screen. But once the map itself opens up the game locks up and I get the AMD display driver has stopped responding (just noticed this, but due to the symptoms I guess it has been happening and didn't notice it).

OK, So turn off AO and unplug the wireless. Not a problem. Right now the machine is only about two feet away from my wireless router. Once it's put together in working condition (getting CoH to play is the last step, all other games/programs are fine) then it'll be moved farther away.

I have to try safe mode a little bit more. I did try it one time and it worked. However I have been able to get in the game from time to time as well. I'll test it more tonight just to make sure it wasn't a fluke.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 11:03:52 PM, on 3/19/2012
Platform: Windows 7 SP1 (WinNT 6.00.3505)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.7601.17514)
Boot mode: Normal

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe
C:\Users\Carl\Downloads\HijackThis.exe

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O23 - Service: AMD External Events Utility - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\atiesrxx.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: AppleChargerSrv - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\AppleChargerSrv.exe (file missing)
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I have a newly built computer and am having issues running CoH. Most of the time I'm able to login, get passed the character creation screen and load the map. Once the map is loading and it dumps me into the area CoH locks up. I've tried running different Catalyst drivers (12.2, 12.1, 11.9, 11.4, 11.3). Between each I've used driver sweeper to make sure to do a clean install of the drivers. Every so often I'm able to get into CoH by using TweakCoH and setting everything to Low. This is the only way I've been able to get the map area to actually not crash, and even then the success rate is rather low (15%).

Specs:
Gigabyte 970A-UD3
8GB PC1866 (Also tried PC1600)
Sapphire HD6870 1GB

Running Win7 64bit Ultimate

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at March 19, 2012 23:03 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.111118-2330)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: GA-970A-UD3
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Memory: 8192MB
.Net Memory Report: 6550MB out of 8173MB available
Page File: 14587MB (1757MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST500DM002-1BC142 ATA Device) 415868MB out of 476837MB (87%) free
D Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22LS40 ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7601.17514 (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: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x6738)
Video Memory: 742 MB
Driver Version: 8.831.2.0
Driver Date: 3/8/2011 11:55:52 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (Creative USB Headset)
Driver File: USBAUDIO.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7601.17514
Driver Date: 11/20/2010 5:43:52 AM

Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6433
Driver Date: 8/12/2011 12:29:42 AM

Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output(Optical) (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6433
Driver Date: 8/12/2011 12:29:42 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: GA-970A-UD3
Motherboard Version: x.x
BIOS Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: GBT - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20111013000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1024x768
3D Resolution: 1024x768 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No


Physics Quality: High
Maximum Particles: 100
Max Particle Fill? 1.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Medium
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 0.100 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High


World Texture Level: Low
Character Texture Level: Low
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.500
Entity Detail Level: 0.300
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Shadow maps
Shadow Map Shader: Low quality
Environmental Reflections: Low quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: High performance
Occlusion Strength: Slight
Blur: Fast
Ambient Resolution: High performance


Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) 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: 0.600
Music Sound Volume: 0.600

Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.750
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: ?
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\NCSoft\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found