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Argh, just as I was going to post congratulations, Scott. Sorry to hear CoH is still troubling you.
After this morning's patch, I had the same problem I had before, where logging in freezes my machine. I tried doing a reinstall of CoH and that got it to work. I'm hoping I only have to do that once.
quote:Originally posted by Lightning Lad: Well that's that. I left work early today because I wasn't feeling well. I decided to see if CoH was going to work still for me. I try logging in and nothing, stuck on the connecting (CoH Updater) screen. Quit try again. Same thing. Quit try again. Same. Reboot my PC and after a 20 second or so wait the updater finally kicks in and downloads a new patch. You never would guess what happened next. One hour into playing and hey, what's this? My PC shuts down? That's never happened before after a patch.
I've had it. I don't know what the hell they were trying to 'fix' this time but I'm not wasting my time having to update my BIOS, clear out my registry, uninstall then reinstall the program everytime I want to play. Two hours work to get a couple of hours playing time is not worth it. I've sent another update to TS but I highly suspect their next answer is, get a desktop computer.
Thomas, if you haven't bought yourself the new laptop for your birthday yet, don't bother. At least not if you want to play CoH. The one we were talking about is in the same model line as mine and you are bound to, at least eventually, have the same issues.
When I got home from work today, I tried to log on as well, and at first it had the same problem with not connecting that you're talking about, so I went ahead and rebooted and that got me into the game.
I'm working on Bluette because I'd like to get her up to 20 by this weekend. That's when I get her a cloaking device, a new costume, and a cape if I want to get her one. I'm about halfway to 18 now.
Scott, I guess I'll hold off on the new laptop as the stories you've told me about possibly burning out a video card don't induce me to want one for COH all that bad.
Oh, I checked on the patch the first thing after it got loaded. it was a gimp, of course: it had something to do with duping influence ...
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quote:Originally posted by Lightning Lad: Oh, and I had to log back in as quick as I could after being booted off since it left EAP stranded in the middle of Steel. He's just an 11, barely, and was surrounded by a bunch of 12th level Leads (went there for a new contact). Luckily he wasn't dead in the street when I logged back in but I had just enough time to reach AP and was selling my enhancements when it happened again. Exactly two minutes after logging in.
Comcast is giving a free 15 day trial of Asheron's Call 2. I think I'll try it out.
My friend back home has an XBox and we played some Halo 2. That's kind of tempting me ... and it's not really that expensive a process. The XBox is 150, the game is 50, a subscription to Xbox live for a year is 50, and then whatever the wireless networking gear costs ... definitely cheaper than a new laptop!
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quote:Originally posted by LyleLyle: Argh, just as I was going to post congratulations, Scott. Sorry to hear CoH is still troubling you.
After this morning's patch, I had the same problem I had before, where logging in freezes my machine. I tried doing a reinstall of CoH and that got it to work. I'm hoping I only have to do that once.
The weird thing for me is that I'd swear that my connection has actually been a little better lately ... thoguh I'm tempted right now to take my PC off the router and hook it up directly to the modem to see if that fixes the problem once and for all. If it does, then I'd know the problem was in my router ...
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Hey, guys, I've got a question about reinstalling COH. I've not had to do it yet, but if I should have to at some point in the future, do you need that serial code that comes with the game?
The reason I'm asking is that I downloaded the game from Cryptic's website directly so I didn't HAVE any packaging, and I'm wondering what I would need to do if I should ever have to reinstall the game....
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I think you DO have to have that serial number but I'm not certain. It should be in the email you received from Cryptic when you donwloaded it. If you didn't save it, you can probably get them to reissue it to you. But I would do so BEFORE you need it. Then print out the email and save it someplace.
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From: Paragon City on patrol | Registered: Jul 2003
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You don't need the serial number unless you are re-registering the game, which isn't required. I've reinstalled it three times now and not had to provide the serial number. And NCSoft actually has a place in the account area (where you renew your time) for those who purchased the game online to get the serial number for it.
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Just ran yet another dianostic sent to me by TS in order to track the problem. Now it looks like they are gearing towards it being my service provider. What that has to do with my PC shutting down I don't know. If it was like Blue's connectivity issues that's one thing. If I wasn't so pissed I'd go through the whole uninstall process again just to see if it would crash. To me that would prove it is something in their patch system.
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quote:Originally posted by Lightning Lad: Oh, and I had to log back in as quick as I could after being booted off since it left EAP stranded in the middle of Steel. He's just an 11, barely, and was surrounded by a bunch of 12th level Leads (went there for a new contact). Luckily he wasn't dead in the street when I logged back in but I had just enough time to reach AP and was selling my enhancements when it happened again. Exactly two minutes after logging in.
Comcast is giving a free 15 day trial of Asheron's Call 2. I think I'll try it out.
My friend back home has an XBox and we played some Halo 2. That's kind of tempting me ... and it's not really that expensive a process. The XBox is 150, the game is 50, a subscription to Xbox live for a year is 50, and then whatever the wireless networking gear costs ... definitely cheaper than a new laptop!
I've thought about getting an XBox but that wouldn't do me any good as Caroline's mom watches the only TV that I could use to play on. I wonder if I could connect one to my old flat panel monitor.
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quote:Originally posted by Lightning Lad: Oh, and I had to log back in as quick as I could after being booted off since it left EAP stranded in the middle of Steel. He's just an 11, barely, and was surrounded by a bunch of 12th level Leads (went there for a new contact). Luckily he wasn't dead in the street when I logged back in but I had just enough time to reach AP and was selling my enhancements when it happened again. Exactly two minutes after logging in.
Comcast is giving a free 15 day trial of Asheron's Call 2. I think I'll try it out.
My friend back home has an XBox and we played some Halo 2. That's kind of tempting me ... and it's not really that expensive a process. The XBox is 150, the game is 50, a subscription to Xbox live for a year is 50, and then whatever the wireless networking gear costs ... definitely cheaper than a new laptop!
I've thought about getting an XBox but that wouldn't do me any good as Caroline's mom watches the only TV that I could use to play on. I wonder if I could connect one to my old flat panel monitor.
Good question. I don't know. I want to say that I've seen LED hookups you can buy to hook up to XBoxes and Gamecubes ...
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Oh, man, Scott. Hate to see the problems your having. I had problems with my computer shutting down on occassion while playing the game, and it did lead to estended debt on more than one instance. I hate to say it, but I haven't had that problem in a long time. I think the patches have actually been working for me. Wish there was something I could do...
From: Michigan | Registered: Jul 2003
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Thanks SLK. I did have this same problem when they first released issue two but it went away after the first patch. I've never had it last this long. They've also not answered me yet on the last diagnostic. I think I have them finally convinced it isn't my PC. Hell, the laptop is running better now than it did when I first bought it will all the updates I've done. The only problem I have is with CoH.
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