GM Crumpet
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2 hours ago, BellatorMonk said:
I call them "micro stutters" and I get them constantly. I assume it because the client is reading something related to FX for powers for other people or me from the drive and it does not like something. I have found recently that when I play one of my tankers the client freezes, will not CTD and I have tab into Task Manager a few times to kill it. I looked in the Client logs and found this to be a problem:
2024-05-05 21:09:11 [E] Error in file CUSTOMIZEABLEPOWERS/RADIATIONBLAST/BLAZINGAURA.FX
2024-05-05 21:09:11 [E] Error in file CUSTOMIZEABLEPOWERS/RADIATIONBLAST/BLAZINGAURA.FX
2024-05-05 21:11:20 [E] Error in file CUSTOMIZEABLEPOWERS/RADIATIONBLAST/BLAZINGAURA.FX
2024-05-05 21:11:20 [E] Error in file CUSTOMIZEABLEPOWERS/RADIATIONBLAST/BLAZINGAURA.FX
2024-05-05 21:12:26 [V] Entering menu MENU_COMBINE_SPEC
2024-05-05 21:12:53 [V] Entering menu MENU_GAME
2024-05-05 21:15:51 [E] Error in file CUSTOMIZEABLEPOWERS/RADIATIONBLAST/BLAZINGAURA.FX
2024-05-05 21:15:51 [E] Error in file CUSTOMIZEABLEPOWERS/RADIATIONBLAST/BLAZINGAURA.FXThat's been a problem for years and most of have that error message pop up regularly. The devs keep trying to fix it but it's resistant to everything they try.
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The only problem I see a lot of is people are TOO helpful on the help channel and can overwhelm someone with information. Not a bad thing, I've been in games where you ask questions and its tumble weeds, but sometimes even I get confused with information overload and I know what they are asking about 🙂
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8 hours ago, Bionic_Flea said:
I also don't want to see Bionic Flea(@Zacking) or Bionic Flea(@Snarky) either! And that is exactly the point of this suggestion. So that everyone can be Bionic Flea if they wanted to. No thanks. There's only one me.
The idea of there being an influx of bionic fleas makes my skin itch. Normal fleas are bad enough 😛
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8 hours ago, PeregrineFalcon said:
Since when has The Council of Fourteen cared about what we use for resources?
Have we all just forgotten what they did when working on updating Force Fields? They deleted PKs posts in their feedback threads and then, once it went live, unceremoniously unpinned his thread and then they quietly pretended that nothing had happened.
The reason why I suggested to the OP that he ask you specifically is because in the past you've always shown enough respect for the players to at least get us an answer. And we all understand that you're not in charge so even if the answer is "never gonna happen and go F yourself" I'm ok with that because at least you took the time and effort to get us the answer.
Unlike others on The Council of Fourteen who spent years ignoring our requests for updated information but then one day went out of their way to give the info that we'd been asking for to MOP.
I appreciate the confidence in me (though I'd never tell someone to F off 😛 ). I try my best but don't always have the information at hand or it's above my pay grade.
The city council is new, the people on it aren't. Chances are you've interacted with them over the years. It's not a shadowy cabal sitting round a table in hoods with their faces in shadow. It's a group of volunteers who try to make the game consistent across the board and build new content they hope people will enjoy.
As for unpinning the post, I've done the same myself on occasion when contacted by the original poster. An out of date resource is no use to anyone. If someone wants to make an up to date one then all they have to do is post it and contact any GM and we'll happily pin it as as a replacement. There is no malice involved, and the original poster always has the option to delete instead of unpin if they so wish.
I'm always happy to have a conversation with a player, even if we don't agree. As long as it stays respectful and doesn't degenerate into "you suck, man!!" levels 🙂. Some things I know and can talk about, others I can't, and some things I have no idea as they are technical and I'm just an end user and my abilities are limited to hitting the on switch!!-
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Just now, Ghost said:
With the condescending names he uses, and the way he publicly takes shots at players who leave - I’m actually surprised he’s able to put a team togethet
A few months ago I joined a farm and the player insisted we all fight, which is a bit hard on a level 1. He then complained because we weren't his autobots and kicked us for hitting things when he didn't want us to. I gave him one star on Yelp and Trust Pilot 🙂
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I've edited the original post to remove the name of the player. It seemed fairer than locking and hiding the thread. Just to remind people that naming and shaming other players isn't allowed.
And it's rare for a GM to edit players comments, but I think this is an interesting discussion and nothing said so far has warranted more serious action.
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11 hours ago, PhotriusPyrelus said:
I know this is probably impossible because it's probably very fundamental to the way the game is designed, but it sure would be nice if the game was more like Star Trek Online, where the character and account names are conjoined so while one account cannot have two characters named "Steve", every account could have a character named "Steve", because the character's actual name is "Steve@<AccountNameHere>".
That would alleviate this whole situation, which is only going to get worse and worse as the game goes on.That would be nice, but we are stuck with the database functionality we have. Unless we wipe the database and start again with a new database (which I shudder to think how bad that would go down) it's probably impossible
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At the moment we still have make a manifest for tequila, but it has to be rolled out manually and checked to make sure it works so there is always going to be a delay when we roll out an update. It's generally not more than a few hours, a day at most. When we do officially drop all tequila support I would be surprised if there wasn't plenty of warning and banners on the forum, plus messages popping up on screen. I'm sure some people will be caught by surprise though. Reading is HARD!! 😛
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I find it really odd. I logged back in just after Homecoming went live and it was like it had never gone away. The UI was the same, the music was the same, the graphics were better than I remembered, and there were more power sets to pick from. I'd forgotten a lot and had to ask how to get to Striga and PI though 🙂
Sometimes nostalgia isn't enough, and people are never happy. If that player hadn't played since an early issue then maybe there was a lot that was different. You can't always help someone if they just have a negative outlook. All you can do is cut them loose and wish them well.
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13 hours ago, VULCAN said:
THANKS GUYS 🙂
It's a common question that flummoxes a lot of people. If it was me I'd have had it as multiple instances on by default, but Six must have had a good reason to set it up like that when he wrote it
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5 hours ago, PeregrineFalcon said:
I think your best bet would be to ask @GM Crumpet He may not be able to help, but he'll at least get you an answer.
Ah, but will you get the answer you want? 😛
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5 hours ago, FupDup said:
@Booper was the one who pulled the trigger it seems.
Wasn't me who pulled the plug, but I see Booper answered
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2 hours ago, Dacy said:
Thanks, after talking it over with various people, EB and I decided to accept in the spirit it was intended, as an honor, and just modify our sigs a bit to explain that it's not a "sit back and do nothing" sort of retirement. 🙂
Talking to the people in the city council it was never intended as a slight or as any kind of jab, but a recognition of the work you all did. Saying that, we would never wish anyone to feel uncomfortable so we are more than happy to change something if you ask 🙂
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1 hour ago, Dacy said:
@GM Crumpet? Do you know how "Retired Community Rep" got put with my name? It wasn't there last I looked. Could that be taken down, please? I did not retire. 🙂 Unofficially, we're still doing things, and "retired"...well, just doesn't encapsulate the situation, you know? 🙂 Thanks!
If you don't want it I'll see about getting it removed
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On 4/29/2024 at 6:47 AM, Aeronaut said:
The devs are all based in the US?
We are international. It's true a lot are US based, but we have British, Belgian, German and Australian GM's and devs. Even in the US West Coast and East Coast staff will have a time difference.
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Yeah there was a small delay in updating the manifest on Tequila, so people who use it wouldn't have been able to get on until the update
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Do you have a dedicated graphics card? Onboard ones are notorious for being terrible. What I found with my laptop was I had to open the Nvidia control panel and in the 3D settings mark the graphics card as default always rather than auto as Windows kept opening the game with the onboard intel chip. I assume other graphics card manufacturers have the same options.
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4 hours ago, BlackSpectre said:
Well, people who have the game installed and working pretty much just use it as is and aren’t aware that a new launcher was even created. A current player doesn’t see the new Homecoming launcher in the forums because they’re not a new player and don’t need to download the game. Everything is working fine. No need to look for a new app.
Reaching out to current players with an in game email, adding a one line reoccurring announcement to switch to the new launcher on the MOTD splash screen on login, or any number of other ways to reach people would help. Players who rarely interact with the forums never see the announcements there.
You do have a point. I can't say as I don't know, but I would assume that will happen when we do finally drop Tequila permanently
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45 minutes ago, Troo said:
Or I'll just stick with the launcher that works until all the bugs are ironed out of the new one. ( modus operandi )
This I will keep in mind.
Thanks again for the quick reply to be patient.
Well Tequila will be dropped completely sooner or later, which is why we are pushing the launcher as much as we can. Even now, because of the way the file system has been changed binds and macros have problems on Tequila and often don't save so reset to default when you zone. I'm not a technical person, I just know what people like Number Six tell me (usually in short words with pictures 😛 )
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And for what it's worth, I and the rest of the team have the utmost respect for all the former CR's who spent a lot of time and effort working for the benefit of the community.. GM's have real lives as much as everyone else and sometimes we can't do things outside our core jobs, or don't feel comfortable with things. I'm bad at PvP and role playing, I couldn't turn up as Mako and growl at people for instance. It would just be wrong. I'm the silly one who drops in on a Hamidon raid and does daft things to amuse the crowd. Want someone to fetch an enemy out of a wall? I'm your man. Ask me to judge your costume/base/ PvP contest? I'm the wrong person. I'd give the prize to everyone as I think you are all amazing 🙂
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I'm loath to lock this thread but I will if it stays antagonistic. There are some interesting points being made, but attacks on other players or retired CR's is not acceptable.
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And speaking to the clever people on the GM team, rebooting your PC often fixes it, and opening options and revalidate/verify if a reboot doesn't work
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23 hours ago, Troo said:
@Lunar Ronin yes.
And it's not that simple. We have folks with a wide range of computer specs and capabilities. A heavily modded setup might require extra work to change launchers.
This computer somehow has three separate installs all from Homecoming. /City of Heroes, /HC, /Homecoming.. it can be as clear as mud sometimes.
@GM Crumpet I did test the new launcher and can use it. Tequila seems to boot me from the game less often.. sooo... whatdayawantmetosay "I am change resistant" 🙂
Maybe hit the "reset graphics on next run" in the options. It's a bit of a catch-all as it does a few back end things when it checks for clashes
Or buy a new PC....... 😛
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On 4/24/2024 at 6:11 PM, LKN-351 said:
Apparently this is a thread of people eleborating on the previous posts 😆😆😆
To be fair, if they know it's a thing and can't find the post to look at the thing it's not wrong to ask again 🙂
Stuttering, freezing and rubberbanding, OH MY!
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A couple of things we recommend.
Reboot your router. Sometimes it gets stuck.
Open the laumcher and click the three dots under Homecoming. Click verify. Then click the dots again and settings, then in settings click the reset graphics on next run
When you open the game the screen will open in a small box. Click settings and put the graphics to borderless and not windowed.
Hopefully that helps.