GM Impervium

So, good news/bad news. Good news is, instead of closing this thread (Sorry, @Ghost!), I simply hid half the posts where people were subtly comparing each other to nazis and arguing semantics. Bad news is there isn't much thread left, and the next person who tries to Godwin the topic is getting a VERY long time out.

While we sadly don't have a subforum dedicated to arm pits, I figure Comic Hero/Villain culture is a close second, so I moved the thread there 😃

I thought it was more like this:

How about I nerf this thread =P Please post serious feedback/suggestions only. The devs are less likely to take ANYONE's suggestions if they have to wade through spam/joke threads. Thank you.

Yeah, things are getting bad here, so....

@Zed, can you PM me the name and server of that character?

@InvaderStych, @Clave Dark 5, @chant21, and @GGamerGirl, can you please PM me with affected character names and what server(s) they're on?

The only Hero who didn't survive that fight was literally the one with the 2 billion dollar build!

Just hid a bunch of posts. Everyone try making your points without insulting one another, engaging in passive aggression or pedantry, please. Thank you!

Well, there's a difference between "a little less XP" at -1, and "absolutely none at all"! And I feel like some of the people who would most want to take advantage of a -4 setting might be newer players who don't quite realize how the XP distribution curve works, and they'd feel put out. We've had a few support requests along that vein already (Incarnate stuff doesn't drop from level 49 foes), and I'd hate to see even more people feel screwed over because they didn't understand the consequence of their choice. So maybe a warning system is already warranted? No promises, but, let's see if the Devs pick up on this 😃

@Yomo Kimyata The Hamidon Raid rewards are based on the fact that it takes time to set up, and knowledge to attempt, and teamwork to execute. Sure, once you get down to it, it only takes a few minutes, but sometimes takes up to a half hour of giant monster hunting to get him to spawn... and if it doesn't, you might not have enough EoEs to survive the encounter. And sure, maybe someone can avoid the tedious part and join just after Hami spawns... but at that point, the Hive/Abyss might be full, so the run the risk of missing the raid. Also, doing Hami "quick", or having just a few people not listen and mess up, comes with a risk that you'll encounter a triple bloom, which, if you mess up, can be VERY hard to recover from. However, experienced teams/leaders can often avoid this. I won't posit my opinion on the idea in the OP, but just pointing out that -4 would deny a player inf and XP. so, maybe not a great idea, unless the player were informed of this when they select that difficulty.

Moved topic per OP request 😃 (They reported their own topic and asked for it to be moved)

Look in your CoH directory to see if there's any sign of the arcs saved locally. They would be under Homecoming -> Architect (assuming you're using HC Launcher). Any arcs you have would be text files (They'd be called something like test.storyarc, hero.storyarc, etc). If you double-click one, Windows may ask you what program you want to use to open it. Select WordPad and you should be able to open it. Lack of space on your HD shouldn't be an issue. The largest missions can be upwards of 500K, but most one-shots or simple arcs are usually much smaller than that. Anyway, I managed to replicate this by filling the text file with junk data (basically just overwrote most of it with "asdfghjkl"over and over). If other people use your computer, they might have somehow borked the text file by writing something into it. Or something on your HD might have caused some file corruption.

Man, why do all the "fun" threads explode when I'm at work? Anyway, as others have stated, if you ever see anything questionable: Costume, Name, Bio, chat, etc. Just report it to us with as much info as you can, and we'll sort it out. Thanks! Also, it's getting a bit heated in here, so...

Moved to the appropriate sub-forum 😃

Moved to Brutes forum per OP request 😃

Moved this to the suggestion forums, where it more likely belongs 😃

While we would want to prioritize objects that are completely enclosed in terrain so that they are unclickable, anything that's more than, say, 50% in the terrain would be fair game for checking out. The issue is that maps don't have objects baked into them, they have object spawn points (something I'm sure anyone who's messed around with making missions in AE can attest). So a "stick of dynamite" object would look fine in a certain spot, but a desk, being much larger, might clip partially through the terrain, so that's probably something we'd want to look at, though it would be a lower-priority fix than something that's completely hidden by say, a rock or a set of stairs.

Please use this thread to report instances where a glowie has spawned inside of terrain. Please provide as much information as possible, especially screenshots and a /loc. Note for Players: You won't have access to the map name, so always try to get GM assistance with these so we can do so, as well as complete the mission for you 😃 However, if it's a non-random map that always occurs in a specific instance (like in most TFs or story arcs), then that will suffice. However, "A Council radio in PI, it was in the sewers" probably won't narrow it down! EDIT: Scratch that, you can use the command /where_am_i to get the mapname. Thanks, @GraspingVileTerror! But still, send in a ticket if you need help completing the mission! Example: Map: maps/Missions/V_Arachnoid_Cave/V_Arachnoid_Cave_30/V_Arachnoid_Cave_30_Layout_05.txt (Small Arachnoid map #5 in AE) Loc: [779.1 19.4 -693.8] (inside of a giant rock)

You should be able to use the big crystal in Ouro to teleport right to him.

Within First Ward and Night Ward, the south-west "Shadowed/Lighted" paths do not render the intended environmental FX. The "Shunt" temp power still pops up, and the other paths seem to work fine, but just these two don't activate.

According to some bug reports we've gotten: in the 1st mission of Mako's Patron arc, there are two combat-able Arachnos hostages that need to be rescued. However, sometimes they are guarded by Spines/* Longbow Wardens, whose auras kill the hostages before a player can retrieve them. This makes the mission unable to be completed.

What @El D said; it's a SG Mode thing. Let us know if turning off SG Mode doesn't fix it!

Hi! It's a new feature reminding you not to copy DC comics characters. It's strange that "No Marvel" isn't showing up, though. I'M KIDDING; Real answer below: This has to do with your NVidia settings and preferences. You might want to poke around with those. According to this reply about a similar issue, a poster recommends deleting a certain file first; doing so resets your preferences (navigate to "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs" and delete the file named "nvdrssel.bin"). However, before you go around deleting files, I recommend playing around with your NVidia Control Panel first so that you don't mess anything up. I will also disclaim that anything you do to your own PC is your own responsibility. I'm just the messenger here, but a google search for "NO DC overlay" seems to keep bringing this solution up. To be safe, maybe copy and paste the file somewhere else, or rename it instead of deleting (like nvdrssel.bin.BAK). Good luck!

To answer the actual question within the post, and not the clickbait-y question in the title: Yes, different settings will make your character look different than what you might intend. The Cel Shader especially messes with colors a bit, so your purple costume might look a bit more red to the viewer. But, if that's how someone enjoys seeing the in-game world, well, there's not much that can be done about that. That being said, at least for Homecoming's Official Contests, we don't use the Cel shader when judging entrants. Your bog-standard CC under Atlas? Well, that's up to whoever is running the contest.