AboveTheChemist

Click the 'City' tab in the map window. There is a legend there, for any area of CoH that you are in.

Feel free to use my transport hub on Brainstorm, PPOC-5. What it lacks in style, it makes up for in practicality. The portals are clearly marked and it should have all the amenities you need (except maybe a tip computer, which I can add). If you need something it doesn't have, just ask and I'll add it. It has been around since the last server wipe 3-4 years ago. EDIT: It used to be listed in the welcome login message for one of the Brainstorm channels, but I think that channel went away (or maybe I got booted) as I don't recall seeing that message in a while.

I agree with this assumption. Based on what I saw, the spawn point seems just far enough away that the drone doesn't auto-zap the GM/Unseelie when they spawn in. They have to wander a little into range of the drone before it zaps them.

My guess is that the AH bugged and listed a stack of 10 somethings that you had in storage, rather than the item you intended to list. It's a rare bug but one that a few of us have encountered. Check your 'selling' tab for a stack of 10 items that you don't recall listing, at the price you listed for the item you originally intended to sell, and that's probably the culprit. The thread at this link has the oldest known report (as far as I am aware) about this bug, and my own bug report about the encounter is there. The thread at this link has a much more recent bug report about this issue. Finally the thread at this link has a PSA I posted shortly after I encountered the bug in which I detail the only way I know for sure of avoiding this bug. Basically, if you store stuff in the AH, remove those items from storage before posting things for sale. I've probably cross-posted some of those same links in those threads, but more bug visibility never hurts.

I agree. The data for the KW and AP maps had to be collected the hard way, by killing the GM and observing the locations where it respawned (thank goodness for Beta powers). Some locations were far less likely to spawn a GM than others. Between the two zones I probably had upwards of 100 GM kills before I had enough data to consider the dataset complete. That being said, the PI points, like every other map in this collection that isn't KW or AP, was parsed directly from the leaked game data files. I suppose there is a slim chance that the HC devs turned off that particular spawn point in PI, but I doubt it because there doesn't seem to be a compelling reason to do so. As of last night I have characters stationed at that point on each live server, so I can log in occasionally to cycle through them in hopes of confirming that the GM does spawn there. I feel like I have seen a GM there in the past but I don't have logs, a screenshot, or a demo to definitively prove it. The other option would be to hop on Brainstorm and start blasting Halloween GMs in PI until I spot one there, but that could take a while and will be my option of last resort. I have the new maps completed, I just need to do a final QC check before I update the mod with them. And for anyone that read my message from last week about the popmenu, I did create an optimal path menu for the Halloween GMs. Given the apparent lack of demand for it, I don't plan to release it publicly but if anyone would like to try it out, I can provide a copy.

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Correct, vidiotmaps used to include an annotated version of the map texture visible in the tram lobby, but I removed it. It was more or less identical in appearance to the annotated city map visible from the 'City' tab in the map window, with a vidiotmaps legend and some other text explaining some symbols seen on vidiotmaps. One of the reasons I removed it is that, in the context of the tram lobby, the texture made no sense. Call it immersion breaking or whatever, it didn't make sense to have the vidiotmaps legend show up in the game world like that. The more important reason is that the map in the tram lobby is a game world texture subject to the 'World Texture Quality' graphics setting. Meaning that if your 'World Texture Quality' setting was on the low end, the map in the tram lobby was low resolution and the text was nearly unreadable. The version that shows up in the map window doesn't have that issue because map window textures always display at their highest possible resolution (they are uncompressed and have no mipmaps, for those that know what those are). You could try to get around that texture quality issue by supplying an uncompressed tram map texture and/or one without mipmaps, but I am not sure that wouldn't cause issues/crashes in the game, since the game is expecting a compressed texture with mipmaps. I'll just say I wouldn't get your hopes up with that potential solution. The tram map and the map in the 'City' tab of the map window both have a resolution of 512x512. For those that might want to tinker with it, it lives in: data\texture_library\MAPS\city\citymap.texture Needless to say I won't be altering vidiotmaps to include a new tram map mod, but if someone else wants to give it a go as a separate mod, feel free and I am happy to offer assistance if you get stuck.

City of Badgers is an excellent alternative to Badger if you are looking for one. If you are using my BadgeSetList menu, I'd recommend checking the sequential lists I've provided therein. That's probably the easiest way to spot missing badges. I thought I had made the answers to these two questions clear in previous posts in the thread, but in the interest of not repeating myself, I'd recommend re-reading the past few thread pages starting with my post at the bottom of page 12. It's real life that's gotten in the way. I actually had time ready to carve out to work on this, but then Hurricane Helene hit, and as I work for NC Emergency Management, much of my free time was lost with that. The free time I have had to work on CoH stuff since then, I prioritized to some Halloween-related updates. I'm starting to feel like a broken record here, but I'll get to it as soon as I have the time.

I say edit away, and make it an official wiki document. I certainly appreciate the effort of past editors, but my personal opinion is that if the page is no longer accurate or could otherwise be edited to convey its information more efficiently, then it should be edited to correct those issues. Paragon wiki will stand for all time as a snapshot in time to preserve the work of editors past. This is Homecoming, and I have no problem with any change that needs to be made to make the HC wiki represent the game as it is now. Again, just one man's opinion.

Thanks BlackSpectre! Knowing the good work that you do I am sure it will look great. I have slightly more free time for testing stuff now than I did a few weeks/months ago, so if you need any help testing anything just let me know.

I summoned Jimmy once by complaining too much about some minor issues with the freebies menu. He showed up and put me in charge of it!

Hamidon Halloween Costume is event salvage. Second one down under Halloween event salvage. https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Event_Salvage Edit to add that I've always found the description of it hilarious as well.

I was testing GMs in Kallisti on Brainstorm and had Eochai spawn in his 'old' spot on the center isle near the drone. The drone didn't get him, but I assume the intent was for the GMs not to spawn at this spot anymore. If that is not the case, please ignore. I defeated 45-50 GMs in Kallisti over a span of a couple of days and only saw him spawn here once. I did see him spawn in the new spot 5-6 times.

Just out of curiosity for folks that use these maps to hunt Halloween GMs, would anyone be interested in an optimal path popmenu, functionally similar to the one I developed for badges/plaques that is available at this link, that uses thumbtacks to waypoint the optimal paths to the Halloween GMs? The idea is that it could be used in lieu of this map mod for finding GMs rapidly. I've had a somewhat surprising positive response to the badge/plaque popmenu, but I wasn't sure if Halloween GM hunting was a niche activity that might limit the appeal for an optimal path popmenu geared towards that activity. Also just FYI I will be updating these maps at some point this week to account for the KW GM spawn move, and to account for better data collected for the Atlas Park spawns.

I'd probably go with one of the Audi TDI LMP cars, most likely the R10 although the R15 would be acceptable as well.

I posted this on Discord but just for maximum visibility, the Halloween event is not currently active on Open Beta. I was hoping to do some testing there if it is possible to activate the event. EDIT: For anyone reading this later, Brainstorm is indeed now in the grip of the spooky season.

If you take the scenic route, going for all the badges along the way, I think it takes about 10-15 minutes. I don't think I've ever not done it that way, but if your team is just focused on getting to the end as fast as possible, it won't take nearly that long.

There are two that I know of. One that I maintain: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/24454-atcs-badge-list-popmenu/ And one maintained by Jacke: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/25091-theunnamedones-badgereporter-popmenu-version-20240723a/

As others have noted, it is not. Challenger of Gods and Immortal are handled internally as two completely independent, separate badges with separate settitle ids and badge_grant codes. The former is awarded to Praetorian origin characters, and the latter to Primal origin characters, and there is no way for a character from one origin to obtain the badge from the other origin. There are 53 Praetorian/Primal badge pairs in total that behave this way.

I made a Halloween GM map mod (available at this link) if you need help locating GMs in out-of-the-way zones. Also if you see Unseelie hanging out by themselves with no GM, please defeat them, as the GM won't respawn until all the Unseelie have been defeated.

Seasonal bump for any Halloween GM hunters that could use a map to help find Halloween GMs in their favorite zones! As Michiyo notes above, if you install the Halloween maps on top of vidiotmaps, when you are done GM hunting just uninstall the Halloween maps and vidiotmaps will appear again. Of course this only applies to zones that have Halloween GM maps. Vidiotmaps in other zones are unaffected. As far as I know, no locations have changed from last year but if anyone notices any GMs in a new spot, or in the wrong spot, please let me know. Thanks!

Updated (in top post) to add fifteen i28p1 badges per the i28p1 patch notes, as well as a few other minor updates. Full update log is in the top post. Please let me know if you notice any issues.

Sure, but having considered your suggestion I am not inclined to alter my mod at this time, for various reasons. If you and others find your proposed route more optimal for your specific circumstances, that's great and I encourage you to do what works best for you. The optimal paths in this mod (and the related map mod) are only recommendations, not requirements.

This is correct. I'll give you one guess as to who provided the prototype code for the fast travel popmenu, and the same person would likely be asked to maintain the theoretical HC badger menu. If you've done any testing on Beta, it's the same person that maintains the freebies menu there. My understanding is that the HC team generally doesn't want to deal with popmenus, and I don't blame them at all, so they typically leave popmenus to the modders. I highly recommend changing the name of any offshoots of my badge popmenu so that they don't conflict with my popmenu. My willingness to assist with troubleshooting such conflicts in the future is likely to be limited.

Two active construction events, or two Paladins? The latter is probably quite common, especially on a lower population server. The former, while certainly possible, is likely far less common. And as tidge pointed out, it is important to defeat Paladin's level-less entourage as well. I always forget about them when recalling the event mechanics.