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On 4/25/2021 at 5:19 PM, Jimmy said:
Powers
New Prestige Powers
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Only Affect Self
- Activating this power prevents you from attacking foes or aiding allies - all powers will only affect yourself
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If you are attacked, this power will suppress, allowing you to fight back
- Suppression rules updated to match Stealth (will only suppress if an enemy hits you, not if they miss you)
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Disable All Powers
- Activating this power will stop all your powers and set bonuses from working
- Both of these powers can be acquired from the P2W vendor in the Prestige Utility category for zero cost
I'd pay real influence for a "Sync Toggle Spin" one of these doodads. 🙂
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It ain't much, but it'll get 'er done.
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No one took up my challenge regarding SnakeTail, so I set out to do something myself.
WHY?
Honestly, it's getting a little tough for me to read the smaller print in chat, unless I am willing to blow it up and maybe sacrifice game space or get a giant monitor. I started looking for ways to have all the stuff from chat that I was interested in to be displayed on a second monitor, along the way filtering out lines I don't care about and highlighting keywords in lines I do. I decided to share it with the community in case others find it useful, or want to add or improve functionality.
HOW DO I MAKE IT WORK?
This script uses Windows Powershell to monitor a COH chat log file. The ps1 file is a text file that you can edit to your liking, at your own risk, and define things to highlight.
- You'll need a second monitor. If you don't physically have one that you can make work, maybe check out programs like "Duet Display" to use a tablet as a second monitor.
- Adjust your Powershell Execution Policy, and be aware of the potential consequences for that. I set CurrentUser to be Unrestricted.
- In City of Heroes, enable chat logs by going to MENU -> Options -> Windows -> Log Chat (Enabled). This will create text files in your COH install directory -> username -> logs folder.
To run the script, download it and put it wherever you like, like on your desktop. Then right click on the file to select "Run with Powershell".
You will then navigate to your logs folder and select the file to monitor (ex: "chatlog 2021-03-28.txt") . This will load all the data already in the file, and remain open to monitor it for new lines that COH adds as you play.
You can drag the window over to your second monitor, and right click in the title bar if you need to change font sizes, etc. You can close the window at any time, or click inside it and hit CTRL-C to close it.
WOW, THIS IS GREAT! -or- MY GOD, COULD THIS SUCK WORSE?!?
I am NOT a programmer. I used to be (a little) until I took an arrow to the knee, decades ago. I still dabble, and this is the first time I have used Powershell at all. I am confident others can do better and hope they will, and share their results here for the community. If this script is helpful to you, if it inspires you to create something better, awesome. And, if not, why did you spend time reading all this when you could be running an MSR with me, instead?
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I don't lead UG or MoM, but here are some thoughts:
- As someone who leads leagues often, if I see someone post to LFG that they are looking for something I typically run, that has a big impact on what I choose to run. So, if you are online and looking for UG or MoM, maybe post to LFG that you are looking for that.
- Friend or global friend league leaders you know will run what you are looking for. If you see them online, ask what they are running and if they will be running what you want later.
- Lead one yourself! Trust me, even very recently I had to tell a group of Market Crashers that I had never actually led one of these before, and they were VERY understanding and helpful. The key thing is to be patient with recruiting, because it can take a while to form a full league. Just keep advertising to LFG every minute or two until you have a full league - that's the first step.
If your goal is to get rares, you can also look for things you can run quickly. I try to run Speed Lambda's sometimes, and once you are going each run takes maybe 12 minutes. How many Speed Lambda's can you run during the course of a single UG or MoM - 2-3, or more? Each completion gives you a chance at a component, and you may get a rare. I've literally had runs where I got 3 VRs back to back to back. Weird things happen. Also, Speed Lambda's are very EASY to lead yourself because you only need 16 people for a full league, can definitely do it with fewer, and Marauder is pretty easy to take down because everyone can throw Pacification Grenades at him.
You can also solo the Heather Townshend arc, with some people reporting completion in, like, 8 minutes! Takes me about 15 on any given one of my toons:
Lastly, keep in mind that every 3 vet levels you will get a dump of Empyrians which can help with purchasing rares. Up to vet level 100, of course. I'm still waiting on a gold watch or something for where I am.
Have fun out there, and be fearless!
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If you are a programmer and care to look at it, I would love to see a version of SnakeTail that could better support COHs "Log Chat" feature by allowing you to filter out lines you don't care to see. The source code for SnakeTail is available at https://github.com/snakefoot/snaketail-net/releases.
If there is a better FREE program for this already, please let me know. I know that Herostats could monitor feeds like this for combat data, but I don't know of a way to use it for this purpose - if it's even still being worked on.
I use SnakeTail on a second monitor to tail my "chatlog yyyy-mm-dd.txt" files, generated from the game. Using SnakeTail's Edit->View Options->Keyword Highlight feature, I can color code various lines to draw my attention. For instance, if someone mentions BAF, LAM, DD, or MSR, the line is highlighted. It's not perfect because if someone in general chat says something is "LAMe" or it makes them "maDDer than anything" it gets highlighted. Still, I like having the chat on a separate monitor because I can increase the font size, color code based on [Tell], [Team], [League], etc. As my eyesight goes downhill, it helps to be able to see chat better without sacrificing gaming space.
The one feature I would love to be able to do is filter new lines out of SnakeTail if they do not contain certain keywords - like those I just mentioned. The chatlog grabs pretty much ALL the channels, along with some combat data, that isn't helpful for what I am wanting. I do want to see and highlight lines like "has defeated the Drop Ship" for instance, as well as those that contain [Looking for Group], [Team], etc.
I'm a novice programmer at best, and I struggle with C#. It's possible I could get there myself with much effort, but someone more skilled might be able to basically duplicate the "Keyword Highlight" tab to a "Keyword Filter" tab in no time, and maybe several of us with aging eyes would benefit.
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Under "Pick Style" I'd like "Transparent" as an option, so it would function kind of like "Open to Sky" for ceilings.
Also, for "Room Section" I would love a new selection above the top ceiling called Max, Infinite, or whatever. Seems like a more difficult task to implement, though, and probably breaks lots of other stuff.
In short, without having to deal with the whole building above/below base thing, I would like to be able to create a room that is confined but looks like it has no ways, and that I can fly around in without the option to fly outside and around the base.
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1 hour ago, LiquidBandage said:
Do you get similarly bent out of shape when the monthly announcements of the donation window opening & closing?
No, that has to do with keeping the servers running, which I hope all of us would support and have an interest in the outcome.
1 hour ago, LiquidBandage said:multitude of people to participate in a community event.
Why just *this* community event, though? There are others (possibly of similar size), every day.
1 hour ago, LiquidBandage said:If you are so bothered by text showing up in your window, right click and choose Clear.
I'm not bothered by text showing up in my window, so much as text being forced into ALL my windows for a costume contest while I'm running, or participating in, something else entirely.
I'm willing to acknowledge I may be missing something here, but on Ex it is not uncommon for community events to run multiple times every day that pull in 48 people (a full league) with more interested in joining, yet capped by league or zone size. Those aren't allowed to advertise like this.
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Why do advertisements for the monthly costume contest merit being forcibly shoved into every chat window we have?
As far as I know, we don't do that for any other event in the game. I acknowledge there are potentially "big cash prizes" for participating in a cc, but last time I saw this going on I only saw 50 people in KW. We don't advertise like this for Hami's or MSRs, which draw similar numbers of people. Maybe the attendance is normally greater than that, and maybe the "big cash prizes" is a huge draw, I don't know.
I feel a rant coming on, so I will stop and see if anyone else is bothered by the practice. Probably just me.
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Had this late contribution over the weekend:
QuoteDark Clown: yo framerate is so low it looks like you playing ona viewmaster...
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Sometimes, something magical happens in MSRs. How it began:
QuoteArctic Cerulean: what is everyone's fps in this mess. i am rocking it at 5-7 fps
Oklahoman: Mine is measured in fpm
Space Wanderer: 9
Dark Vindicator: -20
Dark Vindicator: my screen is in dos right now
Stick McPointy: seconds per frame here
Taylor Gunn: yeah - I am definitely seeing the powerpoint version of this 😛
Arctic Cerulean: your framerate is so bad, it takes years to load in doom!
Oklahoman: Instead of "Yo Momma" jokes we now have "Yo Framrate" jokesAnd how it went from there:
QuoteArctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, even father time is jealous
Arctic Cerulean: your framerate is so bad, you distinctly remember turning flight on an hour ago
Lieutenant Red: yo framerate is so fat, it exceeds 120 fps
Lunarblaze: yo framerate is so slow, pictures change faster
Oklahoman: Yo framrate so slow, it qualified for special ed
Taylor Gunn: if you hear of any Rikti daeths in 2022 - it is probably the ones that I am shooting at now 🙂
Lunarblaze: yo framerate is so bad, you're still looking at your first msr from 2005
Oklahoman: Yo framerate so bad, Michael Jackson sang about it
Taylor Gunn: I hear George RR martin will complete writing the GOT saga before this ends
Hot Justice: your framerate is so bad, you're still at the last pylon
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, it got dimentia
Lieutenant Red: yo framerate is so bad, that dad jokes are better
Oklahoman: Yo framerate so bad, Trump pardoned it
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, putin forgot to murder a rival
Dark Vindicator: Your framerate so bad it prays on the blood of the innocents and feasts on the corpse of children
Lieutenant Red: yo framerate so bad, COVID didn't happen
Sergey Nazarov: i'll tell you what framerate isn't , UNITY
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, it got caught singing alot to miley cyrus
Hot Justice: your framerate is so bad, Trump is still counting votes!
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate is so bad, they had to put a wall around it
Lieutenant Red: yo framerate is so bad, Trump is still a baby orange cheeto
Oklahoman: Yo framerate so slow, an octogenerian with ankle weights just lapped it
Stick McPointy: your framerate is so bad, guiliani tried to grope it
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate is so bad, congress is gonna impeach it!
Arctic Cerulean: yo frametrate is so bad, the media reported that it was GREAT!
Dark Vindicator: your framerate so bad youre framerate bad
Pull The Plug: Yo framerate so bad, you cant tell if you on MSR or the longest frekkin BAF side walks ever!
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, HC needs to make a badge called yo framerate so bad
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, you have to neuter it when we are done here.
Lieutenant Red: yo framerate is so bad, that your uncle was a engineer, good genes, ver good genes, okay, very smart
Arctic Cerulean: Y0 fR@m3r@t3 s0 bAd
Pull The Plug: B4d3r3r Fr4m3r4Te
Arctic Cerulean: yo rframerate so bad, you likely got global ignored by it
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, champions online is a GOOD FUN game
Dr. Blackwater: dude's pc is 62 frames from the server shutdown, still
Lieutenant Red: yo framerate is so bad, that CoH was still shutdown
Lunarblaze: yo framerate is so bad, you'll never see any of the jokes
Sergey Nazarov: framerate soo bad don't know if this is coh or minecraft
Lieutenant Red: yo framerate is so bad, CoH had microtransactions
Taylor Gunn: my framerate is so bad - that when i attempt to use Full auto - my computer comes up with the message: YOU ARE FK'ING KIDDING ME RIGHT???!!!!
Arctic Cerulean: my framerate so bad most of my powers have spinning rims right now
Dr. Blackwater: you framerate is so bad, it gives me dial up internet porn ptsd
Oklahoman: Yo framerate as bad as 6 slotted Brawl
Sergey Nazarov: framerate soo bad people get worse seazures then watchin pokemon
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, you get the error 404
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, you gotta wait more than 5 more minutes!
Lieutenant Red: yo framerate is so bad, that it became good
Oklahoman: You framerate as bad as truck stop sushi
Aracknight: Yo framerate so lo, yo MSR will end in 2023
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, that you will get stuck under the shield when we are done with no way out!
Lieutenant Red: yo framerate is so bad that Oklahoman got us another round
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, it auto declines teleports
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, it got served divorce papers
Lieutenant Red: yo framerate is so bad, you got mapserved during the raid
Ms Zeitgeist: Your framterate is so bad, you have to use ASCII porn for MSR-Autofiring Fapping.
Sergey Nazarov: Framerate Soo Bad This is actually Microsoft Raid
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, the browns wanna hire it as QB
Oklahoman: Yo framerate as bad as broadcasting "lf RWZ"
Lieutenant Red: yo framerate is so bad, the rikti repairs their mothership and flys back home
Taylor Gunn: your framerate is so bad - that's what Willis was actuallu talkin 'bout 😛
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, it is gonna get taxed
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, ukon grai is still alive and attacking us!
Lunarblaze: your framerate was so bad, the rikti actually showed up to watch--at your computer
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, the timer is climing up not down
Hot Justice: your framerate so bad, you won't get the prize for the drop ship kill
Lieutenant Red: yo framerate is so bad, Mother Mayhem came and said yo momma is
Hot Justice: your framerate so bad, you're still in the bowl!
Lieutenant Red: yo framerate is so bad, that I'll log out and ty for league and run some itrials
Arctic Cerulean: yo framerate so bad, it doubled once you got out of that ship bowlThanks for making MSRs fun, guys!
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Bump! This is TODAY - a little less than 6 hours from now. Hoping to start with a full league this time.
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On 12/16/2020 at 11:06 PM, Apparition said:
Okie, who broke Excelsior?
Someone tripped on a cable in the bowl.
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14 minutes ago, Jimmy said:
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Zones in LRT are now coloured based on their location
- These colours are just a first pass and can be adjusted - please give us your feedback!
Am I the only one who would at least like to have the option to alphabetize these, rather than listing by side and level?
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Zones in LRT are now coloured based on their location
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Thanks to everyone for their hard work on this big update!
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I played on Protector, mostly as some form of Medibot (Medibot 3Gs, Medibot Dark, Meditbot mini, etc.). I also played "Oklahoma" (not "Oklahoman" as I do now).
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Releasing Downsized
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For those who may be watching - I understand the daily MSRs are canceled for the next couple of days, but since I've been advertising this event at this time, I hate to change it at the last moment.
If I can (no promises), I will step in for the daily runs today as Oklahoman, then switch to Boy Band for the scheduled all MM MSR.
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Bumping as a reminder.
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So... I scared them off?
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Did I miss something? I'm not finding the Rikti targeting dummies in the RWZ base.
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So, this is a hard decision for me, but I have decided to drop the name Boy Band on Everlasting.
I've been sitting on the name in case I decided to move him back there, but it's pretty clear to me now that I am not going to, and I would like the name to be available to someone else who can use it. I could just drop it and post it in the drop name thread, which is probably what I should do, but as weird as it sounds I would like to know it has found a good home. I dread the thought that the name might end up on the 3rd page of someone's alt list. I recognize this is likely a sign I need to up my weekly therapy appointments.
For those who don't know, Boy Band was probably my second level 50, and he ran a lot of MSR "benefit concerts" on Everlasting. I love the community on Everlasting and had a lot of fun roleplaying him with you guys. But I hit a point where I wasn't getting to play as much as I would like, so I moved all my characters to a more populated server so that when I could get on there was something going on.
If you are interested in using the name (preferably as a Mastermind), I would also hand over the supergroup Atlas Records to you, including the associated base (ROCK-10368), which you would be free to do with as you like. My preference would be an active player who enjoys roleplaying.
Not looking for anything in return other than an assurance the name will be put to good use. Send me a PM if you are interested. Thanks, Everlasting!
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Just a quick thanks to everyone who came out to the MM only MSR yesterday. We ended up with a full league of masterminds right at the end. I'm hoping next time we do it we can have a full league start-to-finish.
Speaking of next time, I am looking at Saturday, October 3 following the completion of Docs regular runs and any costume contest or dog and pony show that might be going on around that time. Most likely I will start recruiting at about 4:30pm CT.
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Empathy ideas
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My first 50 back on live was an Empathy defender, and I still love playing a copy of him from time to time. The game has changed a lot since then, though.
The #1 thing I would like to see changed in Empathy is rez should be the best in the game, IMO. I'd like to see it rez multiple characters at once - ally targeted AoE, and I like the idea of some kind of Absorb shield.
I also like this idea - Doctors Assistant.