Will this computer run CoH?

[Dugunthi]

This game is ass old. I bet you can run it fine on absolutely anything that doesn't die when you load up the OS these days, at least as far as technical performance is concerned.

[Hyperstrike]

Rocking an i7 970
24GB of RAM
An RTX 2060
And running from a SATA3 SSD (Samsung).

Just under 6480x3840 as I'm running Windowed.

[Garble]

I'm able to run safe mode on this:

 

iMac (20-inch, Early 2009)

Processor: 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256 MB

 

Now, grated... the "Spectrum" costumes just look flat to me and I'm almost always the last to zone when running a TF. But it does work.

[Riverdawn]

I have been kicked out since the last patch.  Can someone point me how to get the game loaded on a Mac.  Its a 2018 Model Mac.  I want to play again so bad 😞

[biostem]

15 hours ago, Riverdawn said:

I have been kicked out since the last patch.  Can someone point me how to get the game loaded on a Mac.  Its a 2018 Model Mac.  I want to play again so bad 😞

Start here, paying special attention to the Apple/Mac portions...

[Blue Jay]

On 10/25/2019 at 3:58 PM, biostem said:

-usetexenvcombine

What's the off switch if one does this and doesn't like it?

[Tock]

1 hour ago, Blue Jay said:

What's the off switch if one does this and doesn't like it?

Remove it from your launcher options in Tequila, and start the game without it.

[WanderingAries]

On ‎11‎/‎16‎/‎2019 at 3:32 AM, Hyperstrike said:

Rocking an i7 970
24GB of RAM
An RTX 2060
And running from a SATA3 SSD (Samsung).

Just under 6480x3840 as I'm running Windowed.

While I'd Love to have my UI that much out of the way, unless that's a BIG screen, then I'd need a magnifying glass to read That. X.X

[Hyperstrike]

5 hours ago, WanderingAries said:

While I'd Love to have my UI that much out of the way, unless that's a BIG screen, then I'd need a magnifying glass to read That. X.X

3 x 27"

Still not QUITE big enough to hack CoH at 6K Res (You can play, but things are a bit hard to read, I actually run Windows at 150% mag because without the anti-aliasing on the text, it's painful to read, even with 20/20+ vision.  Bump the text size slightly and everything becomes eminently readable though.)

Back when I was constrained to 1920x1080, I'd regularly crank my UI down to 65%.  Now I play with UI Scale at 100%.

[Blue Jay]

On 11/16/2019 at 2:32 AM, Hyperstrike said:

Rocking an i7 970
24GB of RAM
An RTX 2060
And running from a SATA3 SSD (Samsung).

Just under 6480x3840 as I'm running Windowed.

You can use /clearchat and not need to blur all that out. PSA

[Blue Jay]

On 11/19/2019 at 4:43 AM, Hyperstrike said:

3 x 27"

Still not QUITE big enough to hack CoH at 6K Res (You can play, but things are a bit hard to read, I actually run Windows at 150% mag because without the anti-aliasing on the text, it's painful to read, even with 20/20+ vision.  Bump the text size slightly and everything becomes eminently readable though.)

Back when I was constrained to 1920x1080, I'd regularly crank my UI down to 65%.  Now I play with UI Scale at 100%.

This would make the game way more fun.

[Hyperstrike]

28 minutes ago, Blue Jay said:

You can use /clearchat and not need to blur all that out. PSA

Yeah, but I'd already screencapped and was like "Well *BLEEP!*"

 

 

27 minutes ago, Blue Jay said:

This would make the game way more fun.

Oh MY yes.  I mean, I've got a 50" TV that does 60Hz monitor duty at 1920x1080.

But it just isn't enough screen ACTUAL real estate.

[WanderingAries]

16 hours ago, Hyperstrike said:

Oh MY yes.  I mean, I've got a 50" TV that does 60Hz monitor duty at 1920x1080.
But it just isn't enough screen ACTUAL real estate.

Very True, I'm running with a shared 40" @1080p, but then there's the "I don't really wanna wear my reading glasses" thing.

[shadowkill30]

I have a hp 19 all in 1 can i play city of heroes?please im and old player n want to playyyyyy

[biostem]

1 hour ago, shadowkill30 said:

I have a hp 19 all in 1 can i play city of heroes?please im and old player n want to playyyyyy

There are many models of "HP 19 All-in-One".  Could you help us out by providing a more specific model number?  Thanks!

 

EDIT:  Just as an example, an HP 19-2014 has an E1-2500, which is a very anemic CPU, and probably won't run CoH well.  The HP 19-2113w has a slightly more powerful Celeron, but it still won't run well.

 

2nd EDIT:  If you go into the game launcher options and put in the -usetexenvcombine option, it will make the game use a simpler rendering method - The game won't look as nice, but this drastically expands the range of computers you can run it on smoothly, (and for some of us, all we want is to play CoH!).

Edited March 4, 2020 by biostem

[GM Tock]

All In One = Laptop guts in a Desktop Box.  Keep that in mind, if it doesn't play City of Heroes well out of the box, just like a laptop there's not a whole lot you can do to improve the performance of an All-in-One.  (Past buying another system.)