The Big Giant Icon Thread

[Gothenem]

Finally taking some time to play in Icon 1.7

I am right now, populating the Hellion base....

https://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/Gothenem/screenshot_130619-23-05-32.jpg
Hellions guarding the entrance. You can see some of the custom hellion designs I did for an old Architect mission.


https://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/Gothenem/screenshot_130619-23-05-38.jpg
Looking into the base. Two more guards stand ready.

https://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/Gothenem/screenshot_130619-23-05-48.jpg
A hellion sits on the ledge, while a girlfriend from hell entertains her "boyfriends".

https://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/Gothenem/screenshot_130619-23-06-12.jpg
A better look at the girlfriend and her "boyfriends".

https://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/Gothenem/screenshot_130619-23-06-50.jpg
A well dressed Damned guards the bottom of the ramp.

https://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/Gothenem/screenshot_130619-23-06-43.jpg
A look down the ramp.

https://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/Gothenem/screenshot_130619-23-07-00.jpg
A better look at the other entertaining Girlfriend and her admirers.

https://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/Gothenem/screenshot_130619-23-07-07.jpg
Hellions gather and talk.

https://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/Gothenem/screenshot_130619-23-07-30.jpg
A view of the other side of the gathering.

https://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t358/Gothenem/screenshot_130619-23-07-43.jpg
A sleeping Hellion in the corner.

[Xenos]

I didn't have the client anymore, so I downloaded i24 from the provided link. (http://www.savecoh.com/p/download-issue-24-beta.html)

If you check the comments on that page, you'll see that some other people are experiencing the same problem you are having.

The latest comment is suggesting a solution. I have no idea if that might help in your case, or if it is the right thing to do (suggesting terminal commands is above my pay grade), but here it is:

For those of you having problems with the Mac version, it could be a permission issue. Open a terminal (it's under applications/utilities) and type the following;

$: sudo chmod -R 777 (Path to your CoH app)/City of Heroes Beta Mac

With (Path to your CoH app) replaced with the actual path.

I can tell you that the permissions for my COH app are set to Read & Write...

If you try it, let us know if it works.

[Jdawg95]

If you check the comments on that page, you'll see that some other people are experiencing the same problem you are having.

The latest comment is suggesting a solution. I have no idea if that might help in your case, or if it is the right thing to do (suggesting terminal commands is above my pay grade), but here it is:
I can tell you that the permissions for my COH app are set to Read & Write...

If you try it, let us know if it works.

Hey, thanks for the help. Unfortunately, The only response the terminal gives me when I try this is:
$: sudo chmod -R 777 /Applications/City of Heroes Beta Mac
-bash: $:: command not found

I don't think I made any typos, and I figured if I did it would come up with a syntax error or something. I'll go check on that page again and read the comments to see if that can give me any insight for right now.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Wyldhunt gave us a REALLY convenient way to change zone maps (thanks, pally!). You'll find it in reply #1018 of this thread.

Is there anything else that would be useful here?

Direct link to Wyldhunt's post: http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,7288.msg120897.html#msg120897

[daveyfiacre]

Wait, does that mean...WE COULD MAKE CUSTOM COSTUME PARTS? Oh my head!!

i believe you might also be interested in fennec's posts here:
http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,7699.0.html

:) i still need to download a few of these mod-replacements. i wonder if he's done any more lately!

[mobbyg]

If you check the comments on that page, you'll see that some other people are experiencing the same problem you are having.

The latest comment is suggesting a solution. I have no idea if that might help in your case, or if it is the right thing to do (suggesting terminal commands is above my pay grade), but here it is:
I can tell you that the permissions for my COH app are set to Read & Write...

If you try it, let us know if it works.

Just started visiting this forum, but have been a lurker on Reddit for CoX for a while. I'm running Mac OS X 10.8.4 and the quoted solution worked perfectly! I was in and created a new character and went right into the tutorial. This is awesome!!! I'll start playing with the commands to add and try things out.

When it went free to play, I just never got around to downloading the new client and getting back on. Now that I can still kind of "goof around", I am a happy camper. I can't wait till a full on playable game is available!  :D

[Xenos]

Hey, thanks for the help. Unfortunately, The only response the terminal gives me when I try this is:
$: sudo chmod -R 777 /Applications/City of Heroes Beta Mac
-bash: $:: command not found

I am pretty certain that $: represents the command prompt, and there was no need to type that into Terminal. It was looking for a command called "$:", which of course it did not find. Try it without including $:

FYI, "sudo" allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser, and "chmod" sets the permissions of a file or directory.

[Jdawg95]

I am pretty certain that $: represents the command prompt, and there was no need to type that into Terminal. It was looking for a command called "$:", which of course it did not find. Try it without including $:

FYI, "sudo" allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser, and "chmod" sets the permissions of a file or directory.

Alright, so this time it looked like it was about to work, but I got this:


chmod: /Applications/City: No such file or directory
chmod: of: No such file or directory
chmod: Heroes: No such file or directory
chmod: Beta: No such file or directory


I typed in /Applications/City of Heroes, so I don't know if it got confused on the spacing or something. It's definitely in my applications folder though, so I dont know. I might try updating my OS X since mobbyg had luck with the technique on 10.8.4

[Jdawg95]

Fixed! ;D It was in fact the permissions. Since "sudo chmod -R 777 /Applications/City of Heroes Beta Mac" was coming up with the error message:
chmod: /Applications/City: No such file or directory
chmod: of: No such file or directory
chmod: Heroes: No such file or directory
chmod: Beta: No such file or directory

What I did was create a folder named "City" (One word, no spaces) and put the application in there. Then I typed in the command prompt:
sudo chmod -R 777 /Applications/City
and it worked perfectly! I guess I can't use spaces in my terminal when telling it where to look. But I'm completely new to this, so I'm not sure.

Thanks for all your help everyone! Especially Xenos. This community is absolutely amazing. Long live city of heroes, no matter what the incarnation is.

[Codewalker]

I typed in /Applications/City of Heroes, so I don't know if it got confused on the spacing or something. It's definitely in my applications folder though, so I dont know. I might try updating my OS X since mobbyg had luck with the technique on 10.8.4

You probably needed to put double-quotes around it. sudo chmod -R 777 "/Applications/City of Heroes" or somesuch.

If Macs do tab-completion in terminals, which I would hope so as any decent unix-based system created in the last 20 years does, you could also type /Applications/City[TAB] (pressing TAB) and it should fill in the rest and quote or escape if necessary.

[Xenos]

Fixed! ;D

Glad you got it working! :)

I figured the path to the COH folder might be another issue, but I am far from an expert in Terminal commands myself, so I am cautious about giving advice in that area.

If I am not sure about he proper path, I usually just type my command and than drag and drop the file or folder into the Terminal window. That usually inserts the proper path.

Have fun!

[Garble]

Finally!!!

For me it took a bit longer. It kept insisting that there was no such file or directory.

After renaming the app City_of_Heroes_Beta_Icon and CityofHeroesBetaIcon and TitanIcon and still no luck, I made an alias and got info and found the computer sees it as TitanIcon.app

Even though the .app doesn't show in the finder window the computer still knows it's there and cant find it otherwise.

sudo chmod -R 777 "/Applications/TitanIcon.app" worked!!! (after renaming the app TitanIcon)

I'm still having some issues that I had been assuming were I23 related such as not being able to load some maps like
MAPS/MISSIONS/OUTDOOR_MISSIONS/V_OUTDOOR_ATLAS/RECLUSE_RUINED/V_OUTDOOR_ATLAS_RECLUSE.TXT
or
MAPS/MISSIONS/UNIQUE/SIGNATURESTORYARCS/ONEWILLDIE_STORY_1/ISSUE7/SS_SPACE.TXT
Most mission maps seem to never finish loading.

Even so, major thanks to everyone for figuring out how to make I24 for Macs work!! :D

[r00tb0ySlim]

Missing:  One large rocket.  Please return.  No questions asked.  :o
HaHa...Having a blast run'n my Dinky Dawg toon around the maps.  Thanks Codewalker!!!

https://i.imgur.com/ijmwZDd.jpg?2

[Tom_Neverwinter]

Having a black screen when loading icon as administrator on window 7 x64 vmworkstation 9.0
issue v24 (i'm assuming I need an additional run argument such as -r?)
I can hear the music and hit buttons as I hear a click sound over the music

Help greatly appreciated,
Thanks in advanced

[Jdawg95]

Even so, major thanks to everyone for figuring out how to make I24 for Macs work!! :D

Congratulations! I too share your excitement, especially considering all of the non-bias support this forum lends to mac users. Been messing around with it for a couple of hours, and my procrastination just got maxed out with purple IOs.

Good luck with those map glitches. This is probably some completely different issue, but when I exited the game and reloaded, most of the problems I was having loading maps was fixed. I'm not sure how that would work, but my running theory is that I accidentally reset all the nemesis plots.

[primeknight]

Hi again,

As a small thank you, here's a screenshot of a few favorite characters:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-l7_gwIILIdU/UcNaAPfJdVI/AAAAAAAAC-Q/xs000JJbE7k/s912/2013-06-20.jpg

[eviella]

Thank you for this.  Even with all the limits, I can have my characters wander around in the game again.

Then alt-tab back to IRC to chat with other friends doing the same thing.

I miss our game so much, to have anything back is a miracle.  Thank you so much; I barely have words.

[Super Firebug]

When I change maps, sometimes I respawn inside a building, such as a hospital. I keep forgetting about pressing ] to jump to another respawn point, and I tend to use /no_clip (F5) instead, to "ghost" out of the building. It's also handy for finding other building interiors in a zone, by sinking through the ground and having a look around. The view from down there keeps reminding me of the underground Umbrella Corp. facilities in the "Resident Evil" movies.

[BitLoadR]

Thank you CodeWalker for this awesome tool!
I've been trying a few things with 1.7 and this is one of the results...

https://s25.postimg.cc/4hilrshsb/Jewely_with_sigs.jpg

(fltr: Manticore, Sis Psy, Minx, Star Jewel, Miss L., States, Synapse)

Yes, Star Jewel is my toon.

Now for a crash course in Demo Editing.

[Kyriani]

Ya know I always wondered why Sister Psyche's costume in game doesnt match her artwork. Her gloves and boots are wrong as is the color of her overall outfit. Her shoulder rings are also inconsistently displayed in the artwork and not shown in game.

The thing is... the boots and gloves options exist in the standard game and have since launch... and the color is just a few shades closer to blue than the her in game avatar suggests.

I've remade her costume properly in game and it was easy enough to match the artwork.

https://images.weserv.nl/?url=images.wikia.com%2Fparagon%2Fimages%2Fb%2Fb1%2F196px-SisterPsyche.pnghttps://images.weserv.nl/?url=images.wikia.com%2Fparagon%2Fimages%2F0%2F02%2FSister_Psyche.jpghttps://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc325/NicMercy/sisterpsyche_zps18244cab.jpg