The Big Giant Icon Thread

[comicjunkie1]

Ok, first of all, mad props and worlds of thanks go to you guys for fanangling this. Seriously made my wish come true...

HOWEVER... I can't get it to work!  :'(
I have a mac and I downloaded the I24 client from the torrent. Followed the directions on the frontpage, both with the given info.plist and the -n NPC version. I'm running Snow Leopard (10.6.8) with the most recent updates, etc.

When I try to run the app, the application bar jumps for a moment but nothing happens. The icon doesn't even show up. It looks like it wants to run but it stops before it even tries (for lack of better phrasing). Anybody have any ideas or fixes?

I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to get back to costuming!

EDIT: I just completely deleted the I24 client and redownloaded it from the torrent. I tried running it just to see what happened and it did the same thing, even without the Icon changes. The bar jumps for a second but nothing happens.

[Chance Jackson]

Thank you so much for this!!!

[Chrome]

This gave me a warm and fuzzy

-ChromeFamily

[Faceblood]

 I'm having the same issue as comicjunkie1. Will it not work if the only CoX files I have are the I24?

[eabrace]

Icon should work with both the I23 and I24 clients, so if you only have the I24 files, that shouldn't be the issue.

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with how to run things on a mac, so I'm not much help beyond that.

[blackjak]

Check in the first page of the thread. I have it up on my macbook pro, but I have forgotten the exact steps. I followed the ones posted here, though, with the added tweak that was added later:

First, it ended up being unnecessary for me to delete any preference files from the user Library folder. You still need to copy the icon.exe into the same folder as cityofheroes.exe (naturally) and you still need the modified Info.plist file (of course). The secret is with those pesky cider files. To fix the problem, go ahead and rename the file "cider" to "cider_die", but don't just rename "cider_noui" to "cider". Duplicate that file and rename the copy to "cider". You need both "cider" and "cider_noui" for it to work. At least, that's what worked for me. There you have it.

TL:DR - Mac users need to duplicate the file "cider_noui" and rename the copy to "cider", keeping both files. I hope this helps everyone.

[Faceblood]

 I tried both ways of messing with the cider files, but still no luck. Is it possible I'm incorrectly launching the game? Because the same thing happens when I try to run it without modifying anything. I've just been clicking on the "City of Heroes Beta Mac" icon, but someone in the thread mentioned running from the command line.

[blackjak]

I tried both ways of messing with the cider files, but still no luck. Is it possible I'm incorrectly launching the game? Because the same thing happens when I try to run it without modifying anything. I've just been clicking on the "City of Heroes Beta Mac" icon, but someone in the thread mentioned running from the command line.

No idea. I only have the last (I23?) version that I played on and it worked for me. Maybe Beta is a bit different. You might try PMing the OP of the quote that I used (I think it was mwytrykus).

[killerhctib]

Hey I was wondering for when I get ready to enter the game it says failed server busy can anyone help me plz and thank you

[Arachnion]

Hey I was wondering for when I get ready to enter the game it says failed server busy can anyone help me plz and thank you

That's because there is no game. There is no server.

Titan Icon is ONLY an offline character creator.

:)

[killerhctib]

A kk thank you  :)

[Prof.Ravenwood]

Hi there.

First of all---thank you sooooooo much.  I said, from the beginning of CoH, that I would have paid $60 just for the character creator.  In fact, after they shut down, if they had released the character creator I would have gladly paid ANOTHER $60 just for that.

The only issue I have is that the game launches at 1024x768.  Very sad.  I can hit "back" and change the resolution, but once I do that, I can't do anything else.  In the settings screen I have an "apply" button, a cancel button and a default button.  But once I apply the settings, I can't close that window.  Clearly I'm missing something something obvious.  Can someone clue in the clueless?

[Codewalker]

That's strange, it's not remembering the settings between sessions? Once you set the resolution in there it should always remember it, just like the game did.

A workaround might be trying to set it to windowed mode (or just hitting alt+enter once it loads) and see if that sticks.

[Prof.Ravenwood]

yeah--odd deal.  If I set the settings and then window and close the window (or right click on the tab in the taskbar) and close it, it does seem to remember.  Sorry to have bothered you all.

Let me just close with: THANK YOU!!!!!! :D

[Olde Glory]

Thank God for Icon and the work that the community did to save what they could. I had to reformat my entire hard drive and lost all of my CoH files including my character. At least I still have that!

[MaidMercury]

How do you know what Issue you have? (no jokes pleez  :roll:)

[Golden Ace]

How do you know what Issue you have? (no jokes pleez  :roll:)

damn.  had one ready to go too...

[Arachnion]

How do you know what Issue you have? (no jokes pleez  :roll:)

Do you know where you have your game client installed?

Infact, you do have the game still installed, right?

The folder with cityofheroes.exe in it.

There should be "version.ini" in that folder too. Open it with notepad or wordpad, either works.

Copy the text from version.ini and post it here.

If you need more help just ask.

Alternatively, just put ICON.exe in your game folder and see if it works or not, if it doesn't, you don't have a correct version.

;)

[Garble]

I'm on a Mac and I can't seem to take screen captures.
Normally Shift Command 3 is what you hit on a mac for screen captures, but it doesn't work when Icon is running. I've tried going back to the fake log-in so I can open up settings, but those controls aren't in there.

I also haven't found anything about running demo recordings on a mac.

Icon is still fun as heck, but I'd like to be able to share or just look at the costumes without having to run the program.

[eabrace]

Just as a quick and dirty check, try hitting ALT+ENTER to toggle between full screen and windowed mode.  Then see if you can get a screenshot.