Guild Wars 2

You could just stop giving them your money. If you’re not provided a service you pay for, then they don’t deserve your business.

simplesimon.2084:

Pigvomit.8754:

1361735 – 7 Days. I’m going to start issuing charge backs on gems and my second account I bought.

Just a warning any account associated with that card will get closed and most likely not get reinstated.

It’s a brand new account and these guys don’t deserve my money with this abysmal support.

1361735 – 7 Days. I’m going to start issuing charge backs on gems and my second account I bought.

About [RS]
Refresh The Siege is a now recruiting active WvW players in the EST-NA time-zone for a fights and support oriented WvW experience. [RS] focuses on tagless support, havoc, and seeking out fights while still providing support for the tagged commander to lead PPT. If you are tired of being assigned as a scout, running from fights, or dropping what you’re doing to protect a camp, then [RS] is for you.

[RS] aims to be a tight-knit community based guild that enjoys playing the game and kicking kitten . We don’t want to be a “stamp” guild that collects members.

We are primarily looking for individuals who wish to be front-line heavy, while still providing for DPS.

What you can expect from [RS]:

• At least three structured raids per week during the EST-NA time-zone.
• Occasional tagging when the map/server is in need.
• High teamwork play to defeat greater forces.
• Experienced WvW commanders that focus on fights and support.
• Freedom to run the class you want, as long as it contributes to the raid.
• No required scouting or waiting around. Focuses on fights.
• Training, build reviews, and feedback.
• Equal respect for all players inside the guild.
• Fun environment with like-minded individuals.

What [RS] expects from you:

• Required rep during prime-time raid hours with the expectation of 100% rep when established fully.
• Willing to expand your knowledge to become the best.
• Follow the commanders’ directions at all times. Do not act like a PUG.
• Dedicated at-least 3 hours a raid, 3 times a week to WvW raids.
• Be able to connect to TS to follow instructions.
• Ability to understand and communicate in English.
• Nourish in a drama-free environment.
• The ability to have fun.

If interested, contact Drunkface (Pigvomit.8754) in-game.

I just finished finals, so I’ll have more time to work and complete this project.

However, I just received a Raspberry Pi Model B, which for all intents and purposes is a Linux computer (700Mhz, 512MB ram) with GPIO pins built in, and it’s the size of a credit card. It has HDMI, USB, ethernet, etc built in. I’m wondering if I should port everything over to the Pi and code everything in Python.

Although at what point does this turn into a normal computer app? I don’t know.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs

The Talcmaster.7391:

Darn, I was hoping to have found another fan of FPGAs. That screen was a good investment, looks like it will handle a lot of the work for you. Almost feels like cheating…

I like a good FPGA, but it’s not a good use for this project. Also, the screen is more work than a simple LCD. With a simple LCD you can use an if statement to display the latest dragon timer, which is pretty easy. However, with the new screen I need to program the HTML, test it, and learn how to interface the microcontroller with the screen. I haven’t found a ton of documentation on using the RX and TX pins on the screen yet.

Anyways, here’s a quick prototype of the home screen for my hardware platform.

http://i.imgur.com/VY7bKNq.jpg?1

The Talcmaster.7391:

Ok, couple of questions for you:

1) Is this meant to be able to plug into a router and be completely stand-alone without a computer? I’m assuming that it is.
2) What type of language are you programming it in? Assembly? VHDL? Verilog?

Looking forward to seeing what you can come up with.

Yes, stand-alone. It’s also programmed in C. (VHDL/Verilog is usually for FPGA; assembly is usually not needed for a micro-controller, plus it’s architecture specific. )

I bought myself a new LCD to power my clock. It’s going to be insane. it supports images, touch, links, html, Java, and more…

http://i.imgur.com/cu0hg9A.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/hovEwmT.jpg?1

I’m just waiting until Friday when my DB9 – USB cable comes in so I can program it.

It’s an interesting LCD. It will compile HTML, Java, etc for use. For example, this will compile and display on the screen:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN”>
<HTML>

<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV=“Content-Type” CONTENT=“text/html;CHARSET=iso-8859-1”>
<TITLE>Hello World</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
<TABLE BORDER=“0” CELLPADDING=“0” CELLSPACING=“0” WIDTH=“320” HEIGHT=“240”>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=“320” HEIGHT=“180”>
<CENTER>

<P><IMG SRC=“Images/hello.gif” WIDTH=“144” HEIGHT=“107” ALIGN=“BOTTOM” BORDER=“0”><FONT
FACE=“Amulet Sans Serif”><BR>
</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=“5” FACE=“Amulet Sans Serif”>Hello, World!<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=“5” FACE=“Amulet Sans Serif”>
<HR ALIGN=“CENTER” WIDTH=“80%”>
</FONT>
</CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=“320” HEIGHT=“60”>
<P ALIGN=“CENTER”><FONT FACE=“Amulet Sans Serif”>Touch </FONT><B><A HREF=“info.htm”><FONT FACE=“Amulet Sans Serif”>Here</FONT></A></B><FONT
FACE=“Amulet Sans Serif”>, for more Info.</FONT>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>

</HTML>

And:

<applet code="LinePlot.class" width="166" height="92" align="BOTTOM" name="Plot">
<param name="href" value="Amulet:math.randomByte.value()">
<param name="yMin" value="0">
<param name="yMax" value="255">
<param name="xSamples" value="16">
<param name="lineWeight" value="2">
<param name="updateRate" value=".25">
</applet></div>

Thanks guys.

I have two exams this week, so I’m not going to get a lot of progress done as the next part is pure-coding, and a little bit more complicated. (Gathering the JSON data and reporting it)

Hopefully I’ll have some more time next weekend, or a little bit of time after my exams are done.

My Dragon Timer is now online, now it’s time to program the JSON module to pull the data from ArenaNet’s servers.

Ethernet Connected: http://i.imgur.com/b8oXNJx.jpg?1
Internal Webpage: http://i.imgur.com/dacRyTx.jpg

Hopefully I’ll be able to get everything set up before tomorrow night. Next week I’ll buy the 5.7" touchscreen LCD and make an interactive WvW and Dragon timer page!

No, anyone can post anything. Be cautious of downloading anything related to a MMO. People want to steal your gold and items. It’s a good idea to use two factor authentication too.

Thanks guys!

So, I was at the electronics store buying some parts, and I found a 5.7" 320 × 240 touch screen TFT that is HTML enabled. You program the board in HTML, which supports images, touch, links, forms, and more. It’s pretty cheap at only $35, and I think this may make this project over the top. Imagine the stuff web developers are making right now with this API, but on a black and white 5.7" TFT display!

Here’s the display: http://media.digikey.com/photos/Amulet%20Tech%20Photos/Amulet_AOBB.jpg

Anyways, my project was on hold because I did not have the connector needed for my Ethernet adapter. I’ll be working on getting my board online tonight.

Can you link source code? I’m sure people don’t want to download a binary without know what it does.

zwei.9073:

I think that some keyboards have small LCD display that can be used for such thing as well.

GW2 uses that to display area completition, but dragon timers would be much more usefull.

That’s not a bad idea, but it’s still using a pre-existing hardware and platform. It’s much more fun to build it from scratch.

So, I’ve been seeing a lot of software API development. But, where’s the love for hardware? Creating a website is cool, but what about a stand-alone dedicated dragon timer that does not require a PC?

Well, I decided to do just that. It’s a work in progress, but it’s coming along nicely.

Workstation and parts: http://i.imgur.com/8HbKIxM.jpg?1
Testing the LCD: http://i.imgur.com/nHUmhRy.jpg?1

I’m working on the Ethernet, JSON, and timer library/code.

Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of time lately, so this may take awhile.

Yes, I know my PC is about 5+ years old, but it does me well in most games I play. I haven’t run into a game I haven’t been able to play due to system specs. I’m planning to build a new one later this year, but it isn’t a priority.

However, ever since I changed my driver settings to “Single Display performance mode”, I haven’t received any crashes. I’ve only played for a few hours, but I haven’t received any issues; I’m playing on medium-high settings.

If this fixed it, thanks for your help!

Same here. It’s a common issue. I’ve been working with the NCSoft technical support, and they refuse to take any responsibility for it.

Google “Guild Wars 2 Black Screen.”

Arghore.8340:

Do I also read correctly that you have 2 monitors hooked up to this computer?

Yes

Arghore.8340:

And i would like to mention that your GFX card 8800GT is a rather oldish card, so you are likely to not be able to run very high settings (not sure what you do use as settings, just mentioning it in case you set everything on high.)

Yes I am aware, but my system still plays most games on medium-high settings. I’m set to performance for testing purposes.

Arghore.8340:

I am not sure if this would work with 2 monitors still hooked up (i removed one of mine) but, in your NVidea Controll panel, there is the 2nd option from the top, called: 3D settings. There are both general and per software program settings lists. In the list you can find the “multi-screen/mixed gpu acceleration” option. I removed one screen and set these to single screen for both general and GW2. That way there is more GPU power available to run GW2, as processing time is no longer used for both screens.

I set it to “Single Display performance mode”, we’ll see what happens.

Arghore.8340:

I just checked to be sure, but indeed the GF 7800 is the minimum req. for the game. So you would be looking at trying to minimize the load on your GFX card as much as you can (so i would remove the 2nd screen entirely for now). And set it up for Performance more then anything…

We removed the second screen and it was the same issue.

Arghore.8340:

If the problem persists then i would really like to know if you were advised to do (and did) the repair steps… ?!

Disable SPI on the firewall, remove the second monitor, change NVIDIA settings, complete removal and reinstall of the drivers.

Now they’re claiming it’s a driver issue.

“Technically speaking, this is an issue Nvidia needs to solve because it’s their TDR (Timeout Detection and Recovery) system that is crashing the driver.”

I had a popup come up once out of the 300+ times it’s crashed, and so they are now placing the blame on me. Good going.

Arghore.8340:

@PigVomit
Did they make sure your game is in C:\\games\guildwars2\ folder (no spaces) and do a repair on it?

Because that solved the issue for me…

It would also be nice if you would give your specs, since it is hard to judge anything if one doesn’t know the details…

No, there’s spaces, and they never mentioned it.

Specs:

Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5E Deluxe
512MB GeForce 8800 GT

This is the only game I’ve had issues with. In-game I get 60+ fps, but it’s just the black screens. Good airflow on my card, and no dust.

I just bought the game, and I am getting contact black screens. In any given 30 minute session I can get 15-25 “crashes” where both my monitors go black and my DVI symbol shows, then everything returns.

I contacted tech support; after two days of troubleshooting they claim it’s a driver issue, but they won’t tell me what’s wrong other than “contact nvidia” or get a refund. Since this is an issue that has happened to the majority of players since pre-release, I’m calling BS that it’s nvidia’s problem, and not their coding.

I’ve tried disabling SPI, clearing my drivers and updating to the newest, standing on one foot while playing, and praying to the gods when logging in. None of this has worked.

Does anyone have any other details they can share? I’ve done this: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Black-Screen-Issue-Nvidia — and I still have the issue.

Tech support is known for reading from a script and following set guidelines, then giving a catch-all statement when they can’t fix the solution: change your graphics card, not our fault, play from a different ISP. I’m hoping someone out there who’s had this issue can help out before I claim my refund.