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You can do a bit of minor customising via \cd_image\Gui\default like changing chat colours and stuff.

There is a README.txt in \cd_image\Gui\Customiized, too.

*****Note: If this stops working all you need to do is change the following line at the top of the customized file to match that of the default:
<!-- $Change: 48416 $ (must be within the first 200 characters of the file)
-->

More information can be found in the readme file in the GUI\Customized folder****

Alright I got really sick and tired of looking at that aweful purple for guild chat so I did some digging. Found the customized GUI folder with a very useful readme in it. So if you want to change the text colors follow the bellow.

First go to:
C:\Program Files\Funcom\Age of Conan\cd_image\Gui\Default (This file path may not be the same for you. Just find the GUI folder in your AoC install)

You will find a file called Text Colors. If you open the file you can see all the settings for your chat text.

Copy this file and paste it in the following folder

C:\Program Files\Funcom\Age of Conan\cd_image\Gui\Customized

Once it is there right click on it and hit edit.


The top section will give you some very basic colors with their HTML color code. Just find the color you want and replace it in the respective slot below.

For example the default guild chat is :

<HTMLColor name="ctch_clan_name" color="0xbf00bf" />
<HTMLColor name="ctch_clan_text" color="0xbf00bf" />

Now I want this to be green cause thats what I'm use to from WoW so I look above and find Green

<HTMLColor name="green" color="0x008000" />

Now all I have to do is take the last part

color="0x008000"

and replace it in the bottom section to look like

<HTMLColor name="ctch_clan_name" color="0x008000" />
<HTMLColor name="ctch_clan_text" color="0x008000" />

Save your changes close it and you are all set.

Very important tip: it seems you can swear on the official forums.  M for mature baby.

2 questions- (1) since I can't view the official boards are there many people complaining about the game randomly freezing and (2) anyone running a E8400 on a P35 chipset motherboard with a 8800 card. Thh reason I ask this is I think it may have been the chipset causing the freezing.

I'm using a 8800GT and a P35 chipset, and its doing fine. Freezing could be just about anything, from ram to insufficient power to overheating.

Greetings!

You have been a long and thrustworthy participant in our community, and as such we would like to thank you for helping us form Age of Conan into the marvelous product it is today. The last weeks has seen some serious enhancment to the game, and with the release we will be opening several new areas and neverbefore seen content in the launch version of the game. What and where it is? You have to find out for yourself!

As a sign of gratitude for your aid, we are pleased to offer you the in-game item used by those loyal to King Conan: The Drinking Cape. This item will allow your characters (one game account only) to free of charge demand the very sought after alcholic drink of "Ambrosia" - free and in unlimited supplies for life! After having claimed your cape, merely find one of the kegs in the finer Inns of Hyboria and click it whilst wearing your cape to receive your drink.

To register your cape, log in to your account page by https://register.ageofconan.com clicking here and under the option "Use a Key" - enter this key:

 :nda:

Once this has been done, use the command "/claim" inside the game to claim your in-game items. These items work for all the characters you create on your account. Note that all in-game items are only available on full accounts, and do not work on pre-order, buddy or (later) trial accounts.

Note that this item will not be made available again at later dates - so wear it with pride!

Regards,
Funcom

Wasn't the cape a gift for the CE?  I think that's the reason I bought the CE.  Why can't they give gifts that you can't buy in-game or aren't gifts that you already have for doing something else "worthy"?  And, yes, I got that email, too.  Stupid Funcom.  I'll wait and if I get the cape with the CE, I'll pass this on if possible.  Or maybe they just give it to everyone anyway.

I've heard it was for those whom activated before the 17th.  I dunno though.  I don't think it was for the newsletter, because I didn't get one.

May 18th. 11 days after you did.

I guess the drinking cape was actually a reward for joining their clan of Conan newsletter way back when and it was bundled into the CE after that.  So CE people actually got that reward second but were the first able to use it.

A possible fix for the annoying gray map bug: F10/interface options/HUD/Enable quest tracker, toggle it.

That seems to be it. My wife signed up for the newsletter years ago and forgot about it till now.

driversweeper from guru3d

Yeah it's called Windows XP

XP has just as many problems removing drivers as Vista. :P

I think this game marks the end of my beloved PC, the first I ever built.  My e-peen shrunk to almost negative length when I had to switch all the settings to low and still got some hitching. Apparently, Conan's nipples simply won't fit through an AGP pipe.

/salute

Now you can have full control.
Performance hurting a little... force LQ shaders to boost FPS.
Oh god that sounds like a bad sales pitch.

Upzip this in the Custom UI Folder - (DRIVE):\Program Files\Funcom\Age of Conan\cd_image\Gui\Customized
http://rapidshare.com/files/11786806...tions.zip.html

Video Options Menu: http://xs127.xs.to/xs127/08222/_picture000359.png

Oceans On: http://xs127.xs.to/xs127/08222/gwydon_picture074169.png
Oceans Off: http://xs127.xs.to/xs127/08222/gwydon_picture075517.png
Well Oceans Control all Non River bodies of water

High Quality Shaders: http://xs127.xs.to/xs127/08222/gaav_picture002700.png
Forced Low Quality Shaders: http://xs127.xs.to/xs127/08222/gaav_picture003529.png

I'd highly recommend just getting a real computer. That won't run it for dick.

I picked up an 8800GT but I still only get ~30 FPS. I suspect it's because I don't have a dual core processor.  :crying_panda:

Prepare for the tip of the month. *Drumroll*

You can swim UP in all waterfalls. It has saved me tons of time. Don't tell anyone  :grin:

This thing is rapidly looking like the Second Coming according to all I've been reading here. My only real hitch is I don't know if my computer is up to snuff. Looking at the min requirements I think I meet all the basics except maybe the graphics card. I'm not up on my hardware anymore so I don't know if my card is equivalent or better than a NVIDIA GeForce 6800+ / ATI Radeon 9800+. Here's my specs:

Core Duo 2.0
1 Gig ram
256 meg ATI x1400

Need I even apply (and run everything on low) or just walk away in shame and be happy with my WoW?

Edit: It's a laptop so upgrading is pretty much out. It runs Oblivion quite nicely at really low res if that says anything. I don't mind 800x600 or there abouts as anything much higher and I can't read ingame text.

You can and probably should upgrade your ram to 2 gig, or heck, even 4, just to extend the life of your laptop. That's something that anyone can do with their laptop.

A Core Duo isn't a -bad- processor, and people are running AoC on older ones than that. Is the ram DDR2 though, or DDR? That bus speed can make a big difference. The vid card ain't the best, but on low settings you might just might have a playable game.

1) Make sure that the client is fully patched and you get up to the "Play" button.
2) Close the patcher and make a backup of your localconfig.xml file (this is important)
3) Open your LocalConfig.xml file after you have made a back up by right clicking the file, going to "Open With" and selecting notepad or another text editor and delete the line that says:

<HttpPatchFolder> AoCLiveUS </HttpPatchFolder>

After saving, be sure that it still has an ".xml" filetype.

4) From the install directory go into your \cd_image\Movies folder. Delete everything in this folder.
5) Run AgeofConan.exe (not ConanPatcher.exe - this is important)

This should bypass all intro movies for you. Be advised that this will never allow you to patch again and when the next patch occurs you will not be able to log into the game. This is why you backed up your localconfig file. When the next patch comes around replace your modified localconfig file with the one you back up, patch up, then repeat the above steps.

If this works please let me know.

Remember this is only for people that are crashing when the intro movies are playing!