Star Wars: The Old Republic

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28 Mar

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct
12 minutes ago, Char_Ell said:

Why do you expect BioWare to support an operating system that is no longer supported by its manufacturer, Microsoft?  Windows 7 stopped being supported by Microsoft in 2020 January.

That being said, @JackieKo, the help.ea.com page with SWTOR minimum system requirements with date of 2017 August 21 still lists Windows 7.  Someone needs to get those updated if that is no longer that case.

Yup, that will be updated shortly. 

 

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct

Hey everyone, 

I'm keeping players updated on this issue in this thread here. I will continue to make updates there to keep info consolidated. Thanks! 

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct
1 hour ago, Sylvannai said:

Many thanks, Jackie. 🙂

Addendum:
I just reached a member of our guild privately.
He gets down to his characters with no problems. The problem seems to affect individual players.

 

Hey Sylvannai, 

We're bringing the servers down right now, but when they come back up, can you update this thread and confirm if you're able to or still not able to access all the servers? 

Thanks!

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct

We will be bringing down servers in about 15 minutes to deploy a fix for the mail system issue. I will update this thread again when the servers are back online. 

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct
18 minutes ago, Eldarion_Velator said:

Yes.

Just out of curiosity, I ran swtor.exe (from the retailclient folder) and got this error: "The procedure entry point ucrtbase.terminate could not be located in the dynamic link library api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll" - which is not a problem that occurs with any other program/game on my machine.
 

I have emailed support with the same information (my OS, when I patched, what happened afterwards, disabled antivirus/firewall, manually installed DirectX runtime, uninstalled and reinstalled with the same problem, uninstalled again and attempted to run the game from the copy I archived after patching this morning) and attached the complete launcher log file.

As everything else has been ruled out, the team strongly recommends updating the OS as with this update, the new recommended OS is Windows 10.  

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct

Hey there, I've forwarded this on to the team. I'll update here when I have more info from them! 

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct
5 minutes ago, Eldarion_Velator said:

Nothing happens. I patched this morning, and after patching finished, clicking on the play button didn't start the game as usual (which would have taken me to the server select screen showing all servers down as I patched during maintenance). Looking online for solutions, I came across the DirectX 9 issue that corrected the problem for some people; this did not work for me (I updated it, yes). I have disabled both my firewall and my antivirus. I never ran SWTOR in compatibility mode, and I checked again to confirm this. I am running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit.

Just to confirm, you installed the June 2010 Direct X runtime and manually ran the dxsetup.exe file? 

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct
11 minutes ago, Syrlex said:

 

I extracted the files to a new folder I called ...\SWTOR\Direct X 9 (because I only use it or this game) and within that folder, there is a file called SETUP.exe which you then need to run. I do not know why Microsfot decided not to make it run automatically.

This is a good callout. The files need to be extracted and then the dxsetup.exe has to be run. I've updated my post in the 64-bit common issues thread. 

For those who are experiencing issues, please confirm if you have done this and whether or not you are able to log into the game and play as normal. 

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct

FYI, we have temporarily shut down the mail system. I will update the thread here when it is back online. 

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct

For those who are unable to play/log despite checking the AV/firewall, compatibility mode, and updated DX9, can you confirm if you are seeing the Bug Splat window AFTER clicking Play? Or if it doesn't show up at all? 

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct

Thanks for the updates. I'm forwarding to the team. 

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct
4 minutes ago, Fenrirxero said:

 

I do not run a separate AV/Firewall (other than what comes with Windows10).

 

Can you please confirm that you added the app to the program that comes with Windows 10 and you're still not able to play/log in? 

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct

Hi all, 

I'm trying to keep track of all the updates, but if you are experiencing an issue of not being able to log in/play, can you please confirm in ONE post if: 

  • Adding the app to your Antivirus/firewall allowlist did not work
  • Updating DX9 did not work. (Note that if you had it installed before but it now no longer working, you will need to update it)
  • Unchecking compatibility did not work
11 minutes ago, Syrlex said:

According to Vulkk, (in an old video) you can put DX9 anywhere. 

This is correct. 

Additionally, I am ...

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct

We are receiving reports that players are running at 60 FPS despite having a different rate selected on the options menu. To resolve this, select another rate and then change it back to the desired setting.

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    JackieKo on Forums - Thread - Direct

We're receiving reports of players experiencing start up crashes. Reiterating this from the reports we received during the PTS phase. 
 

  • It is possible that the necessary DirectX 9 is not installed. Please install the June 2010 Direct X runtime. The download link for the June 2010 Direct X can be found here.