You are right in some cases, i think. I am not an IT engineer or developer, i ve just posted what worked for me after ALOT of changes made to improve my fps. my no.1 change was critical in seeing a major diference in my fps increase, so maybe on paper is right what u said, but when i applied it it made wonders for me. that was the moment when i was able to swap from low settings to ultra settings and be able to play with decent fps. about #2 you are right, i ve also edited my post and asked ppl to set it to above normal / high / realtime, coz i ve seen some responses where setting to realtime made some keyboards/mice/sound cards not to respond properly, for me it worked, but if i am to generalize, they should set it to above normal at least. Another thing i found out, and it applies to users who got Windows10, is that you should go and install Directx 9, since windows10 came with a directx 12 which actually emulates directx 9 and consumes some extra cpu power in the process.. so go on and install your directx9 latest version, and see if your system says you already have the latest version or not. I for one didnt have it.. and installed this directx 9, will come back with some feedback after i`ve tested it, and if is worthy i`ll even add it as #4 t on my primary fix post.

Nope i didnt, not till now anyways And i dont think i will get any, becoz it's not an overclocking, is not going over the CPu`s normal clock speed is just using all cores of the cpu, distributing work makes load easier to process.

FPS / PERFORMANCE ISSUES SOLVED So after long searches, sweat, disappointment and QQs to friends and chats i found out my "GODLY" tweak regarding how to boost my performance. As i said before, i have an i5 new gen core, 960gtx, and game on ssd, i felt it was wrong,having 20~fps on low settings on this pc-setup. So here are the 3 tweaks i did and i boosted my FPS from 15-25 on LOW-medium ingame settings to 40-70 FPS on Ultra-High Settings. 1. The most important thing is to realise that this game is hungry for your CPU. So what i did i went to run (windows key+R) typed "MSCONFIG" -> BOOT tab --> Advanced Options and it looked like this : Screenshot. I ve checked the box to Number of processors and selected 4, and also checked the box for Maximize Memory, and then i restarted my pc 2. After the restart, i lunched the game, and opened Task Manager, searched for the 2 swtor.exe on detalis/apps and right clicked them both and SET : Priority : Above normal or High or Realtime (note having other programs opened besides swtor will make them stutter/crush even, some users may even have some issues with mouse/keyboard/sound if you set it to realtime, chose the one that fits your pc) 3. After setting both swtor.exe to realtime priority the next step was to setup the affinity, and split up CPU's cores for each swtor.exe. So i selected affinity for the first swtor.exe and unboxed <All processors> and selected only CPU 0 and CPU 1. For the 2nd swtor.exe i did the same process but now i selected only CPU 2 and CPU 3. I ve alt tabed back to the game, and i joined a pvp warzone game, and to my surprise i could play it at ultra high settings with having 40-60 fps while in combat, and 70-90 while running/doing stuff alone. So hopefully you guys will try it and it will work for you as well. I came back and posted this becoz i know how frustrated i was not being able to pvp with decent fps, and besides that the struggle to find a "fps fix" "performance increase" was real for me. Thanks and happy hunting.

Hello there. I came back to swtor with kotfe expansion, and i am a bit disturbed that i still have problems in warzones. While in story mode, and fleet i get a decent 75-90 fps at ultra settings, everything is smooth, in wargames i get around 17-25 fps at best. Even tho i go and lower the settings to medium (even custom lower then medium) i dont see much fps increase, still around 24-31 fps. I wont go to very low, i d rather unsub and quit then playing it like that. I say i have a decent pc : i5 3.2ghz / 8 ghz ddr3 / 960 gtx (latest update) / game and windows10 installed on SSD. Is there some sort of fix for this? Is there a "godly" setting that i have to enable/disable/adjust to get the frame rate higher in wargames? Or does the cc/stun/slow apply to your CPU/GPU as well, not only to your in game character? I feel is really unplayable in some situations, i would really appreciate if anyone knows any sort of fps fix, and shares it with us. Thanks. Have a good one!

so i kept it and wanted to use it tonight.. only thing i got a lvl1 char in fleet, when i deleted it, i had no token anymore please fix

this was my original post, but will copy it here to add more info to this post as well : http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=300650 Hello there, here are some suggestions that i thought it may improve the game experience, gathered in these 2 months of playing SWTOR. Quests - When you will chose one answer, u should also see if your companion gains some affection, as u see when u get dark/light side points. -Sometimes at some quests, when you wear a cloak, long robe, and it shows your char walking towards a quest target, the cloak/robe bugs and stays in front of the char blocking his body, and even his face at some times. Crew skill Missions - When the mission is finished, that pop up window sticks to your screen and is so annoying in some pvp/playgame situations. It shouldn`t appear like that, it should stay hidden till u finish your Flashpoint/Wz Sometimes when you get a mission failure from diplomacy u get these dark/light side points : http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/darkside2.jpg/. Dono if its a fun way from you guys to show up some Dark Math, or is an actual bug.. i know it looks so damn ugly when i check my total D/L Points: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/526/darksidez.png/. UI / Game Options - You should really add some UI scale option and even a free bar movment options, some times when you have all the bars full, and alot of skills to watch for CDs its a bit hard to track everything is going on your screen. BUFFS / PROCS -So PROCs and buffs, sometimes if u are not used with your char and you dont pay very very good attention, u could skips some proc skills. It would be alot better if you guys added an extra more visible animation / ui alert / buff sorting sistem for ppl to see these procs. (ex: add an extra buff bar that counts only the procs OR make the proc buffs a bit large ). When you choose some modifications from the game options, and if u hit apply/ok, and after that u leave the game by using ALT+F4, when you login in back u will see that all changes made earlier were reset as they were before u changed them. Targeting system, when i pvp/pve sometimes its a bit hard to identify your current target, and when you press tab it doesnt want to take the target from underneath your nose, it picks another target, and then you want to click with the mouse the right target, and sometimes it doesent select it as it should( click the mob/player and wont select it as current target ). Its a bit sloppy tbh... SO Enhance the targets visibility / targeting system a bit and will be just ok. Companions Should really really add a hide/show button in options for their Head Gear, sometimes i chose my pets not to wear a head gear coz it simply look so damn ugly, that i just want to spam my Punish - sith racial - all the time . - if you have 2 companions X and Y, you have X summoned and sent him for crafting something, u cannot dismiss him and summon Y to fight with you.. also while they are in a mission, for crafting and are like 10 sec till they return and you are in combat, the pet should come back and aid you in battle after those 10 sec, not to stay unsummoned till u are Out of combat. Gathering skills- Sometimes when you are on mount, and/or when your pet is dead, and you find a gathering nod, u click it to gather it and nothing happens, u have to dissmis/ressurect your companion for this to work ( so its kinda of a bug here ). Login Screen - when i am at the choosing screen of my chars it dosent show up my dark side/sith corruption to face/eyes, when it loads and i am in game it shows properly. PVP / Warzone - You should add next to the leave WZ button another one that shows up the score board ( as it would show when the WZ is finished ). Medals awarded, when u hover your mouse over it while in a WZ should tell you exactly what medals were awarded for what, coz when you get like 8-10 medals u kinda forget what u did and what you should focus for getting those extra last medals. Also the CC bar, sometimes its a bit buggy, shows full white and then BOOM u get stunned and u are like WTFPWNBBQ WHY??!! i am 3 feet away from score ! . Lightsaber Graphics - I ve played some other StarWars games, and when i walked like a BOSS with my lightsaber around, i could see the lightsaber how it interacted with walls, floors, chars, getting them sliced ( ex : http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0...24_c_super.jpg ) , you could add that to enhance the looks for the force users. I know some of these are bugs, and they should be reported trought ingame ticket, but also there are some suggestions that might give some BOOST to the game play fluidity. I know it doesnt look to much, but trust me every single minor detail counts, and you know the small things, and the little details makes the difference between a good game and an epic game. If there are more ppl here that are willing to add more sugestions i invite them to post and talk about these small things that makes our eyes sparkle a bit more when u play SWTOR. And hopefully some "EA/BW Droids" will join us here, and actually do some improvements to the game based on their customers suggestions. Thanks, have a nice.

Another suggestion that i forgot to add: For Companions - if you have 2 companions X and Y, you have X summoned and sent him for crafting something, u cannot dismiss him and summon Y to fight with you.. also while they are in a mission, for crafting and are like 10 sec till they return and you are in combat, the pet should come back and aid you in battle after those 10 sec, not to stay unsummoned till u are Out of combat.

Hello there, here are some suggestions that i thought it may improve the game experience, gathered in these 2 months of playing SWTOR. Quests - When you will chose one answer, u should also see if your companion gains some affection, as u see when u get dark/light side points. -Sometimes at some quests, when you wear a cloak, long robe, and it shows your char walking towards a quest target, the cloak/robe bugs and stays in front of the char blocking his body, and even his face at some times. Crew skill Missions - When the mission is finished, that pop up window sticks to your screen and is so annoying in some pvp/playgame situations. It shouldn`t appear like that, it should stay hidden till u finish your Flashpoint/Wz Sometimes when you get a mission failure from diplomacy u get these dark/light side points : http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/darkside2.jpg/. Dono if its a fun way from you guys to show up some Dark Math, or is an actual bug.. i know it looks so damn ugly when i check my total D/L Points: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/526/darksidez.png/. UI / Game Options - You should really add some UI scale option and even a free bar movment options, some times when you have all the bars full, and alot of skills to watch for CDs its a bit hard to track everything is going on your screen. BUFFS / PROCS -So PROCs and buffs, sometimes if u are not used with your char and you dont pay very very good attention, u could skips some proc skills. It would be alot better if you guys added an extra more visible animation / ui alert / buff sorting sistem for ppl to see these procs. (ex: add an extra buff bar that counts only the procs OR make the proc buffs a bit large ). When you choose some modifications from the game options, and if u hit apply/ok, and after that u leave the game by using ALT+F4, when you login in back u will see that all changes made earlier were reset as they were before u changed them. Targeting system, when i pvp/pve sometimes its a bit hard to identify your current target, and when you press tab it doesnt want to take the target from underneath your nose, it picks another target, and then you want to click with the mouse the right target, and sometimes it doesent select it as it should( click the mob/player and wont select it as current target ). Its a bit sloppy tbh... SO Enhance the targets visibility / targeting system a bit and will be just ok. Companions Should really really add a hide/show button in options for their Head Gear, sometimes i chose my pets not to wear a head gear coz it simply look so damn ugly, that i just want to spam my Punish - sith racial - all the time . Gathering skills- Sometimes when you are on mount, and/or when your pet is dead, and you find a gathering nod, u click it to gather it and nothing happens, u have to dissmis/ressurect your companion for this to work ( so its kinda of a bug here ). Login Screen - when i am at the choosing screen of my chars it dosent show up my dark side/sith corruption to face/eyes, when it loads and i am in game it shows properly. PVP / Warzone - You should add next to the leave WZ button another one that shows up the score board ( as it would show when the WZ is finished ). Medals awarded, when u hover your mouse over it while in a WZ should tell you exactly what medals were awarded for what, coz when you get like 8-10 medals u kinda forget what u did and what you should focus for getting those extra last medals. Also the CC bar, sometimes its a bit buggy, shows full white and then BOOM u get stunned and u are like WTFPWNBBQ WHY??!! i am 3 feet away from score ! . Lightsaber Graphics - I ve played some other StarWars games, and when i walked like a BOSS with my lightsaber around, i could see the lightsaber how it interacted with walls, floors, chars, getting them sliced ( ex : http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/5973/264737-1280x1024_c_super.jpg ) , you could add that to enhance the looks for the force users. I know some of these are bugs, and they should be reported trought ingame ticket, but also there are some suggestions that might give some BOOST to the game play fluidity. I know it doesnt look to much, but trust me every single minor detail counts, and you know the small things, and the little details makes the difference between a good game and an epic game. If there are more ppl here that are willing to add more sugestions i invite them to post and talk about these small things that makes our eyes sparkle a bit more when u play SWTOR. And hopefully some "EA/BW Droids" will join us here, and actually do some improvements to the game based on their customers suggestions. Thanks, have a nice.

Hello http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/darkside2.jpg/ http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/526/darksidez.png/ Here is some diplomacy points gained by doing a Square root from my companions failure added with some dark side function, all divided by BioWare and substracted by Ea trough PI. On a more serious side.. this really looks kinda awfull, any chance you EA/Bw guys can fix this?

i hope you are right with the level thing... and if its a level issue, then i take the blame for not waiting for higher levels

yea i thought that 2, but i found this post then http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=280799

i got her at 10000 affection now.. i am lvl 37 and yep after that "sex" talk she refuses to give any further quest/talk. This also happened with the jedi guardin version of female named kira... hope you EA/BW champs fix this very soon

this change to illum was a damn fail... its damn unplayable @ 3fps... and the ratio for imperial: watch this