Battlekender Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Drives me nurtz. Why does it re-organize, why so often, and WHY SO SLOW? I've read up on it in this aged post: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=673644 (couldn't put this post in that linked one because it is read only). and attempted everything that was suggested to no avail. Still. Slower. Than. An. Elderly. Snail. Traveling. Uphill. Against. The. Wind. Help? Please? BattleKender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
americanaussie Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Bitraider. Copy game to external hard drive. Reinstall but take the steps to remove bitraider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaleg Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) Ignore the reply above regarding game backup since it won't save you any time to backup the game to an external drive. When you remove bitraider which is still the correct advice the game has to download most of the files in a new format anyway since the bitraider streaming files are different from standard files. This is a one time effort that needs a bit because of the new download but it's well worth it to remove that bitraider crap which is responsible for the extremely slow and thoroughly file check and organizing at each patch day. What you need to do is 1. Terminate all bitraider processes in the task manager 2. Deinstall everything with Bitraider in it from the installed programs 3. Edit the launcher. settings file in the swtor directory (search the web for "swtor bitraider removal" on how to do that (only two little changes within that file). Save it with the changes, restart the launcher, wait for the download and be happy ever after on each patch day I hope this was understandable for you. Edited February 28, 2017 by Khaleg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmbuddah Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Am I the only one that doesnt have a problem with bitraider? O.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaleg Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Am I the only one that doesnt have a problem with bitraider? O.o I guess you still have problems with this crap compared to what it would be without bitraider but have way more patience than the rest of us. ☺️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
americanaussie Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 I guess you still have problems with this crap compared to what it would be without bitraider but have way more patience than the rest of us. ☺️ This. Yup. It works SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better without bitraider and I never had an error. Like patches take 30 sec to 5 min tops. Before it was taking 20 min to 2.5 hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andryah Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 (edited) It hurts one time to disable bitraider and take the complete new download again for the non-bitraider version. But for most, it is completely worth the effort as most all of patching problems revolve around one or more issues with the bitraider version of the game install. Your choice.. but personally, I would bite the bullet and do it... unless you do not intend to play the game long term. Even then.. you may come back later and you will love not having to deal with bitraider induced patching chaos. If you do convert from the bitraider version.... I would suggest you make a copy of your game install and put it away in case you ever need a reinstall... you won't have to go through a full download again. Those of us who installed from the original game disks (not the free download from swtor.com) never had the bitraider version... and I personally plan to never ever let it get a foothold on my computer. Edited March 1, 2017 by Andryah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
americanaussie Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Today's patch 6 mins. Not bad at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StupidWiz Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Am I the only one that doesnt have a problem with bitraider? O.o Nope, I don't mind it being slow. I just let it re-organize while I'm playing other game on PS4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anduhar Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 If anyone is having issues with reorganizing data, slow launcher downloads, or other patching problems, they should consider removing Bitraider. Bitraider is a streaming and downloading service that EA throws in with a lot of their games that tends to cause a lot of problems for the user. Here's a guide to removing Bitraider: Be warned, removing Bitraider will redownload the game. It should also be noted that uninstalling Bitraider and actually configuring the patcher to not use Bitraider are two different things. Simply uninstalling Bitraider and nothing else will cause the patcher to simply download Bitraider again. You need to edit the settings file to not use Bitraider which is explained in the guide above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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