TrixxieTriss Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) No, I'm not keen on downloading all of it again. It's become a habit to delete the folder and wait for some time. Every few days I try without deleting it just to see if it's been fixed. I'm curious to see how long it takes them to fix such a fundamental thing as to START the game. There is a simpler work around. Find your swtor launcher.exe file and right click on it. Then turn on compatibility mode and set it to Windows XP SP3 and click save. Edited July 20, 2020 by TrixxieTriss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zvzzt Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Today it doesn't work by deleting the BitRaider folder and let the game repair itself. Tried three times without success. I guess I have to try one of the workarounds, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans_bach Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Yes, it is still there. Tried to log in this afternoon and found that same message looking back at me. Got my hopes up for nothings back to my books for i get the feeling that X amounts of weeks later it might get fixed. Back to deleting bit raider folder and re-downloading it every time i hope to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTergon Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Yes, it is still there. Tried to log in this afternoon and found that same message looking back at me. Got my hopes up for nothings back to my books for i get the feeling that X amounts of weeks later it might get fixed. Back to deleting bit raider folder and re-downloading it every time i hope to play. This seems to be the fix for it at the moment There is a simpler work around. Find your swtor launcher.exe file and right click on it,p. Then turn on compatibility mode and set it to Windows XP SP3 and click save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans_bach Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Ah, good old Windows xp SP 3 compatibility mode. Much better then having to wait for that Folder to re download every time. Had my 650 page History all ready to go. Still going to read the book but now with some lightsabors on the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixxieTriss Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Yes, it is still there. Tried to log in this afternoon and found that same message looking back at me. Got my hopes up for nothings back to my books for i get the feeling that X amounts of weeks later it might get fixed. Back to deleting bit raider folder and re-downloading it every time i hope to play. I don’t understand why people keep doing this? There are now numerous threads and posts by Owen and now myself and others on how to fix the problem without doing this. Literally two posts above yours is one from me telling you not to do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTergon Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) I don’t understand why people keep doing this? There are now numerous threads and posts by Owen and now myself and others on how to fix the problem without doing this. Literally two posts above yours is one from me telling you not to do this People don't listen, they read something, assmune something different from it, and go off on a rant...lol Edited July 20, 2020 by DarkTergon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarova Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Today it doesn't work by deleting the BitRaider folder and let the game repair itself. Tried three times without success. I guess I have to try one of the workarounds, after all. As has been repeatedly stated, just deleting the bitraider folder DOES NOT WORK. You have 2 options: Solution 1 (keeps bitraider but stops quick play sitting at 0%): Set compatibility mode on the game shortcut to Windows XP Service Pack 3 to resolve the 0% issue Solution 2 (removes bitraider entirely but results in a no-bitraider-reinstall): and still no mention from BW directly referencing the steps necessary to disable the bitraider system in the launcher and bypass its issue so that solution route is not lost in pages of responses, and players thus affected can get back to the game NOTE: the process requires re-downloading the entire game Con: wasted time re-downloading the data files - tip: don't watch the pot boil /download. Find something else to do for the Hour+ it will take to reinstall itself. Pro: you can play again without further issue For reference (again), that link is: EA \ Answer HQ English \ Games \ STAR WARS™ \ STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ \ Troubleshooting Guides & Info \ [Guide] How to Switch to Non-Streaming Launcher Bonus Note: If you followed the above guide, bitraider is now useless and can be uninstalled. This is not required, it just frees up now useless and orphaned files that would otherwise remain until the end of time (or at least the end of that comp) - if you try to uninstall bitraider without deleting the folder listed below, it will fail with a false error that it is stil required for SWTOR First, navigate to C:\Users\Public\Documents and delete the BitRaider folder now you will be able to uninstall bitraider from the OS installed programs list without error I used solution 2. I'd been meaning to get rid of bitraider for a while but none of the older solutions worked so I just left it. The "Quick Play" crap forced me to sort it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miffypiffy Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) I run the exe in compatility mode with WinXP. Does this 'interfere' anything with graphics? As in reducing the graphics quality in some sort? I have Windows 10 and a nVidia Geforce 1050. Edited July 28, 2020 by Miffypiffy More info added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeisjedi Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 I run the exe in compatility mode with WinXP. Does this 'interfere' anything with graphics? As in reducing the graphics quality in some sort? I have Windows 10 and a nVidia Geforce 1050. No. It shouldn't affect that at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloRell Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 hello there I'm now experiencing this "quick play" message error. How do i fix this issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixxieTriss Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 hello there I'm now experiencing this "quick play" message error. How do i fix this issue? Go back and read some of this thread. It tells you how by using the Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTergon Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 No. It shouldn't affect that at all. I've mine in wins xp sp 3 compatibility, and I play on full, everything. Hasn't changed anything. Go back and read some of this thread. It tells you how by using the Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode. Works for other issues too, most recently my own, where it was freezing at char select. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixxieTriss Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 I've mine in wins xp sp 3 compatibility, and I play on full, everything. Hasn't changed anything. Works for other issues too, most recently my own, where it was freezing at char select. Blame the issues on what ever they’ve done with changing things for steam. Before they started mucking around with it, we didn’t have these issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtpaw Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 This is still an issue for me on 8/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixxieTriss Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) This is still an issue for me on 8/10. Have you tried the windows compatibly mode work around described in this thread? Edited August 10, 2020 by TrixxieTriss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthVoyevoda Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) I have this issue right now aswell:( what the hell is wrong with this thing? Still no fix for this? Edit: ( Sorry I panicked never happen to me before but 2 pages before doing "Set compatibility mode on the game shortcut to Windows XP Service Pack 3" Indeed worked for me, Thank You) I'll let you know if anything changes for me personally Edited August 30, 2020 by DarthVoyevoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrvwbug Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Beyond broken at this point. nuked the bitraider version, realized it will take 8-12 hours to download via the old way because the download server has no bandwidth, can't get bitraider working again, the launcher will not revert back to ST even with a complete clean install of SWTOR, something in the registry is preventing the streaming client from ever working again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogolgb Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 I'm having this issue right now. Last night I played normally, didn't reset my pc or anything so dunno what coulda happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomseer Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Yeah I'm having this issue too again, 9-11-20 at 8:10pm PST. Can only play Starter Planets. Tried deleting anything Bit Raider like last time, but doesn't seem to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InnerGeek Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 9-18-20 05:00 CDT Stuck in Quick Play Mode character select screen. Everything was working fine last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerockyul Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 This happens to me occasionally but usually went away after a relaunch. Today it wouldn't go away after a couple re-launches, so I tried the compatibility fix and it's working again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrakoOnasi Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Just a quick question why does XP SP3 fix the issue? The OS has been Dead for 6 years!! It fixed my issue and the Steam launcher worked just fine, yes I have both for just this type of issue. BTW this happened after the patch for 6.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpenedstick Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Still experiencing the issue. It shouldn't be up to the community to find workarounds. It should be up to EAware to deliver a product that works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krikos Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Still experiencing the issue. It shouldn't be up to the community to find workarounds. It should be up to EAware to deliver a product that works. Was thinking the same thing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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