OwenBrooks Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 @JohanGill Not tracking any similar issues to this very old issue, maybe try installing via steam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clericz Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 I found a workaround for the intel CPU glitch, initially the launcher wouldn't work with my i7-13700KF and I was getting an error when trying to click the PLAY button. So I installed the Steam version of the client, which worked, but I didn't want to have to open Steam every time I wanted to play SWTOR, so I copied the Steam installation directory to a different directory, then told the regular SWTOR launcher the installation location, ran a repair and miraculously it worked. Makes me think the issue is something with an .ini file or something and not actually a CPU issue, but it only affects intel CPU's so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanGill Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) My direct download launcher on my older system no longer starts either now. It seems to me that the devs simply dropped support for the direct download launcher. Let's see if I can bring it to life with the repair workaround suggested in some thread somewhere as it worked for the new system at least. Strangely, that is not mentioned in the launcher troubleshooting article, only in some forum post drowning out there... Edited January 2 by JohanGill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanGill Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 5 minutes ago, JohanGill said: My direct download launcher on my older system no longer starts either now. It seems to me that the devs simply dropped support for the direct download launcher. Let's see if I can bring it to life with the repair workaround suggested in some thread somewhere as it worked for the new system at least. Strangely, that is not mentioned in the launcher troubleshooting article, only in some forum post drowning out there... Nope, the repair utility did not work this time. For the record, this is the link: https://cdn-www.swtor.com/sites/all/files/webassets/launcher/LauncherRepairUtilityU2021.0.25.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwenBrooks Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 On 1/3/2024 at 1:46 AM, JohanGill said: Nope, the repair utility did not work this time. For the record, this is the link: https://cdn-www.swtor.com/sites/all/files/webassets/launcher/LauncherRepairUtilityU2021.0.25.exe that repair utility will break the launcher , will arrange for that file to be deleted , if you want to refresh the launcher files run the setup over the top of the install https://swtor-a.akamaihd.net/installer/SWTOR_setup.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanGill Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1 hour ago, OwenBrooks said: that repair utility will break the launcher , will arrange for that file to be deleted , if you want to refresh the launcher files run the setup over the top of the install https://swtor-a.akamaihd.net/installer/SWTOR_setup.exe Sorry about that, the link I used to fix my new setup was actually https://cdn-www.swtor.com/sites/all/files/webassets/launcher/LauncherRepairUtilityU2021.0.27.exe. I got the wrong link when I attempted to fix the older system... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwenBrooks Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 4 minutes ago, JohanGill said: Sorry about that, the link I used to fix my new setup was actually https://cdn-www.swtor.com/sites/all/files/webassets/launcher/LauncherRepairUtilityU2021.0.27.exe. I got the wrong link when I attempted to fix the older system... these repair utilities should not be used anymore period, they were for the 32bit launcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanGill Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 minutes ago, OwenBrooks said: these repair utilities should not be used anymore period, they were for the 32bit launcher Well, I had to use it to make my fresh install on my brand new system work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwenBrooks Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) 3 minutes ago, JohanGill said: Well, I had to use it to make my fresh install on my brand new system work. some brand new systems need to update the C++ packages https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe that should be it and for new systems that the launcher works and pressing play nothing happens they need the legacy directx files https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=35 edit: installing by steam installs these packages, then the standalone package works too Edited January 5 by OwenBrooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanGill Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) In any case I don't have current issues that match this thread anymore, so I'll open something new about the problem on the older system, once I get around to explore it further. A simple rerun of the install exe was not enough anyway. Edited January 5 by JohanGill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwenBrooks Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 technical issues forum is at https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Technical/bd-p/star-wars-the-old-republic-en this bug report forum is for ingame bugs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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