Henyk Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 It happens today morning first time : launcher infinitely crashing then selfrestarting while "checking for updates" every 1-2 sec. Any ideas? About compatibility: I'm still run under Windows 7SP1 and never had sush issues before, what happened this night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyzra Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Heyho, I have the same issue. Just noticed 10 minutes ago or something. I play on Windows 11, never had an issue before too. Also I installed the Test-server 2 days ago. (or 3 days? not exactly sure on that point). Once started I also can't get the launcher to stop with "searching for updates" closing, opening up again and searching for updates again. It's in a 1-2 second interval, as OP above described. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyzra Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Allright! Fixed it! Thanks @Halasfor the tip! Everyone having this issue: Rightclick your launcher - Settings - compatibility Set it to Windows 8. If it's greyed out, check the box and select Windows 8 manually. Even if it says, it runs on Windows 8. Mine was already set on that, but I just reselected it and now it's fine. Guess somewhere around the way my PC or the launcher got confused Would do a screenshot, but mine is in German so it probably won't help that much^^ Hope my instructions are clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henyk Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 Unfortunately setting "compatibility with 8" in Windows 7 is impossible by obvious reason 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeinor Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 I switched the launcher to "Windows 8" compatibility mode, but nothing changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desplain Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Same problem here since Monday! I reported it in another launcher thread yesterday. I'm using Windows 11 Home Edition. JakieKo we need a reaction to this severe problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warnark Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 I have the same issue, launcher isn't working anymore, was fine yesterday, what's going ooooo :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming_Ziva Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 I had this issue yesterday. Ended up just letting it open and close for about 5 minutes and then it eventually fixed itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char_Ell Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 This just happened to me this morning. I started the SWTOR launcher (not Steam version) and it opened then closed after just a second or two. It repeated this several times before it finally stopped. Core: Ver. 2.1.0, Lib: v1.0.0.0 is what the settings button on my launcher currently shows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Post CommunityTeam Posted May 9, 2023 Dev Post Share Posted May 9, 2023 Hi folks, Thanks for the reports regarding the launcher. Due to a launcher update issue, a few players can encounter a looping issue: When opening the SWTOR launcher it opens and closed several times in a row. Players need to let the launcher go into the loop as it will fix by itself. Do not hesitate to answer to this thread if your issue is now fixed and if you still encounter the issue, we invite you to send the content of the following link: http://cdn-d6patch.swtor.com/swtor/launcher/alias.json to support@swtor.com. Be sure to use the following title: Looping issue with the SWTOR launcher, include your account name and use the email address associated with your account name. EDIT: removed CDN link troublshooting step 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HISPANION Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 For me is not even looping, and is not even working, it appears as a background process in the task manager and never starts the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warnark Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Same here, no loops, not even working, responding... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venturax Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) Solution: as yesterday some players including me on my ops team we all had this issue, i manage to fix it for everyone really easy. - First, make sure launcher isnt open on task manager. - Go to the swtor folder, delete "Launcher.settings" - Go to the swtor>retailclient> and delete: "retailclient.swtor.metafile.json" - Go back to the default swtor folder, right click on the launcher there (don't use your swtor shortcut from desktop) right click and run as admin,. It will fix. let me know if this helped. Edited May 9, 2023 by Venturax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warnark Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Venturax, I did everything you mentionned and it still didn't launch sadly. Nothing happens 😥 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warnark Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) AH! I figured it out!! In my SWTOR folder, I opened the "SWTOR_setup" file. Something came and it gave me the option to "Repair". I clicked on it, let it do it's thing and with that, the launcher works again! Thanks to all for the time and help on this 😁 Hope my advice helps! Edited May 9, 2023 by Warnark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValaraukarU Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 This also happened to me this morning. Clicking the launcher results in a long delay followed by an error message "Host_WindowLoadTimeout". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HISPANION Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) I try everything you said and nothing works for me 🫠 and the SWTOR_setup doesn't appear on my PC, I don't have that file Edited May 9, 2023 by HISPANION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValaraukarU Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 34 minutes ago, ValaraukarU said: This also happened to me this morning. Clicking the launcher results in a long delay followed by an error message "Host_WindowLoadTimeout". I have tried compatibility, resetting json files, and repairing the game (downloaded the installer), uninstall and reinstall and so far nothing has worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaclaCrystle Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 My launcher is still checking for updates for over an hour now, apparently it is not correcting itself. Last month after the update I could not get in for 2 days and I followed all the troubleshooting suggestions and nothing worked. They did a patch and then it was fixed. it dawned on me that it was not my computer which played the game with no problems, but it is the launcher that is not working. Please fix the launcher or create a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namttag Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 I'm also experiencing the issue where the launcher popped up, said it was updating for a bit, then exited and won't launch again. The icon appears in the task tray for a few seconds then disappears. I did see that there is an exception being generated by CEF in the event log, I suspect this is related: Faulting application name: launcher.exe_Star Wars - The Old Republic Launcher, version: 6.1.2.80, time stamp: 0x63d3414e Faulting module name: libcef.dll, version: 103.0.11.0, time stamp: 0x62bf8a9a Exception code: 0x80000003 Fault offset: 0x06691afe Faulting process id: 0x830 Faulting application start time: 0x01d982924f256286 Faulting application path: D:\Games\Star Wars-The Old Republic\launcher.exe Faulting module path: D:\Games\Star Wars-The Old Republic\libcef.dll Report Id: fd4c8e98-a4d9-4564-b6f0-4af89af273aa Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Post JackieKo Posted May 9, 2023 Dev Post Share Posted May 9, 2023 Hi everyone, The team is also suggesting the following fix for this issue: Download the SWTOR installer from here Run it and click on Repair. It should look like this This should update the launcher directly. After the process is complete, open the launcher as normal. Please let us know if you continue to experience this issue after following the above steps. Thanks! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HISPANION Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 It solved something at last! but the launcher dialog screen appears kinda cut, I don't have the buttons to press play https://imgur.com/a/GFEI85h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaclaCrystle Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 This did not fix my launcher. It's still stuck on looking for updates and I can't even close it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euroDSMtuner Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 No issues here. Started up just as it should. Asus MBO Z690 Intel i9-12900k 3.19 GHz Nvidia GeForce Aorus RTX 3090 WD SN850 NVMe 2TB SSD Kingston 128GB DDR4 RAM CORSAIR 1000w PSU Windows 10, 64-bit 22H2 Nvidia Driver 528.49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyMenzies Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 37 minutes ago, HISPANION said: It solved something at last! but the launcher dialog screen appears kinda cut, I don't have the buttons to press play https://imgur.com/a/GFEI85h I am having a similar issue unfortunately, and cannot get rid of the Recent Updates overlay when I log in.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FvtDUCLaEAARHYy?format=jpg&name=largehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/FvtDUCQagAAsvBP?format=jpg&name=large Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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