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Anonymous
10 years ago
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BitRaider

Does this really effect the download speed?  If so, can someone walk me through removing it?
  • Belgorad's avatar
    Belgorad
    10 years ago
    Bit raider means you are using the streaming version of the client which downloads as you play.

    It can effect speed among other things which is why a lot of people stop using it. Here are the instructions for removing it.

    right mouse click on game shortcut and select open file location

    open the launcher.settings file in notepad and locate the below line and edit to the below

    , "PatchingMode": "{ \"swtor\": \"SSN\" }"
    , "bitraider_disable": true

    SAVE the changes.
    Delete the BitRaider, Movie and Asset folders then start the launcher.

    A user Owenbrooks made this when the old customer service section was up.
Belgorad's avatar
Belgorad
Hero (Retired)
10 years ago
Bit raider means you are using the streaming version of the client which downloads as you play.

It can effect speed among other things which is why a lot of people stop using it. Here are the instructions for removing it.

right mouse click on game shortcut and select open file location

open the launcher.settings file in notepad and locate the below line and edit to the below

, "PatchingMode": "{ \"swtor\": \"SSN\" }"
, "bitraider_disable": true

SAVE the changes.
Delete the BitRaider, Movie and Asset folders then start the launcher.

A user Owenbrooks made this when the old customer service section was up.
  • ron_harmeling's avatar
    ron_harmeling
    10 years ago

    This method works, without any issue.

    Just a warning, it will redownload all of the games assets, which is about 25 GB downloads. So don't do this 5 minutes before your raid if to start.

    Download speeds are a lot higher without the BitRaider client.

  • Pelizone's avatar
    Pelizone
    6 years ago
    @Belgorad Besides speeding up the download speed will deleting the Movie and Asset folders affect gameplay?
    • Belgorad's avatar
      Belgorad
      Hero (Retired)
      6 years ago

      @Pelizone 

      No it will not affect gameplay it's just part of the process of switching to Non-SSN and ensure the download and update works correctly.

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