Can't launch SWTOR on WIN11
Hi. I recently upgraded to WIN11. I can't launch swtor, whether it is from steam or from directly downloaded version. Launcher is visible in Task Manager but that's about it. I've already went th...
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My Specs are 8th Gen I7, Nvidia 1050 TI and Windows 11 Pro
Starting the program would launch but never appear on the screen but it was running in Task Manager the only option here was to end task.
I tried all the offered trouble shooting steps including:
Compatability mode
Upgrading Nvidia drivers
re-installing direct x
I could not try the repair option as the launcher dialog box never appeared on the screen.
What finally did work, and yes I know this is drastic because you lose all your Interface settings.
I manually deleted all of the contents out of the installation directory then downloaded and re-installed the game.
After the game finished installing I could again play the game without issue. I hope this helps at least some of you.
I launched the game after a 7 year hiatus and had the same issue. figured it was graphics related so went into %localappdata%/swtor/swtor and changed my clientsettings.ini file
from
D3DFullScreen =true
to
D3DFullScreen =false
Launched with no trouble then. Not sure if this has been tried or not but worked for me. Hopefully it will work for some of you.
thanks a lot!
this worked for me.
But i had also edit the resolution in this file to my native ones, because they where to big.- @cyberfips same here.
The known info link https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Technical/INFO-Known-Information-and-Current-Alerts-29th-March-2023/m-p/4886775#M40174
provides the following
Some have found they have needed to install directx 9 legacy files https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=35
otherwise try installing C++ via https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe
Troubleshooting guide offers the following https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Technical/Guide-Game-failing-to-launch-on-Clicking-Play/m-p/4809830/highlight/true#M70795Press the [Windows] Key + [R] at the same time
Copy the following in to the text box and press ok
%localappdata%\swtor\swtor\settings
Open the client_settings.ini file in notepad and ensure the following are displayed within
Fullscreen = false D3DFullScreen = false RefreshRate = 60
Check NativeHeight, NativeWidth, Height and Width ( all 4 ) match your monitor resolution.
Save and close the file.
Start the game as normal.
Change graphic settings within the game as desired.
Your post is a few years old now but I still wanted to say thank you as changing that one thing got the game working for me on Win 11
What is the one thing that got the game working?
installed directx
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