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@PristineInsanity
As far as i am aware , both the steam install and standalone install use the same settings found in the appdata as seen in https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Technical/Guide-Game-failing-to-launch-on-Clicking-Play/m-p/4809830/highlight/true#M70795
So in theory it should not be a game setting issue , so that leaves the question what is different when running the standalone and steam , the only obvious thing steam is running but why would that be a cause on its own
Can see your running nvidia driver version 551.23 and the latest is 552.12 at https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/223954/en-us/
Maybe set the game in window mode via the steps in the guide, and and see if both the standalone and steam version are trying to start in window mode and if any change to crashing at start occurs
other standard things are to ensure swtor.exe etc in the steam install has its own exception in the antivirus etc
Updated drivers. Same issue
Please note that the game launches but crashes in the char select menu or in-game, always after like 30 seconds. It doesn't seem to be a launcher issue. Something is killing the process only when from steam. Not UAC, not WD... I have no clue; it's frustrating
- proxos6661 year agoHero+
Try doing a clean boot https://help.ea.com/au/help/faq/how-to-clean-boot-your-pc/ ( you will need to leave the steam strapper running i would think ) and see if any change
Not sure what else can affect the game, normally a cause of swtor crashing is a 3rd party overlay being inserted into the game on startup- 1 year ago
TLDR: disable this: https://prnt.sc/G_tgqOUnW128
FINALLY FIXED!!!
Oh God, a week troubleshooting and it was effing Discord!!
Did what you asked: disabled everything at launch, and it went fine. Loaded up the usual suspects (nVidia, Adobe, sound switchers, MSI, etc).
Everything fine. UNTIL I launch Discord, then after mere seconds, crash. I shut it down, load the game, goes fine. I load Discord, crash.
After some googling, apparently (careful, you're about to read some tinfoil stuff) Discord is ALWAYS ready to stream or it's streaming all the time.
Disabling all these settings makes the game work: https://prnt.sc/G_tgqOUnW128
Baffled, but solved. Leaving this open for whomever might encounter the same issue.
Many thanks, Proxos666!
- proxos6661 year agoHero+
Glad to hear you found the issue , great news