Whenever I press "Play" on the SWTOR launcher, my computer freezes and lags significantly for around one to two minutes. My cursor moves at about one frame per second and I cannot use any other applications (cannot alt-tab, cannot speak on voice via Discord).
I have attached my dxdiag if needed.
I vaguely recall someone else having similar issue, I guess first have the game shortcut like below
Also end task on as much programs running in the background as much as possible before trying to start the game, eg MSI Afterburner etc
Open Task Manager and see if you can see what process is taking up system resources.
Is there any change between fullscreen , fullscreen (window) and window mode with this freeze ?
I gather the game is ok after this load issue ?
can you post the contents of the client_setting file , can be found per below
Press 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
Yes, the game plays fine after loading.
Here is the client_settings.ini file.
[Renderer]
AllowColorRemapping = true
AllowDepthOfField = true
doBlobShadows = true
doShadows = true
DYDDrawDistancePreset = 1
EnableBloom = true
FullScreen = true
GraphicsDeviceId = 26591
GraphicsQuality = 3
Height = 1080
NativeHeight = 1080
NativeWidth = 1920
PerfTestFlags = 4702080
PlantDensity = 100
RefreshRate = 144
ShaderSet = 9
SpeedTreeDistanceScale = 1.25
TextureAnisotropy = 16
TextureQuality = 0
VerticalSyncState = false
Width = 1920
AntiAliasingLevel = 2
MeshLODQuality = 1
WindowX = 0
WindowY = 0
D3DFullScreen = false
CodeVersionChanged = false
LastCodeVersionRun = 1
[Game]
MoviesFolder = ..\..\Movies
SwtorRegKey = SOFTWARE\BioWare\Star Wars - The Old Republic
May be worth trying the latest adrenaline driver at this link which does have fixes for directx 9 games like swtor or even dropping back to the last catalyst driver just to be sure this isnt video driver related
Release Notes in Spoiler
Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.1.1 Highlights
Resolved Issues
Known Issues
I dont see this as a widespread issue, I do recall someone a while ago with similar 1 to 2 minute freeze on launch but haven't found that thread yet and this is one person by memory
I run a 6700k with a 1080 and have no loading issue on the same windows 10 version you have.
While troubleshooting i would drop the monitor refresh rate back to 60 as well for now as well.
If this is occurring on the notepad what software is common maybe a good start
Can start with basics, have you run a game repair per this link
Antivirus have exceptions for the game etc
Can also run a clean boot per this link , if using bitraider you will need to leave all bitraider stuff enabled
Changed my refresh rate to 60hz - no solution.
Ran a game repair - no solution.
My antivirus is Windows Defender, added exceptions/changed settings - no solution.
Ran a clean boot - no solution.
I even installed DirectX9 manually as per the suggestion of another forum post - no solution.
This is rather unfortunate as SWTOR is the only application that causes this issue. I will continue to search for different solutions, but I do not believe the issue is caused on my end.
You could try a non streaming install per this link to take bitraider out of the equation , it sounds like something is interfering on startup hence it takes so long.
If this wasn't a local system issue every player would have this issue, but apart from recalling one other thread similar over the last few months , there are no others reporting this freeze on start.
The only thing i can see in the dxdiag is windows update had issues
+++ WER3 +++:
Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: StoreAgentScanForUpdatesFailure0
Can try opening a command prompt as administrator and type
sfc /scannow
see if it finds issues and can or cannot repair them
other then that your C-media driver is not WHQL qualified used with OriGen G2 , so disable just to be sure it isnt related.
