New assets being downloaded after new launcher patch today?

I checked the size of my swtor folder and it says Size: 74 GB and Size on Disk: 34.9 GB. Is the game supposed to be this big?

Here's a screenshot of my game folder and the size of the 11 folders in the screenshot...

I had deleted the Assets and Movies folder from my game earlier but now I've managed to retrieve them. Is it possible to make the launcher detect these folders so that it doesn't download Main Assets 1 (11.6 GB) all over again?

@dejavu64541

🙂 you have goof'd your folder badly sorry to say....

31.5GB

31.5GB

716 Files, 18 Folders .....

http://answers.ea.com/t5/STAR-WARS-The-Old-Republic/Guide-quot-How-to-install-Swtor-Correctly-and-address-Windows-10/td-p/4851036

be glad it downloads anything, EVERY TIME and i mean EVERY TIME the launcher has an update it FAILS to automatically update. no if and's or buts, this in turn  put the launcher in endless crash and restart loop on the launcher.

To fix this I have to get the newest repair launcher. to fix this, never once have had issue with actual patches to the game it only the launcher updates that  always failing. Not using ST launcher, maybe one year BW might fix there launcher update process so it actual works, been doing this on multiple computers and multiple reinstall of the game and OS.

@DBWoodynz I discovered that the assets_swtor_main_0to219 and assets_swtor_main_0to220 were residual folders from before the launcher being patched. Deleting them brought the game folder size down.

Another question:

I had deleted the "Assets" and "Movies" folder but I managed to retrieve them. Will simply placing them back in the game folder suffice or do I have to do something else? Can I force the launcher to perform a repair so that it detects these folders that I have placed back and checks if everything is fine?

@tsunami2311 you sound like you may have a firewall or anti-virus issue?

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@dakshay95 wrote:

I had deleted the "Assets" and "Movies" folder but I managed to retrieve them. Will simply placing them back in the game folder suffice or do I have to do something else? Can I force the launcher to perform a repair so that it detects these folders that I have placed back and checks if everything is fine?

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You need not just the Assets folder but also the assets_swtor_*.version files so that the launcher can recognize which version you have installed.

You can try getting the current version files from a friend, then after logging in hit the repair button so it downloads any missing Assets. But I wouldn't recommend that since it is easier to just redownload the whole game from the start.

@Raidell With a 512 kbps connection, I'm better off getting the files from a friend. Btw, won't my swtor version file do? Also, the repair option is greyed out for me. How do I force a repair?

The repair button will only be clickable after logging in and the launcher is not doing any downloads/installs. Can you please send me a screenshot of your launcher so I can confirm that you have the correct version?

If you have the current version files, the launcher will not do any downloads and the repair button is clickable. During repair, you probably don't have to download 11 GB but you will definitely have to download for a few hours until that the game is fully fixed. Do NOT hit the Play button until you have repaired the game, otherwise you will be missing random files and you will get problems the next time there is a patch.

@RaidellI'm fairly sure that I have the correct version. It's currently downloading Main Assets 222 as you can see in the screenshot. The Assets and Movies folders that I retrieved are sitting in the game folder. I just need to make the launcher aware of their presence. Also, how many more assets do I have left to download after this one is done?