PLAY button isn't working for me
I've been playing SWTOR for barely over a year. I logged in for that big update a couple of months ago (which took a while) but didn't play, just exited once the download was complete. I haven't played since but wanted to a few days ago. The game had another update that I missed, so I did that. Afterwards, I logged in (entered my name and password). The yellow PLAY button highlighted, but I didn't hear the mechanical sound effect that usually alerts players that the game is ready to launch. I clicked on the PLAY button, it faded in color/was no longer highlighted, and nothing happened. I waited for a bit, but still, nothing happened. I logged out and tried again. I've done this off and on for 3 days now, and I still get the same result. Is anyone else having this issue? Can anyone lend me some advice?
try what is listed in the known issues sticky https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Technical/INFO-Known-Information-and-Current-Alerts-22nd-April-2023/m-p/4886775#M40174
Some players cant launch the game on pressing play on the release of the new launcher - https://forums.swtor.com/topic/928234-new-update-not-running-on-windows-10/?do=findComment&comment=9...
known workaround:
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 , all else fails install the game via steam
