Re: swtor not launching 4.2a

@joeee_zafah

This thread here is what led me to believe driver related 

Try this 

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 and ensure the following are displayed within 

Fullscreen = false
D3DFullScreen = true
RefreshRate = 60

Check NativeHeight, NativeWidth, Height and Width ( all 4 ) match your monitor resolution.

Save and close the file.
Start the game as normal.

I'm not entirely sure what does what, but on my old laptop I had to constantly uninstall the intel graphics driver.

Here is the info you requested!  http://hastebin.com/duhifoxaxo.tex

Thank you!

@joeee_zafah

Try 

Install this Intel Driver here

Reboot etc

then install this Nvidia Driver here

Ensure the game is set to use the Nvidia Card and not the Intel Card

also try my previous post 

Ah, very nice, very close, the only thing that I had to change was the fullscreen to false.

One thing though is that the windows task bar doesn't disappear.

@joeee_zafah

Right mouse click on the taskbar and select properties and tick "auto hide the taskbar" see if that helps

Ok, did the autohide taskbar and there's a blank bar at the bottom of the page.

I suppose I can try these driver links, but I'm not sure how to set swtor to ignore intel / recognize nvidia.

@joeee_zafah

Can you post the contents of the client_setting file here

Most should select the Nvidia card within the nvidia control panel program list look for swtor profile and set it to use performance card

@joeee_zafah

Try this change below by switching to

D3DFullScreen = false

FullScreen = true

Then ensure the Native Height Native Width , Height and Width match the monitor resolution

ensure the below is set as well

WindowX = 0
WindowY = 0

I posted the client file below, Also found the nvidia control panel and had it detect for swtor before, but all I can do is optimize for it?  Not sure if that's what you mean, however I have been running the game on ultra previously.

[Renderer]
AllowColorRemapping = true
AllowDepthOfField = true
AmbientNPCCount = 35  <--- delete this line
D3DFullScreen = false
doBlobShadows = true
doShadows = true
DYDDrawDistancePreset = 2
EnableBloom = true
GraphicsDeviceId = 5080
GraphicsQuality = 6
Height = 1080
NativeHeight = 1080
NativeWidth = 1920
PerfTestFlags = 4702080
PlantDensity = 100
RefreshRate = 60
ShaderSet = 9
SpeedTreeDistanceScale = 1.25
TextureAnisotropy = 16
TextureQuality = 0
VerticalSyncState = true
Width = 1920
WindowX = 0
WindowY = 0
CodeVersionChanged = false
LastCodeVersionRun = 1
MeshLODQuality = 1
AntiAliasingLevel = 4
AtlasQuality = 0
ShadowMapNumCascades = 8
ShadowMapResolution = 1024
FullScreen = true

[Game]
MoviesFolder = ..\..\Movies
SwtorRegKey = SOFTWARE\BioWare\Star Wars - The Old Republic

@joeee_zafah

I am going by memory here, but i think in the below area is where there should be a setting to select performance card on a laptop

@joeee_zafah

Found an example picture

Yes, nice, I finally found the setting in the control panel in the mean time, but your posts are very thorough!!

It appears swtor is running great now!!

@joeee_zafah

Great to Hear things are good now, happy to help and happy playing now 🙂

Need more tweaking let me know if gameplay isnt smooth

I just gotta say first you guys are incredible for how much you help us with these problems to make our lives easier and I'm so grateful.

On another note I am noticing something weird.

When i turn left or right there is some transparent line that starts at the center of my character and goes to the upper left of the screen diagonally.

Swtor def didn't do this before and it was happening on Hoth so I thought I'll go to my ship, but it does it there too!

@joeee_zafah

Maybe it is screen tearing from vsynch ? just initial thought

First though go back into the swtor profile in the nvidia control panel and adjust pre-rendered frames to 1 and see if this makes any difference to what you are seeing or it may help gameply if no change just set it back to 3

other then that go back into the client_settings file and turn off vsynch and see 

VerticalSyncState = false

Yes!

VerticalSyncState = false

was the answer!

Phew, this game is a bear after updates, but it finally seems like everything is back to normal and even better than before.

I'll report back if anything starts looking weird, but I think we're good for now!