start with updating the intel video driver - https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/88355/Intel-HD-Graphics-520
then try using the intel video to load the game instead of the nvidia card and see if any change
Went ahead and tried this. Even though it seemed a bit backwards not to use the dedicated GPU, I'm just about willing to try anything.
There was one update the built in Intel Card did, but when I assigned the game to run using it, the game did not like that for lack of a better phrase. >_>;; It froze up a bunch just adjusting the window size, and took longer to load overall. I got to the character screen as usual, and it crashed during the loading just like it did using the NVIDIA card.
open a command prompt as administrator and type
sfc /scannow
this is to try and address the below issue listed in the dxdiag , see if it fixes all errors it finds
Event Name: StoreAgentScanForUpdatesFailure0not sure if related but needs doing
apart from the one crash listed with swtor and no cause , the intel wifi app ZeroConfigService.exe is listed crashing along with the nvidia NVDisplay.Container.exe
not sure why though
you can press the windows key and type reliability and open the reliability history , see if any other details is there that may help
Sorry for the late response, had to sleep (I work nights), and then the PC had to do the secondary monthly updates. (No change on the game after the fact btw.)
I did the scan, and it said it repaired what it found, but still no change. I'm assuming the SWTOR crash with no cause was me having to force close it at some point or another (sometimes it doesn't like to close without a sharp kick in the butt).
I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking for in the Reliability Monitor, but it seems like nothing out of the ordinary (bear in mind the laptop is definitely aging): forced shutdown on May 19th because it was frozen on the login screen, something with Windows Drivers Foundation May 4th, which makes sense because I had to uninstall the battery driver to get it to reinstall since it wasn't charging. Only one I'm not sure I recognize is something to do with Windows Shell experience on May 7th. I had already been on SWTOR after that date though, without this issue. Attached a file with the information for the Windows Shell Experience just in case.
