Skellig Gra
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Ok well this is a good thing, this is what I have and I've been in for 3 days. Your account is properly configured for early access. So whats going on with the game client?
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Ok well this is a good thing, this is what I have and I've been in for 3 days. Your account is properly configured for early access. So whats going on with the game client?
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Deleted member 47027
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Installer for client runs, extracts, and then nothin' - I've messed with my firewall and more, running as administrator, lots of different things with no dice. So this will be what I work on all afternoon
Skellig Gra
Member
Installer for client runs, extracts, and then nothin' - I've messed with my firewall and more, running as administrator, lots of different things with no dice. So this will be what I work on all afternoon
There is a "repair install" option under settings, did you try that?
Edit: Or does it not even open?
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Doesn't even open. I've dug the setup files out of the temp directory as well and nothing happens. I'm still researching to see why. Wah ;( But thanks guys, so far
Skellig Gra
Member
Doesn't even open. I've dug the setup files out of the temp directory as well and nothing happens. I'm still researching to see why. Wah ;( But thanks guys, so far
Only other thing I can suggest is to re-download the whole thing. Start from scratch.
Felix Lighter
Member
Installer for client runs, extracts, and then nothin' - I've messed with my firewall and more, running as administrator, lots of different things with no dice. So this will be what I work on all afternoon
Does it just crash? Do you happen to have RadeonPro or D3Doverrider running in the back ground? I had to close both to get the installer to run.
HarryDemeanor
Member
Do you have an older version of the client installed?
Azzurri
Member
This is why I'm still playing it, my attention span for MMO's lately have been about a day or two before I stop playing.
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Deleted member 47027
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Got my launcher running. No real explanation to why, but I had to pretty much manually extract everything since the swtor_setup.exe wasn't extracting everything properly. Yeesh. But now I'm a-patchin and it looks like I'll have my balls on for tonight!
Thanks to everyone in this thread, you guys are all treats and wonderful things for the help
Thanks to everyone in this thread, you guys are all treats and wonderful things for the help
Felix Lighter
Member
Got my launcher running. No real explanation to why, but I had to pretty much manually extract everything since the swtor_setup.exe wasn't extracting everything properly. Yeesh. But now I'm a-patchin and it looks like I'll have my balls on for tonight!
Thanks to everyone in this thread, you guys are all treats and wonderful things for the help
If you are running the launcher from your Temp folder, it may not work. I believe the initial installer does more than simply extract the files into the temp directory. I'd give the full installer another shot with every unneeded background application closed.
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Deleted member 47027
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Check what I just went through last page - if you preordered with Origin, on the swtor.com forums, go to My Account, then Pre-Order and download the installer for the launcher. If the installer runs and then nothing happens, go into the username\appdata\temp\installswtor directory and manually extract the launcher and run it and you should be good.
Skellig Gra
Member
Got my launcher running. No real explanation to why, but I had to pretty much manually extract everything since the swtor_setup.exe wasn't extracting everything properly. Yeesh. But now I'm a-patchin and it looks like I'll have my balls on for tonight!
Thanks to everyone in this thread, you guys are all treats and wonderful things for the help
It's an MMO we're all in this together. Glad you got it going.
Skellig Gra
Member
Yeah, shouldn't be too much at all.
Cool, thanks. I don't suppose they do separate cards you can buy for a month at a time or something like WoW?
They will, yes.
MGHA
Member
Ok i got the launcher up but now its asking for my Library card number LOL. Whatever that is. Looks like im stuck for now.
Skellig Gra
Member
Yeah those are available for SWTOR.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0067G55XS/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Edit: Beaten!
Skellig Gra
Member
The security key? That should be optional.
MGHA
Member
Its some kind of security question. I have no idea what I put, never even had a library card. It cant be any other question on my account, no. It has to be this one.
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Is there a way to force a different question?
Skellig Gra
Member
go to swtor.com and edit your security questions?
MGHA
Member
I tried, but I need to enter the Library Card number to be able to do that LOL
Thanks! I have so much to play but I'm strangely compelled to play this. Ugh. I don't even really like Star Wars.
You probably entered that at some point as a secret question.
Skellig Gra
Member
Are you on your home computer? It usually only asks those questions if you are logging in from a different IP address than usual.
MGHA
Member
Yeah I am, but I made the account on my laptop that's not currently with me right now.
Skellig Gra
Member
Thats your best bet to getting around this thing.
You guys should have joined the NeoGAF server -- I haven't spent more than 1 minute in a queue, and apparently both Goon Squad and Alea Iacta Est are on this server, if General Chat chatter is to be believed.
Where is the special VIP area for people that got the Collector's Edition (Empire side)? I wanna see if it's worth the extra $70 for all this junk...
Where is the special VIP area for people that got the Collector's Edition (Empire side)? I wanna see if it's worth the extra $70 for all this junk...
I got my invite at 10 this morning.
Getting off work early at around 4.
Unfortunately, I had a "transmission malfunction" come up on my car on the way to work so god knows how long I'm going to be dealing with that.
I guess the good news is at least I'll have something to keep me occupied even if I have no car over the weekend.
Getting off work early at around 4.
Unfortunately, I had a "transmission malfunction" come up on my car on the way to work so god knows how long I'm going to be dealing with that.
I guess the good news is at least I'll have something to keep me occupied even if I have no car over the weekend.
oktarb
Member
Leveling seems a little lop sided. Could just be a perspective thing but it seemed to take me 6 or so hours to get my Bounty Hunter to lvl 11 while I got a Sith Warrior up to 11 in like 3 hours. Plus the Sith Warrior have twice as many dark/light side points and way more companion points.
StriKeVillain
Banned
Who are these people, I've seen a couple rocking that guild on KV.
Arrowgigantic
Member
It'll be a significant amount, because the discs were made long ago, but the game is ~20GB so even a multi-GB patch would be faster if you first install from discs.
SomethingAwful folks. Typically a mega guild, cocks of the finest order.
i dont feel the gameplay. Its very "by the numbers". Movement and fighting is kind of floaty, as is the skill execution. It doesnt feel right.
Cant feel exited for character development (+10 damage to skill every other level) either, or the extremly streamlined zone design.
The world reminds me more of bioware's last games like mass effect or dragon age: closed spaces, and lots of tunnels. Not something i would have expected from an MMO.
I'm not really a star wars fan. I can appreciate the francise, but dont follow it closely. The only thing keeping me playing so far is the story. Didnt thing i would ever say that about a MMO.
Verdict so far: bioware should have made a few single player KOTOR sequels instead.
Cant feel exited for character development (+10 damage to skill every other level) either, or the extremly streamlined zone design.
The world reminds me more of bioware's last games like mass effect or dragon age: closed spaces, and lots of tunnels. Not something i would have expected from an MMO.
I'm not really a star wars fan. I can appreciate the francise, but dont follow it closely. The only thing keeping me playing so far is the story. Didnt thing i would ever say that about a MMO.
Verdict so far: bioware should have made a few single player KOTOR sequels instead.
Skellig Gra
Member
Got my origins code and set up my subscription. Hopefully no issues for me on launch day. Went with the 3 month reccuring subscription, seemed like the best deal, who knows how long I'll actually play for.
The worlds open up and get larger as you go on. Taris for instance is very open compared to Coruscant, and Tatooine is just huge. The environments also vary depending on the planet you are on, the problem is they planets you start are the capital city which really is just a bunch of corridors and buildings, instead of making it a maze, they streamlined it, and 'starter' tutorial worlds which are smaller because nothing much happens there after you leave them. Furthermore the starter planets are faction only places so they can get away with tight corridors as a world setting, but once you get off those worlds PvP comes into play (If you are on a PVP server) so they made those worlds a lot more open compared to the starter worlds.
oktarb
Member
I feel you on the progression aspect. The skill trees are a major snooze fest. I hope they change. Most MMOs go through a series of changes on the skill trees so I expect the same here but not for awhile.
The main draw is the story and universe.
It basically is KOTOR but you have the option to group and chat. Ever notice ow easy it is to turn chat off. There's a reason for that. You can play the entire game solo and in your story if you want.
Got my CE from Amazon. Applied my serial and logged in. The droid IMO is fairly weak. It doesnt look like the classic Mouse Droid design, or the one i see rolling around in certain areas of the game. It's a new style mouse droid. I'm bummed. I feel bad for people that really wanted the CE for that, because it's not worth the hype. In the end i think the lvl 25 vehicle will be the highlight of the ingame items, and perhaps the VIP Lounge if the vendors in there have cool stuff.
A few things really bug me about the CE. First, those shitty stickers that hold the cover on that rip up the top when you take them off. Looks shitty. The map is fucking garbage. Paper? And instead of the "known galaxy" is should read "playable galaxy". This thing will be out of date by the first expansion.
Regardless, the sweet steelbook case and in game items still make it worth it for me personally. And the journal, while not something I'm super interested in, is well made.
Regardless, the sweet steelbook case and in game items still make it worth it for me personally. And the journal, while not something I'm super interested in, is well made.
Anyone here able to link me to some early, mid, and endgame looking content for an assassin route? I won't be able to play the beta, so I was curious to see how the game and that class shapes up over time.
I played a Warrior in WoW mostly, and a Samurai as well as Monk in Final Fantasy XI. I'd like to go a hand to hand class route here, but it doesn't seem they have that, so I'm fine with more of a warrior easy peesy to play DPS that looks bad ass at higher levels.
Thanks if anyone links me a few vids. I'm really curious about this game and will probably buy it in January if I like what I see.
No one?
