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Star Wars: The Old Republic [Releasing Date: Dec 20 NA/EU - NDA Lifted]

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Emitan

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Dunlop said:
Myself and my buddy got our invites (for a whopping 3 days), in Canada so I expect more are coming out.

Of course this happens the on day I am rushed and do not check my e-mail from home.

Is there any one that can give me a cheat sheet of how to download the client after logging into the site? I want to call my wife after to start it this morning so there will be a chance I can play tonight, if I can't explain it in a few sentences I am fooked :p

The site is brutal navigating on my phone and I am firewalled at work.
Get her to install Teamviewer on your computer and access your computer from your phone.
 

Deadly

Member
Morning now and it still won't start patching...
EDIT:Setting upload to unlimited fixed it. Geez they really didn't think of the people that have a bandwidth cap.
 

Moaradin

Member
Belfast said:
Sadly, this is about the most interesting part of the entire planet.

I don't like city planets in general. Dromund Kaas is much, MUCH better than Coruscant. One of the main reasons I'm considering going empire. Their capital is so much better.
 

Dunlop

Member
Billychu said:
Get her to install Teamviewer on your computer and access your computer from your phone.


I deal with a lot of very confidential info at my job and signed an agreement that I would not allow remote access to my home PC, which they paid for.

It's wife by proxy or I need to wait until tonight and with slow ass DSL download speeds
 

anod1zed

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I've found that bribing the wife works wonders. Mention anything involving dinner, haircuts, or shoes and they instantly turn into IT Admins. Seriously... it's like a gear locks into place and they are hacking level 4 terminals and shit. Ok, maybe I've been playing too much Deus Ex.
 

Dunlop

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oh she'll do it but if it becomes too many steps I might not have a functioning PC when I get home :p

I managed to get on their forums with my phone so think I have the steps:

logon to SWTOR.com then goto SWTOR.com\tester and dl the client

any ballpark figure of the size of the client?
 

Luigi87

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Dunlop said:
oh she'll do it but if it becomes too many steps I might not have a functioning PC when I get home :p

I managed to get on their forums with my phone so think I have the steps:

logon to SWTOR.com then goto SWTOR.com\tester and dl the client

any ballpark figure of the size of the client?

107MB for client, just over 38GB for all files.
 

zlatko

Banned
I really want to play this beta already to make a purchasing decision. My wallet is already booked for other games this holiday season, but if I like the beta I'm willing to forsake one of those games for this.

EA/Bioware y u no want my money? :(
 

Dunlop

Member
damn, well there goes that.

giving a 72 hour window for a beta while with the expectation of downloading a 38GB file is a little brutal. That will take at least a fricken day at 5mbps
 

CAW

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The weekend beta is 27.2 GB. I downloaded it last night. Everything is finished the folder is 27.2 GB. I'm not sure if the 38GB download is for a different version of the beta, or if there will be a patch or what but as of right now it's saying everything is good to go and I'm just waiting until they open everything up this evening.
 

Luigi87

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CAW said:
The weekend beta is 27.2 GB. I downloaded it last night. Everything is finished the folder is 27.2 GB. I'm not sure if the 38GB download is for a different version of the beta, or if there will be a patch or what but as of right now it's saying everything is good to go and I'm just waiting until they open everything up this evening.

You're right, that seems to be all I downloaded too.
I was just citing 38GB from what it said was required.
Interesting...
 

Sigfodr

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Dunlop said:
oh she'll do it but if it becomes too many steps I might not have a functioning PC when I get home :p

I managed to get on their forums with my phone so think I have the steps:

logon to SWTOR.com then goto SWTOR.com\tester and dl the client

any ballpark figure of the size of the client?
It should be fairly straightforward, to make it easier for the computer illiterate. Just send her to swtor.com/tester and everything should pop up easily enough. No one in the beta may be saying anything due to NDA. The odds of her destroying her computer are unlikely. Oh, and have her delete system32.

zlatko said:
I really want to play this beta already to make a purchasing decision. My wallet is already booked for other games this holiday season, but if I like the beta I'm willing to forsake one of those games for this.

EA/Bioware y u no want my money? :(
Pre-order CE at GameStop, get pre-order code (still available for CE). Return later to cancel and get $25 deposit back (or put towards whatever you were going to buy). Pre-order code is still valid. Play early access. If you liked it, buy it, if copies are still available.

Alternatively, preorder CE, get code, drop down to standard later on so you can get $20 back. Copy reserved, try game with early access, and buy it if you want. If not, cancel and get $5 back.
 

ZeroEdge

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Sweet got my Invite last night, game is almost done downloading...once I'm out of work time to sign on :D

Any Gaf guilds set up for the weekend test?
 

Dunlop

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So cruel, I literally am stuck at home tonight with squat to do and them am batshit crazy busy all weekend....and my download will definately not be done until tomorrow

wah!

Once you get in a beta, are you more than likely to be in future ones?
 

antonz

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Dunlop said:
So cruel, I literally am stuck at home tonight with squat to do and them am batshit crazy busy all weekend....and my download will definately not be done until tomorrow

wah!

Once you get in a beta, are you more than likely to be in future ones?
Weekend Beta invites are one and done invites unless they decide to change it later on. You could theorectically get a full invite maybe but im pretty sure full invites are done for North America.

And for poor Europe it looks like invites are likely delayed til next week
 

gatti-man

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Dunlop said:
So cruel, I literally am stuck at home tonight with squat to do and them am batshit crazy busy all weekend....and my download will definately not be done until tomorrow

wah!

Once you get in a beta, are you more than likely to be in future ones?
well if you have nothing to do come work for me! My beta is fully loaded :D
 

Dunlop

Member
gatti-man said:
well if you have nothing to do come work for me! My beta is fully loaded :D

; )

I even got the e-mail last night, no freaking idea why I didn't check...I always am checking my e-mails. Obviously someone influenced my weak mindedness

What I've learned from this is the production client better be patchable from this or be available 2 days before the early headstart.......
 

gatti-man

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Dunlop said:
; )

I even got the e-mail last night, no freaking idea why I didn't check...I always am checking my e-mails. Obviously someone influenced my weak mindedness

What I've learned from this is the production client better be patchable from this or be available 2 days before the early headstart.......
I would think that is their plan since I cant imagine they like the idea of distroing 28gb millions of times as opposed to just patching existing clients.
 

Pat

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My patcher is stuck at "Veryfing Main Assets 2 99%". I just tried to re-open it and all I have is the install interface without a single word in it.

Screw you Bioware. I have a 60gb limit.
 

deduce

Member
I logged into my email, saw one email labeled BETA, opened only to find a beta for a different game. :-( I Initially enrolled for the beta 10/09, doubt I'm ever getting in.
 

Morn

Banned
gatti-man said:
I would think that is their plan since I cant imagine they like the idea of distroing 28gb millions of times as opposed to just patching existing clients.

No MMO has ever patched the CLOSED BETA client for retail. You always have to download a new launch client for open beta/headstart.
 

steadfast

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Morn said:
No MMO has ever patched the CLOSED BETA client for retail. You always have to download a new launch client for open beta/headstart.

Thankfully, the client is tiny. Assets won't change [much] and are the biggest part.
 

Kintaro

Worships the porcelain goddess
No invite for me yet? =( I'm a sad Jedi Guardian.How am I supposed to learn how to tank for the GAF guild without getting training in ASAP? =)
 

gatti-man

Member
Morn said:
No MMO has ever patched the CLOSED BETA client for retail. You always have to download a new launch client for open beta/headstart.
Has any mmo ever stayed closed this long or been this large?
 

antonz

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gatti-man said:
Has any mmo ever stayed closed this long or been this large?
No but they have stated they will be giving people access ahead of headstart to begin downloading. The reason for never patching beta clients retail is to make sure no residual bugs are left in the files.

Its also why they are staggering access as far as headstart. Stagger access means staggered downloads. It will be interesting to see how long headstart really is since they are staggering access to it based on when you registered preorder
 

Dunlop

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deduce said:
I logged into my email, saw one email labeled BETA, opened only to find a beta for a different game. :-( I Initially enrolled for the beta 10/09, doubt I'm ever getting in.

I signed up in 2009, first invite and it's only for a weekend
 

Morn

Banned
gatti-man said:
Has any mmo ever stayed closed this long or been this large?

SWG technically did as they kept the NDA until the night the game went live. And hey, that was a Rich Vogel game too!
 
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