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Revision as of 02:10, 1 December 2018

Star Wars: The Old Republic
Star Wars: The Old Republic cover
Developers
BioWare
Publishers
Electronic Arts
LucasArts
Engines
HeroEngine
Release dates
Windows December 20, 2011
Star Wars: The Old Republic guide on StrategyWiki
Star Wars: The Old Republic on Wikipedia
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Subseries of Star Wars
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2003
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords 2005
Star Wars: The Old Republic 2011
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – Remake TBA

General information

Official Website
Community Website

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows
Official website
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Free to play
Windows
Origin
Origin
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Deluxe Pack also available.
Windows
Owning any retail or digital version gives a one-month subscription and permanent Preferred status; see Features for details.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\SWTOR\

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin

Video settings

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

General settings.
General settings.

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 80, 8995, 12000-12999
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Improving performance

Turn down shadows[citation needed]
Turning off shadows drastically increases the performance of the game, and can normally change the frame rate from unplayable to acceptable.

Character gets stuck (unable to move)

Use command[citation needed]
  • Type /stuck in the chat window if your character gets stuck in the environment.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

RAM Disk

This thread specifies how to implement a RAM Disk with Star Wars: The Old Republic.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP or Later
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better
System memory (RAM) 1.5 GB for XP; 2 GB for Vista, 7
Hard disk drive (HDD) 28 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
Shader model 3.0 support

References