Star Wars: The Old Republic

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Star Wars: The Old Republic

Developers
2011-2023	BioWare
2023-present	Broadsword Online Games
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
	LucasArts
Engines
	HeroEngine
Release dates
Windows	December 20, 2011
Reception
Metacritic	85
IGDB	85
Taxonomy
Monetization	Free-to-play, Subscription
Microtransactions	Currency, Loot box
Modes	Multiplayer
Pacing	Persistent
Genres	MMORPG
Themes	Sci-fi, Space
Series	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

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

Star Wars: The Old Republic is a multiplayer MMORPG game in the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series.

General information

Community Website

Steam Community Discussions

EA Support

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Official website
Origin		Deluxe Pack also available.
Steam

Owning any retail or digital version gives a one-month subscription and permanent Preferred status, including permanent access to all expansions; see Features for details.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Free-to-play	Originally requiring a subscription, the game went free to play on November 15, 2012 with numerous gameplay restrictions.
Subscription	Premium plans are available in a 30, 60 or 90 day recurring subscription, or for a 60 day a one time purchase that provide numerous benefits such as access to all released expansions, reduced gameplay restrictions and a monthly allowance of Cartel Coins.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Rise of the Hutt Cartel	Free to all players
Galactic Starfighter	Free to all players
Galactic Strongholds	Free to all players
Shadow of Revan	Free to all players
Knights of the Fallen Empire	Only available to subscribers, stays available after the subscription ends.
Knights of the Eternal Throne	Only available to subscribers, stays available after the subscription ends.
Onslaught	Only available to subscribers, stays available after the subscription ends.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Boost	Level boosts
Cosmetic	Cosmetics such as armor, pets, weapons and mounts can be purchsined using Cartel Coins in the in-game Cartel Market.
Currency	Cartel Coins were added with the free to play update, and is a real money purchaser that can be spent in the in-game Cartel Market to purchase cosmetics, boosts, loot boxes and unlocks.
Free-to-grind	The game can be played for free up until level 60, before requiring a purchase or subscribe to access the expansions.
Infinite spend	Cartel Coins can be purchased without limit
Loot box	Cartel Packs can be purchased from the in-game Cartel Market which contain a chance to drop various types of cosmetics.
Player trading	Some items purchased off the Cartel Market can be bought and sold in the in-game player marketplace.
Time-limited	Packs made available in the in-game Cartel Market will get retired and may come back at a later date.
Unlock	The in-game Cartel Market contains numerous unlocks for services such as name changes, races, character slots and perks, and removing certain gameplay restrictions.

Essential improvements

Disable Bitraider

Bitraider can cause major network and performance issues, including having to redownload the game every time you play.^{[citation needed]}

Follow this guide
Notes The entire game will have to be redownloaded upon uninstalling Bitraider (>40GB), but after that only future updates will need to be downloaded Bitraider isn't present in the Steam version of the game. As of 2019, Bitraider is no longer included in any version of the game, thus this suggestion can be ignored.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\SWTOR\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1286830/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Use Widescreen Fixer to fix HUD placement.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD			Edit configuration files to increase global UI scaler beyond 1.25.
Field of view (FOV)		Calculated by desktop resolution, not render resolution. See WSGF.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Medium uses FXAA, High uses x2 MSAA, and Very High uses both. There is no Low option. TrSSAA has issues and TrMSAA doesn’t work.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		A double-buffered implementation.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Framerate is capped at 200 fps.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Uses operating system settings.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

General settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		The game uses 5.1 or 7.1 if available. No in-game settings.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Can be changed in Settings.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				American and Canadian.
French
Canadian French
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	80, 8995, 12000-12999, 20000-30000

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.

Missing textures on some AMD GPU's

Turn down ingame Anti Aliasing to either Medium or Off
Turning the ingame Anti-aliasing (AA) to either Medium or Off will fix missing textures such as the lightsaber's blade.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

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)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+
System memory (RAM)	6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	75 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 610 AMD Radeon HD 7450 Intel HD 3000