On this thread in the Bugs section of the forum people found a workaround: Set the launcher's (launcher.exe in the Star Wars - The Old Republic directory) compatibility to Windows XP SP 3. I did it and the game is working again for me.

Same bug here

Just did a quick solo run through on SM to get a feel for it. A few things: - Almost every mob unstealths you, I guess this is intended? - First couple bosses didn't seem to have many/any mechanics, not sure if they're still working on it or that's just story mode. 2nd boss just did a basic attack the whole time and sometimes the screen would fill with error messages which continued on every couple minutes for most of the flashpoint. - Heta Kol is way overtuned for SM. I went in with a level 50 Theron on heal and he would throw a sticky grenade on Theron at the start of the fight and kill him instantly, obviously I'd die soon after. Even if I taunted boss he would still eventually throw a grenade on Theron and he'd die from it. The grenade is cleansable so I guess this mechanic would be ok on a harder mode where you had a 4 man group w healer who could cleanse, but for sm this is ridiculous. Damage should be significantly lowered. Not sure if there is anything after that as I couldn't get past Heta

Hey all, I made some PVE guides for playing both Powertech DPS classes. Have progged the legacy NIM ops with these specs so in theory I have some knowledge of them. These are both current as of 6.1. Hopefully these are helpful Advanced Prototype: Pyrotech:

My girlfriend's computer had a similar issue, she hadnt logged in for a couple weeks so yesterday she got the 6.1.2 patch from last week and yesterdays update. Afterwords the game would just exit after hitting Play on the launcher. I spent a couple of hours going through all sorts of stuff before figuring out a fix. Tried deleting bitraider, even switching the settings file to turn bitraider off so that it redownloaded everything, but none of that helped. What I finally figured out is that they must have started using the newest version of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable, "2015-2019" (x86) in this patch. I noticed there is an .exe for it in the SWTOR folder (the path is something to the extent of: C:\Program FIles x86\Electronic Arts\bioware\Star Wars The Old Republic ... file is VC_redist.x86.exe), so it probably tries to install it at some point in the patching process. I also noticed that when trying to install it manually on her computer it would get an unknown error and fail to install. It would fail even if all other versions were uninstalled. Her computer is Windows 8.1 and has Windows Update turned off so it hasnt been updated like, ever. So ultimately the fix was that I had to turn on Windows update and allow it to pull a bunch of Windows 8.1 updates, then after being updated to a certain point I was able to successfully install the VIsual C++ Redistributable 2015-2019. After that was installed the game launched correctly. Keep in mind there are a ton of versions of the C++ Redistributable from all sorts of years, you need the "latest" one, and specifically the x86 version one which can be found here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads TL;DR: - Make sure you can install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2015-2019 x86 (it has to be this version of it) - If you can't, figure out why you can't. If its like our experience than you need to update Windows: go to Windows Update and install any updates that have Windows in the title. Apparently the install can also fail if there is a conflicting version of the Redistributable, possibly the 2015 or 2017 version which you may have to uninstall to get the 2015-2019 one to work. - After those have been installed, reboot and try to install Visual C++ Redistributable again Hopefully this can help someone, cause this was a pain in the *** to troubleshoot!

Missions are pretty cool,glad to see new content for Nar Shadaa Nightlife. - Mission set up is kind of confusing - you get the weekly with all the missions at once from the blue case/ terminal but then you have to get the individual missions one by one through completion, but it didn't seem like there was any indication you had to complete the first one to get more so I wasted a bunch of time looking for places to pick up the other missions. Additionally, the mission window doesn't give you any info on what you're supposed to do, it just says "complete the mission" or whatever - As others mentioned the Nar Shadaa and Mek'Sha missions never show as completed - The blue case / mission terminal is always clickable and offers the mission, even when you already have it - I like the Nar Shadaa And Mek'sha missions the best, however the enemies you fight are too weak- they all die in 1-2 hits so it doesn't feel like much of an accomplishment. Even the regular enemies in the area (at least where I was in NS) were slightly stronger. Would love to see them get a buff so it feels more substantial and not just like busy work. I do really like that if you choose not to take a cut you get ambushed by a bunch of guys. - Also concerned that on the mission where you have to remove people that it will be too farmed on the live server and you wont be able to find patrons. The mission itself is fine though. - I never got any Emperor tokens so I wasn't able to test the machine - I couldn't figure out what the buff(s) from drinking did? I do like that you die if you keep drinking lol - Sad that there are no big new rewards added this time (mount, companion, etc)

Liking the changes so far, definitely a big improvement. Really glad you changed up the quickbar and moved the dismount button. A couple ideas and issues: - The speed is pretty good now, especially the Razor, and I like all the speed boosts but I wouldn't mind all the bikes going a little faster to really make it feel like an exhilarating race - I like all 3 of the courses, Onderon is a little confusing but the others are solid. I like that there are red enemies nearby that you can run into. I also like that you can walk onto the track and possibly be in danger (would be cool to take damage from being hit by a bike lol) - I definitely second any ideas about having leaderboards, etc. I'd like to see an competitive aspect and race against others (or at least people in your group - maybe you can, haven't tried) Issues - At least on the Razor bike the brake icon doesn't light up to show it's engaged. Maybe because I hit the brake before the race started? Was very confused why the bike was going so slow! - When the race first starts it seems like there is a tiny bit of lag before your bike starts going and it feels clunky, would like a smoother start. - Onderon course has a couple confusing parts; would really like more arrows to show the way, especially at the end to point you around the curve and maybe get rid of the hole in the walls that puts you back at the beginning so you can miss the exit and basically have to do the whole course again - Also in Onderon I hate that the spike traps completely stop you, it makes the race kinda clunky. I don't think anything should stop you completely, but rather they should just slow you- would make the race more fluid. - At least on PTS, Tatooine takes FOREVER to load now, like 3-4x the normal time. I know it's a huge planet and maybe that's just how it is, but it's pretty significant. The other two planets load in the same amount of time as usual.

Amazing list, thanks as always! I don't know if you want to add video guides, but I have done a few on Deception Spec for PvE. The new one for 6.0 with changes and updates: also one for 5.10 which is a little bit more in depth and goes over ALL the abilities and passives and stuff:

My GF and I are looking for a casual/social guild that is at least fairly active, preferably one that does daily gf ops/fps/etc. Not interested in prog or ranked pvp, mainly looking to bs on easier content with fun people and have a good time. I do prog already and want somewhere to chill and clear easy stuff on days off and my gf does sm content and wants to have fun and get better without the pressure of pushing to move on to harder content.

Yeah *** is up with that cost to complete it?? I think it varies though, I did it earlier in support of the Mandos who I had worked with in the story. I didn't pay attention to the cost but it certainly wasn't anything crazy and I didn't have many credits on me but was able to buy it. But just saw the mission again w the Nova Blades and the contract is 1.8 mil??? For what exactly?

My gf is working on getting purple crit augs via Synthweaving. Has deconstructed 12 or more blue crit augs and still hasn't gotten the purple schematic even though it claims 20% chance now update: took 13 to get it

I made an updated video with more in depth info on passives, abilities, opener, etc.

Hey guys, I made a video guide for Deception as of 5.10 that goes over rotation, utilities, abilities and so forth. It's my first video so hopefully it doesn't suck too bad.

Was trying to figure this out last night. I assume it makes the colors of mount flourish stuff match your weapon crystal but doesn't seem to work (yet)? I tried it out on a couple of the tank mounts that shoot but it had no effect. Unless it only affects certain types of things?

Hate to say it but it sounds like you just don't know how to play a Sin. Check your utilities, most of your damage mitigation is going to be based on what you select there and there are lots of pvp focused utilities. Sin has lots of stuns, slows, force speed, and stealth so theyre pretty solid in pvp. I pretty much always run Deception, but Hatred is actually parsing a lot higher. Also no gap closer? are you fxcking serious? uhhh Phantom Stride *******... and if you kill the enemy in so many seconds after using it the cooldown is completed. You whine about Merc being OP but remember Arsenal currently has the lowest DPS output in the game and IO is one of, if not the, hardest to play due to heat management.