Stephen Reid confirmed via Twitter that the Star Wars: The Old Republic testers from the Thanksgiving Beta Weekend will be able to be patch their game client for Early Game Access and Release. As such, players should keep their game installation in tact on their computers. For players who tested the game prior to November 25th, however, Mr. Reid recommends a clean installation of the game client.
Read on for the direct quotes from Stephen Reid.
Twitter Update
FAQ: if you played this weekend you do NOT need to uninstall the #SWTOR client. We are planning to patch it to Early Game Access / Live.
If you played before this weekend we will recommend a reinstall just to clean up, but otherwise no.
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Posted 11/30/2011 4:48:20 AMDoes this mean I don't need to Install the game when I get my CE? Because I'm gonna be able to get it on the 13th of December according to my local Game store.
Good thing I didn't uninstall it then :)
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Posted 11/29/2011 3:26:28 PMGreat to know due to the fact it took me 3 days to get this game installed due to some bug causing launcher to freeze on main assets when last beta weekend I had nearly no problems
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Posted 11/29/2011 3:10:47 PMJust as a note, if you have an earlier build and uninstall it, the client is still available in from the SWTOR site on the tester page.
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Posted 11/29/2011 6:44:12 PMYeah I don't see the client anymore. It just lists the two beta weekends I was apart and shows them as "complete". The Installer is no longer there. If there is another location, please let me know.
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Posted 11/29/2011 2:46:04 PM1: i got a new graphics card and wanted to test it to the limits and changed my monitor refresh rate from 60hz to 100hz not knowing my computer couldn't hold it. The monitor said not optium mode please change back to 60hz but couldn't because it was just a blank screen. I unillustrated the program but didn't have time to reinstall it to see if it went back to defualt settings. Does anybody know if that it will go back to normal when i downloaded it again?
2: They said that you can keep this program and patch it for early access, well i unstialled it. Should i download it back right now or just wait till later on when they decide to patch it up?
3: Also, is there a date in which they set for the people to install the program that didn't test in the weekend that still needs to download it?
Thanks
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Posted 11/29/2011 2:11:28 PMand I just deleted my client a few minutes ago...
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Posted 11/29/2011 1:31:30 PMBig thumbs up for this :)
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Posted 11/29/2011 1:13:35 PMCan anyone upload the installer?
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Posted 11/29/2011 12:03:19 PMDoes this apply to even the November 08th weekend beta clients as well? I believe I read that that client was what they were going to use in final and just needed to be patched. (Which I did for this weekend.)
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Posted 11/29/2011 12:04:49 PMIt should be doable, but the recommendation is that if you've got a client from before the Thanksgiving weekend mega-test that you should perform a clean install.
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Posted 11/29/2011 12:45:19 PMWell I just deleted it went to check the website and it's down. >.< Could I still use the same setup file as the older one?
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Posted 11/29/2011 1:26:44 PMThankfully I didn't delete my download history since the site is down. Just deleted, went into my download folder and reinstalled.
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Posted 11/29/2011 12:15:09 PMYes and No. November 08th weekend client was already passed over, so it's still a full download. If you installed this latest build, it did not overwrite any files at all ( In fact, people that did not uninstall the old build found that TOR was now taking up 40 gigs because they actually had 2 completely separate builds. ) It was never mentioned by the devs that it would be the launch build, but they have specifically said the new build coming today will be.
When they said it would "patch" to the nov. 25 build ( Which I think came out Nov 17 ), they actually meant the patcher you had would simply install the new files to a different folder.
So, you should be able to use your Nov 08th launcher to get the game, but you will still need to download the entire 18.5 gigs.
Going from this weekends build to the upcoming launch build however is a typical small patch. Not sure if the full patch is available for download yet, but I just downloaded a patch of about 200 megs. Notes are not available yet.
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Posted 11/29/2011 7:46:56 PMAs others have noted, the Nov 8th build is a no go. It is a different build than the launch build. If you are a full time tester then the Nov 17th build will work which is the same build as the Nov 25th weekend build. For those with the double 40 GB install (two builds in one) it is a very good idea to do a fresh install, especially if you can install and patch from the physical copy once it arrives.
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Posted 11/29/2011 11:44:01 AMi just finished uninstalling