Star Wars: The Old Republic Forum

Here we are with three screenshots from a Black Talon Flashpoint, running on a iMac 20", mid 2007; 2,4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB 667MHz DDR2 ram, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB, OSx Lion 10.7.3

What is not working:

1. loading screen are WAAAY to long.
   I was kicked off a Flashpoint because of lag.

2. after the loading screen goes off and you see your toon and the area you're in, it takes more minutes to have a smooth game play.
   I don't know wether this is due to my old Mac, or to the unsupported status of CrossOver version used to play SWTOR.
   Anyway, there's this problem

3. The more you play, the more these issues get worse. It looks like there's some huge memory leak somewhere in the Bottle.

4. sometimes the game freezes for 1 second. (minor issue - totally ignorable)

5. The game stuck when I tried to play in Dromund Kass. Couldn't have the quest cinematic up, from the first quest in the data pad registration.

can u give me step by step instructions to get it working, for me after the intro cinematic i get stuck at the loading screen and the blue wheel keeps spinning. I'm on a macbook pro with similar hardware to your imac's.

Hi Matthew. It sounds like you're running the unpatched version of Crossover 11.0. You'll need to go to the unsupported downloads section of your account and download the version that has the SWTOR support patched in.

Matthew Stathis wrote:

can u give me step by step instructions to get it working, for me
after the intro cinematic i get stuck at the loading screen and the
blue wheel keeps spinning. I'm on a macbook pro with similar
hardware to your imac's.

As James Lopez says, you need the unsupported patched version.
Once you install it, update the CrossTies in your list, then in the "Community Supported" section of the game list, select Star Wars the Old Republic.
Point to the downloaded exe, and let the magic take place.

The game is 90% working, so far.
Big planets (usually those you have to go after level 10-11) are bugged.

I'm still getting stuck on the same loading screen. I selected the community supported patch from the list, then i started the install from disk images that i made from the install CDs, then when the install stalled, i force quit the bottle and started again with the downloaded client. When that finished installing, then the newest game patches were installed and the game ran. It played the intro cinematic, then went to the loading screen and stayed there. do i just need to use the downloadable client or did i use everything i was supposed to? BTW i did have directx 9 installed in a new xp bottle prior to starting the SWTOR install.

I used the downloadable client.
Are you using a new Character or are you trying to load an existing one?

I haven't even reached the character selection screen, it just keeps loading after I hit the play button.

Matthew Stathis wrote:

I haven't even reached the character selection screen, it just keeps
loading after I hit the play button.

Is your Video Memory Size set?

Davide Losito wrote:

What is not working:

1. loading screen are WAAAY to long.
   I was kicked off a Flashpoint because of lag.

2. after the loading screen goes off and you see your toon and the
   area you're in, it takes more minutes to have a smooth game
   play.
   I don't know wether this is due to my old Mac, or to the unsupported
   status of CrossOver version used to play SWTOR.
   Anyway, there's this problem

3. The more you play, the more these issues get worse. It looks like
   there's some huge memory leak somewhere in the Bottle.

4. sometimes the game freezes for 1 second. (minor issue - totally
   ignorable)

5. The game stuck when I tried to play in Dromund Kass. Couldn't
   have the quest cinematic up, from the first quest in the data pad
   registration.

These issues actually plague Windows users as well. We have no control over how long it takes for the game to load to the character screen and from there to being in-game. I would personally love for that to be faster.

Some of the memory leak issues were addressed by patches recently (and some of it could potentially be Wine). How long are you playing when you notice game play suffering? I played yesterday for two hours in-house and seemed to be just fine.

i actually deleted the game and bottle and reinstalled it using a disk image of the original install CDs and i used the patched file from codeweavers. i also set my graphics in regedit like you said but it still doesn't work. and the game client doesn't work for me, it won't finish patching so thats why i used the disk images (in case you were wondering).

Sorry for the late reply.
The problems in updating are due to some DNS cache problems, that I highlighted and solved here http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=7626;forum=1;msg=122711

I also reconfigured the system Firewall to let the Bottle receive incoming traffic.

EDIT: By the way: I didn't solved the bug that doesn't let me load planets beyond the starting ones.
The game is still stuck at level 11, on Mac side.

Regarding the failed patching, I've noticed that the downloadable client downloaded, installed, and patched okay, but the install from the dvd's fails to patch. Patching still suffers communication difficulties even so, but it will usually resolve itself given enough time and patience.

So far, I have managed to create and play a sith warrior, which is at level 7. However, both attempts to play a jedi knight have failed upon taking the taxi from the beginning area to the first scene area (two different characters), and they don't like conversation windows either. The jedi consular won't even load past the initial cinematics.

When the game hangs, the graphics freeze, and the sound file seems to loop (very short loop). Command option esc will kill the program, however the sound file continues until you reopen crossover and close the bottle down properly.

Has anyone gotten any further than this? And if so, next steps recommended?

i loaded via disk install and then ran regedit the game started ok but I'm having issues with the look of my characters as there not shown but I'm still tweaking I'm using the old characters i have and have successfully loaded the black hole area with a jedi shadow

forgot to mention I'm using a macbook pro with the nvidia 9600 card and 8gb ram with a 1tb hdd

I'm having issues with frame rates. I've tried cutting out everything down to the lowest settings (save resolution) but still am getting really crappy frame rates. Also I've noticed that if I for some reason exit the game in the wrong way (for instance force it to close or restart the bottle or something) that my network connection becomes unstable and I start dropping packets like crazy.