SWTOR wont launc on new Windows 11 PC =/

[thexcur3]

I just bought two gaming PC's for me and my son; he's 11 and he is barely getting into MMO's. I wanted to show him SWTOR first since he's a major Star Wars fan. 

The game installs and updates via launcher just fine, but when I try to Play, it does nothing.

At first I thought it was all the bloatware these PC's came with like McAfee and such, so I did a fresh install of Windows 11 for both and still nothing.

I uninstalled and re-installed just in case it didn't take the first couple times and it still doesn't launch.

It DOES launch on my old PC but thats Windows 10 and I only use that as a Plex server. 

Any help would be appreciated. I wish I could give you some type of error or code but literally nothing happens at all.

All other games we play launch just fine.

TY

[thexcur3 · Accepted solution]

Thank you for helping me out during this time,

I went and searched and apparently im not the only one with this issue. I had no idea, I should have done a Google search first.

What worked is setting the launcher up for Windows XP SP3 compatability. 

I have no idea why that worked but it did.

Thank you for sticking around at least, much appreciated. 

[proxos666]

@thexcur3 

Some have found they have needed to install directx legacy files https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=35

[thexcur3]

Thank you for your reply, this says its not installing anything because theres newer or equivelent.

[proxos666]

@thexcur3 

The only other thing i can think of is to install via steam initially it will install any required windows support packages , like c++ and directx

[thexcur3 · Accepted solution]

Thank you for helping me out during this time,

I went and searched and apparently im not the only one with this issue. I had no idea, I should have done a Google search first.

What worked is setting the launcher up for Windows XP SP3 compatability. 

I have no idea why that worked but it did.

Thank you for sticking around at least, much appreciated. 

[proxos666]

@thexcur3 

Hey thanks for saying what solved it for you , haven't heard of using the xp sp3 compat as a solution , may help someone else hopefully

[Darth_Vortex01]

Just wanted to say that I had the same problem and downloading the DirectX fixed it so thanks for posting that info.

[samyka]

Installing the DirectX package worked for me! Good luck in your gaming

[Schiller3410]

I have the same problem and neither installing DirectX nor running in compatibility mode worked.

[proxos666]

@Schiller3410 

just to confirm you used this specific file https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=35

This is needed when the play button dims and brightens again when the play button is pressed