Some possible workarounds have been suggested until their technical team patch the problem. The reason there’s no hotfix is because the issue is ”so varied” with ”any number of factors” at play.
It seems to dramatically drop game performance for some users entering a cave for example to abysmal framerates. Turning off some settings are advised, like shadows.
If you have not yet tried the following troubleshooting steps, please do so and let us know if your issue is resolved!
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Close any and all applications running in the background.
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Turn down the in-game graphic settings.
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Change the settings to favour performance over quality if you are using a third party graphic - management software.
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Turning off “bloom” in the graphic options in game.
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Turning shadows off and shaders low.
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Update your drivers.
Later posts by BioWare affirm they’re busy figuring out the problems. ”We are currently investigating this issue and we hope to get this resolved as quickly as possible,” they said. ”We apologize for any inconvenience caused and we appreciate your patience with this issue.” The good news is that the team have found the troublesome code.
”Our development team and our production team have been investigating this issue and we want to thank everyone who has posted constructively on this thread. You’ve provided the development team with a basis for investigation into the low FPS issues, and with your help they have identified and are in the process of resolving the indoor framerate drop.”
Teething trouble is common among any newly launched MMO and BioWare have promised nonstop updates to crush the rebel scum irksome bugs as fast as they can. Despite the technical hiccups we couldn’t be more pleased with Star Wars: The Old Republic thanks to its many daring ambitions in story telling - why not check out our review?
