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When you start the launcher it retrieves a manifest from the patch server which it uses to determine the version of the launcher and patch system files and if they need to be updated to new versions. Why is this relevant to SWTOR? Surely it should make digital downloads that much more effective? Well it should, and for some it does however for others it causes problems.

If I understand correctly it does this by downloading and installing the game or software in discreet blocks, the first being the client, the next the most important 'immediate' game files and moves outward from there, adding more advanced blocks of data most likely to be of immediate relevance to a player who is steadily advancing through the initial tutorial or starting area of the game.Īn interesting concept and one that should allow for new players to start playing the game they just purchased that much sooner while reducing the second to second data transfer loads on any server and content delivery network (CDN).Ģ. The express purpose of this technology is to enable large electronically downloaded games to be played while still in the process of downloading and installing. Sometime prior to 17th September 2013, EA/BW licensed the streaming technology Bitraider from Bitraider LLC. Information copied from the Customer Support section of the Official EA/BW forums.ġ. I will attempt to keep this as non technical as I can because I am having some difficulty working my way through the information and 'techno babel' supplied by the various sources I have communicated with today.ĥ. This appears to have affect mainly those using the new streaming technology client. At the time of writing this, EA/BW have not responded to any comments posted by customers on the official forums, twitter or Facebook. On the 11th of November a number of our members who had been playing SWTOR earlier in the day and logged out for real life, came back to their computers, logged in and found themselves facing a large download, that became larger on the second download followed by a third then a forth, etc.

As of the 15th October 2014, changes to the launch platform and streaming client have rendered this information dangerous to your installation.

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