You’ll find a download link on your account page on SWTOR’s official site. Next, download the installer for the game’s launcher from BioWare. You’ll want that copy accessible to your new computer (over your home network, on a USB drive). By default, it’ll be installed in one of these locations:Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\EA\BioWare\Star Wars – The Old RepublicĬ:\Program Files\EA\BioWare\Star Wars – The Old Republic However, if you’d rather avoid downloading roughly 20 GB, you’ll need to copy or archive (via a tool like WinZip or 7Zip) your current SWTOR installation. If you have an amazingly fast Internet connection, unlimited bandwidth and lots of faith in BioWare’s CDN (Content Delivery Network), you could do a clean installation on your new computer. Note that your keybindings are stored with your account on BioWare’s servers, so they’ll be preserved even if you do nothing! Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\\Documents\Star Wars - The Old Republic\Screenshots
It includes your client’s graphics settings and the GUI profiles you created using the in-game Interface Editor. You’ve just got yourself a brand new rig, and in part of setting it up, you want to get SWTOR up and running again as quickly and painlessly as possible.įrom your old computer, copy the contents of the following directory somewhere safe.
