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It was announced just a few moments ago that the beta client from this weekend is planned to be patched to early-access/live code. Save yourself having to redownload 30GB of data!

https://twitter.com/#!/rockjaw/status/141535439839436801

FAQ: if you played this weekend you do NOT need to uninstall the #SWTOR client. We are planning to patch it to Early Game Access / Live.

you mean like every other MMO that ever was?  :oh_i_see:

They'd said before you'd have to redownload. 

I'm assuming someone finally found a few brain cells to rub together on that one and beat the ones who said no about the head and shoulders with them.

False if yo consider every MMO made since Ultima.  It's about a 50/50 split of games that could patch up and others where the devs said "Install the GM from the boxed disc OR ELSE."

Plus one of the nagging things in the epic SWTOR thread was how big the client was, and how many didn't participate in the beta because of having to redownload everything at release.  Up until now, we had no confirmation of whether the beta would/could patch up or not.

It's the Mythic standard.  Always better to say "No, it's hardcoded, stop bothering us with it" and then saying "Oh hey, Jerry just got his Bachelor's in computer programming and figured out how to do it" than the opposite.  The former at least keeps the faithful faithful.  The ladder just disappoints everyone.

I don't think I've ever beta'd an MMO that let you patch that client to retail to be honest. Very nice feature, particularly because the client is so large.

My client on disk is about 18ish gigs. What the heck are you guys downloading?

Mine's almost 40.

Wow. What could the difference possibly be? Mine's only 18 same as Bloodworth's.

What the heck. Ninja downloading while you play? Old clients patched a bunch, but old files not removed?

So, you've got a bigger one than everybody else? :why_so_serious:

We've know that for long time now.

You must be a stairs guy.

My client two weeks ago was 18 gigs then I updated this weekend and it became 38 or whatever.

Damn you, Sky !

*Shakes Fist*

If he didn't, I would've.

Is it too late to download it if i didn't bother to play?

Hopefully this means that, once servers are up again,  we'll be able to login and download the updates, even if we are not testers anymore (we'll just get the "play" button greyed out).
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Ah, a couple important filters I hope they have once they implement a "flashpoint finder" : something akin to "roleplaying" and "don't want to skip dialogues" , so that players are put into like minded PUGs at least when it comes to the general behaviour while playing a flashpoint.

Both, EVE and SWG.

Yeah, I have 18.5 gigs on a fresh install. I'm guessing the 'update' was essentially a fresh install, retaining the old files (either in place with different names, or in a backup folder). How big is your assets folder?

To be more trendy, maybe:

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Gratz on 20k posts.  Glad I could be a part of it  :grin: :why_so_serious:

Holy shit.

Launcher log-in available again; downloading now.

I wont lie, I loled. Sky 1, Everyone else = 0.

Are they not putting boxes on shelves anymore?  I figured I'd install from DVD's.

Yeah, but servers locked for intenal testing until further notice...  :ye_gods:

6.1 terabytes took a long time, so I would just patch up from there.   :why_so_serious:

In browsing around the various TOR forums, it was discovered that there's quite a chunk of data in the previous weekends' client that had a bunch of useless bloat.  The Turkey weekend client may have eliminated that bloat, but it still persisted for previous client users.

I just reinstalled before this last weekend beta, as I had crashed during patching and the client got corrupted. Lucky I just upgraded my internet and have a 65Mb down line. Only took like 2 hours or so to DL the client. I think my install folder is now 18gb.

If you just updated your old client from the previous beta weekend instead of starting with a fresh one, the game just re-downloaded the entire thing without clearing out the old useless client. That's why some people have 40 gig installs, they have two installs worth in there.

Yeah, my Star Wars folder is 18.5gb.  Suck it, people who got into more betas than me!  :crying_panda:

:-P

Well Bioware told everyone to just start fresh if they wanted to save space, since it was going to do that anyways.

So what do you delete?

No idea, I had uninstalled the whole thing when they recommended it.

My TOR folder is 36.6 gigabytes.  Of that, the Assets folder takes up 34.7.  I deleted that, along with the two patch related folders, and the various version files in the root directory.  It's in the process of downloading everything again. 

We'll see how that works out.

Someone post a filelist from their asset's folder. Please.

Sure. Only ever beta'd this weekend.

So do we delete stuff or not? You people are confusing me.

If you deleted when they suggested doing so to save HD space a week or two ago you do not need to delete again.  If your current install is 6 Yottabytes, well in that case you probably do not need to reinstall either.  Anywhere between say 21 GB and 6YB?  You have excess files and would want to reinstall for space saving.  My current folder is 18.5 GB, for reference.  

If you downloaded the client for this last weekend you are fine.  If you patched from the prior weekend then they are suggesting you uninstall and redownload.

Looks like all the "green" files in the asset's directory are delete-fodder.

I installed and reinstalled overnight.  It'll be a day or two until it's back anyways, so this way I know it's clean.

Deleted my old one and re-installed as well.

Just got an email saying -


 :oh_i_see:

Yeah, I just got that too   :awesome_for_real:

 :awesome_for_real: indeed.

Reid just made a tweet saying an official post/response on the email will be up shortly.

Obligatory  :awesome_for_real:

Sooooo, why don't they just include that info in the email then?  :facepalm:

If you go to the FAQ linked in the email it says:


My guess is that if you were in the 11-11-11 beta weekend and didn't reinstall - you're going to have to.

My guess is that's about all that extra data bloat we talked about previously.  It's easier for them to say "Uninstall and reinstall everything" instead of "Delete these certain files"

Based on that I will reinstall when my physical copy arrives.  If the difference between the discs and new patches is less than 20GB I win.

I posted mine in the wrong thread  :oh_i_see:

I'm hoping it's because I was in the 367 weekend, just in case I hadn't already deleted that older client.

Doesn't the preorder access open up to five days before the release (and so the physical delivery, i'd presume) though?

Yeah, but I get early access because of a preorder code.  You put in your other info later as I understand it.  Worst case, I do not get to play early (ohnoes).  I can play Batman or Skyrim or Terraria!  There are also other options which enhance my social skills.

Huh?  You would still have to download the game to play during early access. 

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=714124

Well, 27 GB is a pretty good compression down from 140+ TBs.

27 gig? Mine's still only 18.5.

I blame luckton.

Maybe they are finally giving us higher resolution textures....

Right, unless your install is new enough, which mine may be.  Given the mail fail I expect we will all have bloat without doing a clean install

Yeah, that number confused me too. That last install was under 20gb and now it's almost 30?

Finally all the lightsaber hilts are in the game.

I am guessing hi-res textures like Furiously.

It's the miracle patch :awesome_for_real:

I was hoping for hi-res textures.

Sweet, I've only done the beta the last two weeks so my client is up to date.  That means I can rock out with my saber out when early start happens!

And one more update...

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=11790595#edit11790595


http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=11790880#edit11790880