12-22-2011, 02:23 PM
Dug up some info that may help:
On that ini file mentioned above, changing that setting should change it to windowed mode. In addition I might suggest turning off shadows too as that boosts fps on older cards:
change doShadows=true to doShadows=false
Hope that helps.
Quote:26# Black screen after clicking âPlayâ in the launcher
This issue arises due to the old ATI drivers 11.8 so make sure you have up-to-date drivers for your video card and have installed all pre-requisites for the Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Run the game as administrator and make sure that you have added swtor.exe and launcher.exe as firewall exceptions.
Some people can get in to the game by modifying the default Fullscreen option. To do so, locate the client_defaults.ini file located in the installation directory of the game. By default it is located at:
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\BioWare\Star Wars â The Old Republic\swtor\retailclient
C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\BioWare\Star Wars â The Old Republic\swtor\retailclient
Open the file in a text editor and modify the value FullScreen=true to FullScreen=false. Save the file and try restarting the game.
On that ini file mentioned above, changing that setting should change it to windowed mode. In addition I might suggest turning off shadows too as that boosts fps on older cards:
change doShadows=true to doShadows=false
Hope that helps.
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