It could be the case that all you need to do is add a newer graphics card to your computer. In order to make the Star Stable experience as amazing, immersive and entertaining as possible, we try to keep up with these advances in graphics capabilities and it’s simply not possible to offer a quality game in 2016 with such old technology.Īll of this means that if your computer does not have the ability to handle OpenGL 2.1 (which is ten years old) or higher, then Star Stable will no longer work on your machine. In recent years, graphics for home computers have updated to the point where older computers aren’t able to handle the newer technology. Only the oldest and most basic home systems will be unable to support Star Stable from now on. Why does this change mean that the game won’t work for some players? This is enough to cover the vast majority of home computers, and it’s just not possible for us to make sure we support enough old technology to work on 100% of computers. Most games and technology companies stop supporting this kind of very old technology sooner or later, and we support OpenGL from version 2.1 and onwards, meaning our game supports tech introduced in 2006. The technology used with these old versions is almost fifteen years old, and we simply cannot continue to support them. Those players who can’t play the game now using OpenGL would also have not been able to play if we stuck to DirectX and upgraded to a more recent version. Microsoft – who make DirectX – no longer support this version, which means it would be impossible for us to continue coding the game in this way. On October 5, Star Stable stopped supporting DirectX and made the switch to OpenGL to render the graphics of our game on your computer.ĭirectX was causing lots of issues for many players, and the oldest version of it that our game supported was DirectX 9, which was released in 2002. How Star Stable runs its graphics: the switch to OpenGL Keep reading for more information and to see if you're affected. , "PatchingMode": ""ĭelete the BitRaider, Movie and Asset folders then start the launcher.Hey everybody! A range of issues have been impacting certain groups of players in the last few days, and we’re here to update you on what’s going on and what we’re doing to get everything fixed! Open the ttings file in notepad and locate the below line and edit to the below Right mouse click on game shortcut and select open file location If you wish to do this then do the following: However if you choose to remove bitraider NOTE this is a complete download of the game again but you may avoid this issue in the future. If that works then what you can do is remove the bitraider as this is what may be getting stuck. Close the Services window, the task manager, and the game launcher. Then restart the launcher after you restart your computer. On the General tab, about halfway down, there should be a dropdown menu that says Startup type. Right click on it and select properties.Ħ. In the Services window, sort the list by the Name column, and look for BitRaider Mini-Support Service. ![]() In 8.1, click the link at the bottom that says Open Services.ĥ. In Windows 7, click on the button in the lower right corner that says Services. In Windows 8.1, scroll down to the Background Processes and look for any Bitraider listings. On Windows 7, sort by image name and look for any starting with "br", they should be listed as belonging to Bitraider in the description column. ![]() Open the task manager on your computer (shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+Esc).ģ. You can even disable them to see if it works.Ģ. ![]() to add launcher.exe and swtor.exe to your anti-virus / firewall safe list in case they are blocking or deleting files.
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