
The next big update to Windows 10 is nearly upon us: Windows 10 version 1703, known as the Creators Update, will be published to Windows Update next Patch Tuesday, on April 11. Here's our review (originally published on 3/29/17) of the update, taking a look at the biggest changes that the Creators Update contains. Over the next few weeks, the upgrade will be pushed to more and more Windows 10 systems. The first automatic upgrades to the latest Windows 10 version will start happening at about 10am PDT.

I will pass on more information as I have it.Although it has been available to Insiders for a few weeks, today's the day that the Windows 10 version 1703, the Creators Update, is hitting Windows Update. In the meantime there are three workarounds which have had some success.ģ) In Windows, disable the full-screen optimization option for SWTOR. The team is looking into fixing the problem and I will pass on updates as I have them. This seems to be primarily caused by being alt-tabbed out of the game and focusing on another window while SWTOR is open and loading. For players that have updated Windows 10 to the Creator Edition, they can experience an issue in SWTOR that causes a crash to desktop. ► Post Windows 10 Update problem |, 03:42 PMĪ few updates on this situation.

Take a look at the original post from Musco: I’ve seen many tests with modern games and every single one of them claims that this feature is next to pointless. This prevents crashing most of the time.īy the way, it has been proven that the Game Mode doesn’t bring any benefits InGame on a modern high-end PC. Through tests and consulting with friends (thanks, Howzet), I may add one more possible solution for you – leave the game in focus and without touching it for ~30 seconds after you launch it. The temporary work around involves disabling vsync on your GPU, disabling Game Mode in Windows 10 and disabling the full-screen optimization option in Windows for SWTOR.


Bioware is currently working on a possible fix. Those crashes, they are indeed caused by the new Game Mode feature Microsoft has implemented.Ĭommunity manager Eric Musco posted on the official forums an official acknowledgement that these issues are indeed caused by the update and aren’t random. As you may know, Windows 10’s Creators Update has been officially out for quite some time now and it’s been causing issues with SWTOR to many players.
