That's right, for those of you who are like me and have played Star Wars Galaxies before the dreaded Combat Upgrade and New Game Enhancements and absolutely loved it, have faith, because pre-CU is BACK! Wow, you say, Sony actually listened to us customers? Nope! No such luck, BUT you can still play it because a dedicated group of SWG lovers, along with an even bigger group of dedicated fans, have teamed up to recreate SWG pre-CU and release it FREE to everyone.
It is currently in testing and still has a lot to be done, but even still, many features are already in place. See the note below about reading the FAQ. If you see a bug, there is a place on the website to report it. It is a given that there are bugs because the development is not done.
Here's how to play:
1. Head over to www.swgemu.com and sign up on the forums. This will be your universal account to not only post messages but login to the game server as well.
1a. Please do the community a favor and read the FAQs and support documents and search the forum if you have any questions or problems. Most likely your issue is already resolved or is being fixed. Also, never ask when the game will be done or when a particular feature will be done. There is no set time as these are all volunteers working on this in their spare time. We are lucky this project is even here!
2. If not done already, install SWG from your original discs. Trial version does NOT count. After all, if you really loved it you would have purchased it.
3. Download this and extract it into your SWG install dir
4. Go to the EmuClient subfolder it creates and run the swgemu_setup file. Make sure to choose a suitable resolution on the Graphics tab.
5. Download Launchpad Enhanced and install, then run it. Give it a minute or so to load up. When it opens it will have a few checks that say "PASS". If it looks good, just click OK and let it finish loading. Now select the dropdown box and click the Test Center. The updater will now run and download everything you need. Plan to give this a good hour or so.
6. When this update is finally complete, click PLAY! The game will now load and you can login using your swgemu.com forum account, create a character, and start playing!
Everyone is usually socializing at Theed, Naboo so head over there and say hi. There is also a couple Gungan Trader NPCs over there that will give you professions and items to test with.
My characters are 'craftmaster' and 'Jalahar'.
HAVE FUN!
