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In 2023, Broadsword Online Games took over development of Star Wars: The Old Republic and has since introduced plenty of improvements. These include major graphical and character art upgrades, new storylines and expansions, and the addition of dynamic encounters. Broadsword has rolled out multiple major updates, with the latest April update bringing another wave of changes and refinements to the longstanding MMORPG.

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As detailed on the official Star Wars: The Old Republic website, the latest update, 7.6.1c, is now live, featuring significant character model improvements. These include smoother textures and refinements to neckline seams for Human, Cyborg, Miraluka, Mirialan, Togruta, and Chiss characters. Additionally, the update brings bug fixes and optimizations across Dynamic Encounters, Operations, Galactic Seasons, Missions, and Items, aimed at giving players a more polished gameplay experience.

Beyond numerous fixes and improvements, the latest update focuses on modernizing character models as the game continues into its fourteenth year. This effort is part of an ongoing initiative to keep the game visually and technically up to date. In late 2024, Star Wars: The Old Republic received a major graphical overhaul, enhancing planetary environments and character textures. Updates included refining facial details to improve their appearance in various lighting conditions and cutscenes, aimed at bringing the games’ visuals more into the modern era.

The SWTOR modernization effort began even before the game changed studios. In 2022, Star Wars: The Old Republic transitioned to 64-bit code, a major upgrade that addressed longstanding limitations of its older engine. Previously, development was constrained by memory restrictions, limiting the amount of content developers could place in each area. The shift to 64-bit not only expanded these possibilities but also improved performance, allowing the game to utilize more system memory, which was especially beneficial for large-scale battles and group activities.

After transitioning to 64-bit, Star Wars: The Old Republic also migrated to cloud-based servers, a change overseen by its previous developer, which aimed to improve stability, reduce maintenance costs, and boost performance. Now, the latest update continues this modernization effort, ensuring the game remains visually and technically up to par with player expectations while preparing it for the future.

Star Wars: The Old Republic Update 7.6.1c Patch Notes

Character Modernization

• Adjustments and smoother textures have been added to improve the neckline seams on Human, Cyborg, Miraluka, Mirialan, Togruta, Zabrak, and Chiss throughout the game, especially for player characters.

General

• [Speeder Piloting VI] has been renamed to Enhanced Speed Boosters. The speed boost can now be found in the Ability Window under Legacy instead of a temporary ability bar.
  • Updated the description of the ability to clarify how it functions.
• All armor moving parts and weapon tunings now display properly in cinematics when the player’s character enters a combat stance with them equipped.
• Combat armor moving parts now stop animation when the player starts a conversation in a combat stance.

Missions

• [Mount Up!] The Republic mission now mentions the correct mount in its description.
• [Ziost: Dead Pulse] The directional arrows are now correctly placed and properly route the player as intended.

Uprisings

• [Divided We Fall] Lieutenant Raena’s head texture has been restored.

Basilisk Prototype Venture

• Basilisk training missions now properly complete if B3-S1 is summoned and the player is mounted when completing or turning in the mission.

Galactic Seasons

• Added description to the Research and Destruction mission

Items

• The saddles on the Kaas Typhloractyl, Arcane Kaas Typhloractyl, Coruscanti Typhloractyl, and Advanced Coruscanti Typhloractyl mounts no longer stretch or clip into the player’s legs.
• The Peerless Explorer Enviro-Suit helmet is no longer visible on Nautolan and Togruta characters in Character Select.
• The Peerless Explorer Enviro-Suit now shows a jetpack animation when the Rocket Boost ability is used.
• The Trellis Field decoration no longer has a flickering texture on the field.
• The Strap Attachment Tuning is now properly attached to the following weapons:
  • Experimental Blaster Pistol
  • Control Blaster Pistol
  • Experimental Blaster Rifle
  • Side Effect Blaster Rifle
• The effects from Bubble Bomb (Orange) and Bubble Bomb (Blue) are now categorized as Buffs.
• Bubble Bomb (Orange) now has its own icon.
• Fixed an environmental lighting issue on the Dark Honor Guard weapon set that caused them to appear chrome.

Dynamic Encounters

• [Hoth: Shield Up! Achievement] The Achievement now properly tracks shots that are blocked with the portable shield.
• [Hailstorm Brotherhood] The Hailstorm Champions no longer spawn when their encounters are inactive.

Operations/Operation Bosses

• [Relentless Replication] Identical augment schematics will no longer drop for the same player in a single run.
• Mirror class buffs no longer override personal class buffs in Operation groups.

Systems

Released

December 20, 2011

ESRB

T for Teen: Blood and Gore, Mild Language, Sexual Themes, Violence

Publisher(s)

Electronic Arts