Installation

Step 1 - Acquiring Sony's Star Wars Galaxies Installation Media
To setup SWGEmu, you will need an ORIGINAL Star Wars Galaxies (SWG) clinet, yes ORIGINAL Star Wars Galaxies (SWG) client. You can not use 14 day trial client or any other trial client, you can not use client obtained through torrent or warez sites. So if you don't own an original client, SOE's digital copy or original CD's, get yourself one. You can buy original CD's cheap on e-bay or amazon.com. There are quite a few versions that have been released over the years and any version of SWG will work.

Step 2 - Installing Star Wars Galaxies
&nbsp Install the game onto your computer following the installation wizard in its default location, its usually C:\Program Files\StarWarsGalaxies. Once you finish that, DO NOT start the game.

Step 3 - Download Launchpad Enhanced (LPE)
After you have finished installing Star Wars Galaxies it is time to download Launchpad Enhanced (LPE). LPE is a SWGEmu launcher that will download and install all the missing patch files you need to play on both Test Center Nova and Liberator.

Which you can find here: Launchpad Enhanced

Please note: In order to work properly Launchpad Enhanced (LPE) requires NET Framework 2.0 or other newer version (2.0 SP1, 3.5 SP1, 4.0) to be installed.

Step 4 - Installing Launchpad Enhanced (LPE)
Once you have finished downloading LPE, it's time to run it. After you select select an install directory, you may change this to what ever you like, but for this guide it will be C:\Program Files\LaunchpadEnhanced. Continue to follow the Setup wizard until the LPE setup is complete. Do not run LPE before you complete Step 5

Step 5 - Running Launchpad Enhanced (LPE) in Administrator Mode
(If you are running Windows XP, you can simply skip this and go to Step 6)If you running Windows Vista or Windows 7 you MUST run LPE as an Administrator, Locate your Launchpad Enhanced.exe, it default location is C:\Program Files\Launchpad Enhanced, right click, select Properties and do the following see fig.a.

Step 6 - Running Launchpad Enhanced (LPE) for the first time
Once you have done all that you are ready to run LPE for the first time. NOTE: When you run LPE for the first time it will be working in the background for some time before any windows pop up. Once it is done working in the background you will see some error messages (usually nothing to worry about) and a window like this one: see fig.b If you have installed Star Wars Galaxies from your CD’s correctly, LPE will detect itt and it will come up green as Passed like above. If your Firewall check has failed, make sure to add LPE to your Firewall (Windows firewall) and Anti-virus exceptions. Sometimes LPE will fail to detect your SWG installation, it happens when you don’t install SWG in default location in which case you will have to go to option Change and manually try to find it. If you have installed SWG in its default location and LPE still cant find it, just run LPE over and over until it detects your SWG installation. Once everything comes out green, LPE will then automatically select an installation path for your emulator. Default location is C:\ SWGEmu

Step 7 - Updating & Installing SWGEmu with Launchpad Enhanced(LPE)
It is time to click twice on the Launchpad Enhanced shortcut (you can find it on your desktop). After this step you will finally see LPE. fig.c



You are now ready to select your server, open the sliding menu and pick Official. fig d

Once you have selected Official you will notice that LPE starting the Updating Procedure, making sure that you have all the necessary files needed to play. LPE will either transfer files from your original SWG install directory C:\Program Files\StarWarsGalaxies to C:\SWGEmu or simply download the missing files.

NOTE: Updating process can take quite some time. Its speed depends on your computer, internet speed and version of the SWG you have installed.. Once LPE has finished transferring and downloading necessary files, it will look like this: fig.e

You are almost ready to play...

Step 8 - Customizing Game Settings
Before you click the Play button I would advise you to go to Game Option and mark Skip Intro Sequence under the game tab, as this will get you to our Login Screen much quicker.

Step 9 - Launching SWGEmu & Logging In
It is time to press PLAY. After a few loading screens you will be asked to enter your User name and Password. Enter your SWGEmu forum User name and Password. If you do not have an SWGEmu user name or password yet, you may sign up for a new account here. Be aware however, that multiple accounts are NOT allowed. NOTE: Both User name and Password are case sensitive.