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Star Wars Galaxies

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Star Wars Galaxies
Star Wars Galaxies cover
Developers
Sony Online Entertainment
Publishers
LucasArts
Release dates
Windows June 26, 2003
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Subscription, Expansion pack
Modes Multiplayer
Pacing Persistent
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres MMORPG
Themes Sci-fi
Series Star Wars
Star Wars Galaxies guide on StrategyWiki
Star Wars Galaxies on MobyGames
Star Wars Galaxies on Wikipedia
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Key points

Servers were shut down on December 15, 2011.
SWGEmu ProjectSWG and SWG Legends allow playing the game on unofficial servers.

General information

SWGEmu forums
ProjectSWG
Steam Community Discussions
Wookieepedia - A huge wiki dedicated to the Star Wars universe

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows
This game is no longer sold digitally.
All versions required a Station account.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Jump to Lightspeed
Windows
Episode III: Rage of the Wookiees
Windows
Trials of Obi-Wan
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24170/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Sound Design of SWG[1] Steps to restore 5.1[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
EAX 3.0[1]
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Japanese
Japan region only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
Use SWGEmu or ProjectSWG or SWG Legends.

Connection types

VR support

Devices State Notes
TrackIR
Supports: Yaw, Pitch.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1 GHz
AMD Athlon 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4.25 GB
Video card (GPU) 3D acceleration with Hardware Transform and Lighting capability
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/24170/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (24170) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References