Happy Life Day everyone, thanks for being an amazing community! We wish you a wonderful time this festive season wherever you may spend it.

Life Day is active again, if you have done it in previous years the rewards given are still the same as you would have previously been awarded.

If you would like more information about the Life Day event please take your time to look over this archive post from live. The version we run here at Awakening holds mostly true to the information given inside.
https://www.swgemu.com/archive/scrapboo ... index.html

The event will remain active the whole of December.

SWG Awakening's New Launcher Public Testing Phase

The new launcher is now in a state ready for public testing. Please note that this does not mean it is replacing the old launcher yet, the old launcher will still remain the official production launcher until we announce otherwise. This is just to give those of you who are curious or want to help out testing stability a chance to use it before release.

While it has already gone through extensive testing to eliminate most issues, please do not replace your current launcher or install this to the same directory as the current one yet. If you experience any issues with regard to the new launcher while testing, please open a new ticket detailing the issue you are having (and the OS you are using). You can do this by following the instructions at our Support page in the navigation bar at the top of the website. Before doing so please make sure you have followed the instructions listed at the download page and have used the correct file to install the launcher.

Download and Install Instructions:
https://github.com/CycloneAwakening/SWG ... tag/v1.1.2

Support for Linux and Mac systems is not guaranteed, neither has it been tested but it should theoretically be implemented. Windows is the intended OS for use with the launcher.

We have implemented a new support and bug ticket system for you to use when you need support with an Awakening related issue or want to report a bug. The website navigation bar and the following forum buttons; "Submit A Bug Report" and "Submit A Ticket" have been updated with links to information about the new system. This new system is implemented in the SWG Awakening Discord server. In the future we request that instead of PMing support staff with support related issues like was advised when the old ticket system was removed due to incompatibility issues, you now use the new ticket system.

Please follow the link here for more information on the new system: support

Hello to all of SWG Awakening’s members,

Wow, we made it to a grand old age of 5! With all those years being in continuous operation, and no database wipes. Thank you all for sticking with us, no matter how long you have been playing for!

To celebrate the 5 year voyage we have undertaken through this Star Wars Galaxy, we will be having the usual weekend long event (Restart on the 8th – Restart on the 11th), with paintings, double XP and a badge for your toons but we’ll also be running a few tiers of lottery (they will be drawn a week after being initiated).

This is how the weekend’s celebrations will work:

• The two paintings will be awarded to the first toon on your account to login after the server restart on the 8th of November (this mechanism will be on until the next server restart).
• A special commemorative badge will be awarded to each toon logged in between the restarts on the 8th and 11th.
• All experience gained will be doubled for the period between scheduled restarts.
• Three lotteries will be initiated at some stage over the weekend be drawn in one week’s time from the start date. Cyclone will announce when they are placed and their location.
  
  Prizes include:
  • Tier One: 1 CSR Prize Token.
  • Tier Two: A rare BARC Speeder Deed that isn’t currently isn’t in the loot tables.
  • Tier Three: The winner’s choice of either a Rebel Spire or Emperor’s Spire (NGE Housing) neither of which are currently in the loot tables.

To be eligible to get the anniversary rewards you will need to restart all Awakening clients and the launcher if you have either open, this is so the updated .tre file downloads to your Awakening install.

The Awakening staff team wish to thank everyone for making this community amazing, and sticking with us all this time! We hope you continue to enjoy playing SWG with us on Awakening for many years to come. We look forward to experiencing whatever the future has to throw at us together and enjoying the fun times along the way!

Star Wars Day is nearly upon us again! Similar to most years the Awakening team has prepared two new paintings for the first character that logs in for each account and a badge for each character that logs in. We felt that we needed to go a step beyond predictable though, so we are also adding loot bonuses! Nearly every NPC in the galaxy will have the potential to drop rare loot - including some items that have never been seen on Awakening before. Endgame hunters and new players alike will have a chance to walk away with a server-first vehicle or house.

Following the scheduled reset on Friday May 3rd, and lasting throughout the weekend until the next reset on Monday May6th the following features will be enabled:

• Bonus XP
• Two new paintings per account
• May 4th 2019 badge
• Increased rare loot drops
• Increased Yellow / Exceptional / Legendary drop rates

May the 4th be with you!