Hi all,

We are running a survey to gain insight into what operating system our players are using on the computers they use to play SWG Awakening with. This survey is a short 1-2 minute survey that will greatly benefit us in understanding our players. We appreciate everyone taking the time to complete it.

The survey can be found on our website at the Operating System Survey page (direct link: https://swgawakening.com/operating-system-survey)

As we work to update the packages our launcher runs on, we will be losing support for Windows 7/8/8.1 with the mainstream launcher release. This will bring us in line with Microsoft's end of support for legacy operating systems. As a result of this, we may need to provide an alternative option for users with legacy Windows operating systems to connect to Awakening's servers. We will develop our plan based on user responses to this survey, though work has already commenced to provide avenues to enable this. See the current version of the Play Now page to see our work so far.

Note: Users with non-Windows operating systems, this does not change anything for you, we still will not be providing support for users on non-Windows operating systems. Though the launcher code is publicly available at the link below, if you would like to try edit and compile a version of the launcher for your OS (macOS/Linux distros).

https://github.com/CycloneAwakening/SWGAwakening

The Server is Back up!!! Thanks to Incognito & Cyclone for going the extra mile to get things working again.

Woohoo May 4^th is here!

We will be conducting a server restart to enable the Awakening event system from a server restart on Friday the 5^th of May through until the following Friday (restart times TBA, a minimum of 30 minute warning will be provided prior to bringing the server down). We will be giving players a chance to get two random event paintings from the May 4^th 2017 through to the May 4th 2022 collection. These will be able to be redeemed once per account (put in the inventory of the first character to login after restart). The commemorative badge for May 4^th 2023 will be awarded to each character that is logged in during the event. Like usual there will also be boosted XP during the event, this will be equal to three (3) times the base server XP rate, keeping in mind we are currently in two (2) times boosted XP mode at the moment.

There may be additional spontaneous/semi-spontaneous events being held throughout the week. The occurence of these is solely based on the availability of our volunteer Event Coordination team members.



To summarise everything that’s guaranteed to be happening during the week:

• Two random May 4th event paintings from 2017-2022 per account (put in the inventory of the first character to login)

• A May 4^th 2023 event badge per character logged in

• Increased XP rate (3x the base rate)

All of these will be available from Friday the 5^th of May’s ad hoc reset, to the following Friday's ad hoc reset.

Thank you all for playing SWG with us on Awakening. We hope you enjoy!

The staff team wishes you a happy Star Wars Day, May the 4^th be with you all!

Greetings Awakening.

The past two Monday resets have brought us hotfixes addressing some lingering issues from Patch 10 and also some new additions hidden amongst the galaxy to discover =)

you can find the notes below:

• 10.0.3
• 10.0.4

We hope you enjoy!

Greetings Awakening,

Another year has come and gone, our thanks to all the wonderful players that make Awakening the experience it is! Awakening will officially be 8 years old on November 8th! Thank you all, for continuing to be a welcoming and helpful community. To celebrate the 8 years, we have been voyaging through this galaxy as a community, we will be having the following week long festivities (Restart on the Monday the 7th – Restart on the Monday the 14th). The event will include a commemorative set of paintings, XP bonus and a celebratory badge for your characters. The ECs also plan to make themselves available to run some events throughout the week.

This is how the week’s celebrations will work:

• Two random paintings from the commemorative collection will be awarded to the first toon on your account to login after the scheduled server restart on the 7th of November (this mechanism will be on until the restart on the 14th November).
• A special commemorative badge will be awarded to each toon logged in between the usual scheduled restarts on the 7th and 14th.
• All experience gained will be doubled (from the base rate of 1x or 100%) for the period between scheduled restarts, this means that the experience gains will be increased from their current level of 200%, to 3x or 300% of the base value.
• Numerous live and long-running events will also be held.

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Event List: - for event submission requirements refer to the link attached for further details https://swgawakening.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=11151

• Anniversary Lotteries
  Three lotteries will be initiated during the week of the anniversary, each will be drawn in one week’s time from the start date. A staff member will announce when and where they are placed (near a major starport).
  • Lottery prizes include:
    • Tier One: 1 Rare House of the Winner's Choice - Congratulations to Orange Zedna

      Kashyyyk Tree House Cloud City House (Bespin) Commando Bunker Jabba's Sail Barge Jedi Meditation Room Mustafarian Underground Bunker Muunilinst Relaxation Pool Sith Meditation Room

      Vehicle Garage House Yoda's Dagobah Hut YT-1300 House AT-AT House SMC Hut NS Hut Rebel Spire Emperor's Spire

    • Tier Two: 1 Rare Vehicle of the Winner's Choice - Congratulations to Meaz Pligl.

      BARC Speeder Imperial BARC Speeder Rebel BARC Speeder AB-1 Landspeeder Desert Skiff/Transport Skiff

      Mustafar Lava Skiff Tantive-IV Landspeeder USV-5 Landspeeder V-35 Landspeeder XP-38 Landspeeder

    • Tier Three: 1 Prize Token Congratulations to Fusion Powers (for use in the prize hall)
• Imperial Investigation (Scavenger Hunt Style Event)
  After an exhaustive 8 year long investigation, the Imperial Security Bureau (ISB) has broken up the 3rd largest smuggling ring in the galaxy. A successful raid was conducted on the Chiss Hidden Outpost on Talus, however several members of the Rogue Chiss Faction have escaped Imperial detention. The ISB hereby calls on all loyal citizens of the Empire to assist in the acquiring the current location of these Rogue Chiss operatives.
  
  How it works; on Monday after reset the 1st of 8 Rogue Chiss NPCs will be placed at an undisclosed location in the galaxy. One additional NPC will be spawned every ~12 hours, with the last being spawned around 20:00 on Thursday. Minor prizes are to be awarded to the first player to in-game mail Rogue the waypoint (X, Y and Z coordinates & planet name) for each of the 8 NPCs. The grand prize for the first person to in-game mail Rogue all 8 Waypoints (X, Y and Z coordinates & planet name). There will be a sample of the type of NPC you are looking for on display in a merchant tent in the Rogue Outpost.
  Example of email submission: Sample RogueChiss -993, 6, -5579 Naboo
  Grand prize entry must include all 8 waypoints in one email!
  
  Prizes will be awarded as follows:
  • A minor prize for the first character to find each NPC (one prize per NPC) and in-game mail Rogue its location
    • Limit of one minor prize per account
    • Minor prizes are your choice of one item from the main room of the Rogue Outpost city hall
  • Grand prize for the first player to find and in-game mail Rogue the correct location of all 8 NPCs (player's choice of a rare vehicle from the list below). Grand prize entry must include all 8 waypoints Congratulations to: Lokla

    BARC Speeder Imperial BARC Speeder Rebel BARC Speeder AB-1 Landspeeder Desert Skiff/Transport Skiff

    Mustafar Lava Skiff Tantive-IV Landspeeder USV-5 Landspeeder V-35 Landspeeder XP-38 Landspeeder

  • Every participant who submits all 8 NPC locations correctly before the scheduled restart on the 14th will receive an accolade badge on their chosen character
• Crafting Event
  The Imperial Department of Mines, Fish, Wildlife & Interstellar Travel requires your assistance in acquiring the following items to assist in the actioning of the Emperor's Arbitrary Rule Enforcement act throughout the galaxy.
  
  How it works; starting around 08:00 after reset Monday, the Event Coordination staff will announce the first of 8 crafting items^* to be created or resources gathered, and to be dropped off at a vendor located in the Rogue Outpost (-1020 -5572 Naboo). The final item must be crafted by the character submitting the entry (component pieces may be made by others, but must still meet any requirements requested). Items will be announced every ~12 hours, until all 8 items have been listed, around 20:00 on Thursday. In order to ensure accuracy and to make things easier to track, only entries dropped off to the vendor will be accepted as valid. The time remaining on the vendor offering will be used to determine who was first to submit each item.
  
  ^*Crafting items will only need a skill level of Master Artisan or lower, the name of the item (and or subcomponents) will need to meet that which was specified by the Event Coordination staff, to prevent submission of items produced prior to the event.
  
  Prizes will be awarded as follows:
  • A minor prize for the first character to submit the item to the vendor (one prize per revealed item).
    • Limit of one minor prize per account to give all people a go at winning prizes
    • Minor prizes are your choice of one item from the main room of the Rogue Outpost city hall.
  • Grand prize for the first player to submit all 8 items to the vendor. Congratulations to Brandis
    • First to get all 8 in will win the grand prize, time remaining on the final of the 8 items to be submitted by any character will be used to determine the fastest.
    • The grand prize is a resource deed as awarded through the veteran rewards system.
  • Every participant who submits all 8 items before the scheduled restart on the 14th will receive an accolade badge on their crafting character.
• Live Events
  • As always, the Event Coordination staff will be hosting various live events throughout the celebration (as time permits), we hope to see you out there battling the forces of the galaxy!

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Reminder, to be eligible to get the anniversary rewards (badge and paintings) you will need to restart all Awakening clients and the launcher if you have both open, after the Monday, November 7th restart. This is so the updated client file downloads to your Awakening install.

All events (their details, rules and/or prizes) for the 8th anniversary celebrations are subject to change, we will endeavour to advise players of any changes should they arise.

All times in this post are using United States Eastern Standard Time.

We, as a staff team would like to thank everyone for helping us make it to 8 years of continuous operation. Whether that be as a player or as a staff member. Without all of you Awakening wouldn't be here 8 years on from its inception. We look forward to whatever may lie before us in the years ahead! We hope to have you all along for the ride with us! May the Force be with you.

SWG Awakening Staff Team