The Xbox PC app will say if a game “supports mods” with a note underneath its name. Mod support has also been a recurring request, and it’s coming for “many games within Xbox Game Pass.” You can access local files, meaning you can move and edit game files. The big new change for a lot of people: being able to install games on different Windows drives and also set the default folder. You know, they were leaving some challenges for PC gamers with just updating their apps, downloading, installing, and especially modding games.”
We made some significant improvements to those systems. “We had UWP games and all this stuff around delivery and installation. “We had some legacy systems we were working with,” Xbox’s Jason Beaumont explained in a November PC Community Update video posted today. Thankfully, new features are coming to the Xbox PC app in the near future, including the ability to change where your games are installed and actually access your files. Things can get real dicey when it comes to installing games - or even just deleting them - as part of the wider Xbox PC app and Microsoft Store experience. The next thing Microsoft should focus on, is to improve the performance of the Xbox app.‘Foundational updates’ are coming soon to make Xbox gaming less of a hassle on PCĪs great as Xbox Game Pass can be, it’s tough to love the quirks and caveats that come with it on PC. Microsoft is just playing catch up, and while it has a long way to go, the improvements are a good sign. These features aren't ground-breaking, they should have been there all along. Open the app, click on the Previews section on the sidebar, and select Windows Gaming to get the preview builds. To do so, just install the Xbox Insider Hub app. Users who wish to test such features early can opt into the Xbox Insider Program. This may help you play some games in different resolutions, add command-line arguments, etc., to improve your gameplay experience. If you want to install mods, unofficial patches, etc., you can do so by following the mod's instructions. This allows you full access to the game files unlike before. To open the folder where you installed the games, simply use File Explorer and go to the directory that you chose. Use the Xbox app's right-click menu to create a desktop shortcut instantly.Īccessing the Xbox PC games folder, and modding the games
You no longer have to open the shell:AppsFolder via the Run command, and use Explorer to add shortcuts for your games. You may also verify the integrity of games that are installed, and repair them if necessary.Ĭreate desktop shortcuts for Xbox PC games That saves you the trouble of redownloading the files. Select a different folder, and wait for the app to move the game files over to their new home. Switch to the Files tab, and click the Change Drive button.
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