During the Build 2016 event, Microsoft revealed some of the upcoming features for its UWP platform. According to Microsoft, the ability to disable VSync and official support for both GSync and Freesync will be coming in May. Not only that, but Microsoft confirmed that in the future, both overlays and mods will be supported in UWP games.
Microsoft has also confirmed that official multi-GPU support will be coming in the future. This most probably explains why Gears of War: Ultimate Edition does not support multi-gpus at the moment, and why The Coalition has been stating these past weeks that it’s been working on it.
What’s also interesting here is that Microsoft announced the Desktop App Converter; a tool that converts Win32 apps to Centennial which is the Win32 bridge, thus giving them access to all UWP APIs.
Microsoft showcased this tool by converting both Age of Empires II HD and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and running them as UWP apps. The really cool thing here is that Age of Empires II HD was running with mods and an overlay. In addition, Microsoft claimed that developers can convert their apps with no change to the original code.
Last but not least, Microsoft claimed that UWP will give better performance for games and better safety for users.
All in all, it appears that Microsoft is trying to address every issue that has been raised regarding UWP games!
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You should explain in this article, at least in one sentence, what is this whole UWP.
Universal windows platform. It is mainly for devs and easier for them to bring Xbone games to PC. That’s what i understood.
Not only XB>PC, it is in the name, easier to develop/port across all devices running Windows.
Nice, good for them. As long as they don’t fk up everything for pc users.
It is Microsoft, of course they will lol.
Picture me sadded than sad ben affleck 🙁
No. It is mainly for MS to try and consolize windows releases of their games. It is functionally DRM that prevents any editing of the game files whatsoever, including .ini tweaks, overlays, and modding. It basically prohibits all of the features that make PC gaming great.
Overlays, ini tweaking and gsync/freesync will be in the next big win10 update.
wtf is UWP? win 10 store you mean, i assume?
these things shouldnt be fixes and updates they should have been built in since day 1.
if i run a game on win 10 i can do multi gpu/etc. but if its a win10 STORE game i get gimped and console kiddied?
lol. this world is a joke. im done with EVER buying or supporting games again. ill be buying gpu/cpu`s etc second hand from now on as well. nshittya/ampoor are a joke as well.
yeah, and that part about “better performance”, a bit misleading and I think they mean that directx 12 can give in theory better performance but you can use dx12 without uwp so..
Well, you shouldn’t stop buying games, just don’t support this win10 store exclusive nosense, hopefully sales will tank and it’s going to fail like gfwl did.
I’m not the guy who screams BOYCOTT THIS, BOYCOTT THAT all the time, but i think what MS is trying to do with their store, is going to hurt pc gaming. It’s a big step back, not forward. Haha, disabling v-sync a feature! Wow! It’s f *ckn insulting they launched dat UWP platform in this state and they expect us to give them our hard earned money.
You think they are going to hutrt pc gaming after they announced that they will have support for all the features we were asking.? How?
Hummmm… interested to see where this is going.
I still don’t see the point of launching the games exclusively to their awful f’ing store, without providing features that are somewhat standard coming from a PC gaming standpoint, and without doing absolutely nothing to be better than the already successfully established stores.
That store is awful, just awful, but now has AAA games so it is called a “competitor” lel.
Heh, it’s Microsoft and their “PC gaming support” again. I’m curious.
The point is, they want to create a closed ecosystem so they can control it how they see fit. And we all know how that is going to work out, it’s ms.
Just don’t buy anything from their store, most of their upcoming so called AAA titles are overrated xbox ports anyways.
I’m fully aware of their ecosystem intentions, I’m just curious if this recent maneuver (damage control lelelelel) will mean something from now on.
I can’t even buy in their store without getting too out of my way, the support is too limited compared to Steam for example.
Also, everything is overrated.
I don’t want MS to control my games “as they see fit”. I am the end user, I play the game as I see fit. If MS isn’t on board with that, they are not going to make headway into pc gaming. This isn’t a console MS, and you do not have control.
If you own Steam, Origin, or Uplay games, then you’re not “controlling your games as you see fit.”
So,
G-sync/Freensync Support
Afterburner/Precision X/Sweet FX-Reshade
Good good. They’ve listened to the community which is nice. What should they bring next ?
Yeah, I wouldn’t touch these games that can’t use G-Sync.
YAY! Windows store is bringing some of the features that PC gamers have had for years. REJOICE!
“The really cool thing here is that Age of Empires II HD was running with mods and an overlay.”
The wonders never cease!
Really? Please, tell me more about how Win32 apps have had virtualized storage, virtualized registry and shared code base across all Windows platforms for years. And in case you were wondering…yes, those are good things.
Note the part where I say “some”
“Last but not least, Microsoft claimed that UWP will give better performance for games and better safety for users.”
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The Propaganda Machine is strong with this one!
Will graphic control panel settings work for UWP games?
Whats UWP? A new Games for Windows Live?, you know, What I wanted from Oculus is to be the hardware only, but now they are planning to be platform where “I can speak with friends and share sh ! t and else”, then I just wanted windows to be only an OS, but they are planning to come back with the same GFWL sh ! t and you know how it was, it almost killed PC gaming.
I dont want any moar gaming software and platforms, I have enough with my Steam account, My GOG account, my ORIGIN account, my UT games account then I was planning to play Rayman, and ubisoft asked me for another account aside from the Steam one, f / c k it, I uninstalled the game instantly.
People complaining about Steam being a monopoly… LOL. Valve never will force any dev to release their games to Steam only, while Origin, UWP and OCULUS Store has exclusive games we will never be able to get outside of their stores. You can get Steam games on Humble Bundle, GreenMan Gaming and other stores, so who is trying to have a f / c k i n g monopoly here?
Was interested on KI, but I have enough accounts to deal with and actually I think I uninstalled all the XBOX/UWP s h ! t from my windows 10 PC.
If Steam decides to lock you out, you’re locked out of all your games.
You are not in control.
But no sexy dancers update?
I used Microsofr store yesterday for the first time to play Killer Instinct! Game is good. But however i will not use Windows store for anything more than microsoft published games thati i want to play(scalebound gears 4 quantum break recore)
What makes me don’t wanna use is the lack of support for little things, like the DSR feature that is really importante for me… and the reason for DSR don’t work is the lack of a real fullscreen mode.
My window’s 10 store will not open anymore resulting in all my apps also, have to reinstall to fix such a stupid thing.
That’s right, Microsoft. Play under the rules, or get the f**k out!
So they can use the UWP API for things like cross play, cross buy. You might think UWP sucks but it’s great for developers because it makes their work easier
Their trying to improve everything people have issue with and you all still give them hate. This is why we cant have nice things.