Nvidia Freestyle on Windows Store Games

[Mogli_]

Hello Everyone,

 

I keep getting an error message whenever I try to use Freestyle on a UWP game. I tried Rise of the Tomb Raider, Minecraft and Shadow of War, all downloaded through xbox gamepass.

 

I tested it on borderlands 2 and CS:GO and it worked. Both games were bought on steam.

 

Overwatch also failed, saying the game was not supported (which it is).

 

Is this a known issue, Freestyle not working with UWP games, or is it a problem on my end? I'm playing a lot of games through GamePass right now and really wanted to use this feature.

 

Please share your knowledge with me.

 

Cheers

[flibberdipper]

UWP apps in general don't seem to get along with overlay-type things, whether it be MSI Afterburner or Freestyle. Hell, theoretically Afterburner/RTSS' overlay is indeed compatible with UWP apps, but regardless of what I've done I couldn't get it to work.

[Mogli_]

15 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

UWP apps in general don't seem to get along with overlay-type things, whether it be MSI Afterburner or Freestyle. Hell, theoretically Afterburner/RTSS' overlay is indeed compatible with UWP apps, but regardless of what I've done I couldn't get it to work.

I never got afterburner or CAM to work with those either. The NVIDIA overlay does work, tho, kinda of. I can open the overlay or turn on the fps counter. But Freestyle and photo mode just doesn't work.

I'm curious if this is a major issue and people are pushing NVIDIA for better support or if everyone just gave up on UWP games. I know they are garbage. I'd never buy them, but damn, xbox gamepass is actually a fairly decent service. It bothers me that I can't use a feature that I paid for when I bought my GPU.

What a shame.

[flibberdipper]

33 minutes ago, CaueV said:

I never got afterburner or CAM to work with those either. The NVIDIA overlay does work, tho, kinda of. I can open the overlay or turn on the fps counter. But Freestyle and photo mode just doesn't work.

I'm curious if this is a major issue and people are pushing NVIDIA for better support or if everyone just gave up on UWP games. I know they are garbage. I'd never buy them, but damn, xbox gamepass is actually a fairly decent service. It bothers me that I can't use a feature that I paid for when I bought my GPU.

What a shame.

From what I recall it's not about UWP being supported by third parties, it's more about UWP being a royal pain in the ass to get these types of things working, and where it's such a small demographic there just isn't much reward in going out of the way to get it to work.