PC Game Pass (was Xbox Game Pass for PC)

wunkley · 26 Sep 2019 at 17:36

AWPC said:
Something is clearly wrong on your system I have a couple 100GB of gamepass games NONE use duplicate HD space at all!

Did you actually read my passage of text that you've quoted? Obviously not...

robfosters · 26 Sep 2019 at 18:14

So this is my windows apps folder for gamepass. What exactly is that bottom folder again?

Witcher1980 · 26 Sep 2019 at 19:14

robfosters said:
So this is my windows apps folder for gamepass. What exactly is that bottom folder again?

I had this when I installed Gears 5, I found this on reddit at the time and forgot all about it.

Note: PC players examining disk space may notice a folder named "MSIXVC" which will appear similar in size to the Gears 5 install folder. This is a side effect of how the installation uses a file system feature called junctions - it is not a second full copy of the game. If needed, you can verify the actual space consumed by the game on your hard drive under “Add or remove programs”.

It seems to be like temp files etc, people on reddit removed it and all was fine. Not tried myself though.

ic1male · 26 Sep 2019 at 19:37

Isn’t MSIXVC the new way of delivering big Windows games? Xbox Virtual Container or something. There was a bit about it a while back as people thought it was a way of running Xbox games on Windows. but I think it uses the Xbox servers to provide the app instead of the Windows ones. Or something.

spudbynight · 27 Sep 2019 at 13:22

satchef1 said:
Cities Skylines without most of the DLC or mods isn't going to be brilliant. Already included in Origin Access too.

This is a problem I have with modding games today. So many games have their mods tied into the steam workshop yet offer themselves for sale on other platforms. Cities Skylines is fantastic but you need mod support for it and getting mods without steam workshop is very difficult. The only place you can get them is from dodgy russian sites and even then they are not maintained. I had a trial with the Xbox pass and installed FM2019. The fact that no mods would work with it was such a turn off for me. Pretty much every person I know who plays FM games uses mods extensively. There are various mods out there for adding in things like real player photos, club badges, shirts and other extra stuff. Not being able to install these ruins the experience. Further to this, the official FM game editor isn't available anywhere other than via steam. This is another tool that is widely used in the FM community. (You would be amazed how many people stick themselves into the FM database as a player)

bobboberts · 27 Sep 2019 at 14:14

Aren't a lot of mods on Mod Nexus (I think that is what it is called)?

zom247 · 28 Sep 2019 at 13:11

Following the links in this thread I had the 2 months for 2 quid but it's coming to an end soon. Are there any more cheap ways to extend or is it just the £3.99 per month now?

robfosters · 28 Sep 2019 at 13:29

Why has game pass downloaded Gears 5 again? The full 65GB of it :confused:

Bazzards · 28 Sep 2019 at 13:34

Playing bloodstained at the moment, what a great game.

Tombstone · 28 Sep 2019 at 14:26

Bazzards said:
Playing bloodstained at the moment, what a great game.

Yup and £34.99 on Steam, another great Gamepass deal

Bazzards · 28 Sep 2019 at 17:21

Hadn’t realised it was that expensive, double bargain.

theone8181 · 28 Sep 2019 at 19:22

zom247 said:
Following the links in this thread I had the 2 months for 2 quid but it's coming to an end soon. Are there any more cheap ways to extend or is it just the £3.99 per month now?

Buy an amd processor

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zom247 · 28 Sep 2019 at 19:56

theone8181 said:
Buy an amd processor.

Funnily enough I'm looking at getting a 3600

tracertong · 29 Sep 2019 at 03:09

Dirt Rally 2 now in the store - 82gb.

bobboberts · 29 Sep 2019 at 09:46

I started playing Bad North last night - quite simple but addictive.

spudbynight · 29 Sep 2019 at 10:35

bobboberts said:
Aren't a lot of mods on Mod Nexus (I think that is what it is called)?

Not for either Cities Skylines or FM.

With Xbox games pass even having access to the mods doesn't always work. With Cities Skylines mods are kept in a directory within "MyDocuments" but for FM you need to access the directory structure of the game which you don't have access to with Xbox Games Pass games.

Ollie_ · 29 Sep 2019 at 20:19

zom247 said:
Following the links in this thread I had the 2 months for 2 quid but it's coming to an end soon. Are there any more cheap ways to extend or is it just the £3.99 per month now?

Yeah I think you can do this if you just signed up for the normal Xbox game pass for PC https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/x...m2xg1csm1nxt3zb00&activetab=pivot:overviewtab

bobboberts · 30 Sep 2019 at 01:14

spudbynight said:
Not for either Cities Skylines or FM.

With Xbox games pass even having access to the mods doesn't always work. With Cities Skylines mods are kept in a directory within "MyDocuments" but for FM you need to access the directory structure of the game which you don't have access to with Xbox Games Pass games.

Ah, ok. That's frustrating then.

UncleRhino · 1 Oct 2019 at 05:15

Bazzards said:
Playing bloodstained at the moment, what a great game.

i enjoyed this game a lot too

ic1male · 2 Oct 2019 at 10:14

If you haven't been a Game Pass member yet (by trial or paid) you can sign up for your first month and get six months of Spotify Premium for nowt! It only costs £1. Probably worth making a new Xbox gamertag for to save £63.

https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/xbox-game-pass/pc-games#join