Xbox gets up to speed: Games from the Microsoft Store and PC Game Pass can now be installed in the player’s location of choice. A news that will please fans of modding…
The Xbox app // Source: Frandroid
L’application Xbox on Windows, essential to take advantage of the Xbox Game Pass (called PC Game Pass), sees the arrival of new features that will make life much easier for players.
Xbox announced it last November, it’s now done: the application now allows games to be installed in any folder. These new features were already available to Windows Insiders: they are now available to everyone.
When installing a game on the Microsoft Store on PC, it is now possible to choose its disc. // Source: Frandroid
Apart from the fact that it is always more pleasant to be able to choose the installation location of your games, which now regularly exceed 70 GB, this new option is above all excellent news for the integration of mods.
Modding in sight for the Xbox app
One of the big advantages of playing on PC (among others) rather than on console is the possibility of modifying the game by adding mods. These can greatly improve the graphical rendering of a game, but also correct certain defects and add missing features. Some mods are even real DLC, and others, likeEnderal for Skyrimcompletely change the experience.
However, most often, to install these modifications, it is necessary to touch certain files of the game, and therefore to have access to them. Windows had already started timidly open the Xbox Game Pass to mods almost two years ago, but at the time it was not yet possible to access the files.
Until now, the Xbox application installed the downloaded game in a dedicated WindowsApps folder. It was then impossible to move the files or modify them. Now, when installing a new game, the application allows you to choose the installation folder, as is the case in any launcher or game store.
The user can also move the files of a game without having to re-download it: you will not need to reinstall your existing games to take advantage of these new options. Just right-click on the game of your choice to be able to manage the files.
Xbox therefore continues to improve the interface of its application, the showcase of the Xbox Game Pass which is a great success.
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