Microsoft announces offline mode for Win10 games

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/31/2016 09:23 AM | source: | 23 comment(s)

Microsoft sends word that that an offline mode is available right now for its Windows 10 games. According to the publisher, most games available in the Store support offline play, however players are asked to check the details of their games to make sure theirs are supported

If you’re planning to be in an area with no online coverage, such as on a long-distance flight or a sailing excursion, you can prepare your Windows 10 device to allow you to play offline. Most games available in the Store on your Windows 10 device support offline play, but check the details of the game to make sure yours is supported by searching for your game at http://www.xbox.com.

Most games with a campaign mode will be playable offline, but games with network co-op or multiplayer features will not work while you’re offline.

While playing offline, some features, such as the ability to purchase additional items from the Windows Store, will not be available. Additionally, any leaderboards will be unavailable while you're offline.
Achievements
If you earn any achievements while playing offline, they will sync to your account the next time you sign in to Xbox Live on your device. You won’t see a toast notification letting you know that you unlocked the achievement until you sign in to Xbox Live on that device.

Cloud saves and offline game play

Before you go offline, connect to Xbox Live to sync your most recent game save to the cloud. While you play offline, your game save progress will continue to be saved locally, and it’ll sync the next time you sign in to Xbox Live. If you want to continue playing on a different device (or platform, if the game supports Xbox Play Anywhere), you’ll need to go online and connect to Xbox Live to allow your local saved game to sync with the cloud again.

If you’re on a Windows 10 device, your cloud saves will automatically start uploading once you’re signed in and connected to Xbox Live. Game save sync is usually fast, but allow a couple of minutes before you try playing on another device.

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mikeysg
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#5354087 Posted on: 11/03/2016 06:10 AM

I just wanted to say that I appreciate the Windows store. Buying and playing DX12 games like Quantum Break and Gears of War 4 on my desktop; is totally outstanding! The off-line option is nevertheless a good thing.

I'd love to have a copy of Gears of War 4, but buying it online is a no go for me due to my crap net speed, it'd literally take me a two to three weeks to download the game. Until MS releases the tricked version of Gears of War and Gears of War 4 on physical discs, I ain't gonna bother with the games, happily installing Titanfall 2 and BF1 on two of my rigs via physical discs. MS seems to have forgotten that not all of us have access to high speed net connection.

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#5354092 Posted on: 11/03/2016 07:29 AM

I just wanted to say that I appreciate the Windows store. Buying and playing DX12 games like Quantum Break and Gears of War 4 on my desktop; is totally outstanding! The off-line option is nevertheless a good thing.

Nvidia user?

I suggest you to don't play the QB DX11 version on Steam (online or offline).

Your appreciation for the MS Store, the DX12 "performance" on Nvidia and his offline mode could fall a LOT!

Edit: Improved punctuation.

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#5354099 Posted on: 11/03/2016 08:41 AM

Origin...one of the main reasons I don't do clean installs as often as I would like. Restoring the games is still a nightmare...especially on 1.5 DSL.

You can "manually" backup and restore Origin games too. Just make a copy of the game installation folder.

Then in Origin, choose download for that game and wait for it to start downloading (so that at least something is downloaded, like a couple of MB).
Right-click on Origin tray icon and choose quit (do not log out or pause the download, just quit!).

Copy the backup folder to the Origin games library and overwrite the existing folder (created by the download).
When you restart Origin, it will detect the game's content and install it. Play!

PS: the same method can be used for UPlay games as well. Only difference is UPlay uses a "placeholder" folder for unfinished downloads so you don't overwrite while copying.
Manually delete the placeholder after successful restore.

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