[SOLVED] NVIDIA Freestyle not working UWP Games

[CaueV]

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

 

[Frag Maniac]

Are you aware of (and abiding by) the technical restrictions of UWP?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Windows_Platform#Reception

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

UWP games don't go very well with any OSD monitoring software, including other utilities like "freestyle', FRAPS, and other similar overlay/monitoring tools. This has been a huge drawback for UWP games.

 

[CaueV]

Are you aware of (and abiding by) the technical restrictions of UWP?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Windows_Platform#Reception

I'm becoming aware now. I can only find posts about this from 2-3 years ago. I can't believe this is still an issue.

That's a shame, I really wanted to play metro exodus with the sharpen filter.

 

[Frag Maniac]

I'm becoming aware now. I can only find posts about this from 2-3 years ago. I can't believe this is still an issue.

That's a shame, I really wanted to play metro exodus with the sharpen filter.

I was going to just say UWP is a work in progress, but I thought the Wiki on it would be more explanatory. As mentioned it's often overlays of various kinds that trip it up. Look at it this way, if random games even without UWP can have problems with overlays now and then, you can bet UWP will.