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Now you can download your games (again) from GFWL...apparently?
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LordRaptor
Member
This is coming in hot... when someone posted about this in the other thread I tried logging in, and it had my gamertag but with no icon or gamerscore.
Logging out and reloading I got my gamertag and my old 360 icon (not my current one) and my gamerscore, but an error message that I had no purchases.
Just tried again, and my full purchase history is available for download, including now obsolete GFWL DLC.
e: These purchases are still only visible in the "this app is not supported in Win 10" GFWL client, not the Win 10 Store or the Xbox app.
Logging out and reloading I got my gamertag and my old 360 icon (not my current one) and my gamerscore, but an error message that I had no purchases.
Just tried again, and my full purchase history is available for download, including now obsolete GFWL DLC.
e: These purchases are still only visible in the "this app is not supported in Win 10" GFWL client, not the Win 10 Store or the Xbox app.
LordRaptor
Member
If he hasn't used the GFWL client in awhile, make him login to xbox.com first.
They added various EULA changes for Xbox 360 owners that all gamertag accounts had to accept before they were allowed to access the GWFL client, but didn't propagate any of that information to the actual GFWL client - you just get an error and a link to a webpage that doesn;t exist.
yeh he's already done that, can log on to xbox.com fine, just doesn't work with the client.
Domstercool
Member
Does he use two-step verification (authenticator). It doesn't work with GFWL, so you have to turn it off to be able to log into GFWL.
That is likely the way it will always be.
I am able to confirm this. I had a few games on my GFWL client that previously weren't able to download and gave me an error but I just tried now and the games downloaded just fine. Who knows how long this will last though. I suggest everyone to download all their games now and keep them installed in case anything happens in the future.
It failed the download the first time for Tinker and now it seems to be working.
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rince of Persia: Warrior Within and Deus Ex did not appear the first time I opened the Games for Windows Marketplace app. I restarted the app and they appeared and are successfully downloading.
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rince of Persia: Warrior Within and Deus Ex did not appear the first time I opened the Games for Windows Marketplace app. I restarted the app and they appeared and are successfully downloading.
LordRaptor
Member
Might be worth trying again in awhile - I never bought any non-MS games on GFWL, but I did buy DLC for GFWL titles, so I have Arkham City and Dawn Of War DLCs available
e:, yeah you edited after I posted - like I said before, it seems this is coming in pretty hot right now and is pretty glitchy
Sportbilly
Member
Great- I don't seem to be able to log into my old GFWL account. I can't remember the password (can it be different to your Hotmail account etc password?), and the reset page won't load. My old Hotmail email address and account still work fine and I can log in to both of those and XBox.com and see my games, just not the GFWL client. It really is fucked, half the pages on XBox.com that are linked to aren't there any more.
Just as a general tip, Microsoft. If you really want to push PC gaming, sort out this old clusterfuck first. I activated a copy of Half Life on Steam 6 years after I originally bought it with no problem, so I don't really get why this is such a problem.
And this works... Cheers.
Just as a general tip, Microsoft. If you really want to push PC gaming, sort out this old clusterfuck first. I activated a copy of Half Life on Steam 6 years after I originally bought it with no problem, so I don't really get why this is such a problem.
And this works... Cheers.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Is it possible that Microsoft could redirect the GFWL calls that a game makes to authenticate redirect to the Windows 10 store?
Likewise could GFWL games be added to the Win10 store as download only?
Likewise could GFWL games be added to the Win10 store as download only?
Poodlestrike
Banned
Potentially, I don't see why not.