May 2, 2021 08:42 EDT with 0 comments
The last seven days saw the arrival of a rather impressive Q3 FY21 earnings report, the implementation of a bigger cut for PC game devs, and even a fix for the update that caused all sorts of gaming performance issues. You can find info about that, as well as much more below, in your Microsoft digest for the week of April 25 – May 1.
More money for PC game devs
We should open with what is perhaps the bigger news of the week – at least in terms of gaming -, namely that Microsoft will be lowering its cut from 30% to 12%. This will impact PC game devs specifically, and is set to take effect starting in August. Not just that, the firm is also promising “improved reliability and faster download speeds” are coming, with the Microsoft Store proper set to receive a UI update too.
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Have you ever woken a Windows 10 PC from its sleep state to find all your application windows have been rearranged? Microsoft has finally implemented a fix.
Posting on the DirectX Developer Blog, Michelle Xiong, a Program Manage on the Graphics Team, admits how frustrating this unwanted application window rearrangement can be. You have to re-drag application windows to the original, intended position pre-sleep. This is likely to lead you to feel frustrated because this happens almost every time when your system goes to sleep and takes time out of your productivity.
The bug has an official name: Rapid Hot Plug Detect (Rapid HPD) and it specifically impacts DisplayPort multi-monitor setups when a Windows 10 system exits a sleep state. The windows have either moved around or end up clustered on one of your displays.
Apr 28, 2021 14:56 EDT with 19 comments
Windows users that use multiple monitors or a secondary monitor for their laptops might have experienced an issue with the arrangement of apps when resuming a system from sleep. The windows on a second monitor either collapse to the main display or are automatically moved from where they were last left, making it a time-consuming affair to rearrange every time you return the PC from sleep.
Now, a fix is on the way for this issue as Microsoft has acknowledged the behavior and has confirmed that the problem has been addressed in Insider Preview builds 21287 and newer. Program Manager for the Graphics Team, Michelle Xiong, explains in a DevBlogs post that the technical term for the issue internally is Rapid Hot Plug Detect (Rapid HPD), and that it affects DisplayPort multi-monitor setups. The post also contains example videos of the problem in action and the behavior post the fix.