Can't open games with Remote Desktop Connection

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GatorChomp21

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I'm trying to stream games from my home gaming PC to my work computer and laptop through RDC. I have set up a VPN and can do most things through RDC (browse chrome, etc.) but whenever I try to open a game (namely Football Manager 2017), the application takes forever to open the window, then eventually goes to "Not Responding." When at home using this PC, there are no issues; the game launches full screen immediately, whereas in RDC it opens a windowed version. My gaming computer runs Windows 10, my laptop runs Windows 10, and my work computer runs Windows 7. The same issues occur whether using my laptop or work computer.
 
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You have to realize that the bandwidth is for simple task, which is why you can use Chrome. However, trying to remotely stream a game takes a lot of work and bandwidth, and possibly fails at doing it. Not to mention, you are leaving the Windows environment (if that makes sense) to play a game full screen. IT just isn't possible.

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You have to realize that the bandwidth is for simple task, which is why you can use Chrome. However, trying to remotely stream a game takes a lot of work and bandwidth, and possibly fails at doing it. Not to mention, you are leaving the Windows environment (if that makes sense) to play a game full screen. IT just isn't possible.
 
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Snipergod87

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Two main issues the other posters highlighted, DirectX and some other API's will not work with Remote Desktop, and the huge bandwidth requirement for something like that would limit you to in house LAN 1Gbe connections if DirectX did work over RDP.
 

Jan_26

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_If_ I remember well, remote desktop makes Windows render on virtual graphic card... basically emulated software renderer, that also forces your game to run on that limited device... It's not built to support accelerated 3D graphics and many games won't even consider such an unusual setup to give up gracefully so they'll just crash.
 

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Did you tell FM17 to open in a window? or is it doing it on it's own?

It's hard for remote software to capture full-screen applications.

So you ideally want to make FM17 open in a Window on the PC it's running from, and then when you launch it remotely it should work better.
 
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