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Configuring the Mixed Reality Feature Tool |
Learn how to download and install Mixed Reality Unity packages from the MR Feature Tool for HoloLens and VR development. |
sean-kerawala |
sekerawa |
04/19/2021 |
article |
high |
up-to-date, tools, get started, basics, unity, visual studio, toolkit, mixed reality headset, windows mixed reality headset, virtual reality headset, installation, Windows, HoloLens, emulator, unreal, openxr |
When using the Mixed Reality Feature Tool, you have access to several different settings categories that you can customize at will:
Enabling this setting causes package files to be downloaded every time they're acquired.
- We recommend leaving this option disabled to reduce network bandwidth usage
- By default, previously acquired package files aren't re-downloaded
Change this setting to update the location where feature packages are downloaded.
Note
This setting is read-only in this release. Future releases may make this setting configurable.
Enable this setting to ensure that every time the Mixed Reality Feature Tool is started, the latest feature catalog is retrieved from the server.
Enable this setting to acquire preview releases.
- By default, preview releases are not shown in the Mixed Reality Feature Tool
Note
A preview release is defined as containing the "-preview" or "-pre" designation in the package version.
Enable this setting to acquire features from registered early access programs releases.
- By default, early access features are not shown in the Mixed Reality Feature Tool
Note
Enabling Show early access program features without Show preview releases may result in eary access packages not appearing in Discovery.
By default, the Mixed Reality Feature Tool removes previous copies of the packages being imported to reduce the file size and unnecessary computations.
- Uncheck this setting to keep all versions
Change this setting to update project folder path where feature packages are copied on import.
- For example, if the project folder is C:\GalaxyExplorer, the fully qualified import path will be C:\GalaxyExplorer\Packages\MixedReality.
Note
This setting is read-only in this release. Future releases may make this setting configurable.
This setting determines if a prompt will be displayed each time an early access program is removed.
The list of registered early access programs. Use the Add, Edit and Remove to manage the collection of registered programs.
Displays the path to the diagnostic log file.
Clicking on the open file 
button will open the file, using the default text editor.