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DirectX Tool Kit for DirectX 11

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Release available for download on GitHub

Release History

December 15, 2022

  • GamePad, Keyboard, and Mouse headers have USING_XINPUT, USING_GAMEINPUT, USING_WINDOWS_GAMING_INPUT defines
  • Updates for GameInputCreate failure handling on PC
  • DirectX Tool Kit for Audio updated for XAudio2Redist 1.2.10
  • CMake project updated to require 3.20 or later
  • CMake and MSBuild project updates
  • Minor MinGW code changes
  • Added Azure Dev Ops Pipeline YAML files
  • Test suite updated with CTest support

October 17, 2022

  • Additional methods for DirectX Tool Kit for Audio emitter and listener for cone and falloff curves
  • Added use of C++11 inline namespaces to make it possible to link both DX11 and DX12 versions at once
  • Minor fix for CompileShaders.cmd to address additional 'paths with spaces' issues
  • Minor CMake update

July 29, 2022

  • breaking change DDSTextureLoader Ex functions now use DDS_LOADER_FLAGS instead of bool forceSRGB parameter.
  • MapGuard helper class updated with a new copy method
  • Fixed Mouse race-condition with changing mode and resetting scroll wheel at the same time.
  • CMake and MSBuild project updates
  • Minor code review

June 15, 2022

  • GamePad, Keyboard, and Mouse updated to use GameInput on PC for the Gaming.Desktop.x64 platform
  • DirectX Tool Kit for Audio updated for XAudio2Redist 1.2.9
  • CMake project updates

May 9, 2022

  • C++20 spaceship operator updates for SimpleMath
  • Minor updates for VS 2022 (17.2)
  • CMake project updates (now supports MSVC, clang/LLVM, and MinGW)
  • Added Microsoft GDK projects using the Gaming.Desktop.x64 platform
  • Retired VS 2017 projects
  • Minor code review
  • Reformat source using updated .editorconfig settings

March 24, 2022

  • Fixed bug in UWP implementation of Mouse that combined vertical/horizontal scroll-wheel input
  • Code refactoring for input classes (GamePad, Keyboard, and Mouse)
  • Update build switches for SDL recommendations
  • CMake project updates and UWP platform CMakePresets
  • Dropped support for legacy Xbox One XDK prior to April 2018

February 28, 2022

  • SimpleMath Matrix updated with ToEuler and Vector3 version of CreateFromYawPitchRoll methods
  • SimpleMath Quaternion updated with ToEuler, RotateTowards, FromToRotation, LookRotation, and Angle methods
  • Keyboard updated with new IME On/Off v-keys
  • Win32 Mouse now uses WM_ACTIVATE for more robust behavior
  • DirectX Tool Kit for Audio updated for Advanced Format (4Kn) wavebank streaming
  • Code and project review including fixing clang v13 warnings
  • Added CMakePresets.json
  • xwbtool: Added support for Advanced Format (4Kn) streaming wavebanks with -af

November 8, 2021

  • VS 2022 support
  • Minor code and project review
  • makespritefont: Updated with 12.2 for FeatureLevel switch
  • xwbtool: Fixed potential locale issue with -flist

October 18, 2021

  • Fixed loading of skinned PBR models from SDKMESH v2
  • DirectX Tool Kit for Audio updated for XAudio2Redist 1.2.8
  • Minor code review updates

October 13, 2021

  • Added skinning support for NormalMapEffect and PBREffect
  • Common states updated with support for reverse z-buffer rendering with DepthReverseZ and DepthReadReverseZ methods.
  • Effect factory updates
    • Updated to use SkinnedNormalMapEffect / SkinnedPBREffect as appropriate.
    • Automatically disables use of normal mapping on 9.x feature levels
    • PBR now supports 'untextured' models (always requires texture coordinates) with use of diffuse color for constant albedo, and specular power for an estimated constant roughness.
  • Model loader updates
    • SDKMESH loader no longer requires precomputed vertex tangents for normal mapping as we don't use them.
    • Added ModelLoader_DisableSkinning flag when dealing with legacy SDKMESH files with too many skinning bone influences for MaxBone
  • Minor update for the Mouse implementation for GameInput
  • Project and code cleanup

September 30, 2021

  • Added ModelBone support for transformation hierarchies
    • Rigid-body & skinned animation Draw support added to Model
  • Added type aliases ModelMeshPart::InputLayoutCollection, GeometricPrimitive::VertexCollection and IndexCollection.
  • EnvironmentMapEffect and NormalMapEffect will now use default diffuse/normal textures if none are set
  • VS 2017 projects updated to require the Windows 10 SDK (19401)
  • Code review updates

August 1, 2021

  • DebugEffect, NormalMapEffect, and PBREffect updated with instancing support
  • GeometricPrimitive updated with DrawInstanced method
  • ToneMapPostProcess updated with SetColorRotation method
  • Added VS 2022 Preview projects
  • MakeSpriteFont updated to use .NET 4.7.2
  • Minor code review

June 9, 2021

  • DirectX Tool Kit for Audio updates:
    • Fixed mono source panning
    • Added EnableDefaultMultiChannel helper to AudioEmitter for multi-channel source setup
    • Added GetChannelCount accessor to SoundEffectInstance and SoundStreamInstance
    • Apply3D can now use X3DAUDIO_LISTENER and X3DAUDIO_EMITTER directly or the library helper structs.
  • xwbtool: improved -flist switch to support wildcards and file exclusions
  • CMake updated to support building with XAudio2Redist
  • Minor code review

April 6, 2021

  • DDSTextureLoader reader updated to accept nVidia Texture Tool v1 single-channel and dual-channel files marked as RGB instead of LUMINANCE
  • Minor code and project cleanup
  • xwbtool: Updated with descriptions for HRESULT failure codes

January 9, 2021

  • Code review for improved conformance
  • CMake updated to support package install

November 11, 2020

  • Fixed /analyze warnings in GameInput usage
  • Fixed DirectX Tool Kit for Audio use of XAudio 2.8 for Windows 8 w/ Windows 10 SDK
  • Minor code and project cleanup
  • DirectX Tool Kit for Audio updated for XAudio2Redist 1.2.4

September 30, 2020

  • GamePad class updated with c_MostRecent constant for -1 player index special behavior
  • Fixed bug in WICTextureLoader that resulted in WINCODEC_ERR_INSUFFICIENTBUFFER for some resize requests
  • Fixed .wav file reading of MIDILoop chunk
  • Minor code cleanup

August 15, 2020

  • EnvironmentMapEffect now supports cubemaps, spherical, and dual-parabola environment maps
  • Code review and project updates
  • DirectX Tool Kit for Audio updated for XAudio2Redist 1.2.3

July 2, 2020

  • Improved SpriteFont drawing performance in Debug builds
  • Regenerated shaders using Windows 10 May 2020 Update SDK (19041)
  • Code cleanup for some new VC++ 16.7 warnings and static code analysis
  • CMake updates
  • DirectX Tool Kit for Audio updated for XAudio2Redist 1.2.2

June 1, 2020

  • Added BufferHelpers header with functions CreateStaticBuffer / CreateTextureFromMemory, and the ConstantBuffer helper class
  • Added IsPowerOf2 and CreateInputLayoutFromEffect helpers to DirectXHelpers
  • Converted to typed enum bitmask flags (see release notes for details on this potential breaking change)
    • AUDIO_ENGINE_FLAGS, ModelLoaderFlags, SOUND_EFFECT_INSTANCE_FLAGS, and WIC_LOADER_FLAGS
  • WICTextureLoader for PNG codec now checks gAMA chunk to determine colorspace if the sRGB chunk is not found for legacy sRGB detection.
  • WIC_LOADER_SRGB_DEFAULT flag added when loading image via WIC without explicit colorspace metadata
  • Retired XAudio 2.7 for DirectX Tool Kit for Audio. Use XAudio 2.9, XAudio 2.8, or XAudio2Redist instead.
  • CMake project updates

May 10, 2020

  • WICTextureLoader updated with new loader flags: FORCE_RGBA32, FIT_POW2, and MAKE_SQUARE
  • SimpleMath no longer forces use of d3d11.h or d3d12.h (can be used with d3d9.h for example)
  • DirectX Tool Kit for Audio updated with SoundStreamInstance class for async I/O playback from XACT-style streaming wavebanks
  • Code cleanup
  • xwbtool: Updated with -l switch for case-sensitive file systems

April 3, 2020

  • SpriteFont MeasureString / MeasureDrawBounds fixes for !ignoreWhitespace
  • Code review (constexpr / noexcept usage)
  • CMake updated for PCH usage with 3.16 or later

February 24, 2020

  • breaking change Model::CreateFromxxx changed to use ModelLoaderFlags instead of default bool parameters
  • DirectX Tool Kit for Audio updated to support XAudio2Redist NuGet
  • Added ignoreWhitespace defaulted parameter to SpriteFont Measure methods
  • Fixed encoding issue with Utilities.fxh
  • Code and project cleanup
  • Retired VS 2015 projects
  • xwbtool: Changed -n switch to a more safe -y switch

December 17, 2019

  • Added ARM64 platform to VS 2019 Win32 desktop Win10 project
  • Added Vector operator/ by float scalar to SimpleMath
  • Updated CMake project
  • Code cleaup

October 17, 2019

  • Added optional forceSRGB parameter to SaveWICTextureToFile
  • GamePad updated to report VID/PID (when supported)
  • Minor code cleanup

August 21, 2019

  • Added xwbtool to CMake project
  • Minor code cleanup

June 30, 2019

  • Additional validation for Ex texture loaders
  • Clang/LLVM warning cleanup
  • Renamed DirectXTK_Windows10.vcxproj to _Windows10_2017.vcxproj
  • Added VS 2019 UWP project

May 30, 2019

  • PBREffect updated with additional set methods
  • Added CMake project files
  • Code cleanup

April 26, 2019

  • Added VS 2019 desktop projects
  • Fixed guards w.r.t. to windows.h usage in Keyboard/Mouse headers
  • Added C++/WinRT SetWindow helper to Keyboard/Mouse
  • Code cleanup for texture loaders
  • Officially dropped Windows Vista support

February 7, 2019

  • Model now supports loading SDKMESH v2 models
  • PBREffectFactory added to support PBR materials
  • PBREffect and NormalMapEffect shaders updated to support BC5_UNORM compressed normal maps
  • SpriteFont: DrawString overloads for UTF-8 chars in addition to UTF-16LE wide chars

November 16, 2018

  • VS 2017 updated for Windows 10 October 2018 Update SDK (17763)
  • ARM64 platform configurations added to UWP projects
  • Minor code review

October 31, 2018

  • Model loader for SDKMESH now attempts to use legacy DE3CN compressed normals
    • This is an approximation only and emits a warning in debug builds

October 25, 2018

  • Use UTF-8 instead of ANSI for narrow strings
  • Minor code review

August 17, 2018

  • Improved validation for 16k textures and other large resources
  • Improved debug output for failed texture loads and screengrabs
  • Updated for VS 2017 15.8
  • Code cleanup

July 3, 2018

  • ModelMeshPart DrawInstanced method added
  • Code and project cleanup

May 31, 2018

  • VS 2017 updated for Windows 10 April 2018 Update SDK (17134)
  • Regenerated shaders using Windows 10 April 2018 Update SDK (17134)

May 14, 2018

  • Updated for VS 2017 15.7 update warnings
  • Code and project cleanup
  • Retired VS 2013 projects

April 23, 2018

  • AlignUp, AlignDown template functions in DirectXHelpers.h
  • Mouse support for cursor visibility
  • SimpleMath and VertexTypes updated with default copy and move ctors
  • SimpleMath updates to use constexpr
  • EffectFactory updated with GetDevice method
  • PostProcess updated with 'big triangle' optimization
  • Fix for CMO handling of skinning vertex data
  • Code and project file cleanup
  • xwbtool: Fixed Windows 7 compatibility issue

February 7, 2018

  • Mouse fix for cursor behavior when using Remote Desktop for Win32
  • Updated for a few more VS 2017 warnings
  • Code cleanup

December 13, 2017

  • PBREffect and DebugEffect added
  • NormalMapEffect no longer requires or uses explicit vertex tangents
  • breaking change NormalMapEffect::SetBiasedVertexNormalsAndTangents renamed to SetBiasedVertexNormals
  • PBREffect, DebugEffect, & NormalMapEffect all require Direct3D hardware feature level 10.0 or better
  • VertexType typedef added to GeometricPrimitive as alias for VertexPositionNormalTexture
  • Updated for VS 2017 15.5 update warnings
  • Code cleanup

November 1, 2017

  • VS 2017 updated for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update SDK (16299)
  • Regenerated shaders using Windows 10 Fall Creators Update SDK (16299)

September 22, 2017

  • Updated for VS 2017 15.3 update /permissive- changes
  • ScreenGrab updated to use non-sRGB metadata for PNG
  • Mouse use of WM_INPUT updated for Remote Desktop scenarios
  • Fix for CMO load issue when no materials are defined
  • xwbtool: added -flist option

July 28, 2017

  • Fix for WIC writer when codec target format requires a palette
  • Code cleanup

June 21, 2017

  • Post-processing support with the BasicPostProcess, DualPostProcess, and ToneMapPostProcess classes
  • SDKMESH loader fix when loading legacy files with all zero materials
  • DirectXTK for Audio: Minor fixes for environmental audio
  • Minor code cleanup

April 24, 2017

  • VS 2017 project updates
  • Regenerated shaders using Windows 10 Creators Update SDK (15063)
  • Fixed NormalMapEffect shader selection for specular texture usage
  • Fixed AudioEngine enumeration when using Single Threaded Apartment (STA)
  • Fixed bug with GamePad (Windows.Gaming.Input) when no user bound

April 7, 2017

  • VS 2017 updated for Windows Creators Update SDK (15063)
  • XboxDDSTextureLoader updates

February 10, 2017

  • GamePad now supports special value of -1 for 'most recently connected controller'
  • WIC format 40bppCMYKAlpha should be converted to RGBA8 rather than RGBA16
  • DDS support for L8A8 with bitcount 8 rather than 16
  • Minor code cleanup

December 5, 2016

  • Mouse and Keyboard classes updated with IsConnected method
  • Windows10 project /ZW switch removed to support use in C++/WinRT projection apps
  • VS 2017 RC projects added
  • Minor code cleanup

October 6, 2016

  • SDKMESH loader and BasicEffects support for compressed vertex normals with biasing
  • WICTextureLoader Ex bool forceSRGB parameter is now a WIC_LOADER_FLAGS flag
  • Minor code cleanup

September 15, 2016

  • Minor code cleanup
  • xwbtool: added wildcard support for input filename and optional -r switch for recursive search

September 1, 2016

  • Added forceSRGB optional parameter to SpriteFont ctor
  • EffectFactory method EnableForceSRGB added
  • DGSLEffect now defaults to diffuse/alpha of 1
  • Removed problematic ABI::Windows::Foundation::Rect interop for SimpleMath
  • Minor code cleanup

August 4, 2016

  • Regenerated shaders using Windows 10 Anniversary Update SDK (14393)

August 2, 2016

  • Updated for VS 2015 Update 3 and Windows 10 SDK (14393)

August 1, 2016

  • GamePad capabilities information updated for Universal Windows and Xbox One platforms
  • Specular falloff lighting computation fix in shaders

July 18, 2016

  • NormalMapEffect for normal-map with optional specular map rendering
  • EnvironmentMapEffect now supports per-pixel lighting
  • Effects updated with SetMatrices and SetColorAndAlpha methods
  • SimpleMath: improved interop with DirectXMath constants
  • Minor code cleanup

June 30, 2016

  • MeasureDrawString added to SpriteFont; bad fix to MeasureString reverted
  • GamePad tracker updated to track emulated buttons (i.e. leftStickUp)
  • EffectFactory SetDirectory now checks current working directory (CWD) as well
  • breaking change must include <d3d11.h> before including <SimpleMath.h>
  • Code refactor for sharing some files with DirectX 12 version
  • Minor code cleanup

May 31, 2016

  • Added VertexPosition and VertexPositionDualTexture to VertexTypes
  • Xbox One platform fix for PrimitiveBatch
  • CompileShader script updated to build external pdbs
  • Code cleanup

April 26, 2016

  • Added Rectangle class to SimpleMath
  • Fix for SDKMESH loader when loading models with 'extra' texture coordinate sets
  • Made SimpleMath's Viewport ComputeTitleSafeArea less conservative
  • Added view/menu aliases to GamePad::ButtonStateTracker for Xbox One Controller naming
  • Retired Windows phone 8.0 projects and obsolete adapter code
  • Minor code and project file cleanup

February 23, 2016

  • Fixed width computation bug in SpriteFont::MeasureString
  • Fix to clean up partial or zero-length image files on failed write
  • Fix to WaveBankReader for UWP platform
  • Retired VS 2012 projects
  • Xbox One platform updates
  • Minor code and project file cleanup

January 5, 2016

  • Xbox One platform updates
  • breaking change Need to add use of GraphicsMemory class to Xbox One titles
  • Minor code cleanup

November 30, 2015

  • SimpleMath improvements including Viewport class
  • Fixed bug with Keyboard for OpenBracket and later VK codes
  • Fixed bug with Mouse that reset the scrollwheel on app activate
  • MakeSpriteFont updated with /FastPack and /FeatureLevel switches
  • Updated for VS 2015 Update 1 and Windows 10 SDK (10586)

October 30, 2015

  • DirectXTK for Audio 3D updates
  • breaking change emitters/listeners now use RH coordinates by default
  • GeometricPrimitive support for custom geometry
  • SimpleMath Matrix class improvements
  • DDS support for legacy bumpmap formats (V8U8, Q8W8V8U8, V16U16)
  • Mouse fix for WinRT implementation with multiple buttons pressed
  • Wireframe CommonStates no longer does backface culling
  • Xbox One platform updates
  • Minor code cleanup

August 18, 2015

  • Xbox One platform updates

July 29, 2015

  • Added CreateBox method to GeometricPrimitive
  • Added invertn optional parameter to CreateSphere
  • Updates for Keyboard, Mouse class
  • Fixed bug when loading older SDKMESH models
  • Updated for VS 2015 and Windows 10 SDK RTM
  • Retired VS 2010 and Windows Store 8.0 projects

July 1, 2015

  • Added Keyboard, Mouse class
  • Support for loading pre-lit models with SDKMESH
  • GamePad implemented using Windows.Gaming.Input for Windows 10
  • DirectXTK for Audio updates for xWMA support with XAudio 2.9
  • Added FindGlyph and GetSpriteSheet methods to SpriteFont

March 27, 2015

  • Added projects for Windows apps Technical Preview
  • GamePad temporarily uses 'null' device for universal Windows application platform

February 25, 2015

  • DirectXTK for Audio updates
    • breaking change pitch now defined as -1 to 1 with 0 as the default
    • One-shot Play method with volume, pitch, and pan
    • GetMasterVolume / SetMasterVolume method for AudioEngine
    • Fix for compact wavebank validation
    • Improved voice cleanup and shutdown
  • Minor code cleanup and C++11 =default/=delete usage

January 26, 2015

  • GamePad class: emulate XInputEnable behavior for XInput 9.1.0
  • DirectXTK for Audio fix for Stop followed by Play doing a proper restart
  • DirectXTK for Audio fix when using XAudio 2.7 on a system with no audio device
  • Updates for Xbox One platform support
  • Minor code cleanup and C99 printf string conformance

November 24, 2014

  • SimpleMath fix for Matrix operator !=
  • DirectXTK for Audio workaround for XAudio 2.7 on Windows 7 problem
  • Updates for Windows phone 8.1 platform support
  • Updates for Visual Studio 2015 Technical Preview
  • Minor code cleanup

October 28, 2014

  • Model support for loading from VBO files
  • Model render now sets samplers on slots 0,1 by default for dual-texture effects
  • Updates for Xbox One platform support
  • Minor code cleanup

September 5, 2014

  • GamePad class: gamepad controller helper using XInput on Windows, IGamepad for Xbox One
  • SimpleMath updates; Matrix billboard methods; breaking change: Matrix::Identity() -> Matrix::Identity
  • SpriteBatch new optional SetViewport method
  • SpriteFont fix for white-space character rendering optimization
  • DDSTextureLoader fix for auto-gen mipmaps for volume textures
  • Explicit calling-convention annotation for public headers
  • Updates for Xbox One platform support
  • Minor code and project cleanup

July 15, 2014

  • DirectXTK for Audio and XWBTool fixes
  • Updates to Xbox One platform support

April 3, 2014

  • Windows phone 8.1 platform support

February 24, 2014

  • DirectXHelper: new utility header with MapGuard and public version of SetDebugObjectName template
  • DDSTextureLoader: Optional support for auto-gen mipmaps
  • DDSTextureLoader/ScreenGrab: support for Direct3D 11 video formats including legacy "YUY2" DDS files
  • GeometricPrimtive: Handedness fix for tetrahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron
  • SpriteBatch::SetRotation(DXGI_MODE_ROTATION_UNSPECIFIED) to disable viewport matrix
  • XboxDDSTextureLoader: optional forceSRGB parameter

January 24, 2014

  • DirectXTK for Audio updated with voice management and optional mastering volume limiter
  • Added orientation rotation support to SpriteBatch
  • Fixed a resource leak with GetDefaultTexture used by some Effects
  • Code cleanup (removed DXGI_1_2_FORMATS control define; d2d1.h workaround not needed; ScopedObject typedef removed)

December 24, 2013

  • Added DirectX Tool Kit for Audio using XAudio2
  • Xbox One platform support
  • MakeSpriteFont tool updated with more progress feedback when capturing large fonts
  • Minor updates for SDKMESH Model loader
  • Fixed bug in CMO Model loader when handling multiple textures
  • Improved debugging output

October 28, 2013

  • Updated for Visual Studio 2013 and Windows 8.1 SDK RTM
  • Added DGSLEffect, DGSLEffectFactory, VertexPositionNormalTangentColorTexture, and VertexPositionNormalTangentColorTextureSkinning
  • Model loading and effect factories support loading skinned models
  • MakeSpriteFont now has a smooth vs. sharp antialiasing option: /sharp
  • Model loading from CMOs now handles UV transforms for texture coordinates
  • A number of small fixes for EffectFactory
  • Minor code and project cleanup
  • Added NO_D3D11_DEBUG_NAME compilation define to control population of Direct3D debug layer names for debug builds

July 1, 2013

  • VS 2013 Preview projects added and updates for DirectXMath 3.05 __vectorcall
  • Added use of sRGB WIC metadata for JPEG, PNG, and TIFF
  • SaveToWIC functions updated with new optional setCustomProps parameter and error check with optional targetFormat

May 30, 2013

  • Added more GeometricPrimitives: Cone, Tetrahedron, Octahedron, Dodecahedron, Icosahedron
  • Updated to support loading new metadata from DDS files (if present)
  • Fixed bug with loading of WIC 32bpp RGBE format images
  • Fixed bug when skipping mipmaps in a 1D or 2D array texture DDS file

February 22, 2013

  • Added SimpleMath header
  • Fixed bug that prevented properly overriding EffectFactory::CreateTexture
  • Fixed forceSRGB logic in DDSTextureLoader and WICTextureLoader
  • Break circular reference chains when using SpriteBatch with a setCustomShaders lambda
  • Updated projects with /fp:fast for all configs, /arch:SSE2 for Win32 configs
  • Sensibly named .pdb output files
  • Added WIC_USE_FACTORY_PROXY build option (uses WindowsCodecs.dll entrypoint rather than CoCreateInstance)

January 25, 2013

  • GeometricPrimitive support for left-handed coordinates and drawing with custom effects
  • Model, ModelMesh, and ModelMeshPart added with loading of rigid non-animating models from .CMO and .SDKMESH files
  • EffectFactory helper class added

December 11, 2012

  • Ex versions of DDSTextureLoader and WICTextureLoader
  • Removed use of ATL's CComPtr in favor of WRL's ComPtr for all platforms to support VS Express editions
  • Updated VS 2010 project for official 'property sheet' integration for Windows 8.0 SDK
  • Minor fix to CommonStates for Feature Level 9.1
  • Tweaked AlphaTestEffect.cpp to work around ARM NEON compiler codegen bug
  • Added dxguid.lib as a default library for Debug builds to resolve GUID link issues

November 15, 2012

  • Added support for WIC2 when available on Windows 8 and Windows 7 with KB 2670838
  • Cleaned up warning level 4 warnings

October 30, 2012

  • Added project files for Windows phone 8

October 12, 2012

  • Added PrimitiveBatch for drawing user primitives
  • Debug object names for all D3D resources (for PIX and debug layer leak reporting)

October 2, 2012

  • Added ScreenGrab module
  • Added CreateGeoSphere for drawing a geodesic sphere
  • Put DDSTextureLoader and WICTextureLoader into the DirectX C++ namespace

September 7, 2012

  • Renamed project files for better naming consistency
  • Updated WICTextureLoader for Windows 8 96bpp floating-point formats
  • Win32 desktop projects updated to use Windows Vista (0x0600) rather than Windows 7 (0x0601) APIs
  • Tweaked SpriteBatch.cpp to workaround ARM NEON compiler codegen bug

May 31, 2012

  • Updated Windows Store project for Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate changes
  • Cleaned up x64 Debug configuration warnings and switched to use _DEBUG instead of DEBUG
  • Minor fix for DDSTextureLoader's retry fallback that can happen with 10level9 feature levels

May 2, 2012

  • Added SpriteFont implementation and the MakeSpriteFont utility

March 29, 2012

  • WICTextureLoader updated with Windows 8 WIC native pixel formats

March 6, 2012

  • Fix for too much temp memory used by WICTextureLoader
  • Add separate Visual Studio 11 projects for Desktop vs. Windows Store builds

March 5, 2012

  • Bug fix for SpriteBatch with batches > 2048

February 24, 2012

  • Original release