January 9, 2021

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

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2021.1.10

• Windows desktop app using VS 2017 or VS 2019
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2017 or VS 2019

December 21, 2020

This was a CMake only release of November 2020 for vcpkg

November 11, 2020

• Fixed /analyze warnings in GameInput usage
• Updated D3DX12 internal copy with latest change from GitHub
• Sync'd DirectX Tool Kit for Audio with DX11 version
• Minor code and project cleanup

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2020.11.12

• Windows desktop app using VS 2017 or VS 2019
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2017 or VS 2019

September 30, 2020

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

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2020.9.30

• Windows desktop app using VS 2017 or VS 2019
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2017 or VS 2019

August 15, 2020

• breaking change Converted default bool parameters on some effects to EffectFlags:
  • Added new effects flags Specular, Emissive, Fresnel, and Velocity
  • Removed EnvironmentMapEffect fresnelEnabled, specularEnabled parameters
  • Removed NormalMapEffect specularMap parameter
  • Removed PBREffect emissive, generateVelocity parameters
  • Removed SkinnedEffect weightsPerVertex parameter (always uses 4 bones)
• EnvironmentMapEffect now supports cubemaps, spherical, and dual-parabola environment maps
• Fixed bug with ScreenGrab with 'small alignment' textures
• Code review and project updates
• Added GDK projects

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2020.8.15

• Windows desktop app using VS 2017 or VS 2019
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2017 or VS 2019

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

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2020.7.2

• Windows desktop app using VS 2017 or VS 2019
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2017 or VS 2019

June 15, 2020

• DescriptorHeap / DescriptorPile updated with additional ctor
• EffectTextureFactory ctor parameter updated with default value
• Code cleanup for some new VC++ 16.7 warnings and static code analysis

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2020.6.15

• Windows desktop app using VS 2017 or VS 2019
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2017 or VS 2019

June 1, 2020

• Added BufferHelpers header with functions CreateStaticBuffer and CreateTextureFromMemory
• Added IsPowerOf2 helper to DirectXHelpers
• SpriteBatch now supports providing a new heap-based sampler on calls to Begin
• Converted to typed enum bitmask flags (see this blog post for details on this potential breaking change)
  • AUDIO_ENGINE_FLAGS, DDS_LOADER_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
• CMake project updates

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2020.6.2

• Windows desktop app using VS 2017 or VS 2019
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2017 or VS 2019

May 10, 2020

• ResourceUploadBatch updated to support usage with copy & compute queues
• Transition methods added for GeometricPrimtive and Model for use with static VBs/IBs
• 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
• Updated D3DX12 internal copy to Windows 10 SDK (19041) version

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2020.5.11

• Windows desktop app using VS 2017 or VS 2019
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2017 or VS 2019

April 3, 2020

• Updated D3DX12 internal copy to latest version
• SpriteFont MeasureString / MeasureDrawBounds fixes for !ignoreWhitespace
• Regenerated shaders using Windows 10 SDK (19041)
  • Upgraded to use root signature 1.1 which requires Windows 10 (14393) or later
• Code review (constexpr / noexcept usage)
• CMake updated for PCH usage with 3.16 or later