June 2024

• breaking change CreateUploadBuffer helper no longer takes initialState parameter as it must be a specific value
• Renamed Internal namespace to ToolKitInternal for some conformance issues
• Updated D3DX12 internal copy with latest changes from DirectX-Headers GitHub
• Add c_initialRead/UAVTargetState to help with PC vs. Xbox validation warnings
• CMake project updates
• Retired VS 2019 projects for the UWP platform

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2024.6.5

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• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2019 or VS 2022

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February 2024

• Project updates for GDK validation
• Shaders are now built with full path for improved PIX debugging support
• CMake project updates and refactor including pkg-config file generation
• Minor code review for Clang, MinGW, and Intel compilers

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2024.2.22

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December 31, 2023

• Fix WAVFileReader bugs with bounds checking
• CMake project updates
• Code review

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2024.1.1

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October 28, 2023

• Added CreateUploadBuffer and CreateUAVBuffer helpers
• Fixed validation bug with WIC loader when using autogen and force RGBA together
• Fixed minor link issue with a Xbox PIX custom memory method
• Xbox shader compilation now uses -HV 2021
• Additional methods for DirectX Tool Kit for Audio emitter for linear and inverse-square falloff curves

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2023.10.31

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September 2023

• GraphicsMemory updated to use Xbox PIX custom memory events with optional tags
• Retired ARM (32-bit) support for the UWP platform
• CMake project updates

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2023.9.6

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June 2023

• Root Signature updates to resolve some warnings from Xbox PIX
• CMake project updates

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April 2023

• Updated D3DX12 internal copy with latest changes from DirectX-Headers GitHub
• CMake project updates and fixes for clang/LLVM v16 warnings

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2023.4.28

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March 2023

• DirectX Tool Kit for Audio updates
  • Reworked audio device enumeration for XAudio 2.9 to use MMDeviceEnumerator rather than Windows Runtime APIs
  • GetOutputFormat now reports sample rate and bit-depth from the audio device properties
  • New method GetOutputSampleRate added to return the input sample rate of the mastering voice
  • Resume now handles device failure by switching to silent mode
• CMake project updates
• Retired VS 2017 legacy Xbox One XDK projects

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2023.3.30

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• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2019 or VS 2022

This version is available via vcpkg. Note this update to the port adds a tools feature for the installation of the command-line tools.

February 2023

• Fixed warnings when using GPU-based validation on PC
• Mouse relative mode now accumulates multiple delta updates per frame. Added new optional but recommended method EndOfInputFrame.
• Fixed out-of-bounds read bug in the .WAV file reader.
• Additional checks added to DDSTextureLoader for planar video formats.
• CMake project updates

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2023.2.7

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This is the last release that will support building for the legacy Xbox One XDK using VS 2017. See this issue for details or feedback.

December 2022

• DirectXHelpers updated with CreateUnorderedAccessView, CreateRenderTargetView, CreateBufferShaderResourceView, and CreateBufferUnorderedAccessView helpers
• Added EnableLighting method to EffectFactory to support creating unlit model materials
• GamePad, Keyboard, and Mouse headers have USING_XINPUT, USING_GAMEINPUT, USING_WINDOWS_GAMING_INPUT defines
• Updates for GameInputCreate failure handling on PC
• Updated D3DX12 internal copy with latest changes from DirectX-Headers GitHub
• 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

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2022.12.18

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• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2019 or VS 2022

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