• GamePad, Keyboard, and MouseGameInput implementation now supports v0 - v3 of the API
• Code review, particularly for invalid args validation
• CMake project update to use 3.21 minimum

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2025.10.28

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• Windows desktop app using VS 2022 for Windows 10/Windows 11includes ARM64
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2022

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• GamePad, Keyboard, and MouseGameInput implementation now supports v0, v1, and v2 of the API
• Additional bounds checking for CMO and SDKMESH readers
• Reformat source using updated .editorconfig settings and general lint cleanup
• Minor code review
• CMake project updates

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2025.7.10

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• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2022

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• C++17std::byte support forFromMemory functions
• GamePad, Keyboard, and MouseGameInput implementation now supports both v0 and v1 of the API
• SimpleMath changes for Vector2/Vector3 operators to speed up performance particularly in debug builds
• DirectX Tool Kit for Audio changes:
  • Added more audio engine flags to control X3DAudio usage:AudioEngine_DisableLFERedirect,AudioEngine_DisableDopplerEffect,AudioEngine_ZeroCenter3D
  • RepurposedSoundEffectInstance_UseRedirectLFE from an internal flag to a per voice override
  • AddedSoundEffectInstance_ZeroCenter3D as a per voice override
  • Bug fixes for recentIsValid methods
• Retired support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.0
• Minor code review
• CMake project updates including support for BUILD_SHARED_LIBS (i.e. DLL vs. static library)

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2025.3.21

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Seethis blog post for more information.

• All enums now useuint32_t as the underlying type rather thanunsigned long orint.
• AddedDDS_LOADER_INGNORE_MIPS flag to DDSTextureLoader
• Refactored CMO structures into their own header
• xwbool:
  • Add "GNU-style"--long-options to the command-line tools (all existing switches are still supported)
  • Refactored code to use shared header
• MakeSpriteFont: supports--version and--help and accepts either/ or- style command-line parameters.
• CMake and MSBuild project updates

Last release to support Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.0

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2024.10.29

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• DirectX Tool Kit for Audio update
  • AddedIsValid method toAudioEmitter andAudioListener
• Sync'd DDS.H with latest changes from DirectXTex
• CMake project updates including support for ARM64EC
• Minor code review
• Added GitHub Actions YAML files

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2024.9.5

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• Renamed Internal namespace to ToolKitInternal for some conformance issues
• 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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• Windows desktop app using VS 2019 or VS 2022 for Windows 10
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• Project updates for GDK validation
• 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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• Windows desktop app using VS 2019 or VS 2022 for Windows 10
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• 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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• Additional methods forDirectX Tool Kit for Audio emitter for linear and inverse-square falloff curves
• xwbtool: -flist option updated to support filenames with spaces

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2023.10.31

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• Windows desktop app using VS 2019 or VS 2022 for Windows 10
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2019 or VS 2022

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• Retired ARM (32-bit) support for the UWP platform
• CMake project updates

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2023.9.6

• Windows desktop app using VS 2019 or VS 2022
• Windows desktop app using VS 2019 or VS 2022 for Windows 10
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2019 or VS 2022

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