Technical tips, tricks, and news about game development for Microsoft platforms including desktop, Xbox, and UWP
The Windows 10 SDK (10.0.10586) for theNovember 2015 update of Windows 10 (a.k.a. Version 1511) is now available. It can be installed via anoptional install withVS 2015 Update 1 or as astandalone installer. This includesDirectXMath 3.08,Direct3D 11.4, Direct3D 12.0, DXGI 1.5, updates to Direct2D/DirectWrite 1.3, and XAudio 2.9. SeeWhat’s new in Windows 10 for developers, build 10586.
GitHub: All of my open source project have new releases to support VS 2015 Update 1 and the Windows 10 SDK (10586):DirectXTK,DirectXTex,DirectXMesh,UVAtlas,Effects11, andDXUT11.
DirectX Developer Runtime: The DirectX Developer Runtime for Windows 10 is an optional feature calledGraphics Tools as described inthis blog post. When upgrading from 10240 to 10586, the optional feature can be disabled rather than updated, which can be fixed by re-enabling the optional feature. Note that WARP12 is part of theGraphics Tools optional feature as it’s currently intended only for use by developers.
XInput: For UWP, you can continue to use the XInput 1.4 API but need to change from linking toxinput.lib toxinputuap.lib. Alternatively, you can make use of theGamePad class inDirectX Tool Kit which uses the newWindows.Gaming.Input API. SeeXInput and Windows 8.
XAudio: With the Windows 10 SDK, if you are linking withxaudio2.lib you are linking against XAudio 2.9 and should build your application using_WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00. If you want to use XAudio 2.8 with the Windows 10 SDK, you need to set_WIN32_WINNT=0x0602 or_WIN32_WINNT=0x0603 and link againstxaudio2_8.lib. SeeXAudio2 and Windows 8 for more details.
VS 2013 Users:As with the past few releases, the Windows 10 SDK only integrates with the latest Visual Studio, VS 2015. You can use the Windows 10 SDK with VS 2013 by using the props attached per thisVisual C+ Team Blog.
Samples: As with the Windows 10 SDK RTM, official Windows samples are hosted on GitHub:Windows-universal-samples, Windows-classic-samples,Windows-driver-samples. Additional Direct3D 12 samples can be found inDirectX-Graphics-Samples. See alsoDirectX SDK Samples Catalog.
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