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Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2019 or VS 2022ĭirectX Tool Kit has a vcpkg installation port as well.

Windows desktop app using VS 2019 or VS 2022.

NuGetĭirectX Tool Kit is also available from the NuGet Gallery: The statement above is still 100% true for the core graphics functionality used by DirectX Tool Kit. Note that advanced hardware features like Shader Model 6, DirectX Raytracing, Amplification & Mesh Shaders, and other DirectX Ultimate features do in fact require DirectX 12 as they are not exposed in DirectX 11. Both DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 provide access to the same graphics hardware features, but drive the hardware in different ways which can allow a well-optimized DirectX 12 engine to achieve much lower CPU overhead than in DirectX 11. DirectX 12ĭirectX 12 is an expert API for Windows 10 / Windows 11 which builds on knowing the ins & outs of DirectX 11.

A version of DirectX Tool Kit for DirectX 11 is available on GitHub.

Use of DirectX 11 for beginners is highly recommended. The DirectX Tool Kit (aka DirectXTK12) is a collection of helper classes for writing DirectX 12 code in C++.įor an overview of the project, see these blog posts: July 2016, September 2021, and October 2021.įor an overview of DirectX Tool Kit for Audio, see these blog posts: December 2013 and May 2020.ĭirectX 11 is supported on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11.

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