August 21, 2019

• Added xwbtool to CMake project
• Minor code cleanup

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2019.8.23

• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3, VS 2017, or 2019
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2017 or VS 2019

June 30, 2019

• Additional validation for Ex texture loaders
• Clang/LLVM warning cleanup
• Renamed DirectXTK_Windows10.vcxproj to _Windows10_2017.vcxproj
• Added VS 2019 UWP project

May 30, 2019

• PBREffect updated with additional set methods
• Added CMake project files
• Code cleanup

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2019.5.31

• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3, VS 2017, or 2019
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2017 or VS 2019

April 26, 2019

• Added VS 2019 desktop projects
• Fixed guards w.r.t. to windows.h usage in Keyboard/Mouse headers
• Added C++/WinRT SetWindow helper to Keyboard/Mouse
• Code cleanup for texture loaders
• Officially dropped Windows Vista support

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2019.4.26

• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3, VS 2017, or 2019
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2017 or VS 2019

February 7, 2019

• Model now supports loading SDKMESH v2 models
• PBREffectFactory added to support PBR materials
• PBREffect and NormalMapEffect shaders updated to support BC5_UNORM compressed normal maps
• SpriteFont: DrawString overloads for UTF-8 chars in addition to UTF-16LE wide chars

Minor breaking change: The EffectInfo struct now has a 4 textures (diffuseTexture, specularTexture, normalTexture, and emissiveTexture), so the DGSLEffectInfo::textures array is now 4 instead of 5 entries to make the full 8 slots.

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2019.2.7

• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2015 Update 3 or, VS 2017
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3 or VS 2017

November 16, 2018

• VS 2017 updated for Windows 10 October 2018 Update SDK (17763)
• ARM64 platform configurations added to UWP projects
• Minor code review

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2018.11.20

• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2015 Update 3 or VS 2017
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3 or VS 2017

October 31, 2018

• Model loader for SDKMESH now attempts to use legacy DEC3N compressed normals
  • This is an approximation only and emits a warning in debug builds

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2018.10.31

• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2015 Update 3 or VS 2017
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3 or VS 2017

October 25, 2018

• Use UTF-8 instead of ANSI for narrow strings
• Minor code review

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2018.10.26

• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2015 Update 3 or VS 2017
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3 or VS 2017

August 17, 2018

• Improved validation for 16k textures and other large resources
• Improved debug output for failed texture loads and screengrabs
• Updated for VS 2017 15.8
• Code cleanup

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2018.8.18

• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2015 Update 3 or VS 2017
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3 or VS 2017

July 3, 2018

• ModelMeshPart DrawInstanced method added
• Code and project cleanup

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2018.7.3

• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2015 Update 3 or VS 2017
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3 or VS 2017