April 7, 2017

• VS 2017 updated for Windows Creators Update SDK (15063)
• XboxDDSTextureLoader updates

February 10, 2017

• GamePad now supports special value of -1 for 'most recently connected controller'
• WIC format 40bppCMYKAlpha should be converted to RGBA8 rather than RGBA16
• DDS support for L8A8 with bitcount 8 rather than 16
• Minor code cleanup

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2017.2.10

• Universal Windows Platform apps using Windows Tools 1.4.1 (14393)
• Windows desktop app using VS 2013 Update 5
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3
• Windows 8.1 Store
• Windows phone 8.1

December 5, 2016

• Mouse and Keyboard classes updated with IsConnected method
• Windows10 project /ZW switch removed to support use in C++/WinRT projection apps
• VS 2017 RC projects added
• Minor code cleanup

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2016.12.5

• Universal Windows Platform apps using Windows Tools 1.4.1 (14393)
• Windows desktop app using VS 2013 Update 5
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3
• Windows 8.1 Store
• Windows phone 8.1

October 6, 2016

• SDKMESH loader and BasicEffects support for compressed vertex normals with biasing
• WICTextureLoader Ex bool forceSRGB parameter is now a WIC_LOADER flag
• Minor code cleanup

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2016.10.6

• Universal Windows Platform apps using Windows Tools 1.4.1 (14393)
• Windows desktop app using VS 2013 Update 5
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3
• Windows 8.1 Store
• Windows phone 8.1

September 15, 2016

• Minor code cleanup
• xwbtool: added wildcard support for input filename and optional -r switch for recursive search

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2016.9.15

• Universal Windows Platform apps using Windows Tools 1.4.1 (14393)
• Windows desktop app using VS 2013 Update 5
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3
• Windows 8.1 Store
• Windows phone 8.1

September 1, 2016

• Added forceSRGB optional parameter to SpriteFont ctor
• EffectFactory method EnableForceSRGB added
• DGSLEffect now defaults to diffuse/alpha of 1
• Removed problematic ABI::Windows::Foundation::Rect interop for SimpleMath
• Minor code cleanup

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2016.9.1

• Universal Windows Platform apps using Windows Tools 1.4.1 (14393)
• Windows desktop app using VS 2013 Update 5
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3
• Windows 8.1 Store
• Windows phone 8.1

August 4, 2016

• Regenerated shaders using Windows 10 Anniversary Update SDK (14393)

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2016.8.4

• Universal Windows Platform apps using Windows Tools 1.4.1 (14393)
• Windows desktop app using VS 2013 Update 5
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3
• Windows 8.1 Store
• Windows phone 8.1

August 2, 2016

• Updated for VS 2015 Update 3 and Windows 10 SDK (14393)

August 1, 2016

• GamePad capabilities information updated for Universal Windows and Xbox One platforms
• Specular falloff lighting computation fix in shaders

July 18, 2016

• NormalMapEffect for normal-map with optional specular map rendering
• EnvironmentMapEffect now supports per-pixel lighting
• Effects updated with SetMatrices and SetColorAndAlpha methods
• SimpleMath: improved interop with DirectXMath constants
• Minor code cleanup

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2016.7.18

• Universal Windows Platform apps using Windows Tools 1.4 (10586)
• Windows desktop app using VS 2013 Update 5
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3
• Windows 8.1 Store
• Windows phone 8.1