DirectX 12

Microsoft DirectX12 API

DirectX12 is the latest Microsoft graphics API available on all devices running Windows 10/11. Microsoft announced this version at GDC on March 20 2014, and was officially launched alongside Windows 10 on July 29 2015. At October 2 2018 the DirectX Raytracing support was added to the API and it become very popular quickly and currently all the latest GPUs from Nvidia and AMD come with Raytracing support which is supported on Evergine low level API so DirectX12 support Evergine raytracing API.

Supported DirectX 12 devices

  • Windows 10/11 x64/x86 desktop
  • Windows 10/11 ARM64/x86 tablet

Checking DirectX 12 version

The DxDiag tool reports detailed information about the DirectX components and drivers installed on your Windows system and it is available on Windows 10/11. To get the latest DirectX version on your system used Windows update.

For more information visit Microsoft support.

Create a Graphics Context

To create a graphics context based on DirectX12 just write:

GraphicsContext graphicsContext = new Evergine.DirectX12.DX12GraphicsContext();
graphicsContext.CreateDevice();

Build & Run

You can select DirectX 12 API support during the new project creation from the Evergine launcher.

If the project already exists you can add the DirectX 12 support from Evergine Studio by clicking on Settings -> Project Settings.

Settings

Selecting and adding the profile for Windows (DirectX12).

Settings

Settings

You can run on DirectX 12 by clicking on File -> Build & Run -> Windows.DirectX12.

Settings