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The Summer 2004 SDK Update For DirectX has been released..

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-- Official announcement - DX Web site should be updated soon..

The DirectX(r) Team is pleased to announce the final release of DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (Summer 2004)!

The DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (Summer 2004) contains updated versions of the D3DX library, graphics samples, sample framework, tools and Managed DirectX documentation. Areas of concentration in the DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (Summer 2004) release are:

- HLSL support for Pixel Shader & Vertex Shader 3.0
- Effects Framework performance improvements
- Pre computed Radiance Transfer improvements
- New Sample framework
- New & Updated Samples
- Improved Documentation
- PIX tool for better debugging of Direct3D applications
- Introduction of the Preview Pipeline for easier content creation

For information on what is supported in shader model 3.0, refer to the updated reference documentation. You can install the final releases from the below locations.

Software Developer Kit (230Mb+)
Extras (40Mb+)
Symbols (20Mb+)
Release Notes

Please feel free to post any concerns and/or discuss any issues with this SDK release within this forum, the public newsgroups or mail us directly at directx@microsoft.com

Enjoy!

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  • Anonymous
    July 26, 2004
    Well done
  • Anonymous
    July 26, 2004
    Thanks for the hard work Tom!
  • Anonymous
    July 27, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    July 27, 2004
    Documentation is much much better thanks :) I still have the bug where Intellisense doesnt kick in on the CustomVertex Class, is this just me, or is it a known issue? I.e. CustomVertex.[Intellisense] all I got with 2003 Update and now 2004 is "Equals" and "ReferenceEquals", none of the Vertex types popup :(
  • Anonymous
    July 27, 2004
    Chris C.

    I'm glad it's not just me!

    It comes back, if I do one of the following (randomly)

    Recompile Successfully
    Create a new Class

    and always seems to come back if I remove the reference to DirectX and re-add it or restart VS.

    Strange, eh ?
  • Anonymous
    July 27, 2004
    Can anyone comment on the Changes included for Managed DirectX?
  • Anonymous
    July 27, 2004
    Russ C,

    Totally strange, I've tried all the things you suggested and it still doesn't come back, equally strange the object browser shows that CustomVertex is just an empty class. Of course, it still compiles, but it makes working with CustomVertex structs clumsy.
  • Anonymous
    July 27, 2004
  1. Documentation is much better now

    2) Occlussion query bug is eliminated

    3) UI Controls rocks

    4) Texture/State manager is nice

    5) We can play now with vs/ps 3.0, including HLSL fxc.exe

    6) PIX is good to profile your DX programs

    7) New samples are good ( specially shadowmap, new radiance transfer , etc )

    8) Improved radiance transfer engine!!!

    Well done, well well done, continue doing the best job Tom & company!!!
  • Anonymous
    July 27, 2004
    Looks pretty good, but I still don't like the documentation. Why does it not match the standard .net style?

    The little IE-documentation-ish tab-interface to view methods/fields/properties/events/etc frustrates the heck out of me - it sure would be nice to just have a "members" page like in .NET.

    The content looks good though, just gotta work on the formatting! :)
  • Anonymous
    July 27, 2004
    I guess the delay in your next book's release date is connected to this 2004 Summer Update... Are there any news regarding the contents of the book, Managed Code updates (due to 2004 Summer Update)?
  • Anonymous
    July 27, 2004
    I heard SP2 will contain DirectX 9.0c by default. Will it have Managed DX installed by default? I think it should be.
  • Anonymous
    July 28, 2004
    Does anyone have any suggestion on a forum or any other place where questions on DX9.0C are likely to be answered?
    I am having huge difficulties using the new sample framework and need help badly...
  • Anonymous
    July 28, 2004
    You fixed CalculateRect! Chris C: I have that problem too. It goes away when I exit and restart VS.NET - it is sort of annoying, but I suspect it's an issue with the way intellisense handles inner structs, and not with MDX.
  • Anonymous
    July 29, 2004
    CustomUI runs like a bag-o-nails.. Only getting 0.52 fps and this is with the pixel shader debug option. None of the others run. Think I'll be going back to previous release..lol good work
  • Anonymous
    July 29, 2004
    I think this is because I am running Windows 2003 server and Reference Rasteriser is not installed, WHY did you remove this??????
  • Anonymous
    July 30, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    July 30, 2004
    I like MDX but redistribution of it is still a mess.

    The webupdate did not install it. The only way to get it is download the full redist (33MB) and run it with a special commandline parameter. DX9.0c make it even more worse. The redist only contains the newest version MDX. If somebody have never install MDX with a full DX9.0b runtime redist my old apps will not run.

    Because of the .net framework my apps are small but than I have to force my customers to download Megabytes of data to get the apps running.

    I still hope that the MDX-Team will give us developer for each MDX version a small installer for redistribution. Or even better make each MDX Version available over windows update.
  • Anonymous
    August 02, 2004
    Strangely, it works from home, but on my work computer none of the examples will run without an exception.
  • Anonymous
    August 02, 2004
    Manager.Adapters.Default.Adapter - Always throws the exception, fwiw. Worked perfectly in 1.0.1901.0.

  • Anonymous
    August 02, 2004
    Sprite.Draw2D has a problem when attempting to rotate for the summer 2004 sdk ... it will always rotate around the top left of the screen instead of where the sprite is located. This feature worked fine in the 2003 sdk ...
  • Anonymous
    August 03, 2004
    Hej...

    Why the DirectPlay has been deprecated? And when would it be finaly removed?
  • Anonymous
    August 04, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    August 04, 2004
    Hi,
    I ported my project from 9.0b to summer 2004. I use DrawIndexedPrimitive with effects. Since I recompiled it, nothing renders anymore!! I changed the effects API call as stated in the doc and everything compile without warning.
    Has some1 this problem ?
  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2004
    As I said in my blog : I'm VERY VERY VERY ANGRY about DX 9.0c SDK.

    For all explanation, take a look at : http://blogs.developpeur.org/richardc/archive/2004/08/06/2229.aspx
  • Anonymous
    August 15, 2004
    Any know why I my little game uses 50% CPU speed (2.4Ghz P4).
    I only use:

    using (Sprite s = new Sprite(device))
    {
    s.Begin(SpriteFlags.AlphaBlend);

    // render code

    s.End();
    }

    This is done in a Direct3D window.
    anyone?

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    June 15, 2009
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