Notes of Direct 3D 11 Learning

Keys To Initialize a empty D3D 11 project (without DXUT)

• Make sure that the Visual Studio is up-to-date.
• Make sure the latest version of Windows SDK is installed. (currently 10.0.17134.0)
• Add the following to lib dependencies (Properties->Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies):
  • d3d11.lib
  • d3dcompiler.lib
  • dxguid.lib
  • winmm.lib
  • comctl32.lib
• If .vs & .ps files are implemented through “including a .fx file(that’s actually how these samples” do), you may exclude the .fx file from the build.
  • Right click the .fx file -> Properties -> General -> Set Yes to “Excluded from Build”.
  • Otherwise FXC.exe(the HLSL Compiler) will throw an error when (unexpectedly) compiling the .fx file.
• Also Remember to Set [‘EntryPoint Name’, ‘Shader Type’, ‘Shader Model’] to what you desired at the target shader files (Properties of those files).

Others

• To install D3D11 SDK Layers for Windows 10:
  • Run Dism /online /add-capability /capabilityname:Tools.Graphics.DirectX~~~~0.0.1.0 on Powershell as an administrator.
• If global variables are needed in a C++ Project in VS, it’s better to declare them in an xxx.h file and not initialize them right there. The initialization of these global vars shall be in the correlated xxx.cpp file. Or it will cause error of repeated symbol.

Like this:

// .h File
extern int a;

// .cpp File
extern int a = 0;