This DLL is not part of Windows 8 it is in the in folder of the Windows SDK for Windows 8 along with the Fxc.exe command-line version of the HLSL compiler. The D3dcompiler.lib library requires D3dcompiler_nn.dll.

ID3D11ShaderTrace::GetInitialRegisterContents.

ID3D11ShaderTraceFactory::CreateShaderTrace.

ID3D11TracingDevice::SetShaderTrackingOptionsByType.

ID3D11TracingDevice::SetShaderTrackingOptions.

ID3D11RefTrackingOptions::SetTrackingOptions.

ID3D11RefDefaultTrackingOptions::SetTrackingOptions.The shader tracing API and the enhancements to the HLSL compiler consists of the following methods and functions. Shader tracing and the HLSL compiler are implemented in D3dcompiler_nn.dll. The Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8 contains HLSL compiler enhancements. Support for shadow buffer on feature level 9ĭirect3D 11.1 lets you use shader tracing to ensure that your code is performing as intended and if it isn’t you can discover and remedy the problem.Map SRVs of dynamic buffers with NO_OVERWRITE.Retrieve the subrange of a constant buffer that is bound to a shader.Bind a subrange of a constant buffer to a shader.Change subresources with new copy options.Extended support for shared Texture2D resources.

Force the sample count to create a rasterizer state.

Use logical operations in a render target.

Create larger constant buffers than a shader can access.

Specify user clip planes in HLSL on feature level 9 and higher.

Check support of new Direct3D 11.1 features and formats.

Shader tracing and compiler enhancements.

Partial support for Direct3D 11.1 is available on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 via the Platform Update for Windows 7, which is available through the Platform Update for Windows 7. The following functionality has been added in Direct3D 11.1, which is included with Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Server 2012.

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