README.md

GMD3D11

D3D11 functions extension for GameMaker

Features

• Shaders
  • Compile from file (optimization level 3)
  • Save and load compiled shaders
  • Hook into ID3D11DeviceContext::Draw calls to swap out used vertex and pixel shaders with custom ones
  • Geometry shaders
  • Tessellation shaders (🛑 TODO)
  • Compute shaders (🚧 WIP)
• Buffers
  • Vertex buffers (🛑 TODO)
  • Index buffers (🛑 TODO)
  • Constant buffers
  • Structured buffers (with SRV and UAV)
  • Raw buffers (🛑 TODO)
  • Staging buffers (🛑 TODO)
• Textures
  • texture_set_stage_vs() - vertex texture fetching of native GM textures (sprite_get_texture(), surface_get_texture())
  • Samplers (🛑 TODO)
  • Texture2D (🛑 TODO)
  • Texture3D (🛑 TODO)
  • Texture arrays (🛑 TODO)
• Occlusion queries (🛑 TODO)
• Timestamps (🛑 TODO)
• vertex_submit_instanced() - instanced rendering of native GM vertex buffers

Building the DLL

Requires CMake 3.23 at least and Python 3!

Simply run ./build.ps1 from the root directory to build the DLL, copy it into datafiles and generate __d3d11_generated.gml.

Links

• Documentation

Credits

• https://github.com/ParinovYT/cVmtHook-x64 - x64 VMT hook
• https://polyhaven.com/a/rubber_duck_toy - model used in instanced rendering example