DirectX SDK Legacy Samples

February 24, 2026 · View on GitHub

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Release History

Converted all samples to use VS 2019 instead of VS 2008 or VS 2010
C++11 modernization for some Direct3D 11 samples using GitHub releases of DXUT
C++11 modernization and porting some samples to Effects for Direct3D 11 using GitHub release of FX11
Update Collision sample to use DirectXMath instead of XNAMath
Removed use of legacy DirectX SDK and instead uses Windows SDK and the Microsoft.DXSDK.D3DX NuGet package
Removed XACT samples
Added legacy DirectSound samples