SharpDX2.6.0 new version released

Release Notes (2014-05-10)

General Information

A new version 2.6.0 of SharpDX is available today for download!

This version is a maintenance version of legacy APIs (Direct3D1, Direct2D...etc.) and contains also lots of new features and several issues fixed.

Among the list of new features and fixes in this release, It contains most notably:

Distribution model is now embracing nuget to ease the installation of SharpDX across all .NET platforms. We are no longer releasing an installer, as nuget provides a much smoother integration into VisualStudio and your projects, making a SharpDX package a breeze to install.
Samples are now released separately on a new github repository SharpDX-Samples and they are using new nuget packages, check-it out!
Add support for Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview. Note that SharpDX is only supporting Windows Phone Store 8.1 Apps and not WP81 Silverlight Apps, as the [DllImport] is only working on AppStore platform but not for Silverlight. You will still be able to develop on WP81 SL using SharpDX WP8 binaries
Add support for Audio in the Toolkit via the new assembly SharpDX.Toolkit.Audio - for Desktop, WinRT and WP8 (Thanks to dfkeenan for this contribution)
Add support for DirectManipulation and DirectComposition (Thanks to Zachary Northrup for this contribution)
Add support for Direct3D11.2
Several issues fixed, see below the detail changelog for details.

This release is integrating several patches and contribution made by the community on github. Thanks to all of them!

Best regards,
The SharpDX team

Changes and bugfixes

Please find below an auto-generated list of all changes and fixes from previous 2.5.0 version.

Build

Add comments about the SharpDXForcePlatform (changes)
Add InternalVisible for DirectComposition/DirectManipulation #320 (changes)
Add SharpDX Resharper shared settings (changes)
Added certification tests run from separate cmd file. (changes)
Added support for DX11.2 in WinRT apps (changes)
Cleanup root directory. Move build files under Build (changes)
Configured to use VS2013 msbuild for local rebuild to be able to build correctly Win 8.1 samples. (changes)
Fix again build with ftp (changes)
Fix build for issue #320 (changes)
Fix build with SharpDX.Animation assembly (changes)
Fix nuget packages (changes)
Fix nuspec for Direct3D11 by removing dependency to D3DCompiler (changes)
Fix public key (changes)
Fix publish to nightly-builds (changes)
Fix sn.exe path for VS2013 (changes)
Fixed broken configuration for WinRT (as result of renaming Win8DX11_2 to Win8). (changes)
Fixed build context flags for DX11.2 configuration. (changes)
Fixed build script according to renamed configurations, removed missing configuration from singned build. (changes)
Fixed copying of the Assimp64.dll for Desktop platform during building, issue #159. (changes)
Fixed default DX version selection for WinRT platform. (changes)
Git update before building (changes)
Include D3D11.Effects as part of all desktop builds (changes)
Included all sample solutions in SharpDX build definition. (changes)
Included nuspec file into SharpDX.Toolkit.Audio project. (changes)
Merging SharpDXWP8.sln into SharpDX.sln. We are now back to a single solution for building SharpDX. Hurra! (changes)
Modified build file and local rebuild scripts to allow rebuilding of each component separately. (changes)
Move files to match nuget packaging (changes)
Move SharpDX to next minor verison 2.5.1 (changes: 1, 2)
Move timestamp file creation to FtpTimestamp target (changes)
Remove Direct2D1 dependency for Toolkit.Graphics for WP8 for nuget (changes)
Remove old assemblies used by SharpDoc (changes)
Remove settings for prefixing _ for fields (changes)
Removed DirectX11.1 Desktop and WinRT configurations. (changes)
Removed Win8.1 samples solution from build - need first to sort out the issue with build server. (changes)
Renamed Win8DX11_2(Debug|Release) configurations to Win8(Debug|Release). (changes)
Reverted local rebuild to use VS2012 environment instead of VS2013 as this breaks WP8 platform build. (changes)
Rewrite part of comment about SharpDXForcePlatform (changes)
Rewrite sln and project settings to use $(Platform) instead of $(Configuration) (changes)
Separate Ftp target (changes)
Set SharpDXSdkDir from the directory where SharpDX.targets is stored (changes)
Update Readme.md (wip) (changes)
Update Resharper settings (changes)
Update TeamCity build to support VS2013 and VS2012 (only for WP8) (changes)
Updated MSDN documentation. (changes)
Use FTP instead of old google code for nightly builds (changes)
Work on new nuget for 2.6.0 (changes)

Core

Add rawvalue constructors for Half (changes)
Added finalizer suppression on all platforms, removed unnecessary check (pull request #192). (changes)
Adding Matrix3x3 class. Add Decompose Uniform scaled matrices. (changes)
Change and simplify RenderLoop implementation to allow custom loop. (changes)
Fixed new render loop to process correctly form closing and switching between render controls. (changes)
Make RenderLoop.Control setter and RenderLoop.NextFrame a bit more thread safe (not completely) (changes)
Restored ReleaseOnFinalizer functionality (pull request #192). (changes)
Simplify implem of MathUtil.NearEqual. Add some tests for testing precisely ULP tests (changes)

D3DCompiler

added d3dcompiler.h override, because in the Win 8.1 SDK the needed functions are removed from WinRT builds (changes)
Added ShaderProfile to the ShaderBytecode and changed EffectCompiler to use it instead of ShaderVersionReader (changes)
Reverted changes to D3D compiler and removed missing Win SDK functions in DX11.2 build (changes)

Direct2D

Added constructor to Bitmap to allow instantiation from a WIC.BitmapLock (issue #199). (changes)
Added mapping for 3D perspective transform effect. (changes)
Added mapping for OpacityMetadata effect. (changes)
Breaking change: renamed BitmapSourceEffect to BitmapSource to match the general schema, as all effects are already contained in Effects namespace. (changes)
Issue #166: Fixed retrieving D2D effect property name. (changes)
Reduced code duplication by refactoring CommandSinkVtbl inheritance chain. (changes)

Direct2D1

Documentation for SimplifiedGeometrySinkNative (changes)
Fix parameter name (changes)
Included mappings for newly added functionality in DX11.2 (issue #203). (changes)

Direct2D1/WIC

Fix issue #299. Add explicit methods CopyPixels that accept a byte[] buffer and a stride (changes)

Direct3D11

Add GraphicsDevice.SetTargets method with renderTargetCount (changes)
Add implem for InfoQueue.GetStorageFilter/GetRetrievalFilter (changes)
Add inheritance IEquatable<InputElement> to InputElement (changes)
Added HasSignature Property on EffectPassDescription [D3DCompiler] Added LastErrorString property on function linking graph (changes)
added support for checking D3D11.2 feature support (changes)
Breaking changes of DeviceContext.Map in case MapFlags.DoNotWait is used. Now DeviceContext.Map with MapFlags.DoNotWait will return an empty DataBox is still in used by the GPU. (changes)
Fix memory leak in IDrawingSurfaceBackgroundContentProvider (changes)
Fixed issue #136 (changes)
Fixed 'SetMarker' method mapping for ID3DUserDefinedAnnotation (changes)
Improved mappings for D3D11.2 ModuleInstance Bind* methods (changes)
improved mappings for DX11.2 interfaces (changes)
Improved shader linking classes for Direct3D 11.2 (changes)
improvemd DX 11.2 mappings (changes)
Make method CommonShaderStage.SetShader public (changes)

Direct3D9

Added d3d9 build to dx11.2/Desktop configurations. (changes)
Fixed issue #143 (changes)

DirectInput

Added setter for DeviceProperties.Range property, fix for issue #152. (changes)

DirectWrite

Add LocalFontFileLoader.GetFilePath and GetLastWriteTime methods. Update FontEnumeration sample to describe how to access this for system fonts (changes)
Added constructors for Factory1 class. (changes)
Fix for github issue #128 - overriden dwrite_1.h to make IDWriteFontFace1::HasKerningPairs pure virtual, to include it in SharpDX API. (changes)

Documentation

Removed empty paragraphs from documentation. (changes)

DXGI

Add Rational.ToString (changes)
Added proper constructors to SwapChain1 and adjusted SwapChainGraphicsPresenter to use them. (changes)
Change signature of FormatHelper.SizeInBytes to return an int. Add an exception in case it is == 0 (changes)
Fix FormatHelper.SizeInBytes regression, don't throw an exception (changes)
Fix issue #244. Remove partial typeless format from FormatHelper.IsTypeLess for formats: R32_Float_X8X24_Typeless/X32_Typeless_G8X24_UInt and R24_UNorm_X8_Typeless/X24_Typeless_G8_UInt (changes)
Fix issue #301 Remove obsolete on Adapter.GetOutput* methods (changes)
Fixed mapping for DX11.1 ISurfaceImageSourceNative::BeginDraw::surface parameter (aparently was renamed in DX11.2). (changes)
Fixed mappings for changed DX11.2 interfaces. (changes)
fixed Toolkit compilation on WinRT platform (changes)
improved mapping for DirectX 11.2 features (changes)
moved structure mapping to correct place (changes)
Remaped manually broken interfaces for DX11.2 build (changes)

External

Add dependency to YamlDotNet fork from https://github.com/xoofx/YamlDotNet (changes)

General

Added more ReSharper settings in solution. (changes)
Fixed ReSharper settings to place using import directives consistently across the solution. (changes)

Graphics

Breaking changes, move from LeftHanded to RightHanded for all samples and model import to have more compatibility with XNA samples (changes)
Fix #260. Force to recreate the full swapchain when going to fullscreen as It seems that DXGI is not updating correctly the refresh rate without. (changes)
Fix eol in RasterizerStateCollection (changes)

MediaFoundation

Add new dsp interfaces from Wmcodecdsp.h (changes)
Add SourceResolver constructor. Add CreateObjectXXX overrides methods. Add CreateObjectFromStream method. (changes)
constructor to create MFT from Guid (changes)
Fix #377 and restore SourceResolver on WP81 by using mfplat.dll instead of mf.dll (changes)
Fix compilation issue on WinRT (changes)
Fix complation issues (changes)
Fixed certification issue on WP 8.1 platform. (changes)
Fixed mapping to allow creation of objects provided by the DXVAFactory class. (changes)
map to the correct DLL for MFCreateSinkWriterFromURL (Mfreadwrite.dll) (changes)

Merge

Fixed merge conflict. (changes)

Misc

#ifdef-ing out VideoPresenter and VideoPresenterShadow as they only exist on Desktop builds. (changes)
* Added CodeComments.xml to DComp and DManip * Whitespace fixes (changes)
* Added comments to various DirectManipulation functions * Changed some DManip factory methods to be internal, as they are already wrapped by constructors and helper functions (changes)
* Fixed the parsing of certain MSDN docs * Added the ability to look up MSDN doc sub-items by term name (for better parameter, enum item, and field matching) * Added doc comments * Fixed certain setter overload incorrectly being autoconverted to properties (changes)
* Sort interface methods into the same ordering that Visual C++ uses (overloaded functions don't get serialized in declaration order) * Added the ability to modify the method offsets from the XML mappings * Turned more properties back into methods (changes)
Add defines for GetProcAddress and CloseHandle (changes)
Add logo-web (changes)
Add overload for MFCopyImage_, so we can use it with Mediabuffer.Lock (changes)
Add Property IgnoreUnkownCharacters to SpriteFont for completely skipping glyphs which are not present in the fontmap (changes)
Add support for SwapChainPanel's size synchronization (changes)
Added [Toolkit.Audio] and desktop example. (changes)
Added Advanced Text renderer sample to demo how to apply effects/color on text layouts. (changes)
Added basic transform interface extensions for instantiating transform groups. (changes)
Added comment about static temporary sample buffer. Locking during the buffer copy and callback. (changes)
Added Controller.GetCapabilities() which matches the GetState(out) overload. (changes)
Added HasSignature Property on EffectPassDescription Added LastErrorString property on function linking graph (changes)
Added int Color constructors (changes)
Added largely complete but also untested wrappers for DirectComposition and DirectManipulation. * Made small change to SharpGen that allows overloaded interface methods to work properly * Moved the NativeMessage struct (wraps MSG) and made it public * Small modification to the SharpDX.Animation mappings in order to allow DComp interfaces to work properly (changes)
added missing structure to mapping rules (changes)
-Added partial class for library reflection -Added constructor to instanciate library reflection from bytecode. (changes)
Added Quaternion.RotationLookAt which creates a quaternion from forward and up vectors (changes)
Added RectangleF overload for SpriteBatch draw method (changes)
Added space efficent Project/Unproject Overloads (changes)
Adds CompositionTargetEx to avoid rendering without new RenderingTime (changes)
Adds Direct3DUserControl as a cusotm SwapChainPanel (changes)
Adds methos stub for changed composition scale (changes)
Adds missing CubeRenderer code commonly referenced in some samples (changes)
Adds sample files for Windows 8.1 (changes)
Adds solution for Windows 8.1 samples (changes)
Breaking Change: Seperated Matrix.Billboard into Matrix.BillboardLH & Matrix.BillboardRH (changes)
Catches FileNotFoundException in Desinger on Initialize of CubeRenderer (changes)
Changed ContentManager Interface to be more extendable (changes)
Changes 'BitmapSourceEffect' to 'BitmapSource' and 'bitmapSourceEffect' to 'bitmapSource' (changes)
Changes SwapChainPanelTarget to get Width and Height from panel. UpdateForSizeChange is called on panel.SizeChanged instead of Window.Current.CoreWindow.SizeChanged. (changes)
Clean up/fix more XML documentation. (changes)
Deletes projects using SwapChainPanel as a window background (changes)
Demonstrates some of the flexibility available with SwapChainPanel in Windows 8.1 (changes)
Exposes Boolean for D3D rendering in DesignMode as named DependencyProperty, to make it switchable. (changes)
Fix alignments (changes)
Fix dll import for CoCreateInstanceApp if build type is W8CORE (otherwise Imaging factory creation fails on WinRT, Windows Phone 8.1) (changes)
Fix Quaternion.RotationLookAt (changes)
Fix Simplify method (which needs only Simplified sink and not a full GeometrySink), as per: (changes)
Fixed another NRE while implicitly converting ShaderSignature (changes)
fixed issue #86 (changes)
Fixed merge conflict. (changes: 1, 2)
Fixed NullReferenceException while converting (changes)
Fixed SkinnedEffect matrix read back and VertexElement.BlendWeights semantic name (changes)
Fixed ternary operator (changes)
Fixes double byte character GetCharABCWidthFloat returns null (changes)
Forgot to invert the condition in the last commit (changes)
FormatMessageW to use localization library path in WinRT build (changes)
Geometric Primitives now support PatchLists (changes)
GeometricPrimitive now supports an all PrimitiveTypes (changes)
If count exceeds SoundStream data range, only read to data range end. Issue #312 (changes)
Implementation of ClockStateSink, SampleGrabberSinkCallback, SampleGrabberSinkCallback2, and VideoPresenter interfaces. (changes)
Initializes ShapeRenderer and CubeRenderer (temporarily removed CubeRenderer because Exception was thrown in desinger) (changes)
Invert condition for better readability (changes)
Latest MSDN docs (changes)
map to the correct DLL for MFCreateSinkWriterFromURL (Mfreadwrite.dll) (changes)
media foundation api enhancements (returns instead of out params, enums instead of ints) (changes)
Moves D3D initialization to Direct3DUserControl.Loaded-Event to have DependencyPropertys set (changes)
OnProcessSample/OnProcessSampleEx callbacks take in an IntPtr to the data buffer, rather than copying the information to a managed byte[]. (changes)
Prevent that internal stream Read uses negative count. Issue #312 (changes)
Quaternion NaN Angle Fix (changes)
Remove duplicate code (changes)
Removed unnecessary casts and added conversion in D3DCompiler-Namespace (changes)
Removes dirty init from App.xaml.cs and MainPage.xaml.cs, makes MainPage a normal Page and no more SwapChainPanel (changes)
Removes Projects not related to SwapChainPanel (changes)
Removes projects using SwapChainPanel as a window background (changes)
Removes SizeChanged event listening from Direct3DUserControl, as this is done by SwapChainPanelTarget itself. (changes)
Renames callback method DisplayProperties_LogicalDpiChanged to DisplayInformation_LogicalDpiChanged (changes)
Replaces SwapChainBackgroundPanelTarget with SwapChainPanelTarget (changes)
Revert "[Toolkit.Compiler] Add SkipOptimization and PreferFlowControl when compiling shaders in debug mode" (changes)
Revert changes on SharpDX.sln.DotSettings (changes)
Sets size of MainPage to 1366x768 to match default device size in Blend designer (changes)
SourceReader support to open from a URL (also works with local file paths) (changes)
Updated documentation (changes)
Updating mapping file that was stomped in a merge. (changes)
VertexBufferLayout Bug Fix (changes)
VoidAction Delegate is redundant with .Net Action Delegate (changes)

Multimedia

Removed CharSet.Ansi from WaveFormat* structures as they don't have string members (issue #190). (changes)

Samples

Added AdvancedTextRenderingApp sample to SharpDXSamples solution. (changes)
Changed references for MultiCube sample to use same .NET version. (changes)
Display Frametime at bottom of window. Useful for checking VSync. (changes)
Fix for windows 8.1 transparency bug. (changes)
Fix issue #248 in Direct3D9 samples. Use ColorBGRA instead of plain Color (changes)
Fix issue #307. Add XAML SurfaceImageSource DirectX interop sample (WIP) (changes)
Fix missing file (changes)
Fixed designer crashes for MiniCubeXaml/Win8.1 (github issue #274). (changes)
Fixed expired package certificates for sample projects. Adjusted Win8.1 sample manifest to match new schema. (changes)
Fixed issue with Direct3D10/WPFHost sample when user locks computer and logs in back (github issue #193). (changes)
Fixed MiniCubeXaml sample for Win8.1. (changes)
Fixed samples references to use DX11.2 for WinRT. (changes)
Fixed Win8 samples compilation after renaming BitmapSourceEffect to BitmapSource. (changes)
Fixed Win8 samples compilation. (changes)
Remove samples and move them to new repository https://github.com/sharpdx/SharpDX-Samples (changes)
Remove test code and restore original code for sample "XAML SurfaceImageSource..." (#307) (changes)
Remove unused file (changes)
Remove x86/ARM platform targets as Any CPU is sufficient (#307) (changes)
Reorder members in Windows 8.1 samples to match C++ files. Add a readme.. Sample "XAML SurfaceImageSource DirectX interop sample" is completed (changes)
Update Win8.1 sample to use SwapChain2 and fix scaling issues (changes)
Warn about WP8 samples not robust (changes)

Samples.Direct2D

Adjusted OfflineImageProcessingApp sample according to renaming of BitmapSourceEffect to BitmapSource. (changes)

Samples.Win81

Fixed sample certificate configuration. (changes)
Fixed sample project compilation (missing ShapeRenderer.cs) and deleted unused MiniCube project. (changes)

Samples.WinRT

Fixed crashing on exit by pausing rendering when window visibility changes (this affects only SurfaceImageSource targets, issue #207). (changes)
Retargeted WinRT 8 samples to WinRT 8.1. (changes)

SharpCli

Patch SharpDX pdb files during compilation to use relative path to source file instead of absolute paths in order to facilitate redistribuable pdbs (changes)
Remove patch for pdbs as we need to do it at deploy time for nuget (changes)
Safe guard if patching url relative is not working (changes)

SharpDX

Add custom collection debug view (changes)
Add DataPointer.IsEmpty (changes)
Add DefaultValue attribute on ComponentBase class (changes)
Add Equal(ref other) for vector/quaternion/matrix (changes)
Add helper methods on DataPointer to CopyFrom, CopyTo and convert to DataStream/DataBuffer (changes)
Add IsZero in vector to quickly check if its (exactly) equal to zero (changes)
Add MathUtil.SmoothStep and SmootherStep (changes)
Add Rectangle.ToString() method (changes)
Add Vector/Scalar component-wise addition and subtraction operators/functions (changes)
Added a graphics debugger implementation to capture programmatically VS Graphics Debug logs. It is available only for Desktop or WinRT/Debug platforms. (changes)
Added constructor overloads to ObservableDictionary and improved code formatting. (changes)
Added converstion operators between Rectangle and RectangleF structures. (changes)
Added DX11.2 support in SharpGen (changes)
Added 'Infinite' static readonly property to RectangleF structure to represent an infinite rectangle. (changes)
Added methods to create skew Matrix3x2 (changes)
added new solution and project configurations for DirectX 11.2 (changes)
Added observable dictionary and refactored ContentManager to use it as a single way to register a custom IContentReader. (changes)
Added Premultiply methods to Color* structs (github issue #302). (changes)
BREAKING CHANGES: Rectangle/F Left and Top affect rectangle size (changes)
BREAKING CHANGES: Remove obsolete NextDPointF and rename NextDPoint to NextPoint (changes)
Change Color converter from/to string to allow #RRGGBBAA colors as used in paint editors or on the web (changes)
Change message in ComObject.Dispose for automatic release. Remove in case of release on finalizer is enabled. (changes)
Change protected internal ComponentBase.name to private (changes)
Changed the default value of Color.Transparent to be 0x00000000 (issue #177). (changes)
Changed unmanaged dllimport to Unicode for NativeFile (issue #190). (changes)
Changed Win32 functions marshaling to use Unicode charset instead of Auto or Ansi (issue #190). (changes)
Changed window management native functions to marshal as Auto instead of Ansi (github issue #185). (changes)
Clean up Rectangle and RectangleF (changes)
cleaned up mappings and fixed WICRect -> Rectangle mapping (changes)
Fix bug so that MathUtil.NextLong can produce the specified max value (changes)
Fix compilation issue (changes)
Fix compilation issue on net20 target (changes)
Fix compilation issue on non desktop platform due to non availability of Browsable attribute (changes)
Fix issue #171. Add (Point|Size2|Size2F).Zero|Empty static property (changes)
Fix issue #268, invalid behavior of DataStream.ReadByte (changes)
Fix issue #268, invalid behavior of DataStream.ReadByte (remove remaining sbyte*) (changes)
Fix license date (changes)
Fix merge conflict. (changes)
Fixed Color to Color3 converstion operator - github issue #154. (changes)
Fixed compilation - internal ObfuscationAttribute not visible in SharpDX.XInput, SharpDX.Toolkit.Input and SharpDX.Toolkit.Yaml. (changes)
Fixed compilation for WinRT platform, deleted an extension that already exists in WinRT 8.1. (changes)
Fixed DLL name for CoCreateInstanceApp for WinRT and WP8 platforms. (changes)
Fixed marshalling of 'GetProcAddress' function (issue #204). (changes)
Fixed MathUtils.NearEquals for a corner-case (github issue #180). (changes)
fixed merge conflict (changes)
Fixed quaternion-to-axis formula (issue #328). (changes)
Fixed RenderLoop compilation. (changes)
Fixed SoundStream.Seek method (github issue #310). (changes)
Fixed WP8.1 build to use correct headers for code generation. (changes)
Improved code by using more meaningful names for variables. (changes)
Improved comments of conversion operators for Point structure. (changes)
improved DirectX 11.2 configuration to include DirectX 11.1 (changes)
Improved GetHashCode method for math structures (issue #202). (changes)
Included DX11.2 configurations in automated build (changes)
Make RenderForm resize working when RenderForm is hosted in a HwndHost for WPF. Remove minimum size restriction of 200,200. (changes)
Make RenderLoop to process all windows message instead of the main window (changes)
Rebuilt MSDN documentation cache (issue #357). (changes)
Remove direct usage of MathUtil.ZeroTolerance in favor of MathUtil.IsZero (changes)
Remove MathUtil.WithinEpsilon(a,b) in favor of a more accurate MathUtil.NearEqual. Replace all code performing near equal using MathUtil.ZeroTolerance with MathUtil.NearEqual. Add MathUil.IsZero/IsOne and replace all code using it. Move random functions from MathUtil to RandomUtil. (changes)
Remove normalization from quaternion billboard functions and always normalize input in RotationLookAt (changes)
Remove reference to Serializable. Delete TypeConverter for all types as they are not supported on all platforms (changes)
Remove stupid code and comments (Don't recall to have written such a joke code), anyway, delete (changes)
Removed 'Empty' static fields from Point structure as it is semantically incorrect. (changes)
Removed unused namespaces. (changes)
Removed unused struct as it represents the Ansi version, while only Unicode one is used (issue #190). (changes)
Removed VSGraphicsDebugger from WinRT platform as it causes issues. (changes)
Rename RenderLoop.UseCustomDoEvents to RenderLoop.UseLightweightWindowMessageLoop (changes)
Rename VectorXXX.Modulate(..) functions to VectorXXX.Multiply(..). (changes)
Reuse stable Matrix3x3 functions to produce quaternions. (changes)
Revert RotationLookAt changes from issue 217. Split RotationLookAt into Left/Right handed and add Billboard function for Quaternions (changes: 1, 2)
Transform Vector3 with Matrix3x3 (changes)
Update msdndoc.zip (changes)
Use MathUtil.SmoothStep for all SmoothStep methods (changes)
Use RenderLoop custom window message loop instead of Application.DoEvents. Handle correctly filtered message internally by using Application.FilterMessage (changes)
Vector divide operators & function for x=float/vector (changes)

SharpDX.MediaFoundation

Added Name property and initialization code for MediaAttributeKey for easier debugging (issue #356). (changes)
Fixed WinRT and WP8 builds by excluding unsupported classes. (changes)
Restored removed classes for WinRT platform. (changes)

SharpDX.WP81

Added support for WP8.1 platform as a separate build. (changes)
Fixed LoadLibrary function import to pass certification for WP81 platform. (changes)

SharpGen

Add diagnostic message to understand why SharpGen is re-running everyday instead of early exit (changes)
Allow VS2012, VS2013 to be used to compile standard DirectX June 2010 (changes)
Fix binary gccxml removing reference to E:\ folder inside the binary causing an exception if the folder is not present on the computer (changes)
Fix issue #234. Error message was not clear (changes)
Fix issues with gccxml for VS2013. Add define _MSC_FULL_VER=170000000 in order to avoid inclusion of nosal2 that will invalid all SAL annotations (changes)

SharpPak

Fix issue with recursive assembly references when merging. Use latest version of Mono.Linker to fix issue with WPF (changes)
Fix issue with static Module initializer by patching Mono.Linker. Update to latest version of Mono.Cecil. (changes)
Fix obfuscation attributes when merging assemblies (changes)

Toolit.Graphics

Factorize code for fullscreen triangle in PrimitiveQuad (changes)

Toolkit

Add IContentReaderFactory to IContentManager to allow dynamic ContentReader association based on type. Allow to load the same asset with different type (like Content.Load<Image> and Content.Load<Texture2D>). Make ContentManager more robust to null arguments. (changes)
Fix compilation on Win8/WP8 (changes)
Force the content manager to expect a ContentReaderAttribute on the type. No more seek on the original stream. (changes)
Simplify SharpDX.targets file (changes)

Toolkit.Audio

Added AudioException and added it to a few sports in the AudioManager. (changes)
Added missing disposal to AudioManager. (changes)
Added nuspec file for SharpDX.Toolkit.Audio assembly (issue #313). (changes)
Added required constants to complete port of function "ReverbConvertI3DL2ToNative". (changes)
Added SoundEffect.FromFile and example. (changes)
Added SoundEffectInstance.IsLooped. (changes)
Added ToolkitAudio MSBuild task (issue #314). (changes)
Changed device initialization to raise audio exception if no default audio devices exist. (changes)
Changed pooling so it now pools source voices per wave type when possible, falls back to pooling per SoundEffect if unable to. As yet does not restrict maximum number of allocated voices. (changes)
Changed SoundEffectInstance.IsLooped implementation. (changes)
Code cleanup, added XML documentation. (changes)
Fix .Net2.0 Compat issues (changes)
Fix build (changes)
Fix Win8 Build problems (changes)
Fixed functionality on DX11.2 platform (certain functions are changed from XAudio v2.7 to v2.8). (changes)
Fixed Reverb Crash. Still doesn't work, X3DAudio always calculates reverb level of zero. (changes)
Fixed UserFilter Flag issue. And some minor tweeking. (changes)
Get it to complie under WP8 (changes)
Improved code. (changes)
Major refactor for new pooling. (changes)
Minor Changes to pooling and disposal. (changes)
Minor Refactoring (changes)
Ported WaveBankReader form DirectX toolkit. (changes)
Quick code clean up. (changes)
Refactored audio content loading functionality to use separate content reader classes. (changes)
SoundEffect Instances can now be returned to the pool (changes)
Started adding Reverb (changes)
Started implenting WaveBank (changes)

Toolkit.Compiler

Add SkipOptimization and PreferFlowControl when compiling shaders in debug mode (changes)
Added functionality to build EffectData from ShaderBytecode (changes)
Fix issue #276. Take ceiling for advance instead of round to have better spacing (will slightly increase overall size). Fix offsets for small fonts when rendering "," (changes)

Toolkit.Content

Improved error reporting when an asset is not found (issue #181). (changes)
Made some ContentManager members protected to allow easier extensibility (issue #325). (changes)

Toolkit.Game

Add comments and cleaned up code for Desktop platform classes. (changes)
Add context switching support for WP8/DrawingSurface platform. (changes)
Add GameContext.UseCustomDoEvents (changes)
Add support for setting Window.Title with WPF rendering (changes)
Added generic method overloads for IServiceRegistry and its implementation GameServiceRegistry (issue #175). (changes)
Added missing event handler unbinding for Desktop/WPF platform. (changes)
Added possibility to rebind a running game to a different game context for the Desktop-WinForms platform. (changes)
Added support for GameContext switching for Desktop/WPF platform. (changes)
Added support for SwapChainPanel in DX11.2. (changes)
Added support for switching game context for WP8/BackgroundGrid platform. (changes)
Added support for switching GameContext on WinRT/XAML platform. (changes)
Added ToDisposeContent helper method to GameSystem. (changes)
Added Unload(Type,string) method to ContentManager to match the Load method overloads (issue #324). (changes)
Added WPF support for DX11.2 build. (changes)
Applied an indirect fix that allows workaround of the issue #179 and changed appropiate samples to use .NET4 instead of 4.5.1. (changes)
Changed default present interval from Immediate to One for GameWindowRenderer, as in main game it is One by default (issue #321). (changes)
Changed SwitchContext functionality to recreate only the GraphicsPresenter instead of the whole GraphicsDevice. (changes)
Changed the default value for Game.IsFixedTimeStep from true to false (github issue #160). (changes)
Fix compilation issues. Simplify GameContext class and remove typed method in order to avoid assembly references (like WPF on Desktop when not using it) (changes)
Fix DrawInstanced indirect overload (changes)
Fix issue #237. Remove redundant code (changes)
Fix issue #279. Mouse position was incorrect after switching to fullscreen. Remove call to PointToClient to avoid GC (changes)
Fix WPF issue for SharpDXElement to make it focusable (changes)
Fixed compilation - removed unused member. (changes)
Fixed github bug #235 - WPF SharpDXElement disappears when switching displays. (changes)
Fixed high CPU consumption when IsFixedTimestep=true (github issue #265). (changes)
Fixed issue #297. (changes)
Fixed RenderForm fullscreen behavior when changing AllowUserResizing property (issue #329). (changes)
Fixed resize behavior when switching game context for Desktop/WinForms platform. (changes)
Fixed unbinding of event handlers from previous control when switching game context in Desktop/WinForms platform. (changes)
Fixed WPF support for DX11.2 build (issue #371). (changes)
Improved FileSystemContentResolver to handle enxtensionless paths with a dot in the name. (changes)
Made gameTime field protected to allow access of derived classes outside of Draw and Update methods (issue #366). (changes)
Mouse visibility state processed correctly if it was set from Game constructor before creation of game window. (changes)
Use the assembly path from the Game class to probe content path (changes)

Toolkit.Games

Remove strict dependency to EffectCompiler assembly from Toolkit.Game on Desktop (changes)

Toolkit.Graphics

Add Effect.Clone() (changes)
Add EffectDefaultParameters.WorldInverseTransposeView parameter (changes)
Add event Effect.Initialized useful when using dynamic recompilation of shaders at runtime (changes)
Add generic constraint on CreateSharedData method (changes)
Add GeometricPrimitive.Plane uv factor for uv remapping (changes)
Add GraphicsPerformance.Enabled and GraphicsPerformance.AllowProfiling (changes)
Add performance marker through GraphicsDevice.Performance (changes)
Add RenderTarget2D implicit cast to Direct3D11.Resource (changes)
Add support for automatic ViewInverse in effect (changes)
Add support for rendering in WPF through a standard WinForm (changes)
Add support for Texture.GetData with DoNotWait new flag. (changes)
Add TextureView to wrap raw ShaderResourceView and RenderTargetView and to provide exact size of the 1st mipmap as well as texel size. Update all internals to use TextureView. (changes)
added a method in SpriteFont to check if a character is present in the font (changes)
Adds support for SwapChainPanel CompositionScale (changes)
Adjust swapchain size according to composition scale on SwapChainPanel control (changes)
Adjusted SpriteBatch.Draw methods accoding to added Rectangle-to-RectangleF conversions and reordered methods for better readability. (changes)
Avoid to resize the backbuffer if the size is not different (changes)
Breaking change remove GraphicsDevice.DrawQuad methods and add GraphicsDevice.Quad property instead (changes)
Change API for selecting a Texture.TextureView by passing the ViewFormat. Internally we are now using a dictionary to store TextureView (changes)
Exposed IndexBuffer & VertexBuffer in Geometric Primitives (changes)
Fix calculation for mipmap counts (changes)
Fix compilation issue (changes)
Fix compilation issues on net20 platform (changes)
Fix compilation issues on net20 platform (bis) (changes)
Fix compilation on DX11.2 for issue #290 (changes)
Fix EffectParameter value arrays where value is not a multiple of sizeof(float4) (changes)
Fix issue #140. Matrix with size different from float4x4 (like 4x3, 3x4...etc.) are now correctly set into the constant buffer. (changes)
Fix issue #161 with default values in constant buffers causing an AccessViolationException (changes)
Fix issue #184 with SpriteFont.MeasureText. This should now compute the correct width including whitespaces (changes)
Fix issue #236 with SpriteFont layout (changes)
Fix issue #246. Static initializer is removed in GraphicsAdapter (changes)
Fix issue #266. Switch to DirectWrite for tkfont and fix issue with offsets/measure when rendering. (changes)
Fix issue #276. Add AntiAlias mode to FontDescription. Handle gamma correction. (changes)
Fix issue #276. Fix spacing, fix several issues in original DirectXTk implementation. Add SpriteFontApp sample (changes)
Fix issue #276. Improve spacing, apply Ceiling on the final value instead of the original advance value (changes)
Fix issue #276. Improve tkfont error handling. Disable anti-aliasing when font size is <= 13 to mimic System.Drawing text anti-aliasing behavior (changes)
Fix issue #276. Revert to Round only for final offset (changes)
Fix issue #359. Release Resource COM object when finished with custom ShaderResourceView (changes)
Fix issue for WPF, allowing to use Depth as ShaderResource when creating backbuffer (changes)
Fix last commit (changes)
Fix regression on backbuffer resizing when using Window.AllowUserResizing = true (changes)
Fix SamplerState code to apply anisotropy fix on level_9_1 for for custom sampler state (changes)
Fixed compilation after adding additional contructor in Color that accepts ints. (changes)
Fixed DepthStencilBuffer creation to support texture arrays (issue #210). (changes)
Fixed effect parameters setting for arrays (issue #332). (changes)
Fixed GraphicsDevice disposing attached EffectPools. (changes)
Fixed issue #167: add flag to allow SpriteFont to dispose unmanaged resources from SpriteFontData. (changes)
Fixed memory leak in GeometricPrimitive, issue #158. (changes)
Fixed null-ref in implicit cast for TextureView, issue #162. (changes)
implemented syncronization for WPF platform to avoid flickering under heavy load (changes)
Improvement for issue #266. Make sure all glyphs will snap to the nearest pixel when rendering by rounding advance and line spacing to nearest. Add cleartype rendering (experimental). (changes)
Remove assert on DDSHelper when creating an image (changes)
Remove EffectPool from GraphicsDevice's list on dispose, fix for issue #165. (changes)
Rename MaterialKeysBase to MaterialKeys, and MaterialKeys to TextureKeys. Make them static class. (changes)
Restore access to GraphicsResource.GraphicsDevice (changes)
Try to fix issue #290. Breaking change, as the FindBestDevices no longer retrieve the list of all available modes. For fullscreen, rely on DXGIOutput.FindClosestMatchingMode instead. (changes)
Update SpriteFontApp sample and add ClearType/Scaling sample (changes)
VertexBufferLayout from type ignored instance count (changes)

Toolkit.Input

Breaking changes of KeyboardState. Now contains one states for Down keys and two events Pressed/Released since last frame. (changes)
Change behavior of buttons handling for MouseManager using new ButtonState. Refactor code using ButtonState. (changes)
Fix issue on WinRT for released moust buttons (changes)
Fixed KeyboardInput for WinRT to work with overlaid XAML IInputElement. For example, the input event wasn't propagated to a focused TextBox. (changes)
Improved code comments and reordered members in MouseManager class. (changes)

Toolkit.Samples

Added a sample showing switching of context for WinRT/XAML platform. (changes)
Added audio sample back to solution (removed accidentally after merge). (changes)
Added Audio sample for WinRT platform. (changes)
Added Audio sample for WP8 platform, changed AudioGame to use Pointer input instead of Mouse to have same sample code on all platforms. (changes)
Added foreground swapchain sample for DX11.2. (changes)
Added MiniCube sampel for Win 8.1 SwapChainPanel control. Implemented as separate solution to not break building of other samples on older OS. (changes)
Added ShaderLinking sample to demonstrate DX11.2 shader linking functionality. (changes)
Added TiledResources sample for DirectX 11.2 (changes)
Added WP81 MiniCube sample. (changes)
Fix compilation issue on WinRT for MouseInput (changes)
Fix compilation issues on desktop (changes)
Fixed mouse controls in Audio sample. (changes)
Fixed StreamOutParticles sample after changes in pull request #200. (changes)
Fixed TiledResources sample after KeyboardState refactoring. (changes)
Improved audio sample to demonstrate how to pause, resume and stop sound effects. (changes)
Moved Audio sample content and code to a common folder to reuse it for different platform samples. (changes)
Removed usage of SharpDXSdkDir environment variable from samples as it breaks continuous integration for WinRT (changes)
Retargeted WinRT 8 samples to WinRT 8.1 according to the new WinRT 8.1 support. (changes)
Updated temporary certificate for all WinRT samples. (changes)

Toolkit.Yaml

Add new SharpDX.Toolkit.Yaml project that allows to load Yaml files directly into .NET object using the ContentManager. (changes)
Add support for loading other assets directly from a YAML file (Commit merged from dfkeenan) (changes)
Add support for serialization of some default types (Color, Vector4...etc.) in compact YAML form (aka flow). Update to SharpYaml 1.1 (changes)
Fix reference to SharpYaml (changes)
Switch to SharpYaml from nuget (changes)
Update to SharpYaml 1.2 (changes)

Tools.CompilerTask

Add TkItem.ParentTaskItem, not yet used but will be used when working on per-option files (changes)

VisualStudio

Fix bug in previous commit for #311 (changes)
Fix issue #311. Check SharpDXSdkDir environment variable for both user and machine. (changes)
Fix LeftHanded to RightHanded (changes)
Update SharpDX Toolkit for VisualStudio to support VS2013 (changes)

WIC

Fixed creation of a WIC Bitmap from a System.Drawing.Bitmap without a palette (issue #342). (changes)
Improved mapping for DdsFrameDecode class. (changes)

XACT3

Fixed issue #214. (changes)