I just installed Visual Studio 2013 Community. I want all the languages to work with directx. I am using windows 7 sp 1. Do I run an install now of the directx sdk and runtime, and it will set it up automatically? Is directx backward compatible? Which versions of directx will work with my visual studio 2013 and where can I get it?
Thank you,
Josheir
You don't need to do anything for C++, as DirectX is now part of the core Windows SDK (which ships with VS). Just #include <d3d11.h> and go. For .NET based languages you will need a wrapper such as SlimDX or SharpDX.
Most of the removed functionality can be found in other open libraries, such as DirectXTK though.
Indeed. To help with that, many of the MSDN pages for deprecated D3DX functionality indicate that they are deprecated, and link to their replacements in DirectXTK/DirectXTex.
TBH I like the DirectTX/DirectXTex replacements better than the old D3DX stuff, since it doesn't use COM interfaces and you can also step through the code.
