For XInput, you can use the basic XInput 9.1.0 which is built-in to Windows 7. See Microsoft Docs.įor XAudio2 on Windows 7 SP1, use the XAudio2Redist instead of the legacy DirectX SDK. That said, if your learning materials still reference legacy stuff like D3DX11, you can install it but beware there are some special setup details. You do not need the legacy DirectX SDK at all. VS 2019 comes with the Windows 10 SDK which includes everything you need for basic Direct3D 11 system headers and libraries. Officially Windows 7 RTM is not supported. VS 2019 can support targeting Windows 7 Service Pack 1 for Win32 desktop development. For the details on handling DirectX 11.0, see this blog post. My Win32 templates assume you have DirectX 11.1 these days. Most any Windows 7 system that's updated from Windows Update should have it. Basically this means you won't get D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_1. Windows 7 can support DirectX 11.1 "software features" but not "hardware features" with KB2670838. I maintain a number of similar templates for UWP and Win32 for DirectX 11 & DirectX 12 on GitHub. You can try Windows 10 and Windows 11 for best gaming experience on PC.As noted by Simon in the comments, the "DirectX" templates built-in to VS 2019 are for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps only which requires Windows 10.
Info: DirectX 12 is only available for Windows 10 and Windows 11 only, currently.
That’s why when you try to install a modern and high definition game on PC, it shows and error and requires to install the latest version of DirectX 11 for Windows 7 64 bit or 32 bit on your Windows PC. Suggestion: If you have DX11 installed then you are recommended to download DirectX 11.2 as a DirectX 11 Technology Update from Microsoft.ĭirectX is an API (Application Program Interface) designed for best quality experience for Windows PC based high definition games and multimedia content. It is a product of Microsoft and comes pre-installed with Windows OS. If you are a game lover you might be well known to DirectX.
A brief history of DirectX and my experience.
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