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DXGL is provided subject to the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1. To install DXGL, simply download and run the Windows installer. To upgrade, install over the old version. All programs configured by the configuration tool or automatically added by the DXGL library will be automatically updated during the installation progress.

Updgrade notes

If you upgrade from DXGL 0.5.8 or earlier, the configuration format will be changed, and earlier versions of DXGL will no longer recognize the profiles. In addition, any profiles generated by older versions of DXGL going forward will not be recognized by DXGL 0.5.9 or later. If you wish to migrate any old profiles generated after installing DXGL 0.5.9 or later, you will need to use Regedit to delete the "Configuration Version" registry value from the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\DXGL registry key to force the upgrade to be run again.

The current available version of DXGL is 0.5.15. Please click one of the links below to download.

DXGL 0.5.15 and newer now come in two versions, a standard version requiring at least Windows Vista SP2 and a SSE2-capable processor, and a legacy version with the same requirements as previous versions.

Windows installer

Windows installer (legacy)

Source code

Please see below for older versions.

Version history

Version	Source	Binary	Major changes
0.5.15	Download	Download Download (legacy)	Add VC2017 build. Add Wine DLL overrides. Fix uninstaller to clean up files and registry. Improve color palette support. Improve 512×448 scaling mode. Several bug fixes.
0.5.14	Download	Download	Add offline help. Add mouse related hooks including a contributed addition. Improve window mode. Add custom scaling options. Support saving INI files. Fix a few bugs.
0.5.13	Download	Download	New DXGL Config application. Improved color depth and display mode selections. Add debug options and rendering hacks. Fix a few bugs.
0.5.12	Download	Download	Fix window mode. Add .ini configuration support. Add debug options. Add color key override. Add single buffer display mode.
0.5.11	Download	Download	Bug fixes. Downgrade runtime to VS2010. Add first pass scaling mode and forced SSAA.
0.5.10	Download	Download	Minor bug fixes. Optimization for shader cache. Add non-minimizing windowed borderless modes.
0.5.9	Download	Download	Minor clipper fixes. Isolate most of renderer backend from frontend API. Overhaul installer and configuration.
0.5.8	Download	Download	Upgrade compiler to Visual Studio 2013. Add forced-window mode. Add borderless-window (non-exclusive) fullscreen mode.
0.5.7	Download	Download	Minimize fullscreen mode on Alt+Tab and restore desktop resolution. Fix D3DTLVERTEX rendering. Fix D3D color key support. Add depth fill Blt.
0.5.6	Download	Download	More API improvements. Improve dithering performance. Full ROP support. Windows 10 compatibility.
0.5.5	Download	Download	API improvements. Add mipmap texture support. Better Direct3D2 texture support. Adjustments to transformed vertices. Add dithering.
0.5.4	Download	Download	Blt fixes. Color key fix. Add destination and colorspace color key. Add 90 degree blt rotation. Add blt mirroring.
0.5.3	Download	Download	Surface clipper support. Same source/dest blt fix. Dynamic blt shader generation. Partial ROP support.
0.5.2	Download	Download	Better Windows 8.1 compatibility. High DPI support. Custom aspect ratio support. Better 8-bit color support.
0.5.1	Download	Download	Fix Intel graphics compatibility. Support ARB_sampler_objects for more accurate D3D emulation. Fix several bugs. Add tracing support to source code.
0.5.0	Download	Download	Add partial DirectX2 D3D support. Enable D3D support on all builds. Improve Windows 8 compatibility. Fix a few D3D bugs.
0.4.2	Download	Download	Add wireframe and point rendering. Add fog. Add flat shading. Fix light positions.
0.4.1	Download	Download	Add backface culling. Add alpha test functions. Add texture color key. Various DDraw and D3D fixes.
0.4.0	Download	Download	Add DirectX5 D3D support. Add locking of surface rects. Various minor fixes.
0.3.2	Download	Download	Rewrite texture management. Add RGBA4444 textures. Add alpha blending. Fix crash in XP.
0.3.1	Download	Download	Fix surface access. Eliminate redundant GL state changes. Some D3D fixes.
0.3.0	Download	Download	Improve installer. Add DirectX6 D3D support.
0.2.3	Download	Download	Add spot lights. Add specular lighting. Add transformed vertices support.
0.2.2	Download	Download	Fix threading bugs. Add Z buffer testing. Add point lights.
0.2.1	Download	Download	Add more texture shaders. Add Windows 8 registry fix. Various fixes.
0.2.0	Download	Download	Add preliminary IDirect3D7 interfaces. Fix DXGLCFG profiles.
0.1.6	Download	Download	Fix AMD/ATI compatibility. Validate parameters. Fix render thread.
0.1.5	Download	Download	Fix shader engine. Improved application compatibility. Screen smoothing in 8-bit modes.
0.1.4	Download	Download	Use shaders for rendering. Fix OpenGL memory leaks.
0.1.3	Download	Download	Optimize texture uploads. Add Z buffer support. Fix framebuffer object initialization.
0.1.2	Download	Download	Add COM initialization. Restore display mode when deleting DDraw object. Fix VSync.
0.1.1	Download	Download	Add mouse support. Improve render window drawing. Add vertical sync support.
0.1.0	Download	Download	Fix Windows XP compatibility. Add installer. Add application profile support. Add help file.
0.0.7	Download	Download	Add DirectDrawEnumerate. Add color fill and colorkey blt(). Fix flipping. Add compatibility with Windows 8.
0.0.6	Download	Download	Speed up surface locking. Fix non-multiple-of-8 modes.
0.0.5	Download	Download	Add GetDC() GDI surface access. Add more tests to DXGLTest.
0.0.4	Download	Download	Add all DDraw interface versions, add 15 and 24 bit modes, add low-res modes, fix memory leaks.
0.0.3	Download	Download	Remove wxWidgets and GLEW, fix duplicate mode enumeration, multiple fixes.
0.0.2	Download	Download	Add windowed mode.
0.0.1	Download	Download	Initial preview release. Only direct access to primary surface.