Tired of shader compilation screens? Microsoft is rolling out its own solution, but we wont feel the benefits immediately
News Source : PC Gamer
News Summary
- Microsoft's Agility software development kit (SDK) is a collection of tools that game developers can use to implement the latest DirectX features.
- In the latest 1.618 version, Agility now supports Advanced Shader Delivery, which was announced last month.
- The idea is to have a database that stores the compiled shaders for any given game, for every hardware configuration that's able to run it.
- The first store to host PSDBs for its games will be Microsoft's Xbox app, and even, only for the Asus ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X handhelds.
- For every other game store, we've got a long wait on our hands.
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