
Setting the D3DFORMAT_OP_BUMPMAP flag in the dwOperations member of the DDPIXELFORMAT structure for all surface formats that can support bump mapping in either fixed-function or programmable-pixel pipes. The driver must continue to report only DirectX 8.0 related capabilities in D3DCAPS8 when queried by the DirectX 8.0 runtime. D3DCAPS9 contains both DirectX 9.0 and DirectX 8.0 related capabilities.


Support of this request is described in Supporting GetDriverInfo2. The driver returns a D3DCAPS9 structure in response to a GetDriverInfo2 request using the D3DGDI2_TYPE_GETD3DCAPS9 value similarly to how it returns a D3DCAPS8 structure as described in Reporting DirectX 8.0 Style Direct3D Capabilities. Reporting the capabilities of its device by returning a D3DCAPS9 structure when requested. Supporting Commands for Setting Render TargetĪ DirectX 9.0 version driver must support: Reporting Support of UBYTE4 Vertex Element However, for a driver to be loaded by the operating system as a version 9.0 driver, it must implement the features that are described in the following sections: Click Finish to finish the installationĪfter you've installed DirectX 9 on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer, you might as well enable Direct Play, as many old games require this deprecated piece of software, which seems to be part of DirectX.The DirectX 9.0 runtime will supply hardware acceleration if the display driver is a DirectX 7.0 or later driver.Allow the app to make changes to your computer if Windows asks.Find and double click the DXSETUP.exe file.Navigate to the files folder, in this example c:\downloads\DirectX9\files.The DirectX files will be extracted to the chosen folder.button and choose the files folder you've created, in this example c:\downloads\DirectX9\files and click on the Ok button Choose to run the application if Windows asks.Open the downloaded directx_Jun2010_redist.exe file by double clicking it, or open it from the downloads list in your browser.Choose to Save the downloaded file (directx_Jun2010_redist.exe), save it in your folder, in this example c:\downloads\DirectX9.Click on the No thanks and continue button on the right.Uncheck all recommended software/features and see if the download summary on the right only says 1.Go to the Microsoft download center for DirectX End-User Runtimes (2010) and click the download button.Create another folder files in the DirectX9 folder, in this example c:\downloads\DirectX9\files.Create an empty folder, for example c:\downloads\DirectX9.
