August 1, 2016

• Model effects array is now indexed by part rather than by material
• GamePad capabilities information updated for Universal Windows and Xbox One platforms
• Specular falloff lighting computation fix in shaders

July 18, 2016

• breaking changes to CommonStates, DescriptorHeap, Effects, Model, EffectPipelineStateDescription, and SpriteBatchPipelineStateDescription
  • added texture sampler control to Effects and SpriteBatch
  • fixed Model control of blend and rasterizer state
  • fixed problems with PerPixelLighting control (EffectFactory defaults to per-pixel lighting)
  • fixed control of weights-per-vertex optimization for SkinnedEffect
  • removed unnecessary "one-light" shader permutations
  • fixed bug in AlphaTestEfect implementation
  • improved debug messages for misconfigured effects
• NormalMapEffect for normal-map with optional specular map rendering
• EnvironmentMapEffect now supports per-pixel lighting
• Effects updated with SetMatrices and SetColorAndAlpha methods
• GraphicsMemory support for SharedGraphicsResource shared_ptr style smart-pointer
• PrimitiveBatch fix for DrawQuad
• ScreenGrab handles resource state transition
• SimpleMath: improved interop with DirectXMath constants
• WICTextureLoader module LoadWICTexture* methods
• Fixed bugs with GenerateMips for sRGB and BGRA formats
• Code cleanup

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2016.7.18.1

• Universal Windows Platform apps using Windows Tools 1.4 (10586)
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3

June 30, 2016

• Original release

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2016.6.30.1

• Universal Windows Platform apps using Windows Tools 1.4 (10586)
• Windows desktop app using VS 2015 Update 3