microsoft/DirectXTex mar2026

March 2026

Repository: microsoft/DirectXTex

Tag: mar2026

Published: 2026-03-31T21:31:56Z

Prerelease: no

Release notes:

• CalculateMipLevels and CalculateMipLevels3D are now public functions
• DDS reader DDS_FLAGS_PERMISSIVE supports a DX10 variant with zero dimension value (assumed to be 2D)
• HDR reader validation fix for a malformed header that could result in a buffer over-read
• Auxiliary EXR reader now has LoadFromEXRMemory
• Added bit-bias to DXGI_FORMAT_R8_UNORM format conversions for consistency
• Fixed ScreenGrab9 missing return statement for unsupported pixel format
• Updated D3DX12 internal copy with latest changes from DirectX-Headers GitHub
• VS 2026 support
• Retire VS 2019 projects
• CMake project updates
• texassemble: added new *cube-from-mips* command
• texassemble, texconv, texdiag: updated to support feedback

This version is also available on NuGet as version 2026.4.1

• Windows desktop app using VS 2022 for Windows 10 / Windows 11 / DX 12 *includes ARM64*
• Universal Windows Platform apps using VS 2022

This version is available via vcpkg.

The tools are also available via winget:

winget install Microsoft.DirectXTex.Texassemble
winget install Microsoft.DirectXTex.Texconv
winget install Microsoft.DirectXTex.Texdiag