Compiled dxwrapper limited to 30 FPS

[deanff]

The latest release works perfectly, but when I try compiling it myself - I encounter a strange issue.
The game I tested would struggle to reach 30 FPS, compared to the stable 144 FPS of the release version.
GPU was at 30% and CPU around 15% for both.
The compiled version produces a very large log, so I just opened the game and closed it quickly to reduce size.

dxwrapper-compiled.log
dxwrapper-release.log

I am running Visual Studio 2022 with SDK 10.0.22621.0 and WDK 10.0.22621.311

Git Commands:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper
cd dxwrapper
git reset --hard 244b755

Build Solution and then copy files from dxwrapper\bin\Debug\Build.

Note: The compiled dxwrapper and stubs were larger in size than the release.

Thoughts? Please let me know if I've made a mistake somewhere here.

[elishacloud]

Sounds like you are compiling the debug version. That will cause large logs and it is much slower. Try switching the build configuration to "Release":

[deanff]

Thanks Elisha. That was it :)

Was looking to see if file size could be reduced - possibly by just targeting d3d9.

The dxwrapper.dll can be reduced from 7855 KB to 2290 KB by commenting out these two lines in d3dx9.cpp:

d3dx9Module = Utils::LoadMemoryToDLL((LPVOID)D3DX9_43, sizeof(D3DX9_43));			// 1958 KB
d3dCompileModule = Utils::LoadMemoryToDLL((LPVOID)D3DCompiler_47, sizeof(D3DCompiler_47));	// 3613 KB

The d3d9 game I'm working with still functions with these lines removed. Would some functionality be lost?

I turned on all the d3d9 features in dxwrapper.ini and didn't witness any issues in-game or see errors in the log...

[elishacloud]

Removing that will remove all d3dx functions. It could break d3d8 games and some Blts in dd7to9. Why are you worried about the size of the dll? Is the size causing you some issue?

[deanff]

Thank you for the info.
No issue. Just wanted to see how small a d3d9 windowed-mode fix would be on its own (~890KB)

Alas, I've noticed a more pressing matter...
Windowed Mode has small stutters every few seconds.
The game runs at ~700 FPS uncapped.
Enabling Vsync in dxwrapper.ini results in a smooth 143/144 FPS.
But in windowed mode, there is a 10 FPS drop every few seconds.
The stutters are noticeable in windowed mode even with FPS uncapped.
Any idea what could be causing this?