RenderDoc Debugger Update 0.19

RenderDoc

On Friday, Crytek announced Version 0.19 of RenderDoc is available. RenderDoc was released just a few weeks ago, but they have already made many bug fixes and some improvements based on the initial feedback.

We have released a new version of our @RenderDoc debugging tool, implementing your feedback: http://t.co/IjaaFBagif http://t.co/WywaAvECrH

— CRYENGINE (@cryengine) March 14, 2014

The focus of 0.19 is on addressing bugs and feedback from the initial release and getting that out quickly. Thanks to all who gave feedback

— RenderDoc (@RenderDoc) March 14, 2014

New Features

• Added a ‘clear’ marker to the timeline bar to visualise where a texture is cleared in the frame.
• Added an option to hide empty marker sections in the event browser and timeline bar.
• Added a menu option to open the error log directly.
• Include logged managed callstack in crash log.
• Using a custom visualisation shader, the original and new values are displayed side by side in the status bar.
• Added support for matrices in the raw buffer format specifier, as well as a few non-HLSL types.
• Pick up buffer formats correctly in the pipeline state viewer.
• Added the ability to queue up a specific frame number to capture.
• Display a message when a frame fails to capture, and abandon the capture if 5 frames in a row fail.

Get It

RenderDoc can be downloaded for free from Crytek.

The CryEngine SDK can also be be downloaded for free for non-commercial use.