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<topic id="e2878f27-34d3-458a-9077-d0fb32c16829" revisionNumber="1">
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<developerConceptualDocument xmlns="http://ddue.schemas.microsoft.com/authoring/2003/5" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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<introduction>
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<para>
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This page is a random hodge-podge of different tips and tricks that might not be obvious
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and aren't practical to make clear in the UI - e.g. keyboard shortcuts, edge cases
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and suchlike.
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</para>
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</introduction>
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<section address="Section1">
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<title>Tips & Tricks</title>
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<content>
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<para>
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<list class="ordered">
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<listItem><para>File associations for .rdc and .cap files can be set up in the installer or in the
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<link xlink:href="B1826EEE-2ED1-44E4-8202-37CD8B3FEEB5" />. These allow automatic
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opening of capture logs or capture settings files directly from files.</para>
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<alert class="note">
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<para>These associations must be re-created if RenderDoc is moved to another folder.</para>
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</alert>
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</listItem>
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<listItem><para>RenderDoc can be used as an image viewer! If you drag in or use file → open, you can
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open images in a variety of formats - .dds, .hdr, .exr, .bmp, .jpg, .png, .tga, .gif, .psd. The image
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will load up in RenderDoc's texture viewer and you can use the normal controls to view it as if it were
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a texture in a log. Note that dds files support all DXGI formats, compressed formats, arrays and mips -
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all of which will display as expected. If the file is modified, RenderDoc will reload it and display
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it. Note that changing the image's dimensions or format will likely cause problems.</para></listItem>
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<listItem><para>If a .cap file is saved with the "auto-start" option enabled, launching RenderDoc
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by opening this file will cause RenderDoc to automatically trigger a capture with the given options.
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This is useful for saving a common path & set of options that you regularly re-run.</para>
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<para>For more information check out the <link xlink:href="D1612D25-C8BA-4349-9CE2-1E57D60F98C5" />
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page.</para></listItem>
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<listItem><para>If you'd like to see the geometry data with each component separated out and formatted,
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either open "Mesh Output" under the window menu, or click the Go Arrow <mediaLinkInline><image xlink:href="GoArrow"/></mediaLinkInline>
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on the input layouts in the <link xlink:href="A44E2304-6C11-451D-89C4-0A7397F5D1C6" />.</para></listItem>
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<listItem><para>Right clicking on one of the channel buttons in the texture viewer
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(R, G, B, A) will either select only that channel, or if it's already the only one
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selected it will select all of the others. This is useful e.g. to toggle between viewing
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RGB and alpha, or for looking at individual channels in a packed texture or render target.</para></listItem>
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<listItem><para>Similarly, right-clicking on the 'auto-fit' button
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<mediaLinkInline><image xlink:href="wand"/></mediaLinkInline> will auto-fit whenever the texture
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or event changes, so that the visible range is maintained as you move through the frame. This can be useful
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if jumping between places where the visible range is very different.</para></listItem>
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<listItem><para>You can double click on a thumbnail in the texture viewer to open a
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<link xlink:href="32C47E20-0FA2-4F52-B33A-4440EBCCBCE4">locked texture</link> tab</para></listItem>
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<listItem><para>You can close tabs by middle clicking on them.</para></listItem>
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<listItem><para>You can trigger a capture from code. renderdoc.dll exports a function for this
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purpose:
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<code language="cpp">
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typedef void (__cdecl *pRENDERDOC_TriggerCapture)();
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// At init
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HMODULE renderdoc = GetModuleHandle(_T("renderdoc.dll"));
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pRENDERDOC_TriggerCapture triggerFunc =
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(pRENDERDOC_TriggerCapture)GetProcAddress(renderdoc, "RENDERDOC_TriggerCapture");
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// When you wish to trigger the capture
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triggerFunc();
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</code>
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</para>
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<para>The next <codeInline>Swap()</codeInline> after this call will begin the captured frame,
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and the <codeInline>Swap()</codeInline> after that will end it (barring complications)</para>
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<para>You can also use the RENDERDOC_StartFrameCapture and RENDERDOC_EndFrameCapture functions
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to precisely define the period to be captured. For more information look at the renderdoc_app.h
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header in the source code.</para>
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</listItem>
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<listItem><para>When you have right clicked to select a pixel in the texture viewer, you can
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perform precise refinements with the arrow keys to nudge the selection in each direction.</para></listItem>
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<listItem><para>To get API debug or error messages, enable "Create Debug Device" when capturing
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then check out the <link xlink:href="1f098896-0e60-485a-b879-900a4a320b80" /> window.</para></listItem>
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<listItem><para>Detecting RenderDoc from your code can either be done by trying to load and
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use the renderdoc in-program API, or through API specific ways:
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<code language="cpp">
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// For D3D11:
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ID3D11Device *devicePointer = ...;
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IUnknown *unk = NULL;
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HRESULT hr = devicePointer->QueryInterface(MAKE_GUID({A7AA6116-9C8D-4BBA-9083-B4D816B71B78}), &unk);
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if(SUCCEEDED(hr)) { /* renderdoc is present; */ }
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// For OpenGL:
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// if GL_EXT_debug_tool is present (see https://renderdoc.org/debug_tool.txt)
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glIsEnabled(GL_DEBUG_TOOL_EXT);
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// Until enumerants are assigned (if that ever happens):
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#define GL_DEBUG_TOOL_EXT 0x6789
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#define GL_DEBUG_TOOL_NAME_EXT 0x678A
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#define GL_DEBUG_TOOL_PURPOSE_EXT 0x678B
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</code></para></listItem>
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<listItem><para>RenderDoc can be informed about separated debug shader blobs through API specific ways:
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<code language="cpp">
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// For D3D11:
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GUID RENDERDOC_ShaderDebugMagicValue = RENDERDOC_ShaderDebugMagicValue_value; // GUID value in renderdoc_app.h
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ID3D11VertexShader *shader = ...;
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std::string pathName = ...; // path name is in UTF-8
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// string parameter must be NULL-terminated, and in UTF-8
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shader->SetPrivateData(RENDERDOC_ShaderDebugMagicValue, (UINT)pathName.length(), pathName.c_str());
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// Alternatively at build time:
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struct { GUID guid; char name[MAX_PATH]; } path;
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path.guid = RENDERDOC_ShaderDebugMagicValue;
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// must include NULL-terminator, and be in UTF-8
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memcpy(path.name, debugPath.c_str(), debugPath.length() + 1);
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size_t pathSize = sizeof(GUID) + debugPath.length() + 1;
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D3DSetBlobPart(strippedBlob->GetBufferPointer(), strippedBlob->GetBufferSize(), D3D_BLOB_PRIVATE_DATA, 0, &path, pathSize, &annotatedBlob);
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// use annotatedBlob instead of strippedBlob from here on
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</code></para></listItem>
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<listItem><para>More coming soon hopefully :).</para></listItem>
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</list>
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</para>
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</content>
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</section>
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</developerConceptualDocument>
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</topic>
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