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diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index c8214954..b1eb0839 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -241,6 +241,13 @@ Then run the application as usual. You can specify the written trace filename by setting the `TRACE_FILE` environment variable before running. +For D3D10 and higher you really must use `apitrace trace -a DXGI ...`. This is +because D3D10-11 API span many DLLs which depend on each other, and once a DLL +with a given name is loaded Windows will reuse it for LoadLibrary calls of the +same name, causing internal calls to be traced erroneously. `apitrace trace` +solves this issue by injecting a DLL `dxgitrace.dll` and patching all modules +to hook only the APIs of interest. + Emitting annotations to the trace --------------------------------- |