PIX markers in monogame

KakCAT · November 16, 2018, 2:36pm

I’ve patched GraphicsDebug.DirectX.cs to allow PIX-like annotations and I thought it’d be interesting to share:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/KakCAT/45f73ce45cebb43ba040ac602bd779a2

gistfile1.txt

// MonoGame - Copyright (C) The MonoGame Team
// This file is subject to the terms and conditions defined in
// file 'LICENSE.txt', which is part of this source code package.

using SharpDX.Direct3D11;
using SharpDX.Mathematics.Interop;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics

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Once compiled, you can use GraphicsDevice.GraphicsDebug.SetMarker (Color,“mark name”) or BeginEvent/EndEvent to create GPU annotations/events and make the GPU debugging slightly better.

sadly, I don’t know what the color means I haven’t been able to nest events either.

KakCAT · November 21, 2018, 12:48pm

I don’t know what went through my head when creating this in GraphicsDebug. This can be a standalone class which doesn’t require MG modification.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/KakCAT/c08017b57a43eeeedd2bb35f4822da0d

PIXMarkers.cs

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using SharpDX.Mathematics.Interop;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;

namespace Snippets
{

static class PIXMarkers
{

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