Believe it or not, as of this month I've been working full time on RenderDoc for 10 years now :o.
May 29, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Believe it or not, as of this month I've been working full time on RenderDoc for 10 years now :o.
Graphical issue happening with game under DirectX 11 but never manifests with RenderDoc attached I'm going to Burn my Graphics Card
September 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Graphical issue happening with game under DirectX 11 but never manifests with RenderDoc attached I'm going to Burn my Graphics Card
graphics programming is a very fun activity where you get to stare at renderdoc for 20 minutes wondering why your vertex shader is sending your vertices out to infinity
(its because you made a 1 character typo in a shader)
(its because you made a 1 character typo in a shader)
July 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
graphics programming is a very fun activity where you get to stare at renderdoc for 20 minutes wondering why your vertex shader is sending your vertices out to infinity
(its because you made a 1 character typo in a shader)
(its because you made a 1 character typo in a shader)
I made my first contribution to RenderDoc! It's tiny, but it's something. :)
github.com/baldurk/rend...
github.com/baldurk/rend...
Add missing IID checks for creating ID3D12CommandQueue1 by TheRealMJP · Pull Request #3759 · baldurk/renderdoc
Description
Calls to ID3D12Device::CreateCommandQueue and ID3D12Device9::CreateCommandQueue1 were failing with E_NOINTERFACE when passing the IID of ID3D12CommandQueue1. The 1 version of the interf...
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January 13, 2026 at 5:40 AM
I made my first contribution to RenderDoc! It's tiny, but it's something. :)
github.com/baldurk/rend...
github.com/baldurk/rend...
Gigi v 0.99.3 released.
* Two raytracing bug fixes
From Ivar Jönsson (Thank you!!):
* Updated OpenFBX and made it support multiple materials in a single mesh.
* run viewer with "-renderdoc" to get a renderdoc capture button.
github.com/electronicar...
* Two raytracing bug fixes
From Ivar Jönsson (Thank you!!):
* Updated OpenFBX and made it support multiple materials in a single mesh.
* run viewer with "-renderdoc" to get a renderdoc capture button.
github.com/electronicar...
November 22, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Gigi v 0.99.3 released.
* Two raytracing bug fixes
From Ivar Jönsson (Thank you!!):
* Updated OpenFBX and made it support multiple materials in a single mesh.
* run viewer with "-renderdoc" to get a renderdoc capture button.
github.com/electronicar...
* Two raytracing bug fixes
From Ivar Jönsson (Thank you!!):
* Updated OpenFBX and made it support multiple materials in a single mesh.
* run viewer with "-renderdoc" to get a renderdoc capture button.
github.com/electronicar...
RenderDoc :renderdoc: 1.36 is out, and while it contains DXIL debugging, raytracing capture and other magic things... it also now can load and display tiled & mipmapped EXR files! For the, I dunno, three of us who use :renderdoc: as an EXR viewer :) github.com/baldurk/rend...
Release Version v1.36 · baldurk/renderdoc
Version v1.36
This version contains improvements to bring better feature parity to D3D12 by supporting DXIL shaders in the shader debugger, as well as expands Vulkan and D3D12 to include sufficient...
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December 20, 2024 at 5:56 PM
RenderDoc :renderdoc: 1.36 is out, and while it contains DXIL debugging, raytracing capture and other magic things... it also now can load and display tiled & mipmapped EXR files! For the, I dunno, three of us who use :renderdoc: as an EXR viewer :) github.com/baldurk/rend...
RenderDoc is a gift we do not deserve.
September 3, 2026 at 9:03 AM
RenderDoc is a gift we do not deserve.
RenderDoc v1.36 is now available! This version brings support for debugging DXIL shaders, as well as adding raytracing capture support to Vulkan and D3D12.
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
December 20, 2024 at 5:25 PM
RenderDoc v1.36 is now available! This version brings support for debugging DXIL shaders, as well as adding raytracing capture support to Vulkan and D3D12.
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
jpeg decoder fully works, here's a screenshot from renderdoc. now it's time to get back to art for a little bit
November 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
jpeg decoder fully works, here's a screenshot from renderdoc. now it's time to get back to art for a little bit
Question for #Vulkan graphics devs... do you all also play whack-a-mole with broken Vulkan layers from thirdparty applications?
Is there any good way to deal wit this, or should we start building a Vulkan Layers hall of shame and plug it into volk?
Pictured: @baldurk.bsky.social's RenderDoc.
Is there any good way to deal wit this, or should we start building a Vulkan Layers hall of shame and plug it into volk?
Pictured: @baldurk.bsky.social's RenderDoc.
January 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Question for #Vulkan graphics devs... do you all also play whack-a-mole with broken Vulkan layers from thirdparty applications?
Is there any good way to deal wit this, or should we start building a Vulkan Layers hall of shame and plug it into volk?
Pictured: @baldurk.bsky.social's RenderDoc.
Is there any good way to deal wit this, or should we start building a Vulkan Layers hall of shame and plug it into volk?
Pictured: @baldurk.bsky.social's RenderDoc.
RenderDoc v1.40 is now available! This version includes support for VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer, and vulkan 1.4, as well as some other bug fixes an quality of life improvements.
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
September 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
RenderDoc v1.40 is now available! This version includes support for VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer, and vulkan 1.4, as well as some other bug fixes an quality of life improvements.
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Detective video game where clues are hidden in the different render passes and the only way to beat the game is to inspect frames with RenderDoc
December 12, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Detective video game where clues are hidden in the different render passes and the only way to beat the game is to inspect frames with RenderDoc
Who would be interested in a version of #RenderDoc that captures and replays calls to the #WebGPU API (rather than calls to the underlying DirectX/Vulkan/Metal API)?
This is an early test that only lists the API calls, but already promissing! Will share when usable.
This is an early test that only lists the API calls, but already promissing! Will share when usable.
April 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Who would be interested in a version of #RenderDoc that captures and replays calls to the #WebGPU API (rather than calls to the underlying DirectX/Vulkan/Metal API)?
This is an early test that only lists the API calls, but already promissing! Will share when usable.
This is an early test that only lists the API calls, but already promissing! Will share when usable.
RenderDoc v1.41 is now available! It adds threaded support for shader debugging, enabling debugging of shaders that use subgroup/wave operations and simulating all threads in a compute group.
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Release Version v1.41 · baldurk/renderdoc
Version v1.41
This release includes new threaded support for the shader debugger on all supported APIs (D3D11, D3D12, Vulkan). More details are found below, and please report any problems encounter...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
RenderDoc v1.41 is now available! It adds threaded support for shader debugging, enabling debugging of shaders that use subgroup/wave operations and simulating all threads in a compute group.
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Every now and then I start my game to test something and suddenly the perf is 2x worse and I start investigating my profiling data and renderdoc captures and after about 15 minutes I realize there's a second instance of the game running 😂
Days since that happened again: 0
Days since that happened again: 0
February 10, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Every now and then I start my game to test something and suddenly the perf is 2x worse and I start investigating my profiling data and renderdoc captures and after about 15 minutes I realize there's a second instance of the game running 😂
Days since that happened again: 0
Days since that happened again: 0
RenderDoc v1.44 is now available!
This version has a number of bugfixes and consistency improvements in some features.
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
This version has a number of bugfixes and consistency improvements in some features.
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Release Version v1.44 · baldurk/renderdoc
Version v1.44
This version has a number of bugfixes and consistency improvements in some features.
NOTE: currently AMD's official drivers contain a reported bug that may cause any shader debugging ...
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May 1, 2026 at 3:27 PM
RenderDoc v1.44 is now available!
This version has a number of bugfixes and consistency improvements in some features.
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
This version has a number of bugfixes and consistency improvements in some features.
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
oh hey Final Fantasy XIII is 15 years old as of yesterday
If you ever wondered how the hell that game looked so good, here's a thread where I spent like two weeks going through it in renderdoc figuring out how the renderer works:
twarchive.thew.nu/threads/Fina...
If you ever wondered how the hell that game looked so good, here's a thread where I spent like two weeks going through it in renderdoc figuring out how the renderer works:
twarchive.thew.nu/threads/Fina...
Final Fantasy XIII
twarchive.thew.nu
March 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
oh hey Final Fantasy XIII is 15 years old as of yesterday
If you ever wondered how the hell that game looked so good, here's a thread where I spent like two weeks going through it in renderdoc figuring out how the renderer works:
twarchive.thew.nu/threads/Fina...
If you ever wondered how the hell that game looked so good, here's a thread where I spent like two weeks going through it in renderdoc figuring out how the renderer works:
twarchive.thew.nu/threads/Fina...
RenderDoc v1.37 is now available! This version contains primarily bugfixes after v1.36, but also includes some improvements and additional functionality support.
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
March 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
RenderDoc v1.37 is now available! This version contains primarily bugfixes after v1.36, but also includes some improvements and additional functionality support.
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Checking out The Witcher 3's renderer. Mainly for the vegetation, which I think looks great for the time (and still does).
November 13, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Checking out The Witcher 3's renderer. Mainly for the vegetation, which I think looks great for the time (and still does).
Honestly, forget about AI tools. The trifecta of power tools for game engine development is RenderDoc, Superluminal and Live++. Hands down the most bang for your buck you can ever get and RenderDoc in particular is criminally underpriced.
April 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Honestly, forget about AI tools. The trifecta of power tools for game engine development is RenderDoc, Superluminal and Live++. Hands down the most bang for your buck you can ever get and RenderDoc in particular is criminally underpriced.
March 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM