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Any ideas why it excluded Direct3D as a target? It seems to be the only omission. Or is OpenGL/Vulkan support sufficient to cover Windows perhaps?

• jaimex2 3y ago
  Because Microsoft isn't their friend obviously.
• w4rh4wk5 3y ago
  I'd say even Vulkan alone is sufficient to cover Windows. The main benefit of DirectX 11 is that it's a lot simpler for the developer. But when you are creating an abstraction layer for multiple APIs, you are not the target audience for a simple to use graphics API. IIRC Doom Eternal only supports Vulkan (on PC) and that didn't really cause problems. In fact, the game's performance was superb.
• edflsafoiewq 3y ago
  Probably. The OpenGL ES support also seems to use Google's Angle, which can target DirectX.
  • HelloNurse 3y ago
    But if Angle on top of DirectX 11 is faster than Vulkan it's a highly unlikely bug in the Vulkan driver.