DXMT

A Metal-based translation layer for Direct3D 11 which allows running 3D applications on macOS using Wine.

For the current status of the project, please refer to the project wiki.

The most recent development builds can be found here.

How to use

DXMT is not ready for end-users, albeit there is a guide for knowledged users.

Logs

When used with Wine, DXMT will print log messages to stderr. Additionally, standalone log files can optionally be generated by setting the DXMT_LOG_PATH variable, where log files in the given directory will be called app_d3d11.log, app_dxgi.log etc., where app is the name of the game executable.

Config file

• DXMT_CONFIG_FILE=/xxx/dxmt.conf Sets path to the configuration file. Check dxmt.conf in the project directory for reference.
• DXMT_CONFIG="d3d11.preferredMaxFrameRate=30;" Can be used to set config variables through the environment instead of a configuration file using the same syntax. ; is used as a seperator.

MetalFX Spatial Upscaling for Swapchain

Set environment variable DXMT_METALFX_SPATIAL_SWAPCHAIN=1 to enable MetalFX spatial upscaler on output swapchain. By default it will double the output resolution. Set d3d11.metalSpatialUpscaleFactor to a value between 1.0 and 2.0 to change the scale factor.

Metal Frame Pacing

d3d11.preferredMaxFrameRate can be set to enforce the application's frame pacing being controled by Metal. The value must be a factor of your display's refresh rate. (e.g. 15/30/40/60/120 is valid for a 120hz display).

Debugging

The following environment variables can be used for debugging purposes.

• MTL_SHADER_VALIDATION=1 Enable Metal shader validation layer
• MTL_DEBUG_LAYER=1 Enable Metal API validation layer
• MTL_CAPTURE_ENABLED=1 Enable Metal frame capture
• DXMT_CAPTURE_EXECUTABLE="the executable name without extension" Must be set to enable Metal frame capture. Press F10 to generate a capture. The captured result will be stored in the same directory as the executable.
• DXMT_CAPTURE_FRAME=n Automatically capture n-th frame. Useful for debugging a replay.
• DXMT_LOG_LEVEL=none|error|warn|info|debug Controls message logging.
• DXMT_LOG_PATH=/some/directory Changes path where log files are stored. Set to none to disable log file creation entirely, without disabling logging.

Build

Requirements:

• Meson 1.4+ (for project build system)
• CMake 3.27+ (for LLVM dependencies)
• Xcode 15+

Instructions

After cloning this repository, inside the DXMT directory, run

./configure.sh
meson setup --cross-file build-win64.txt --native-file build-osx.txt -Dlocal_native_llvm=true build

./configure.sh will take some time (~1 hour) to configure the development environment, you only run it once.

Then run the follow command to actually compile DXMT

meson compile -C build