setting up and using D3D11 in C

win32_d3d11.c

// example how to set up D3D11 rendering on Windows in C

#define COBJMACROS
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>
#include <d3d11.h>
#include <dxgi1_3.h>
#include <d3dcompiler.h>
#include <dxgidebug.h>

#define _USE_MATH_DEFINES
#include <math.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stddef.h>

// replace this with your favorite Assert() implementation
#include <intrin.h>
#define Assert(cond) do { if (!(cond)) __debugbreak(); } while (0)
#define AssertHR(hr) Assert(SUCCEEDED(hr))

#pragma comment (lib, "gdi32")
#pragma comment (lib, "user32")
#pragma comment (lib, "dxguid")
#pragma comment (lib, "dxgi")
#pragma comment (lib, "d3d11")
#pragma comment (lib, "d3dcompiler")

#define STR2(x) #x
#define STR(x) STR2(x)

static void FatalError(const char* message)
{
    MessageBoxA(NULL, message, "Error", MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
    ExitProcess(0);
}

static LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND wnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wparam, LPARAM lparam)
{
    switch (msg)
    {
    case WM_DESTROY:
        PostQuitMessage(0);
        return 0;
    }
    return DefWindowProcW(wnd, msg, wparam, lparam);
}

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE instance, HINSTANCE previnstance, LPSTR cmdline, int cmdshow)
{
    // register window class to have custom WindowProc callback
    WNDCLASSEXW wc =
    {
        .cbSize = sizeof(wc),
        .lpfnWndProc = WindowProc,
        .hInstance = instance,
        .hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION),
        .hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW),
        .lpszClassName = L"d3d11_window_class",
    };
    ATOM atom = RegisterClassExW(&wc);
    Assert(atom && "Failed to register window class");

    // window properties - width, height and style
    int width = CW_USEDEFAULT;
    int height = CW_USEDEFAULT;
    // WS_EX_NOREDIRECTIONBITMAP flag here is needed to fix ugly bug with Windows 10
    // when window is resized and DXGI swap chain uses FLIP presentation model
    // DO NOT use it if you choose to use non-FLIP presentation model
    // read about the bug here: https://stackoverflow.com/q/63096226 and here: https://stackoverflow.com/q/53000291
    DWORD exstyle = WS_EX_APPWINDOW | WS_EX_NOREDIRECTIONBITMAP;
    DWORD style = WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW;

    // uncomment in case you want fixed size window
    //style &= ~WS_THICKFRAME & ~WS_MAXIMIZEBOX;
    //RECT rect = { 0, 0, 1280, 720 };
    //AdjustWindowRectEx(&rect, style, FALSE, exstyle);
    //width = rect.right - rect.left;
    //height = rect.bottom - rect.top;

    // create window
    HWND window = CreateWindowExW(
        exstyle, wc.lpszClassName, L"D3D11 Window", style,
        CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, width, height,
        NULL, NULL, wc.hInstance, NULL);
    Assert(window && "Failed to create window");

    HRESULT hr;

    ID3D11Device* device;
    ID3D11DeviceContext* context;

    // create D3D11 device & context
    {
        UINT flags = 0;
#ifndef NDEBUG
        // this enables VERY USEFUL debug messages in debugger output
        flags |= D3D11_CREATE_DEVICE_DEBUG;
#endif
        D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL levels[] = { D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0 };
        hr = D3D11CreateDevice(
            NULL, D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_HARDWARE, NULL, flags, levels, ARRAYSIZE(levels),
            D3D11_SDK_VERSION, &device, NULL, &context);
        // make sure device creation succeeeds before continuing
        // for simple applciation you could retry device creation with
        // D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_WARP driver type which enables software rendering
        // (could be useful on broken drivers or remote desktop situations)
        AssertHR(hr);
    }

#ifndef NDEBUG
    // for debug builds enable VERY USEFUL debug break on API errors
    {
        ID3D11InfoQueue* info;
        ID3D11Device_QueryInterface(device, &IID_ID3D11InfoQueue, (void**)&info);
        ID3D11InfoQueue_SetBreakOnSeverity(info, D3D11_MESSAGE_SEVERITY_CORRUPTION, TRUE);
        ID3D11InfoQueue_SetBreakOnSeverity(info, D3D11_MESSAGE_SEVERITY_ERROR, TRUE);
        ID3D11InfoQueue_Release(info);
    }

    // enable debug break for DXGI too
    {
        IDXGIInfoQueue* dxgiInfo;
        hr = DXGIGetDebugInterface1(0, &IID_IDXGIInfoQueue, (void**)&dxgiInfo);
        AssertHR(hr);
        IDXGIInfoQueue_SetBreakOnSeverity(dxgiInfo, DXGI_DEBUG_ALL, DXGI_INFO_QUEUE_MESSAGE_SEVERITY_CORRUPTION, TRUE);
        IDXGIInfoQueue_SetBreakOnSeverity(dxgiInfo, DXGI_DEBUG_ALL, DXGI_INFO_QUEUE_MESSAGE_SEVERITY_ERROR, TRUE);
        IDXGIInfoQueue_Release(dxgiInfo);
    }

    // after this there's no need to check for any errors on device functions manually
    // so all HRESULT return  values in this code will be ignored
    // debugger will break on errors anyway
#endif

    // create DXGI swap chain
    IDXGISwapChain1* swapChain;
    {
        // get DXGI device from D3D11 device
        IDXGIDevice* dxgiDevice;
        hr = ID3D11Device_QueryInterface(device, &IID_IDXGIDevice, (void**)&dxgiDevice);
        AssertHR(hr);

        // get DXGI adapter from DXGI device
        IDXGIAdapter* dxgiAdapter;
        hr = IDXGIDevice_GetAdapter(dxgiDevice, &dxgiAdapter);
        AssertHR(hr);

        // get DXGI factory from DXGI adapter
        IDXGIFactory2* factory;
        hr = IDXGIAdapter_GetParent(dxgiAdapter, &IID_IDXGIFactory2, (void**)&factory);
        AssertHR(hr);

        DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_DESC1 desc =
        {
            // default 0 value for width & height means to get it from HWND automatically
            //.Width = 0,
            //.Height = 0,

            // or use DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM_SRGB for storing sRGB
            .Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,

            // FLIP presentation model does not allow MSAA framebuffer
            // if you want MSAA then you'll need to render offscreen and manually
            // resolve to non-MSAA framebuffer
            .SampleDesc = { 1, 0 },

            .BufferUsage = DXGI_USAGE_RENDER_TARGET_OUTPUT,
            .BufferCount = 2,

            // we don't want any automatic scaling of window content
            // this is supported only on FLIP presentation model
            .Scaling = DXGI_SCALING_NONE,

            // use more efficient FLIP presentation model
            // Windows 10 allows to use DXGI_SWAP_EFFECT_FLIP_DISCARD
            // for Windows 8 compatibility use DXGI_SWAP_EFFECT_FLIP_SEQUENTIAL
            // for Windows 7 compatibility use DXGI_SWAP_EFFECT_DISCARD
            .SwapEffect = DXGI_SWAP_EFFECT_FLIP_DISCARD,
        };

        hr = IDXGIFactory2_CreateSwapChainForHwnd(factory, (IUnknown*)device, window, &desc, NULL, NULL, &swapChain);
        AssertHR(hr);

        // disable silly Alt+Enter changing monitor resolution to match window size
        IDXGIFactory_MakeWindowAssociation(factory, window, DXGI_MWA_NO_ALT_ENTER);

        IDXGIFactory2_Release(factory);
        IDXGIAdapter_Release(dxgiAdapter);
        IDXGIDevice_Release(dxgiDevice);
    }

    struct Vertex
    {
        float position[2];
        float uv[2];
        float color[3];
    };

    ID3D11Buffer* vbuffer;
    {
        struct Vertex data[] =
        {
            { { -0.00f, +0.75f }, { 25.0f, 50.0f }, { 1, 0, 0 } },
            { { +0.75f, -0.50f }, {  0.0f,  0.0f }, { 0, 1, 0 } },
            { { -0.75f, -0.50f }, { 50.0f,  0.0f }, { 0, 0, 1 } },
        };

        D3D11_BUFFER_DESC desc =
        {
            .ByteWidth = sizeof(data),
            .Usage = D3D11_USAGE_IMMUTABLE,
            .BindFlags = D3D11_BIND_VERTEX_BUFFER,
        };

        D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA initial = { .pSysMem = data };
        ID3D11Device_CreateBuffer(device, &desc, &initial, &vbuffer);
    }

    // vertex & pixel shaders for drawing triangle, plus input layout for vertex input
    ID3D11InputLayout* layout;
    ID3D11VertexShader* vshader;
    ID3D11PixelShader* pshader;
    {
        // these must match vertex shader input layout (VS_INPUT in vertex shader source below)
        D3D11_INPUT_ELEMENT_DESC desc[] =
        {
            { "POSITION", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32_FLOAT,    0, offsetof(struct Vertex, position), D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0 },
            { "TEXCOORD", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32_FLOAT,    0, offsetof(struct Vertex, uv),       D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0 },
            { "COLOR",    0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 0, offsetof(struct Vertex, color),    D3D11_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0 },
        };

#if 0
        // alternative to hlsl compilation at runtime is to precompile shaders offline
        // it improves startup time - no need to parse hlsl files at runtime!
        // and it allows to remove runtime dependency on d3dcompiler dll file

        // a) save shader source code into "shader.hlsl" file
        // b) run hlsl compiler to compile shader, these run compilation with optimizations and without debug info:
        //      fxc.exe /nologo /T vs_5_0 /E vs /O3 /WX /Zpc /Ges /Fh d3d11_vshader.h /Vn d3d11_vshader /Qstrip_reflect /Qstrip_debug /Qstrip_priv shader.hlsl
        //      fxc.exe /nologo /T ps_5_0 /E ps /O3 /WX /Zpc /Ges /Fh d3d11_pshader.h /Vn d3d11_pshader /Qstrip_reflect /Qstrip_debug /Qstrip_priv shader.hlsl
        //    they will save output to d3d11_vshader.h and d3d11_pshader.h files
        // c) change #if 0 above to #if 1

        // you can also use "/Fo d3d11_*shader.bin" argument to save compiled shader as binary file to store with your assets
        // then provide binary data for Create*Shader functions below without need to include shader bytes in C

        #include "d3d11_vshader.h"
        #include "d3d11_pshader.h"

        ID3D11Device_CreateVertexShader(device, d3d11_vshader, sizeof(d3d11_vshader), NULL, &vshader);
        ID3D11Device_CreatePixelShader(device, d3d11_pshader, sizeof(d3d11_pshader), NULL, &pshader);
        ID3D11Device_CreateInputLayout(device, desc, ARRAYSIZE(desc), d3d11_vshader, sizeof(d3d11_vshader), &layout);
#else
        const char hlsl[] =
            "#line " STR(__LINE__) "                                  \n\n" // actual line number in this file for nicer error messages
            "                                                           \n"
            "struct VS_INPUT                                            \n"
            "{                                                          \n"
            "     float2 pos   : POSITION;                              \n" // these names must match D3D11_INPUT_ELEMENT_DESC array
            "     float2 uv    : TEXCOORD;                              \n"
            "     float3 color : COLOR;                                 \n"
            "};                                                         \n"
            "                                                           \n"
            "struct PS_INPUT                                            \n"
            "{                                                          \n"
            "  float4 pos   : SV_POSITION;                              \n" // these names do not matter, except SV_... ones
            "  float2 uv    : TEXCOORD;                                 \n"
            "  float4 color : COLOR;                                    \n"
            "};                                                         \n"
            "                                                           \n"
            "cbuffer cbuffer0 : register(b0)                            \n" // b0 = constant buffer bound to slot 0
            "{                                                          \n"
            "    float4x4 uTransform;                                   \n"
            "}                                                          \n"
            "                                                           \n"
            "sampler sampler0 : register(s0);                           \n" // s0 = sampler bound to slot 0
            "                                                           \n"
            "Texture2D<float4> texture0 : register(t0);                 \n" // t0 = shader resource bound to slot 0
            "                                                           \n"
            "PS_INPUT vs(VS_INPUT input)                                \n"
            "{                                                          \n"
            "    PS_INPUT output;                                       \n"
            "    output.pos = mul(uTransform, float4(input.pos, 0, 1)); \n"
            "    output.uv = input.uv;                                  \n"
            "    output.color = float4(input.color, 1);                 \n"
            "    return output;                                         \n"
            "}                                                          \n"
            "                                                           \n"
            "float4 ps(PS_INPUT input) : SV_TARGET                      \n"
            "{                                                          \n"
            "    float4 tex = texture0.Sample(sampler0, input.uv);      \n"
            "    return input.color * tex;                              \n"
            "}                                                          \n";
        ;

        UINT flags = D3DCOMPILE_PACK_MATRIX_COLUMN_MAJOR | D3DCOMPILE_ENABLE_STRICTNESS | D3DCOMPILE_WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS;
#ifndef NDEBUG
        flags |= D3DCOMPILE_DEBUG | D3DCOMPILE_SKIP_OPTIMIZATION;
#else
        flags |= D3DCOMPILE_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL3;
#endif

        ID3DBlob* error;

        ID3DBlob* vblob;
        hr = D3DCompile(hlsl, sizeof(hlsl), NULL, NULL, NULL, "vs", "vs_5_0", flags, 0, &vblob, &error);
        if (FAILED(hr))
        {
            const char* message = ID3D10Blob_GetBufferPointer(error);
            OutputDebugStringA(message);
            Assert(!"Failed to compile vertex shader!");
        }

        ID3DBlob* pblob;
        hr = D3DCompile(hlsl, sizeof(hlsl), NULL, NULL, NULL, "ps", "ps_5_0", flags, 0, &pblob, &error);
        if (FAILED(hr))
        {
            const char* message = ID3D10Blob_GetBufferPointer(error);
            OutputDebugStringA(message);
            Assert(!"Failed to compile pixel shader!");
        }

        ID3D11Device_CreateVertexShader(device, ID3D10Blob_GetBufferPointer(vblob), ID3D10Blob_GetBufferSize(vblob), NULL, &vshader);
        ID3D11Device_CreatePixelShader(device, ID3D10Blob_GetBufferPointer(pblob), ID3D10Blob_GetBufferSize(pblob), NULL, &pshader);
        ID3D11Device_CreateInputLayout(device, desc, ARRAYSIZE(desc), ID3D10Blob_GetBufferPointer(vblob), ID3D10Blob_GetBufferSize(vblob), &layout);

        ID3D10Blob_Release(pblob);
        ID3D10Blob_Release(vblob);
#endif
    }

    ID3D11Buffer* ubuffer;
    {
        D3D11_BUFFER_DESC desc =
        {
            // space for 4x4 float matrix (cbuffer0 from pixel shader)
            .ByteWidth = 4 * 4 * sizeof(float),
            .Usage = D3D11_USAGE_DYNAMIC,
            .BindFlags = D3D11_BIND_CONSTANT_BUFFER,
            .CPUAccessFlags = D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_WRITE,
        };
        ID3D11Device_CreateBuffer(device, &desc, NULL, &ubuffer);
    }

    ID3D11ShaderResourceView* textureView;
    {
        // checkerboard texture, with 50% transparency on black colors
        unsigned int pixels[] =
        {
            0x80000000, 0xffffffff,
            0xffffffff, 0x80000000,
        };
        UINT width = 2;
        UINT height = 2;

        D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC desc =
        {
            .Width = width,
            .Height = height,
            .MipLevels = 1,
            .ArraySize = 1,
            .Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,
            .SampleDesc = { 1, 0 },
            .Usage = D3D11_USAGE_IMMUTABLE,
            .BindFlags = D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE,
        };

        D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA data =
        {
            .pSysMem = pixels,
            .SysMemPitch = width * sizeof(unsigned int),
        };

        ID3D11Texture2D* texture;
        ID3D11Device_CreateTexture2D(device, &desc, &data, &texture);
        ID3D11Device_CreateShaderResourceView(device, (ID3D11Resource*)texture, NULL, &textureView);
        ID3D11Texture2D_Release(texture);
    }

    ID3D11SamplerState* sampler;
    {
        D3D11_SAMPLER_DESC desc =
        {
            .Filter = D3D11_FILTER_MIN_MAG_MIP_POINT,
            .AddressU = D3D11_TEXTURE_ADDRESS_WRAP,
            .AddressV = D3D11_TEXTURE_ADDRESS_WRAP,
            .AddressW = D3D11_TEXTURE_ADDRESS_WRAP,
            .MipLODBias = 0,
            .MaxAnisotropy = 1,
            .MinLOD = 0,
            .MaxLOD = D3D11_FLOAT32_MAX,
        };

        ID3D11Device_CreateSamplerState(device, &desc, &sampler);
    }

    ID3D11BlendState* blendState;
    {
        // enable alpha blending
        D3D11_BLEND_DESC desc =
        {
            .RenderTarget[0] =
            {
                .BlendEnable = TRUE,
                .SrcBlend = D3D11_BLEND_SRC_ALPHA,
                .DestBlend = D3D11_BLEND_INV_SRC_ALPHA,
                .BlendOp = D3D11_BLEND_OP_ADD,
                .SrcBlendAlpha = D3D11_BLEND_SRC_ALPHA,
                .DestBlendAlpha = D3D11_BLEND_INV_SRC_ALPHA,
                .BlendOpAlpha = D3D11_BLEND_OP_ADD,
                .RenderTargetWriteMask = D3D11_COLOR_WRITE_ENABLE_ALL,
            },
        };
        ID3D11Device_CreateBlendState(device, &desc, &blendState);
    }

    ID3D11RasterizerState* rasterizerState;
    {
        // disable culling
        D3D11_RASTERIZER_DESC desc =
        {
            .FillMode = D3D11_FILL_SOLID,
            .CullMode = D3D11_CULL_NONE,
            .DepthClipEnable = TRUE,
        };
        ID3D11Device_CreateRasterizerState(device, &desc, &rasterizerState);
    }

    ID3D11DepthStencilState* depthState;
    {
        // disable depth & stencil test
        D3D11_DEPTH_STENCIL_DESC desc =
        {
            .DepthEnable = FALSE,
            .DepthWriteMask = D3D11_DEPTH_WRITE_MASK_ALL,
            .DepthFunc = D3D11_COMPARISON_LESS,
            .StencilEnable = FALSE,
            .StencilReadMask = D3D11_DEFAULT_STENCIL_READ_MASK,
            .StencilWriteMask = D3D11_DEFAULT_STENCIL_WRITE_MASK,
            // .FrontFace = ... 
            // .BackFace = ...
        };
        ID3D11Device_CreateDepthStencilState(device, &desc, &depthState);
    }

    ID3D11RenderTargetView* rtView = NULL;
    ID3D11DepthStencilView* dsView = NULL;

    // show the window
    ShowWindow(window, SW_SHOWDEFAULT);

    LARGE_INTEGER freq, c1;
    QueryPerformanceFrequency(&freq);
    QueryPerformanceCounter(&c1);

    float angle = 0;
    DWORD currentWidth = 0;
    DWORD currentHeight = 0;

    for (;;)
    {
        // process all incoming Windows messages
        MSG msg;
        if (PeekMessageW(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE))
        {
            if (msg.message == WM_QUIT)
            {
                break;
            }
            TranslateMessage(&msg);
            DispatchMessageW(&msg);
            continue;
        }

        // get current size for window client area
        RECT rect;
        GetClientRect(window, &rect);
        width = rect.right - rect.left;
        height = rect.bottom - rect.top;

        // resize swap chain if needed
        if (rtView == NULL || width != currentWidth || height != currentHeight)
        {
            if (rtView)
            {
                // release old swap chain buffers
                ID3D11DeviceContext_ClearState(context);
                ID3D11RenderTargetView_Release(rtView);
                ID3D11DepthStencilView_Release(dsView);
                rtView = NULL;
            }

            // resize to new size for non-zero size
            if (width != 0 && height != 0)
            {
                hr = IDXGISwapChain1_ResizeBuffers(swapChain, 0, width, height, DXGI_FORMAT_UNKNOWN, 0);
                if (FAILED(hr))
                {
                    FatalError("Failed to resize swap chain!");
                }

                // create RenderTarget view for new backbuffer texture
                ID3D11Texture2D* backbuffer;
                IDXGISwapChain1_GetBuffer(swapChain, 0, &IID_ID3D11Texture2D, (void**)&backbuffer);
                ID3D11Device_CreateRenderTargetView(device, (ID3D11Resource*)backbuffer, NULL, &rtView);
                ID3D11Texture2D_Release(backbuffer);

                D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC depthDesc =
                {
                    .Width = width,
                    .Height = height,
                    .MipLevels = 1,
                    .ArraySize = 1,
                    .Format = DXGI_FORMAT_D32_FLOAT, // or use DXGI_FORMAT_D32_FLOAT_S8X24_UINT if you need stencil
                    .SampleDesc = { 1, 0 },
                    .Usage = D3D11_USAGE_DEFAULT,
                    .BindFlags = D3D11_BIND_DEPTH_STENCIL,
                };

                // create new depth stencil texture & DepthStencil view
                ID3D11Texture2D* depth;
                ID3D11Device_CreateTexture2D(device, &depthDesc, NULL, &depth);
                ID3D11Device_CreateDepthStencilView(device, (ID3D11Resource*)depth, NULL, &dsView);
                ID3D11Texture2D_Release(depth);
            }

            currentWidth = width;
            currentHeight = height;
        }

        // can render only if window size is non-zero - we must have backbuffer & RenderTarget view created
        if (rtView)
        {
            LARGE_INTEGER c2;
            QueryPerformanceCounter(&c2);
            float delta = (float)((double)(c2.QuadPart - c1.QuadPart) / freq.QuadPart);
            c1 = c2;

            // output viewport covering all client area of window
            D3D11_VIEWPORT viewport =
            {
                .TopLeftX = 0,
                .TopLeftY = 0,
                .Width = (FLOAT)width,
                .Height = (FLOAT)height,
                .MinDepth = 0,
                .MaxDepth = 1,
            };

            // clear screen
            FLOAT color[] = { 0.392f, 0.584f, 0.929f, 1.f };
            ID3D11DeviceContext_ClearRenderTargetView(context, rtView, color);
            ID3D11DeviceContext_ClearDepthStencilView(context, dsView, D3D11_CLEAR_DEPTH | D3D11_CLEAR_STENCIL, 1.f, 0);

            // setup 4x4c rotation matrix in uniform
            {
                angle += delta * 2.0f * (float)M_PI / 20.0f; // full rotation in 20 seconds
                angle = fmodf(angle, 2.0f * (float)M_PI);

                float aspect = (float)height / width;
                float matrix[16] =
                {
                    cosf(angle) * aspect, -sinf(angle), 0, 0,
                    sinf(angle) * aspect,  cosf(angle), 0, 0,
                                       0,            0, 0, 0,
                                       0,            0, 0, 1,
                };

                D3D11_MAPPED_SUBRESOURCE mapped;
                ID3D11DeviceContext_Map(context, (ID3D11Resource*)ubuffer, 0, D3D11_MAP_WRITE_DISCARD, 0, &mapped);
                memcpy(mapped.pData, matrix, sizeof(matrix));
                ID3D11DeviceContext_Unmap(context, (ID3D11Resource*)ubuffer, 0);
            }

            // Input Assembler
            ID3D11DeviceContext_IASetInputLayout(context, layout);
            ID3D11DeviceContext_IASetPrimitiveTopology(context, D3D11_PRIMITIVE_TOPOLOGY_TRIANGLELIST);
            UINT stride = sizeof(struct Vertex);
            UINT offset = 0;
            ID3D11DeviceContext_IASetVertexBuffers(context, 0, 1, &vbuffer, &stride, &offset);

            // Vertex Shader
            ID3D11DeviceContext_VSSetConstantBuffers(context, 0, 1, &ubuffer);
            ID3D11DeviceContext_VSSetShader(context, vshader, NULL, 0);

            // Rasterizer Stage
            ID3D11DeviceContext_RSSetViewports(context, 1, &viewport);
            ID3D11DeviceContext_RSSetState(context, rasterizerState);

            // Pixel Shader
            ID3D11DeviceContext_PSSetSamplers(context, 0, 1, &sampler);
            ID3D11DeviceContext_PSSetShaderResources(context, 0, 1, &textureView);
            ID3D11DeviceContext_PSSetShader(context, pshader, NULL, 0);

            // Output Merger
            ID3D11DeviceContext_OMSetBlendState(context, blendState, NULL, ~0U);
            ID3D11DeviceContext_OMSetDepthStencilState(context, depthState, 0);
            ID3D11DeviceContext_OMSetRenderTargets(context, 1, &rtView, dsView);

            // draw 3 vertices
            ID3D11DeviceContext_Draw(context, 3, 0);
        }

        // change to FALSE to disable vsync
        BOOL vsync = TRUE;
        hr = IDXGISwapChain1_Present(swapChain, vsync ? 1 : 0, 0);
        if (hr == DXGI_STATUS_OCCLUDED)
        {
            // window is minimized, cannot vsync - instead sleep a bit
            if (vsync)
            {
                Sleep(10);
            }
        }
        else if (FAILED(hr))
        {
            FatalError("Failed to present swap chain! Device lost?");
        }
    }
}

Yes, that is true. Same for multisampled swap chain. Either you need to do manual resolves at the end. Or just don't use FLIP model. Regular swap effect model should work.