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MilkDrop 2 Visualisation

By: oops

Version: 0.8.0, released on 2026-04-09 (archived)

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Change log:

Add preset scheduling using CSV parser [feature]
Add DirectX 9 shader fixes [feature]
Add recursive preset directory scanning [feature]
Add per-preset FFT/wave audio texture samplers for custom shaders [feature]
Add system time and date shader variables [feature]
Parse MilkDrop 3 presets and reject unsupported preset formats [feature]
Extend the sprite system by adding layers, rotation modes, blend modes 5 to 10 and color keying [feature]
Add double-preset format (".milk2") support [feature]
Add screenshot capture support with keyboard and mouse shortcuts [feature]
Add Advanced Preferences toggles for legacy fixes and "Treat shader compile warnings as errors" [feature]
Enable mipmap generation for loaded textures [feature]
Add shader source dump capability for debug [feature]
Save preset navigation order on close [feature]
Use display-sized title texture [improvement]
Persist preset directory per instance [improvement]
Expand custom sampler texture search paths [improvement]
Pause render timer during configuration changes [improvement]
Make "Debug output" flag in Advanced Preferences reactive at runtime [improvement]
Make shader body parsing more robust [improvement]
Support both "fFFTAttack/Decay" and "FFTAttack/Decay" [improvement]
Share the surface if a texture is already loaded in another slot [improvement]
Update menu navigation (Home/End/Space), track enabled and visible items better [improvement]
Change instance tracker implementation [improvement]
Extend debug information diagnostics [improvement]
Harden shader texture binding [improvement]
Replace large stack WaitString scratch buffers with vectors [improvement]
Tighten DirectX resource teardown for clean shutdown [improvement]
Use `PowerSetRequest()` instead of `SetThreadExecutionState()` for power management (during fullscreen enter/exit) [improvement]
Match DirectX 9 feedback energy behavior [change]
Move blur passes before shapes/waves to match DirectX 9 ordering [change]
Re-run "per_frame_init" on resize for stateful presets [change]
Keep resize lifecycle symmetric with fullscreen toggles [change]
Only save the enabled custom waves and shapes (both on preset save and into their own file) [change]
Use instance fullscreen state [change]
Set `_WIN32_WINNT` to Windows 10 for all builds [change]
Block manual preset navigation when scheduled order is active [change]
Update Winamp shader files [change]
Extend shader cache keying [change; breaking]
Add embedded sprite load control option [change]
Copy bundled "*.fx" shader files to profile directory on first install and clean up source, but fall back to component directory if absent [change]
Pass `rad` and `ang` from input to output in default vertex shader [change]
Revert composite shader's `uv_orig` to `_uv.xy` [change]
Load and save preset-embedded sprite blocks [change]
Toggle preset order playlist independently [change]
Align build/revision validation and update component version text [change]
Disable application crash if initialization fails [bug]
Fix config title format source from Preferences instead of hard-coded default [bug]
Seed shader variable defaults from HLSL bytecode [bug]
Fix rendering stuck on single preset [bug]
Add EEL lifecycle null guards [bug]
Use `std::wstring` for preset path construction [bug]
Identify and undefine macro collisions [bug]
Fix reversed green and blue assignments for wave vertex color [bug]
Fix depth stencil reference leak on early return in `SetRenderTarget()` [bug]
Fix textured custom shapes shader state [bug]
Remove last DirectX 9 half-texel UV offset from warp mesh [bug]
Fix noise texture R/B channel swap [bug]
Handle preset scan thread overlap [bug]
Defer embedded preset sprite reload to the render loop [bug]
Prevent null-context or null-resource copy calls [bug]
Skip embedded sprite retry when all images are missing [bug]
Harden preset list UI against race conditions and invalid indices [bug]
Fix screenshot capture timing and add fallback hotkey [bug]
Rebind RTV after `Present()` [bug]
Release shell-owned text elements [bug]
Block preset load menu from launching when schedule order is active [bug]
Bind sampler state on sampler registers, not the texture registers [bug]
Reuse resolved `randNN` texture names in `CacheParams()` [bug]
Make embedded sprite activation robust on startup and reload [bug]
Correct blend mode 7 (invert) to preserve alpha composition [bug]
Harden texture/sampler slot behavior and add SRV dimension checks [bug]
Guard auto-advance against disabled next preset scheduling [bug]
Fix several DX11 rendering bugs [bug]
Fix composite shader zeroing `uv_orig` [bug]
Fix constant buffer corruption of unchanged variables [bug]
Fix preset selection invalidation after directory/list changes [bug]
Fix text element fade and layout invalidation edge cases [bug]
Guard invalid EEL handles in compile, free and execute paths [bug]
Guard `m_errors` list reads and writes with mutex lock [bug]
Fix intermittent stuck UI text caused by waitable timers race [bug]
Fix preset and interactivity locking to avoid concurrency races [bug]
Fix text-related crashes [bug]
Fix typos in unused blur textures [bug]
Fix incorrect WaitString buffer for closing square brace [bug]
Fix menu's box margin dimensions [bug]
Fix search thread argument lifetime inconsistency [bug]
Fix missing reset of preset start and next times when resetting the time [bug]
Fix crash while playlist loads (indices are stale or invalid) and ensure unneeded text is removed from screen [bug]
Fix column-major `float4x3` matrix constant table layout [bug]
Improve EEL cleanup and fix crashes [bug]
Fix buffer overrun on WaitString commit [bug]
Fix text manager concurrency crash on menu close [bug]
Fix embedded sprite runtime behavior [bug]
Fix preset lock priority [bug]
Correct motion-vector seed behavior and frame ordering [bug]
Reset feedback history on preset load completion to prevent carry-over artifacts [bug]
Use current warped frame for blur and isolate custom-shape shader state [bug]
Fix playing title disappearing when changing active playlist [bug]
Fix unintentionally disabled checkbox [bug]
Add projectM-eval memory leak fix to patch [developer]
Use `MDVERTEX` stride for all vertex buffers [developer]
Expose blend operation override and add device accessors in D3D11 shim [developer]
Add explicit VS source selection to `ApplyShaderParams()` [developer]
Add NULL guards to `CacheParams()` [developer]
Zero-initialize `CShaderParams` on construction [developer]
Defer brush release out of `UnregisterElement()` and into `CleanUpMilkDropDX11()` [developer]
Update keyboard command comments [developer]
Enable Trace logging [developer]
Limit primitive counts in Direct3D 11 shim to prevent oversized draw calls [developer]
Replace `_locale_t`-aware functions [developer]
Normalize `wchar_t` buffer initialization [developer]
Change resource string loading macro name [developer]
Update MilkDrop 2 library copyright year [developer]
Update project file [developer]
Update setup script [developer]
Add shader compilation check script [developer]
Delete ClangFormat script [developer]
Update DirectXTK to mar2026 [developer]
Update CSV parser to 2.5.2 [developer]
Update EEL2 to bff79dd [developer]
Update WTL to 10.01 [developer]
Update comments [developer]
Update README [developer]

Supported systems: Windows 32-bit, Windows 64-bit, Windows ARM.

Works with foobar2000 v2.0 and newer

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