dhkatzandClaude Opus 5.5
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IMVU's OpenGL renderer needs a real graphics driver; Direct3D also runs on Windows' basic display driver and is what most players use. The log can now be read while the client runs. Verified in rooms: every call goes through. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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# t5de-renderer
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A new 3D renderer for the IMVU Classic client, as a renderer plugin the client loads like its own OpenGL renderer.
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Part of [T5DE](https://git.t5de.dev/t5de/t5de); unofficial, not affiliated with IMVU.
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For now it's a pass-through: it wraps IMVU's Direct3D renderer and logs what each frame draws, to prove our
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declarations of IMVU's interface (`docs/interface.md`).
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## Building
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Needs Visual Studio Build Tools 2026 (the C++ workload) and CMake 3.28 or newer. IMVU Classic is a 32-bit
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Visual C++ program, so the plugin is built for 32-bit Windows (the `windows-x86` preset):
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```sh
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cmake --workflow --preset release
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```
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That configures, builds `build/windows-x86/Release/t5deRenderEngine.dll` and runs the tests. Or step by step:
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`cmake --preset windows-x86`, `cmake --build --preset debug`, `ctest --preset debug`.
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## Trying it
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Copy `t5deRenderEngine.dll` into a T5DE client folder built with the `t5de-renderer` patch, which has the OpenGL
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setting load it in place of `glRenderEngine.dll`, then choose OpenGL in Settings > Advanced. The log is
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`%TEMP%\t5de-renderer.log`.
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