From a01590bda541095d94bb01ff6f9306096c6aeb85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dietmar Suoch <suoch@gmx.at>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:27:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] excluding "Raytracing.hlsl" from build in release build
 config, matching debug

---
 .../D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER.vcxproj                       | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/Samples/Desktop/D3D12Raytracing/src/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER.vcxproj b/Samples/Desktop/D3D12Raytracing/src/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER.vcxproj
index 6658c2bcb..fd282f7ca 100644
--- a/Samples/Desktop/D3D12Raytracing/src/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER.vcxproj
+++ b/Samples/Desktop/D3D12Raytracing/src/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER.vcxproj
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
       <AdditionalOptions>/Zpr %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <ShaderModel Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">6.7</ShaderModel>
       <ExcludedFromBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">true</ExcludedFromBuild>
+      <ExcludedFromBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">true</ExcludedFromBuild>
     </FxCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>

From 579975b0f52a7d2bd6e1757d0203c70602dcd6fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dietmar Suoch <suoch@gmx.at>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:28:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] set language standard to C++ 17 in release build config,
 matching debug

---
 .../D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER.vcxproj                       | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/Samples/Desktop/D3D12Raytracing/src/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER.vcxproj b/Samples/Desktop/D3D12Raytracing/src/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER.vcxproj
index fd282f7ca..7577a9644 100644
--- a/Samples/Desktop/D3D12Raytracing/src/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER.vcxproj
+++ b/Samples/Desktop/D3D12Raytracing/src/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER/D3D12RaytracingSakuraForestSER.vcxproj
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\;$(IntDir);%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <CompileAsWinRT>false</CompileAsWinRT>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>