Direct3D 9Ex contains changes to state management that can eliminate device loss errors during scenarios
like Alt+Tab or UAC prompts. D3D9Ex may require some changes to your application to cope with the new
behavior, so this is disabled by default.
For more information on Direct3D 9Ex, see:
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3darticles/graphics-apis-in-windows-
vista#direct3d-9ex
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3darticles/direct3d-9ex-improvements
The variable can be set to the following values:
• "0": Use the original Direct3D 9 API. (default)
• "1": Use the Direct3D 9Ex API on Vista and later (and fall back if D3D9Ex
is unavailable)
This hint should be set before SDL is initialized.