This is a sample project for future projects to practice Graphics Programming in Vulkan and D3D12 Because the zero planning of a really simple engine is hard, I'm creating this sample to be later used in a real Game Engine.
Considering that D3D12 and Vulkan are 2 of the 3 most complex graphics API, this repository will help later on more complex features development.
To download this repository just run git clone --recursive https://github.com/bmarques1995/Render.git or,
if you've forgotten to recursively clone, run in the repository git submodule update --init --recursive
This repository is built under cmake and is structured in following distribution (each - indicates
one level dir):
-cmake_helpers: A submodule with a set of cmake helpers, going from dependencies tracing to installers-installers: A set of PowerShell, and futurely Bash, scripts to download the dependencies, for a real project, i will use an own multiplatform script language-Render: Default rendering library-ShaderManager: Library renponsible to compile shaders and generate metadata-TargetView: Executable, encapsulates all the application-Utils: Library with utilities, like the console or a file I/O
To build the repository, just select a preset, at this point, only the presets x64-debug and x64-release
are avaliable, and to build, just run cmake --preset <preset_name>, that all dependencies will be installed
and the project will be built.
Disclaimer: all the installers will be run at first time by cmake, so, the first build will take a several time, and they will be build and install all programs. But, if the dependencies are installed in the prefix_path, the build will be quick.
Disclaimer 2: you will need admin privileges on windows to run the vulkan version, it will record in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
the validation layer and the extensions, that requires the admin privilege, by default, this option will be disabled,
if you want to set the vulkan layers location in regedit, just run cmake --preset <preset_name> -DREGISTER_VULKAN_LAYERS=ON.
THE PROGRAM WILL NOT WORK if the vulkan layers isn't being set, but the regedit settings only needs to run once, and running it all times is annoying.
The first run, the application will start with the Vulkan API, and a file render.json will be generated, in the next run,
you can edit the json file and edit the graphics API property, with the following string values:
SAMPLE_RENDER_GRAPHICS_API_VKSAMPLE_RENDER_GRAPHICS_API_D3D12
The branch v_d3d12_ma is a sample render version using VMA and D3D12MA. Is in a separated branch because I need to keep the regular version.