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First attempt at a rewrite with C++ modules and raii and SLang.
gpx1000 Mar 17, 2025
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Refactor Vulkan setup instructions for clarity and consistency
gpx1000 Mar 18, 2025
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Update Vulkan code to use RAII and modern Vulkan-Hpp bindings
gpx1000 Mar 18, 2025
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Refactor multisampling implementation for improved clarity.
gpx1000 Mar 18, 2025
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Fix typos and enhance code readability in Compute Shader guide
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Refactor tutorial phrasing and modernize Vulkan instance creation.
gpx1000 Mar 18, 2025
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* remove superfluous code directory. The code can now be found in th…
gpx1000 Jun 18, 2025
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Refactor: modernize Vulkan tutorial with RAII and dynamic rendering
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Refactor Vulkan tutorial for RAII and modern Vulkan practices
gpx1000 Jun 20, 2025
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Add dependency installation scripts for Windows and Linux
gpx1000 Jun 20, 2025
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Thanks Sascha for testing. Looks like some changes from the code dir…
gpx1000 Jun 21, 2025
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Refactor swap chain handling and enhance type safety
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Address all comments. Still working on compute_shader.cpp
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Refactor compute shader and graphics pipeline logic
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion attachments/00_base_code.cpp
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#define GLFW_INCLUDE_VULKAN
import vulkan_hpp;
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>

#include <iostream>
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51 changes: 17 additions & 34 deletions attachments/01_instance_creation.cpp
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#define GLFW_INCLUDE_VULKAN
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>

#include <iostream>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <memory>

import vulkan_hpp;
#include <vulkan/vk_platform.h>

const uint32_t WIDTH = 800;
const uint32_t HEIGHT = 600;
#define GLFW_INCLUDE_VULKAN // REQUIRED only for GLFW CreateWindowSurface.
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>

constexpr uint32_t WIDTH = 800;
constexpr uint32_t HEIGHT = 600;

class HelloTriangleApplication {
public:
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}

private:
GLFWwindow* window;
GLFWwindow* window = nullptr;

VkInstance instance;
vk::raii::Context context;
std::unique_ptr<vk::raii::Instance> instance;

void initWindow() {
glfwInit();
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}

void cleanup() {
vkDestroyInstance(instance, nullptr);

glfwDestroyWindow(window);

glfwTerminate();
}

void createInstance() {
VkApplicationInfo appInfo{};
appInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_APPLICATION_INFO;
appInfo.pApplicationName = "Hello Triangle";
appInfo.applicationVersion = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 0, 0);
appInfo.pEngineName = "No Engine";
appInfo.engineVersion = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 0, 0);
appInfo.apiVersion = VK_API_VERSION_1_0;

VkInstanceCreateInfo createInfo{};
createInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO;
createInfo.pApplicationInfo = &appInfo;

constexpr auto appInfo = vk::ApplicationInfo("Hello Triangle", 1, "No Engine", 1, vk::ApiVersion14);
uint32_t glfwExtensionCount = 0;
const char** glfwExtensions;
glfwExtensions = glfwGetRequiredInstanceExtensions(&glfwExtensionCount);

createInfo.enabledExtensionCount = glfwExtensionCount;
createInfo.ppEnabledExtensionNames = glfwExtensions;

createInfo.enabledLayerCount = 0;

if (vkCreateInstance(&createInfo, nullptr, &instance) != VK_SUCCESS) {
throw std::runtime_error("failed to create instance!");
}
auto glfwExtensions = glfwGetRequiredInstanceExtensions(&glfwExtensionCount);
vk::InstanceCreateInfo createInfo({}, &appInfo, {}, glfwExtensions);
instance = std::make_unique<vk::raii::Instance>(context, createInfo);
}
};

int main() {
HelloTriangleApplication app;

try {
HelloTriangleApplication app;
app.run();
} catch (const std::exception& e) {
std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
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151 changes: 43 additions & 108 deletions attachments/02_validation_layers.cpp
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#define GLFW_INCLUDE_VULKAN
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>

#include <iostream>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <vector>
#include <cstring>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <memory>
#include <algorithm>

import vulkan_hpp;
#include <vulkan/vk_platform.h>

#define GLFW_INCLUDE_VULKAN // REQUIRED only for GLFW CreateWindowSurface.
#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>

const uint32_t WIDTH = 800;
const uint32_t HEIGHT = 600;
constexpr uint32_t WIDTH = 800;
constexpr uint32_t HEIGHT = 600;

const std::vector<const char*> validationLayers = {
const std::vector validationLayers = {
"VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation"
};

#ifdef NDEBUG
const bool enableValidationLayers = false;
constexpr bool enableValidationLayers = false;
#else
const bool enableValidationLayers = true;
constexpr bool enableValidationLayers = true;
#endif

VkResult CreateDebugUtilsMessengerEXT(VkInstance instance, const VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT* pCreateInfo, const VkAllocationCallbacks* pAllocator, VkDebugUtilsMessengerEXT* pDebugMessenger) {
auto func = (PFN_vkCreateDebugUtilsMessengerEXT) vkGetInstanceProcAddr(instance, "vkCreateDebugUtilsMessengerEXT");
if (func != nullptr) {
return func(instance, pCreateInfo, pAllocator, pDebugMessenger);
} else {
return VK_ERROR_EXTENSION_NOT_PRESENT;
}
}

void DestroyDebugUtilsMessengerEXT(VkInstance instance, VkDebugUtilsMessengerEXT debugMessenger, const VkAllocationCallbacks* pAllocator) {
auto func = (PFN_vkDestroyDebugUtilsMessengerEXT) vkGetInstanceProcAddr(instance, "vkDestroyDebugUtilsMessengerEXT");
if (func != nullptr) {
func(instance, debugMessenger, pAllocator);
}
}

class HelloTriangleApplication {
public:
void run() {
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}

private:
GLFWwindow* window;
GLFWwindow* window = nullptr;

VkInstance instance;
VkDebugUtilsMessengerEXT debugMessenger;
vk::raii::Context context;
std::unique_ptr<vk::raii::Instance> instance;
std::unique_ptr<vk::raii::DebugUtilsMessengerEXT> debugMessenger;

void initWindow() {
glfwInit();
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}

void cleanup() {
if (enableValidationLayers) {
DestroyDebugUtilsMessengerEXT(instance, debugMessenger, nullptr);
}

vkDestroyInstance(instance, nullptr);

glfwDestroyWindow(window);

glfwTerminate();
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throw std::runtime_error("validation layers requested, but not available!");
}

VkApplicationInfo appInfo{};
appInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_APPLICATION_INFO;
appInfo.pApplicationName = "Hello Triangle";
appInfo.applicationVersion = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 0, 0);
appInfo.pEngineName = "No Engine";
appInfo.engineVersion = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 0, 0);
appInfo.apiVersion = VK_API_VERSION_1_0;

VkInstanceCreateInfo createInfo{};
createInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO;
createInfo.pApplicationInfo = &appInfo;

constexpr auto appInfo = vk::ApplicationInfo("Hello Triangle", 1, "No Engine", 1, vk::ApiVersion14);
auto extensions = getRequiredExtensions();
createInfo.enabledExtensionCount = static_cast<uint32_t>(extensions.size());
createInfo.ppEnabledExtensionNames = extensions.data();

VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT debugCreateInfo{};
std::vector<char const *> enabledLayers;
if (enableValidationLayers) {
createInfo.enabledLayerCount = static_cast<uint32_t>(validationLayers.size());
createInfo.ppEnabledLayerNames = validationLayers.data();

populateDebugMessengerCreateInfo(debugCreateInfo);
createInfo.pNext = (VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT*) &debugCreateInfo;
} else {
createInfo.enabledLayerCount = 0;

createInfo.pNext = nullptr;
}

if (vkCreateInstance(&createInfo, nullptr, &instance) != VK_SUCCESS) {
throw std::runtime_error("failed to create instance!");
enabledLayers.assign(validationLayers.begin(), validationLayers.end());
}
}

void populateDebugMessengerCreateInfo(VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT& createInfo) {
createInfo = {};
createInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSENGER_CREATE_INFO_EXT;
createInfo.messageSeverity = VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_SEVERITY_VERBOSE_BIT_EXT | VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_SEVERITY_WARNING_BIT_EXT | VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_SEVERITY_ERROR_BIT_EXT;
createInfo.messageType = VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_TYPE_GENERAL_BIT_EXT | VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_TYPE_VALIDATION_BIT_EXT | VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_TYPE_PERFORMANCE_BIT_EXT;
createInfo.pfnUserCallback = debugCallback;
vk::InstanceCreateInfo createInfo({}, &appInfo, enabledLayers.size(), enabledLayers.data(), extensions.size(), extensions.data());
instance = std::make_unique<vk::raii::Instance>(context, createInfo);
}

void setupDebugMessenger() {
if (!enableValidationLayers) return;

VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT createInfo;
populateDebugMessengerCreateInfo(createInfo);

if (CreateDebugUtilsMessengerEXT(instance, &createInfo, nullptr, &debugMessenger) != VK_SUCCESS) {
throw std::runtime_error("failed to set up debug messenger!");
}
vk::DebugUtilsMessageSeverityFlagsEXT severityFlags( vk::DebugUtilsMessageSeverityFlagBitsEXT::eVerbose | vk::DebugUtilsMessageSeverityFlagBitsEXT::eWarning | vk::DebugUtilsMessageSeverityFlagBitsEXT::eError );
vk::DebugUtilsMessageTypeFlagsEXT messageTypeFlags( vk::DebugUtilsMessageTypeFlagBitsEXT::eGeneral | vk::DebugUtilsMessageTypeFlagBitsEXT::ePerformance | vk::DebugUtilsMessageTypeFlagBitsEXT::eValidation );
vk::DebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT debugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT({}, severityFlags, messageTypeFlags, &debugCallback);
debugMessenger = std::make_unique<vk::raii::DebugUtilsMessengerEXT>( *instance, debugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT );
}

std::vector<const char*> getRequiredExtensions() {
uint32_t glfwExtensionCount = 0;
const char** glfwExtensions;
glfwExtensions = glfwGetRequiredInstanceExtensions(&glfwExtensionCount);

std::vector<const char*> extensions(glfwExtensions, glfwExtensions + glfwExtensionCount);
auto glfwExtensions = glfwGetRequiredInstanceExtensions(&glfwExtensionCount);

std::vector<vk::ExtensionProperties> props = context.enumerateInstanceExtensionProperties();
if (const auto propsIterator = std::ranges::find_if(props, []( vk::ExtensionProperties const & ep ) { return strcmp( ep.extensionName, vk::EXTDebugUtilsExtensionName ) == 0; } ); propsIterator == props.end() )
{
std::cout << "Something went very wrong, cannot find VK_EXT_debug_utils extension" << std::endl;
exit( 1 );
}
std::vector extensions(glfwExtensions, glfwExtensions + glfwExtensionCount);
if (enableValidationLayers) {
extensions.push_back(VK_EXT_DEBUG_UTILS_EXTENSION_NAME);
extensions.push_back(vk::EXTDebugUtilsExtensionName );
}

return extensions;
}

bool checkValidationLayerSupport() {
uint32_t layerCount;
vkEnumerateInstanceLayerProperties(&layerCount, nullptr);

std::vector<VkLayerProperties> availableLayers(layerCount);
vkEnumerateInstanceLayerProperties(&layerCount, availableLayers.data());

for (const char* layerName : validationLayers) {
bool layerFound = false;

for (const auto& layerProperties : availableLayers) {
if (strcmp(layerName, layerProperties.layerName) == 0) {
layerFound = true;
break;
}
}

if (!layerFound) {
return false;
}
}

return true;
return (std::ranges::any_of(context.enumerateInstanceLayerProperties(),
[]( vk::LayerProperties const & lp ) { return ( strcmp( "VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation", lp.layerName ) == 0 ); } ) );
}

static VKAPI_ATTR VkBool32 VKAPI_CALL debugCallback(VkDebugUtilsMessageSeverityFlagBitsEXT messageSeverity, VkDebugUtilsMessageTypeFlagsEXT messageType, const VkDebugUtilsMessengerCallbackDataEXT* pCallbackData, void* pUserData) {
std::cerr << "validation layer: " << pCallbackData->pMessage << std::endl;
static VKAPI_ATTR vk::Bool32 VKAPI_CALL debugCallback(vk::DebugUtilsMessageSeverityFlagBitsEXT severity, vk::DebugUtilsMessageTypeFlagsEXT type, const vk::DebugUtilsMessengerCallbackDataEXT* pCallbackData, void*) {
if (severity == vk::DebugUtilsMessageSeverityFlagBitsEXT::eError || severity == vk::DebugUtilsMessageSeverityFlagBitsEXT::eWarning) {
std::cerr << "validation layer: type " << to_string(type) << " msg: " << pCallbackData->pMessage << std::endl;
}

return VK_FALSE;
return vk::False;
}
};

int main() {
HelloTriangleApplication app;

try {
HelloTriangleApplication app;
app.run();
} catch (const std::exception& e) {
std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
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