SFTtech/openage

Support Vulkan graphics API

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#242 opened on Mar 3, 2015

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area: renderergood first issuelang: c++nice new thing ☺

Description

Required Skills: Vulkan, C++

Difficulty: Hard

Of course we want to support the new shit out there: https://www.khronos.org/vulkan

The Vulkan implementation should use the existing low-level renderer interface and provide an alternative to our existing OpenGL backend. The OpenGL code can be used as a guideline for the Vulkan stuff. Most things will be similar but we obviously want to take advantage of advanced Vulkan features wherever we can :)

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
backend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
5
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
C++Vulkanopenage renderer interface
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
10
Research direction
Study the existing OpenGL backend implementation, focusing on the low level renderer interface described in doc/code/renderer/level1.md. Follow the Vulkan Tutorial to understand Vulkan basics. Review the issue comments for any additional guidance on integration. Look at the openage codebase structure to understand how to add a new backend.