Vulkano: Graphics pipeline

Before reading this, it is useful to have read the previous post.

Vertex

A vertex can be any struct that has two or three points, as long as it implements Copy, Clone and Default.

#[Copy, Clone, Default]
struct Vertex {
    position: [f32; 2], // can be the size of three as well, for 3d
}

vulkano::impl_vertex!(Vertex, position);

A vertex buffer is just another buffer, eg a CpuAccessibleBuffer.

Render pass

Example of a simple render pass, supplying image format and no multi sampling:

let render_pass = Arc::new(vulkano::single_pass_renderpass!(device.clone(),
    attachments: {
        color: {
            load: Clear,  // clear the image when entering the render pass.
            store: Store, // use Store here, if the image isn't temporary and
                          // only used inside the render pass, in which case:
                          // use store: DontCare
            format: Format::R8G8B8A8Unorm,
            samples: 1,
        }
    },
    pass: {
        color: [color],
        depth_stencil: {}
    }
).unwrap());

In this example the first occurrence of color is an arbitrary name, which has to match the value in the array given to color inside pass.

It is possible to have an arbitrary number of attachments. Each added attachment should be included in the color section of the pass.

Any operation outside of the draw call has to happen after end_render_pass,

Framebuffer

Swapchain

A Swapchain is a group of images.

A Swapchain with two images would sometimes be referred to as a double buffer.

Use the swapchain to draw to one of its images while the other is being presented.

Windows

Create a window as a surface:

use vulkano_win::VkSurfaceBuild;
use winit::EventLoop;
use winit::WindowBuilder;

let events_loop = EventLoop::new();
let surface = WindowBuilder::new().build_vk_surface(&events_loop, instance.clone()).unwrap();

Recreate everything that depends on the window size every time the window is resized. For instance the swap chain.