Fuchsium.VkBootstrapNet

.NET port of the VkBootstrap C++ library.

Basic Usage

See BasicUsage to see 500 lines slimmed down to about 50.

using Fuchsium.VkBootstrapNet;

static void InitVulkan() {
    InstanceBuilder builder = new();
    var instRet = builder.SetAppName("Example Vulkan Application")
        .RequestValidationLayers()
        .UseDefaultDebugMessenger()
        .Build();
    if(!instRet.IsSuccessful) { /* report */ }
    var inst = instRet.Value;

    PhysicalDeviceSelector selector = new(vkb_inst);
    var physRet = selector.SetSurface(surface)
                        .SetMinimumVersion(1, 1)
                        .RequireDedicatedTransferQueue()
                        .Select();
    if(!physRet.IsSuccessful) { /* report */ }

    DeviceBuilder device_builder = new(physRet.Value);
    var devRet = device_builder.Build();
    if (!devRet.IsSuccessful) { /* report */ }
    Device device = devRet.Value;

    var graphicsQueueRet = vkb_device.GetQueue(QueueType.Graphics);
    if(!graphicsQueueRet)  { /* report */ }
    VkQueue graphicsQueue = graphicsQueueRet.Value;
}

Differences

VkBootstrapNet has taken several creative liberties that differentiate it with the original. These include:

• All API names have been re-written to fit in with the rest of the .NET ecosystem.
• The DotNext framework is utilized for the result type instead of a custom implementation.
• OpenTK's Vulkan bindings are used instead of a custom loader. This means that types like Device do not contain a dispatch table.