Problem with creating a Project for Vulkan experiments/samples

[Pixma]

hi,

I have a problem with creating a project for my Graphic Wrapper implementation?

I created some Vulkan cpp/h files and adapter files.

Now I want to create a Solution/Project where I can test these Vulkan functionality.

To test the Vulkan Functionality, I want to create some triangles and polygons.

I saw this is done with premake. But I dont't know how I can create an additional Project file in this solution for testing.

 

greeting

Pixma

[vladislavbelov]

Hi, try to use existing projects,  example of the "engine" solution:

	source_dirs = {
		"ps",
		"ps/scripting",
		"network/scripting",
		"ps/GameSetup",
		"ps/XML",
		"soundmanager",
		"soundmanager/data",
		"soundmanager/items",
		"soundmanager/scripting",
		"maths",
		"maths/scripting",
		"i18n",
		"i18n/scripting",
		"third_party/cppformat",
	}
	extern_libs = {
		"spidermonkey",
		"sdl",	-- key definitions
		"libxml2",
		"opengl",
		"zlib",
		"boost",
		"enet",
		"libcurl",
		"tinygettext",
		"icu",
		"iconv",
		"libsodium",
	}

	if not _OPTIONS["without-audio"] then
		table.insert(extern_libs, "openal")
		table.insert(extern_libs, "vorbis")
	end

	setup_static_lib_project("engine", source_dirs, extern_libs, {})

Add your project near to these lines.

[Pixma]

hmm ok, what do you think about the following idea?

I create a folder samples inside the graphics project.

There is a main function from where I can call the samples which I am creating. 

For example creating a Triangle, creating a triangle with shader, creating a mesh, ans so on.

Finally with these main function, I make the graphics project as Startup Project.

edit: hmm, I have noticed now, that this is not possible, because this is a library project.

edit 2: ok, now I have another idea, to create this in the pyrogenesis project. 

So I append this project for command argument --sample in Debugging.

And in the main function then I check for this argument.

Edited January 8, 2019 by Pixma

[vladislavbelov]

16 hours ago, Pixma said:

hmm ok, what do you think about the following idea?

You can do locally whatever you want to develop/test/understand the project

 If you want to add it to the game repo, I'm not sure, that it's needed. But some base stuff can be tested inside tests.