Vulkan: what changed
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| 1 | + | Vulkan is a new low-level Graphics API, intended to replace OpenGL. | |
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| 3 | 3 | ## Float Point Exception | |
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| 5 | + | Similar to OpenGL apps, the float-point exceptions should be turned off. This can be achieved by adding the following code prior to calling Vulkan API: | |
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| 7 | + | SetExceptionMask([exInvalidOp, exDenormalized, exPrecision]); | |
| 8 | + | ``` | |
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| 10 | + | [SetExceptionMask](<http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/math/setexceptionmask.html>) function is declared in Math unit | |
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| 13 | 12 | ## Headers | |
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| 14 | + | There are no Vulkan headers in fpc packages, but some are available online: | |
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| 16 | + | * <https://github.com/BeRo1985/pasvulkan> | |
| 17 | + | * <https://github.com/MaksymTymkovych/Delphi-Vulkan> | |
| 18 | + | * (Delphi-Vulkan fork) <https://github.com/skalogryz/FPC-Vulkan> | |
| 19 | + | * <http://git.ccs-baumann.de/bitspace/Vulkan/tree/master/projects> | |
| 20 | + | * <https://github.com/james-mcjohnson/VulkanLibraryForFreePascal> | |
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| 23 | 22 | ## See Also | |
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| 24 | + | * [Vulkan on Wikipedia](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulkan_\(API\)>) | |
| 25 | + | * <https://www.khronos.org/vulkan/> \- official site | |
| 26 | + | * [[OpenGL]] | |
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| 29 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Vulkan", as the Internet Archive kept it on 2024-12-12, last changed on 2024-12-08. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* |