V0.02.1

The Vulkan Abstraction Library is an experimental abstraction layer written atop the Vulkan Graphics API written almost exclusively in C++. It was built to simplify the process of developing and maintaining Vulkan programs while still keeping most of the functionality and performance that Vulkan provides.

VAL/Tests contains several basic examples of the features provided by VAL, including but not limited to:

• Graphics Pipelines
• Compute Pipelines
• Subpasses
• Render Targets
• Push Constants
• Image Samplers (Combined, Immutable, Standalone), Image Views, Images
• Mipmapping & Anisotropy
• Depth Buffering
• Instancing
• Dynamic States (SCISSOR, VIEWPORT, LINE_WIDTH, DEPTH BIAS, DEPTH_BOUNDS, BLEND_CONSTANTS, CULL_MODE, TOPOLOGY)
• SSBOS
• UBOS
• Array bindings
• Utilities for loading .obj meshes
• Specialization Constants
• Push Descriptors

Compiling VAL is rather straighforward; included is a python script to install all external dependencies (except for the Vulkan SDK, the instructions to install this are given in the dependency installer)

VAL\TOOLS> py installDeps.py

VAL builds to a linked library titled "VAL.lib" located in your configuration directory. For example, if you're building for x64 and debug, the VAL .lib will be located under "VAL/x64/Debug"

The Vulkan Abstraction Library is in a relatively early stage of development and help is greatly appreciated. To get started with development, refer to VAL/notes/to-do.txt and the issues page.

The Vulkan Abstraction Library is missing the following features:

- Proper Queue Ownership Transfer
- Proper optimization for Semaphore wait stages
- Raytracing support
- Multi-threaded rendering
- SSBO & UBO array binding
- Externally Sourced Buffers
- Pipeline disk caching
- Dynamic Rendering