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• Added physical device and logical device setup and selection/cleanup
• Added some more dbPrint() type messages throughout

• Added #include header optional for QueueFamilyIndices struct
• Added QueueFamilyIndices struct
  • contains std::optional<uint32_t> graphicsFamily variable and a bool isComplete() function
  • used for QueryForQueueFamilies()
• Added QueueFamilyIndices QueryForQueueFamilies(VkPhysicalDevice device);
• Added void CreateLogicalDevice()
• Added VkDevice logicalDevice as a device handle -Added VkQueue graphicsQueue as a queue handle

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• Removed what was GetGLFWVersionStr() and GetVulkanVersionStr()
  • Since these were only being used to return a string to be printed, changed the functions to PrintGLFWVersion() and PrintVulkanVersion() respectively which now print the version directly to the console
  • Return types for these two changed to void and keyword const removed as they no longer return a type

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• Changed Generic std::cout calls used for debugging purposes to dbPrint(std::string message)
  • toggled on/off by switching the macro PRINT_INTERNAL_DB_MESSAGES x where x is 1 for 'on' and 0 for 'off'

• Explicitly default initialized VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT debugCreateInfo struct in DebugMessengerCreateInfo() function
  • Solved read access violations from an unitialized pointer

• Removed needless calls to std::cout in base.cpp in favor of formatting provided by native printf()

• Minor additions in the form of const correctness in most of the debugging and getter functions as they dont change any values
  • Functions Now Marked const:
    • CheckValidationLayerSupport()
    • PrintAvailableVulkanExtensions()
    • PrintValidationLayerCheck()
    • PrintRequiredGLFWExtensions
    • GetVulkanVersionStr()
    • GetGLFWVersionStr()
• Added #pragma warning (disable : 26812) to base.h/base.cpp
  • This is to supress the unscoped enum warning when compiling as these are being reported from Vulkan and not this code base
• Added New Functions to base.h/base.cpp
  • Functions Added:
    • void QueryPhysicalDevices( )
    • int WeighDeviceSuitability(VkPhysicalDevice device);
• Added function QueryPhysicalDevices() to the VulkanInit() function
• Added void dbPrint(std::string message) as a static function in base.h, outside of the BaseApplication class
  • function is compiled based on the value of

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• Added validation layer support
• Added validation layer checks
• Added debug messenger support for validation layers
• Added five temporary debug functions (two are not vulkan specific)
• Changed how the app's create info is populated and whether certain functions are compiled based on how const bool enableValidationLayers is set
• Changed VkInstance instance member variable in base.h to be initialized to VK_NULL_HANDLE (nullptr)
• Changed location of macros from base.cpp to base.h

• Fixed missing initialization brackets for VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT debugCreateInfo in DebugMessengerInit()
• Fixed missing flags field for the VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT create info struct

• Added a basic internal macro toggle INTERNAL_DEBUG to toggle enableValidationLayers on and off
• Added a macro to the GLFW version used in building this for the GetGLFWVersionStr() function
• Added the DestroyDebugUtilsMessengerEXT(instance, debugMessenger, customAllocator) function to the VulkanFree() function
• Added the DebugMessengerInit() function in VulkanInit()
• Added std::vector<const char*> validationLayers and VkDebugUtilsMessengerEXT debugMessenger as member variables in base.h
• Added multiple functions in base.h and their implementations in base.cpp
  • Added QueryAvailableVulkanExtensions()
  • Added QueryRequiredExtensions()
  • Added AddValidationLayer(const char* layerName)
  • Added CheckValidationLayerSupport()
  • Added DebugMessengerCreateInfo(VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT &debugInfo)
  • Added DebugMessengerInit()
  • Added CreateDebugUtilsMessengerEXT(VkInstance instance, const VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT* pCreateInfo, const VkAllocationCallbacks* pAllocator, VkDebugUtilsMessengerEXT* pDebugMessenger)
  • Added DestroyDebugUtilsMessengerEXT(VkInstance instance, VkDebugUtilsMessengerEXT debugMessenger, const VkAllocationCallbacks* pAllocator)
  • Added PrintAvailableVulkanExtensions()
  • Added PrintRequiredGLFWExtensions()
  • Added PrintValidationLayerCheck()
  • Added GetVulkanVersionStr() NOTE: There is a function in vulkan.h that does this, but returns a bit-shifted version number
  • Added GetGLFWVersionStr() NOTE: There is a function in glfw.h that does this, but it returns extra info as part of the string

• Removed VK_API_VERSION_1_2 in the app's create info struct and replaced it with the VULKAN_API_USED macro for easy future changes
• Removed explicit glfw extension checks in CreateInstance() in favor of the QueryRequiredExtensions() function being used
  • Removed explicit code in CreateInstance() for printing the required glfw extensions in favor of PrintRequiredGLFWExtensions()

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• Fixed incorrect order of cmake commands in top level CMakeLists.txt file by moving find_package(Vulkan REQUIRED) command under the include(cmakeSettings/MetaData.cmake) command as the target project and compiled languages were not defined before the find_package() command that resulted in the Vulkan_LIBRARY variable being undefined

• Removed Vulkan_Headers cmake project as it's no longer needed due to CMakelists command order changes
• Removed the temporary sanity checks as the sdk, lib, and include paths have been verified due to CMakeLists command order changes
• Removed include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/BaseProject) in BaseProject CMakeLists.txt in favor of target_include_directories() command

• Added target_include_directories() command to BaseProject CMakeLists.txt
  • Added Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIRS, GLFW_INCLUDE_DIRS, and the root level src/BaseProject directory paths to the include paths
• Added target_link_libraries() command for Vulkan Libraries (Vulkan::Vulkan)

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• Changed root CMakeLists.txt to reflect git submodule inclusion for vulkan headers under vendor/vulkan/Vulkan_Headers
  • Changed the include_dir() command for vulkan to point to this submodule's include directory

• Added .gitsubmodule for Vulkan Headers
• Added Vulkan Headers to Root Level CMakeLists.txt in order to build from the submodule source code (Currently Does Not Install - May Not Even Need This Part In The Future)
  • Added vulkan_LIBRARIES to Base Project's CMakeLists.txt as a target linking library
• Added temporary sanity checks for the vulkan sdk path, include dir path, and lib path
• Added check for if vulkan was found
  • Added link_directories command to include the lib and include directory paths
• Added and implemented vulkanInit() and createInstance() functions to base.h/base.cpp
  • Added VkInstance variable to base.h

• Removed Manually Added Vulkan Headers And Library Directories

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• Changed Overall Vendor Folder Structure
  • Changed Vulkan Folder From Vendor/include/vulkan to Vendor/Vulkan/include/vulkan
  • Changed GLFW Folder From Vendor/include/GLFW to Vendor/GLFW
  • Changed GLM Folder From Vendor/include/glm to Vendor/GLM

• Fixed missing parenthesis on glfwInit() function in window.cpp

• Added .gitsubmodule for GLFW and GLM libraries

• Added GLFW to Root Level CMakeLists.txt in order to build from the submodule source code

  • Added GLFW to Base Project's CMakeLists.txt as a target linking library

• Added the include header #include <vulkan/vulkan.h> to window.h

• Added the include header #include "Window/window.h" to base.h

• Implemented the Window Class Destructor to destroy the window and terminate GLFW

• Added window handle from the Window class to BaseApplication class in base.h

• Added temporary event callbacks for window movement and cursor position

  • Added cursor_position_callback and window_pos_callback functions to

    PollEvents() which is currently called in Close() in window.cpp/window.h

• Removed Pre-built libraries for GLFW in favor of building from source in CMake
• Removed manually added cmake folders containing config packages for both glm and glfw in favor of submodule usage
• Removed Previous code for glfw testing in main.cpp as it's now incorporated into window.cpp/base.h