Release v2.4.d: MSAA, Queries, Bindless Resources, Unit Tests, Format Validation

This release implements a number of new features: MSAA, Queries, Bindless Resources. It also makes a major improvement to code quality assurance by enabling automated unit testing, format validation and static code analysis.

General

• Enabled bindless resources
• Enabled MSAA
• Implemented queries
• Various API improvements
• Added Tutorial16 – Bindless Resources
• Added Tutorial17 – MSAA
• Added Tutorial18 – Queries
• Removed RenderScript and Lua

API Changes

• Added Queries
• Added

  AdapterType

   member to

  DeviceCaps

   struct
• Added

  IDeviceContextGL::SetSwapChain

   and

  IRenderDeviceGL::CreateDummyTexture

   methods
• Removed

  IDeviceContext::SetSwapChain

   method
• Renamed

  MAP_FLAG_DO_NOT_SYNCHRONIZE

   flag to

  MAP_FLAG_NO_OVERWRITE

• Added

  GetVkInstance

   and

  GetVkPhysicalDevice

   methods to

  IRenderDeviceVk

   interface
• Added

  HLSLSemantic

   member to

  LayoutElement

    struct
• Added

  ResolveTextureSubresource

   device context command, removed

  SamplesCount

   member of the

  SwapChainDesc

• Added

  APIVersion

   member to

  EngineCreateInfo

   struct
• Added

  IDeviceObject::GetUniqueID

   method
• Added

  IDeviceContextD3D12::LockCommandQueue

  ,

  IDeviceContextD3D12::UnlockCommandQueue

  ,

  IDeviceContextVk::LockCommandQueue

  , and

  IDeviceContextVk::UnlockCommandQueue

   methods
• Added

  EnableGPUBasedValidation

   member to

  EngineD3D12CreateInfo

   struct
• Added

  DRAW_FLAG_RESOURCE_BUFFERS_INTACT

    flag
• Added

  HLSLVersion

  ,

  GLSLVersion

   and

  GLESSLVersion

   to

  ShaderCreateInfo

   struct
• Renamed

  EngineD3D11DebugFlags

   to

  D3D11_DEBUG_FLAGS

• Split up Draw command into

  Draw

  ,

  DrawIndexed

  ,

  DrawIndirect

   and

  DrawIndexedIndirect

  . Split up

  DispatchCompute

   command into

  DispatchCompute

    and

  DispatchComputeInidrect

  .
• Enabled bindless resources
• Removed

  SHADER_PROFILE

   enum
• Added

  DIRECT3D_FEATURE_LEVEL

   and

  DIRECT3D_FEATURE_LEVEL MinimumFeatureLevel

   member to

  EngineD3D11CreateInfo

   and

  EngineD3D12CreateInfo

    structs (API Version 240032)
• Updated

  IEngineFactoryD3D11::EnumerateHardwareAdapters

  ,

  IEngineFactoryD3D11::EnumerateDisplayModes

  ,

• IEngineFactoryD3D12::EnumerateHardwareAdapters

  ,

  IEngineFactoryD3D12::EnumerateDisplayModes

   to take minimum feature level.
• Added

  bBindlessSupported

   member to

  DeviceCaps

   struct.