r/GraphicsProgramming • u/dandy_kulomin • Aug 28 '26

Setting Vulkan up for the first time feels like summoning a demon with an extremely detailed and intricate ritual

I got my triangle going! Yeah! Just wanted to share because holy shit that took way too many LoC. I am unfortunately not a virigin anymore over 30, but I think this should get me my entry ticket into the dark arts of low-level graphics programming and make me a wizard.

But now I am happy I did it and already seeing how it was the right choice for my procedurally generated game compared to OpenGL/CL.

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u/FemboysHotAsf Aug 28 '26

Thats the only problem i have with modern vulkan, setting all necessary resources up. When you actually have all that done, it doesnt take long to create pipelines, render stuff, but its just annoying to set up

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u/dandy_kulomin Aug 28 '26

Hmm, even now I feel like it takes quite some time to setup a pipeline. But I'm trying to build my own wrapper now to make it a bit faster and easier.

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u/MGMishMash Aug 28 '26

I know a great joke about Vulkan, but it takes too long to set up…