VGFramework 0.48

Yet another work-in-progress game and graphic engine project.

Table of contents

Build status
Getting started
Licence
Extern libs
Assets
Misc

Build status

Configuration	Debug	Development	Release	Final
ARM64EC MSVC DX12
ARM64EC MSVC Vulkan
Win64 MSVC DX12
Win64 MSVC Vulkan
Win64 ClangCL DX12
Win64 ClangCL Vulkan

Getting started

You have two options depending on whether you want to build from source or use the provided executables:

Using precompiled binaries (users)

• Run Editor.exe to launch the editor.
• Run Game.exe to start the game.

Building from sources (programmers)

By default, VGFramework uses the precompiled binaries: Editor.exe, Game.exe, and the DLLs located in the bin/ folder.

When you build locally, executable files will be created in your build/ folder.
The program will use these locally built files if they are present; otherwise, it will fallback to the precompiled binaries.

To build from sources:

• Sync the depot.
• Install the required SDKs and configure the environment variables.
• Generate solution and open it in your favorite development environment.
• Select solution Configuration and Platform
• Select the solution folder for Working Directory
• Build & Run

Debug, Development* and Release versions will start with the editor: Press F5 to enter game mode and F11 to maximize game view and press ESC to go back Editor mode.

Final versions are compiled without the editor, they will start directly in game mode and maximized.

First run might take a few seconds because files are cooking.

Generate solution

VGFramework is currenlty transitionning to Sharpmake to generate its solution and projects for all platforms.
There is currently two options available:

[Option 1] Use the legacy static VS2022 solution

For now you can still use the old vgframework.sln solution for Visual Studio 2022. It should work until it's too much work to maintain, but you will miss some compilation targets like Win64 ClangCL.

[Option 2] Use the new generated solution

You can generate the solutions using Sharpmake\generates_projects_XXX.bat where XXX is your development environement.

e.g. Sharpmake\generates_projects_XXX.bat will generate vgframework_vs2022.sln in the root folder.

IDE

Recommended IDE is VS Studio 2022 Community and project files currently provided are compatible with this version.

However, the engine is currently being ported to other platforms than Windows so ultimately a project generator solution will be used.

To compile the solution you will need the following components if they are not already installed:

• MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ x64/x86 build tools (latest)
• C++ ATL for latest v143 build tools (x86 & x64)

You will also need if you want to build the ARM64EC versions:

• MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ ARM64/ARM64EC build tools (latest)
• C++ ATL for latest v143 build tools (ARM64/ARM64EC)

Solution Configuration

Use the 'Configuration' combo to select build configuration:

Config	#define	Runtime	Optimization	Inlining	Edit & Continue	Assert
Debug	VG_DEBUG	/MDd	/Od	/Ob0	Yes	Yes
Development	VG_DEVELOPMENT	/MD	/Od	/Ob0	Yes	Yes
Release	VG_RELEASE	/MD	/O2	/Ob2	No	Yes
Final	VG_FINAL	/MD	/O2	/Ob2	No	No

Solution Platform

Use the 'Platform' combo to select target architecture and graphics API:

Working Directory

Set your working directory to $(SolutionDir) so that the program can find data and code.

Command-line args

Name	Type	Description
attachDebugger	bool	MessageBox at application start to let attach a debugger
breakOnErrors	bool	Break on graphics API errors (debugDevice required)
breakOnWarnings	bool	Break on graphics API warnings (debugDevice required)
debugDevice	bool	Enable the graphics API debug layer (default for Debug builds)
editor	bool	Enable editor (default for Debug and Release builds)
fullscreen	bool	Start application with game view maximized (default for Final builds)
play	bool	Start application with play mode running (default for Final builds)
profileStart	int	Profile the 1st N frames

Keyboard shortcuts

Name	Description
A	Toggle snap
F	Focus Selection
H	Toggle HDR modes (None, HDR10, HDR16)
V	Toggle VSync mode (None, 1 VBL, 2 VBL, 3 VBL, 4 VBL)
UP	Move editor camera forward
LEFT	Move editor camere left
DOWN	Move editor camera backward
RIGHT	Move editor camere right
F1	Start/stop profiler capture
F2	Rename selected Object
F6	Hot reload shaders
F7	Hot reload resources
F5	Enter Play mode
Shift-F5	Restart Play mode
PAUSE	Pause/resume Play mode
F11	Maximize Game view (fullscreen)
ESCAPE	Exit Play mode and go back to Editor mode
DELETE	Delete selected objects
Ctrl+Mouse Wheel	Toggle Translation/Rotation/Scale gizmo
Ctrl+D	Duplicate selected objects ✨
Ctrl+S	Save
Ctrl+U	Save Prefab & Update
Ctrl+Shift-Q	Quit application

✨ You can keep shift pressed while moving objects to duplicate them.

SDKs

The SDKs are not included with the sources. You need to install them.

Name	Version
Win10 SDK	10.0.22621.0
Vulkan SDK ✨	1.3.290.0

✨ Only required to build Vulkan version. $(VULKAN_SDK) should point the Vulkan SDK installation dir (e.g., C:\SDK\Vulkan\1.3.290.0).

Extern libs

The external libraries are included with the sources for convenience. Follow the link for details about the licence used.

Name	Version
D3D12 Memory Allocator
D3D12 HDR Sample
Dear ImGui	1.91.8 WIP
DirectX Shader Compiler	August 2023
Dirent	1.23.2
fmt	10.1.1
FXAA	3.11
hlslpp	3.5.3 4dd067b
IconFont CppHeaders
ImGuiFileDialog	0.6.7
ImGuizmo	1.83
JoltPhysics	5.0.0
meta_enum_lite	2.0 (Custom)
optick ✨	1.3.1
px_sched
Sharpmake	0.75.0 (Custom)
SoLoud	August 2024
stb	2.30
tinyXML2	10.0.0
UFBX	0.14.3
Vulkan Memory Allocator	3.0.1
WinPixEventRuntime	1.0.231030001

✨ Optick viewer can be tricky to build but you can download the binaries for optick 1.3.1 from https://github.com/bombomby/optick/releases/tag/1.3.1.0 or build them more easily from https://github.com/vimontgames/optick.

License

Code

The code in src folder is licensed under the MIT License. Please refer to LICENCE.md for more details.

External libraries in the extern folder use permissive licenses. Please refer to the Extern libs section for details about the licenses used.

Data

Most assets are using permissive licenses, while some are restricted to use only within the context of VGFramework development. Please refer to the Assets section for more details about the licenses used.

Assets

Assets with usage restrictions

The assets in the following folders are licensed under the Creative Commons Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) License, with the additional restriction that they may only be used within the context of VGFramework development.

Please refer to the ASSETS_LICENSE.md for more details.

Asset folders	Author
data/Meshes/GJ data/Textures/GJ	JOYxt
data/Meshes/VGF_Bo data/Textures/VGF_Boy	JOYxt
data/Meshes/GrosCovid data/Textures/GrosCovid	JOYxt

Other assets

The following assets are provided under permissive licenses. Please follow the provided links for details about those licenses:

Fonts

Name	Version
Font-Awesome	6.x
Rowdies
RubikMonoOne
UbuntuMono	1.0

Models

Name	Author
3D Football	prabath-weerapana
Baseball Bat	sepandjahrominejad
FootBall american	orsbone
Katana samurai sword	kizaru
Luigi	Anthony Yanez
Traffic Cone	hinndia
Soccergoal	NorbertVarga

Environment maps

Name	Author
Free HDR Map 779	hdri-skies.com

Sounds

Name	Author
FX - Swoosh - normal	bolkmar
Large sword swing	Luis0413
Tally Dub	Brotheration Records
Chainsaw	pblzr
Retro Bonus Pickup	suntemple

Misc

These tools are not mandatory but can be useful for development.

Name	Info
Radeon Developer Panel	GPU debugging & profiling
RenderDoc	GPU debugging