[FYI] For the developers regarding Vulkan on macOS...

[mike_mac]

I'm not sure if you have seen this, but the folks over at KronosGroup have developed a Vulkan API layer to work on top of Metal for macOS.

From their GitHub repo description:

MoltenVK is an implementation of the high-performance, industry-standard Vulkan graphics and compute API, that runs on Apple's Metal graphics framework, bringing Vulkan compatibility to iOS and macOS.

GitHub repo link is here: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK

Also this arsTechnica article: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02 ... -to-apple/

If you're considering implementing Vulkan, this will probably help, instead of creating any Metal code just for macOS.

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Update: On March 7, 2018 the new Vulkan 1.1 API Specification was released by KronosGroup.

Link to the Kronos Vulkan Registry: https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/

There's also a Quick Reference PDF available at: https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan ... .1-web.pdf


Cheers

[BK Vissers]

I hope that after OpenGL is deprecated that SCS will develop an alternative for Mac users. I read about this this morning and it seems devastating for Mac gaming.

[mike_mac]

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[BK Vissers]

That sounds encouraging, though it remains at the developer level to implement. Max?

[OttoReverse]

Necro thread bump lol...anyone here any more on this from the developers? I would love to see ATS (and ETS) add Vulkan or Metal support.

[TwinShadow]

There's been no open discussions about it that I've seen. But I don't really go onto these forums much anymore. Implementing a graphics API is quite a monumental undertaking sometimes.

[OttoReverse]

There’s always Vulkan on macOS via MoltenVK

https://moltengl.com/moltenvk/