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Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 02 Nov 2018, 13:01
by PicassoCT
Re: Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 02 Nov 2018, 17:30
by Silentwings
Currently supports only OGL2.1, with some missing functionality -> not viable.
Re: Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 02 Nov 2018, 21:19
by ivand
If anything it's worth to consider porting spring to Vulkan (along with re-thinking whole graphical pipeline from scratch). While it will enable running on Mac and allow for maximum performance (in theory), it's extremely difficult task in terms of required man-hours, so I doubt it will ever be done for spring.
Re: Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 03 Nov 2018, 03:18
by MasterBel
ivand wrote:it will enable running on Mac
So will a port to a GL <=4.1 core profile. Current develop branch builds on mac last time I tried. I'm not aware of what the current progress in the conversion is. I haven't seen an obviously GL-related commit in a while, but I'm not the best at understanding C++
Re: Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 03 Nov 2018, 09:44
by ivand
MasterBel wrote: ↑03 Nov 2018, 03:18
ivand wrote:it will enable running on Mac
So will a port to a GL <=4.1 core profile.
I kinda hope we eventually go for 4.5 or 4.6 core profile. 4.1 is almost 9 years and lots have been added to OpenGL since then.
Re: Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 03 Nov 2018, 10:58
by gajop
Does it need to be mandatory ;..;
I really would prefer we chose 3.x core profile as mandatory as a first step. It's a big enough change as it is.
Re: Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 03 Nov 2018, 11:22
by ivand
gajop wrote: ↑03 Nov 2018, 10:58
Does it need to be mandatory ;..;
I really would prefer we chose 3.x core profile as mandatory as a first step. It's a big enough change as it is.
Dunno, I haven't looked what kind of functionality is currently leveraged, which is outside of 3.x. What I'm sure of that it's PITA to rely on extensions though. Imagine tons of hellish stuff like below:
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if (ARB_some_cool_extension) {
//you do some cool and optimized stuff
}
else {
//now you do what?
}
Re: Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 03 Nov 2018, 11:28
by Kloot
Yes, it needs to be mandatory. You are also a year too late for that discussion.
No, 105 will not run on Mac because Apple's GL4.1 implementation lacks crucial features and there are not going to be multiple code paths unless you pay me.
All things considered though, I think I'd rather write a new engine from the ground up.
Re: Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 03 Nov 2018, 12:59
by PicassoCT
How much would we have to pay for a volcan rewrite?
Re: Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 03 Nov 2018, 15:54
by ivand
Kloot wrote: ↑03 Nov 2018, 11:28
All things considered though, I think I'd rather write a new engine from the ground up.
Not sure if it's irony or not. Anyway, if you start it, I'll try my very best to contribute to the graphical part.
Re: Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 03 Nov 2018, 17:26
by hokomoko
Kloot wrote: ↑03 Nov 2018, 11:28No, 105 will not run on Mac because Apple's GL4.1 implementation lacks crucial features and there are not going to be multiple code paths unless you pay me.
I suspect you mean that
you won't write multiple code paths unless you get paid.
Re: Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 04 Nov 2018, 01:38
by MasterBel
Kloot wrote: ↑03 Nov 2018, 11:28
Yes, it needs to be mandatory. You are also a year too late for that discussion.
No, 105 will not run on Mac because Apple's GL4.1 implementation lacks crucial features and there are not going to be multiple code paths unless you pay me.
All things considered though, I think I'd rather write a new engine from the ground up.
Wait what? I though supporting Mac was the entire point of moving to the core profile…
Re: Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 04 Nov 2018, 08:29
by Forboding Angel
ivand wrote: ↑03 Nov 2018, 15:54
Kloot wrote: ↑03 Nov 2018, 11:28
All things considered though, I think I'd rather write a new engine from the ground up.
Not sure if it's irony or not. Anyway, if you start it, I'll try my very best to contribute to the graphical part.
http://i.imgur.com/W6oybGm.gif
Re: Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 25 Feb 2019, 14:46
by hawara
MasterBel wrote: ↑04 Nov 2018, 01:38
Kloot wrote: ↑03 Nov 2018, 11:28
Yes, it needs to be mandatory. You are also a year too late for that discussion.
No, 105 will not run on Mac because Apple's GL4.1 implementation lacks crucial features and there are not going to be multiple code paths unless you pay me.
All things considered though, I think I'd rather write a new engine from the ground up.
Wait what? I though supporting Mac was the entire point of moving to the core profile…
I'm confused about this point as well. Is it a foregone conclusion that Mac OS X support will be dropped in coming releases of spring and macos?
Re: Port spring to ogl Vulcan..
Posted: 25 Feb 2019, 17:20
by Silentwings
It's not really fair to say that mac support will be "dropped".
Apple lacks support for some standard OpenGL features, which were added to OpenGL around 2010. Spring will update to use these features and probably doesn't have the resources to keep ~10yo backwards compat alive. This will mean Spring no longer compiles on macs.
Looks to me like apple aren't much interested in (non-phone/tablet) gaming.
