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The Modern Vulkan Cookbook

You're reading from   The Modern Vulkan Cookbook A practical guide to 3D graphics and advanced real-time rendering techniques in Vulkan

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803239989
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preetish Kakkar Preetish Kakkar
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Mauricio Maurer Mauricio Maurer
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Vulkan Core Concepts 2. Chapter 2: Working with Modern Vulkan FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Implementing GPU-Driven Rendering 4. Chapter 4: Exploring Techniques for Lighting, Shading, and Shadows 5. Chapter 5: Deciphering Order-Independent Transparency 6. Chapter 6: Anti-Aliasing Techniques 7. Chapter 7: Ray Tracing and Hybrid Rendering 8. Chapter 8: Extended Reality with OpenXR 9. Chapter 9: Debugging and Performance Measurement Techniques 10. Index 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Intercepting validation layer messages

In some circumstances, validation errors are so plentiful that it becomes impossible to know where the cause of the problem is. For that reason, it would be ideal to interrupt the execution of your program as soon as an error is detected, especially when debugging your application. The debug utility extension (VK_EXT_debug_utils) allows you to install a callback function that is invoked whenever an error is detected.

In this recipe, you will learn how to install a debug callback to intercept error messages emitted by the validation layer and make your debugging sessions more productive.

Getting ready

To be able to set a callback whenever an error occurs, you need to enable the VK_EXT_debug_utils extension. Please refer to the Getting ready section of the Naming Vulkan objects for easier debugging recipe to learn how to enable this extension when creating a Vulkan instance.

How to do it…

Before installing and using the callback...

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