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swGraphicAPI is set of libraries providing common interface for rendering and assets managment.

Plans

Rendering

• Rendering through commands queue
  • Implement command queue
  • Sorting commands using custom key build based on assets used in command (Optimization: minimise state changes)

Graphic APIs

• OpenGL implementation
• DirectX 12 implementation
• Vulcan implementation

Assets

• FBX Loader
  • Create library in new repository
  • Rewrite functionalities from SWEngine
  • Add project that creates dynamic library (developer will choose if he links static or dynamic lib)
• MaterialAsset
  • Utilities for ParametricBuffers
  • swMaterial file format
    • Enable saving relative texture paths (except path aliases)
    • Save and load material shading model parameters without need of WrapperType
• MeshAsset
  • Move code from SWEngine
  • Add asset creator

ResourceManager

• In Loader implementation relative path is resolved relative to loaded file path (not working directory)
• LoadGenericFile - loads all assets that can be found in file. (Utility for editors)
• PathsManager - find best matching alias. (Utility for editors)
• Saving assets
• Caching
  • Implement caching assets to common format for all possible caches implementations
  • Mechanisms for estimating asset usefulness in cache
    • First version - simple mechanisms (not generic)
    • Generic version of mechanisms - developer can implement his own estimators
  • Add dependencies quering API to Resources and Assets. (If we cache asset we need to cache his dependencies)
  • Caches implementations
    • Memory Cache (RAM)
    • Disk Cache (SSD)
  • Implement moving assets between cache levels based on usefulness estimation
  • Prefetching assets to cache (non generic)
  • Generic mechanisms for predictive prefetching
  • Memory limits for caches.
• Support for levels of details
• Support for assets streaming (for example video)
• Support for hot reload