Yes, There Is Vulkan Support In Doom

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Yes, There Is Vulkan Support In Doom

At Friday's NVIDIA Dreamhack event there was another exciting showcase besides the incredible GeForce GTX 1080: there was the first demo of id Software's forthcoming Doom game running with the Vulkan API...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Vulkan-For-Doom

[birdie]

That doesn't mean a Linux port exists. It only means that this game may run well under Wine, but I know a lot of Windows OpenGL applications which don't work under Wine at all, so don't set your hopes high.

[johnc]

So they have a Vulkan version but no intention to support Linux / SteamOS.

Dafuq?

[godlike_panos]

Michael Doom doesn't have a Direct3D renderer. It's OpenGL and now Vulkan. Can you correct the article?

[chimpy]

Michael Doom doesn't have a Direct3D renderer. It's OpenGL and now Vulkan. Can you correct the article?

What API will it use for the xbone? no DX11 or DX12?

[boffo]

I don't understand what is the point in confronting capped unspecified api's fps vs uncapped's fps with Vulkan. Don't get me wrong It's a great card and nothing against Vulkan, but it's like confronting a car in second gear vs a car in the fifth gear, in with case it goes faster?

[drohm]

So they have a Vulkan version but no intention to support Linux / SteamOS.

Dafuq?

I agree, dafuq? I guess they simply wanted to use the API but not actually make the port. Maybe someone else here could explain/guess at their rationale?

[eydee]

So they have a Vulkan version but no intention to support Linux / SteamOS.

Dafuq?

The point of Vulkan is performance, being a multiplatform API is just one of the advantages. On the other hand, if they want to port to other platforms, the default OpenGL (is it?) renderer could do fine.

[VikingGe]

the default OpenGL (is it?) renderer could do fine.

It is. Looking forward to trying the game with Vulkan.

[humbug]

So they have a Vulkan version but no intention to support Linux / SteamOS.
Dafuq?

I agree, dafuq? I guess they simply wanted to use the API but not actually make the port. Maybe someone else here could explain/guess at their rationale?

Vulkan does not exist for the sole purpose of creating Linux applications.
If you are developing a windows only application you may also use Vulkan, it's not that mind-boggling.