DEVLOG 24 - Error Manager, Copies & More

 
Intro
Hi Stardance!
Lately, I’ve been focusing mainly on improving error handling returned by Vulkan and fixing some code here and there.
 
New Error Manager System
I’ve created a system responsible for error handling so that when an error occurs, such as a failure to allocate memory due to fragmentation or any other critical error, the app places a text file with information about the error in a folder called logs (created on the fly if it doesn’t exist). Immediately afterward, an error message is displayed on the screen explaining what happened. When the user presses the OK button, the app closes in the pop-up by calling std::abort();.
 
Some Test On Other PCs
I tried running Eve outside of my PC on two other PCs, but since they’re a bit older, they don’t have support for Vulkan 1.4, so the app can’t be started.
 
Swapchain Improvements
The code for creating the swapchain has been improved somewhat, making it more secure and robust.
 
New Copy Support
I’ve added support for buffer and texture copy operations between resources that aren’t the same type (one transient and one persistent).
 
Next Step:
I want to make Eve a little more portable, so in the next few hours I’ll try using Vulkan 1.2, trying not to mess with the code. If necessary, I might resort to using Vulkan 1.3; I’ll see…