Render engine collection

[halx99]

• https://github.com/google/filament
• https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx
• https://github.com/OGRECave/ogre-next
• https://github.com/DiligentGraphics/DiligentEngine - Apple Metal backend require commercial license, can free support with MoltenVK or gfx-portability
• https://github.com/floooh/sokol
• https://github.com/LukasBanana/LLGL

[halx99]

References:
https://blog.csdn.net/android_wql/article/details/85044252

[RustyMoyher]

I'd love to see this feature! There is a WIP port of cocos v4 + bgfx here. Might be useful.
https://github.com/Xrysnow/cocos2d-x-bgfx

Also, there is a fork of cocos2d-x-lite w/ bgfx here:
https://github.com/quicklyslow/cocos2d-bgfx

[halx99]

Thanks, it's really useful

[Xrysnow]

CocosCreator released a new renderer for its native engine: https://github.com/cocos-creator/engine-native/tree/v3.3.0/cocos/renderer, which is vulkan-styled and very flexible. I have tried for weeks to port it but always meet problems. Do you have any interests on it?

[halx99]

Interesting, if you port success, it's really good for adxe

[halx99]

You can put your problem or your port branch at here

[Xrysnow]

Still need some days to put it in order. I will make comment here after finished.

[halx99]

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[Xrysnow]

I have encountered endless memory and graphic problems when porting CocosCreator. I think the right way is to port all related js code and modify many classes, which is a huge work. I'm not sure if it worth so I put it aside :(

[aismann]

maybe this #439 is also a way for Android (but seems to be no multiplatform support)

[aismann]

I have encountered endless memory and graphic problems when porting CocosCreator. I think the right way is to port all related js code and modify many classes, which is a huge work. I'm not sure if it worth so I put it aside :(
Originally posted by @Xrysnow in #67 (comment)

@Xrysnow
Have you a github reposity of this?
I tried tio compile it but there are some files missing

[aismann]

Update: 3.3.1 => can compile (3.4.0 not)
engine-native-3.3.1\engine-native-3.3.1\build\Debug\cocos2d.lib

[aismann]

Maybe ralylib 4.0 is also a candidate as render engine plus some more.
https://www.raylib.com/
https://github.com/raysan5/raylib/
https://github.com/raysan5/raylib/releases

[paulocoutinhox]

Raylib don't have Metal support (ios, tvos)

[Xrysnow]

@halx99 @aismann Finally I ported renderer of cocos-engine 3.5.0 and make it work at this repo. 3.5.0 seems more robust than previous version to make it possible. However, it need more test and there are still many todos in it.
The ported backend is in cocos/renderer/backend/gfx and dependencies is in this repo. To build it, CC_USE_GFX and USE_JOB_SYSTEM_TASKFLOW should be set in cmake. It also requires PVRVFrame as GLES provider (ANGLE seems work bad).

[aismann]

Interessting fork:
This is a renderer for cocos2d-x ported from cocos-engine.
https://github.com/Xrysnow/cocos2d-x-gfx

[Xrysnow]

Interessting fork: This is a renderer for cocos2d-x ported from cocos-engine. https://github.com/Xrysnow/cocos2d-x-gfx

It's working right now but still need more test and feedback. I'm not sure what dose @halx99 think about it.

[aismann]

Interessting fork: This is a renderer for cocos2d-x ported from cocos-engine. https://github.com/Xrysnow/cocos2d-x-gfx

It's working right now but still need more test and feedback. I'm not sure what dose @halx99 think about it.

Maybe you can add it here on a PR?
So we all can test it.
@halx99 can make a branch for this

[halx99]

I'm not sure, maybe @Xrysnow can create PR for us, what rendering performance about the cocos-engine renderer.

[aismann]

@halx99
maybe its better laying on discussion board?

[aismann]

https://skia.org/

Skia is an open source 2D graphics library which provides common APIs that work across a variety of hardware and software platforms. It serves as the graphics engine for Google Chrome and ChromeOS, Android, Flutter, and many other products.

[paulocoutinhox]

Will be nice if we have BGFX (https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx) that works on:

Supported rendering backends:

1. Direct3D 9
2. Direct3D 11
3. Direct3D 12
4. GNM (only for licensed PS4 developers, search DevNet forums for source)
5. Metal
6. OpenGL 2.1
7. OpenGL 3.1+
8. OpenGL ES 2
9. OpenGL ES 3.1
10. Vulkan
11. WebGL 1.0
12. WebGL 2.0
13. WebGPU/Dawn (experimental)

Supported platforms:

1. Android (14+, ARM, x86, MIPS)
2. FreeBSD
3. iOS (iPhone, iPad, AppleTV)
4. Linux
5. MIPS Creator CI20
6. OSX (10.12+)
7. PlayStation 4
8. RaspberryPi
9. UWP (Universal Windows, Xbox One)
10. Wasm/Emscripten
11. Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10)

Others

It is already well tested in other engines, real games for pc like minecraft and mobile games on store.

On their README have all informations.