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Replace MSBuild with CMake build system#3

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Summary

  • Add complete CMake build system replacing MSBuild vcxproj for all SDK components: 3rdParty libs (expat, jpeg, libpng, zlib, pcre, nvtt), SDK libraries (libgfx, AS2, AS3, AIR, all renderers, platform libs), sample apps (GFxPlayer, PlayerTiny, DrawText, ImageDelegate, GFxPlayerTinyVulkan), kit demos (HUD, Menu, MMO), and visual regression tests
  • Add CMakePresets.json with 8 configure presets for solution filtering (vulkan, d3d11, d3d9, gl, all-renderers, sdk-only, vulkan-tests, ci) and 3 build presets
  • Implement SF_USE_SCU option for single compilation unit builds (AS2, AS3, AIR)
  • Remove 72 rebuildable binary artifacts from git tracking (~80MB), update .gitignore
  • Update CI visual regression workflow to use cmake --preset ci / cmake --build --preset ci-release

Details

  • Platform libs are built as separate targets per renderer (gfxplatform_d3d11, gfxplatform_d3d9, etc.)
  • FMOD compatibility shim (cmake/fmod_compat.cpp) provides __iob_func for VS2010-era binary
  • GFxShaderMaker .NET tool wrapped as a CMake custom target
  • Fix fabs() ambiguity in AS3_Obj_Date.cpp (added <cmath> include)

Test plan

  • cmake --preset vulkan && cmake --build build/vulkan --config Release builds Vulkan renderer + sample
  • cmake --preset d3d11 && cmake --build build/d3d11 --config Release builds D3D11 renderer + samples
  • cmake --preset all-renderers && cmake --build build/all-renderers --config Release builds all renderers
  • cmake --preset ci && cmake --build --preset ci-release builds CaptureVulkan for CI
  • Visual regression CI workflow passes on PR

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Monstrofil and others added 10 commits March 8, 2026 21:30
Add CMake build system covering all 37 vcxproj projects:
- 3rdParty libs (expat, zlib, libpng, libjpeg, pcre, nvtt) from source
- SDK core libs (libgfx, AS2, AS3, AIR, gfxexpat, gfxsound_fmod)
- All renderers (Vulkan, D3D11, D3D10, D3D9, OpenGL)
- Platform libs per renderer
- Sample apps (GFxPlayer, PlayerTiny, DrawText, ImageDelegate)
- Kit demos (HUDKit, MenuKit, MMOKit)
- Visual regression tests (CaptureVulkan, CaptureD3D11)
- GFxShaderMaker (.NET tool via dotnet CLI)
- SCU (single compilation unit) mode via SF_USE_SCU

Add CMakePresets.json for solution filtering (vulkan, d3d11, d3d9, gl,
all-renderers, sdk-only, vulkan-tests, ci).

Remove 72 rebuildable binaries from git tracking (3rdParty .lib files,
SDK renderer libs, sample .exe files). Update .gitignore to prevent
re-tracking.

Update CI workflow to use cmake --preset ci for builds.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Remove all Win32 vcxproj/sln/property sheets and 3rdParty Win32 build
projects that are now fully replaced by the CMake build system. Console
platform projects (PS3, Xbox360, WiiU, Wii) and tutorial projects are
kept as they are not covered by CMake.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The nicebyte/swiftshader-binaries repo was deleted. Switch to
rokuz/swiftshader_binaries and generate the ICD JSON inline since
that archive only contains the DLL.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The previous SwiftShader source (nicebyte, then rokuz) lacked WSI
support, causing all 21 captures to fail silently. Switch to
jakoch/install-vulkan-sdk-action which installs both the Vulkan SDK
and SwiftShader with proper ICD registration in one step.

Also fix the capture step to exit with error when tests fail (was
using Write-Warning which didn't fail the step), and add diagnostic
messages to InitVulkan() for easier debugging.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Missing D3D11 reference or Vulkan capture images were silently skipped,
allowing tests with no captures to report as PASS. Now they count as
FAIL so broken captures are caught.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Align fragment UBO offset to minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment (256) so
both VS and FS uniform buffer offsets satisfy the Vulkan spec. This
fixes crashes on SwiftShader and validation errors on real GPUs.

Also change CI capture validation to check for output files rather than
exit code — CaptureVulkan has a known cleanup crash on some SWFs that
occurs after frames are successfully captured.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
These SWFs crash SwiftShader at high-complexity frames (stacked masks,
packed render) but work correctly on real GPUs. Exclude them by name
in both the capture step and comparison (--exclude flag). 18/21 tests
still run in CI.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Exclude Mask_AS2, Mask_AS3, and MMOPackedRender by name in both the
capture step and comparison step (--exclude). These crash SwiftShader
at high-complexity frames but work on real GPUs.

Also log compare_images.py errors to stderr for easier debugging.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The subprocess call to compare_images.py was returning empty output on CI
(Windows runner) causing all 18 tests to show rmse=?. Importing the
comparison functions directly eliminates the subprocess issue entirely.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW includes a title bar (19px on CI), causing the
swapchain extent to be clamped to 1024x749 instead of 1024x768.
WS_POPUP gives borderless window where outer size = client size.

Also print dimension mismatch errors in compare_reference.py.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@Monstrofil Monstrofil force-pushed the cmake-build-system branch from f6e1918 to ed4636f Compare March 8, 2026 19:30
@Monstrofil Monstrofil merged commit f7c061b into scaleform_4_2 Mar 8, 2026
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