GPU: safe, discoverable surface format selection (wide-gamut/HDR)

src/Skyline.Gpu/WindowSurface.cs

@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ public void Configure(int pixelWidth, int pixelHeight)
                 $"Supported: {string.Join(", ", Capabilities.AlphaModes.ToArray())}. Use Auto or a supported mode.");
         }
 
+        // An unsupported format aborts wgpu the same way, so reject a
+        // wide-gamut or HDR format the surface cannot present with a managed
+        // error. Pick one safely with Capabilities.ChooseFormat.
+        if (!Capabilities.Supports(_options.Format))
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                $"surface format {_options.Format} is not supported by this surface. " +
+                $"Supported: {string.Join(", ", Capabilities.Formats.ToArray())}. Use Capabilities.ChooseFormat(...).");
+        }
+
         var w = Math.Max(1, pixelWidth);
         var h = Math.Max(1, pixelHeight);
         var config = new SurfaceConfiguration

src/Skyline.Gpu/WindowSurfaceCapabilities.cs

@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ internal WindowSurfaceCapabilities(TextureFormat[] formats, PresentMode[] presen
 
     public ReadOnlySpan<CompositeAlphaMode> AlphaModes => _alphaModes;
 
+    public bool Supports(TextureFormat format)
+    {
+        foreach (var f in _formats)
+        {
+            if (f == format)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     public bool Supports(PresentMode mode)
     {
         // At most four entries — a scan beats any lookup structure.
@@ -72,4 +85,24 @@ public PresentMode ChoosePresentMode(params ReadOnlySpan<PresentMode> preferred)
 
         return PresentMode.Fifo;
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The first of <paramref name="preferred"/> this surface supports, or the
+    /// surface's own preferred format (<see cref="Formats"/>[0]) when none
+    /// match. Use it to ask for a wide-gamut or high-dynamic-range format —
+    /// such as Rgba16Float — with a safe fallback, then pass the result as
+    /// <see cref="WindowSurfaceOptions.Format"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public TextureFormat ChooseFormat(params ReadOnlySpan<TextureFormat> preferred)
+    {
+        foreach (var format in preferred)
+        {
+            if (Supports(format))
+            {
+                return format;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return _formats[0];
+    }
 }

tests/Skyline.WindowedTests/Program.cs

@@ -127,6 +127,28 @@ void Check(bool condition, string what)
         Check(alphaOkGpu.Surface.PixelSize.Width > 0, "Configure accepts a supported alpha mode");
     }
 
+    // Surface format selection: report support, choose with a fallback, and
+    // reject an unsupported format with a managed error instead of a wgpu abort.
+    Check(caps.Supports(surface.Format), "the configured surface format is supported");
+    var chosenFormat = caps.ChooseFormat(TextureFormat.Rgba16float, caps.Formats[0]);
+    Check(caps.Supports(chosenFormat), "ChooseFormat returns a supported format");
+    Check(caps.ChooseFormat((TextureFormat)0x6FFFFFFF) == caps.Formats[0], "ChooseFormat falls back to the preferred format");
+
+    var unsupportedFormat = TextureFormat.R8Unorm;
+    var foundUnsupportedFormat = false;
+    foreach (var f in new[] { TextureFormat.R8Unorm, TextureFormat.RG8Unorm, TextureFormat.R16float, TextureFormat.R32float })
+    {
+        if (!caps.Supports(f)) { unsupportedFormat = f; foundUnsupportedFormat = true; break; }
+    }
+    Check(foundUnsupportedFormat && !caps.Supports(unsupportedFormat), "the surface rejects at least one single-channel format");
+    using (var fmtGpu = GpuContext.Create(win.Surface!, surfaceOptions: new WindowSurfaceOptions { Format = unsupportedFormat }))
+    {
+        var fmtThrew = false;
+        try { fmtGpu.Surface!.Configure(frame.PixelWidth, frame.PixelHeight); }
+        catch (InvalidOperationException) { fmtThrew = true; }
+        Check(fmtThrew, "Configure throws on an unsupported format");
+    }
+
     surface.PresentMode = caps.ChoosePresentMode(PresentMode.Fifo);
     Check(surface.PresentMode == PresentMode.Fifo, "PresentMode property holds the choice");
     Check(surface.Format == TextureFormat.Bgra8Unorm, "Format reflects options");