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[[File:Vulkan logo.png|thumb|Vulkan logo]]'''Vulkan''' is a modern graphics API released in 2016 that allows developers to take greater control over what the player sees, and greatly affects performance.<ref name=":0">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV9_chUpDgc CitizenCon 2951: Gen 12 & The Multicore of Vulkan], Star Citizen, YouTube, 9 october 2021</ref> It is an alternative to DirectX.<br />
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It sits between the render engine and the graphics card driver, allowing the developer a fine grained control over what they develop. It also gives flexibility for cross-platform, including [[StarCitizen:Linux]] as it is an open standard API, contrary to Microsoft proprietary.<br />
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The design of Vulkan allows to alleviate some CPU bottlenecks by submitting work in parallel to the GPU.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/50259/thread/a-couple-of-questions-about-the-vulkan-api/3300192|text=If the conversion works, there'll be no visual difference at all and the performance will be better (in cases where the CPU graphics workload was the limiting factor)|accessdate=August 11th 2020}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> <br />
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A graphic API is a tool that interfaces between the players graphics card and the developers.<br />
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Vulkan has many features that [[StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium|Cloud Imperium Games]] will be exploring in the future, such as variable rate shading, boundless resources and GPU accelerated [[StarCitizen:ray tracing]]. Vulkan can also help collect live hardware data on a large scale that can be used to target specific features and extensions.<br />
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Vulkan was a requirement in order to use [[StarCitizen:DLSS]].<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/50259/thread/dlss3/5378017|text=We are very interested in DLSS, but as already said many times we need Vulkan first.|accessdate=September 20th 2022}}</ref> Its implementation has been worked on in parallel with the development of [[StarCitizen:Gen12]].<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/50259/thread/dlss3/5378547|text=It's been in development in parallel along Gen12.<br />
It is to be expected that it won't take long to have a first Vulkan version running once Gen12 is complete.|accessdate=September 20th 2022}}</ref> Its implementation is also a requirement before [[StarCitizen:Virtual reality|VR]] can be implemented, including due to its VR dedicated extension.<ref>[https://youtu.be/eSxDQx0AFXs?feature=shared Star Citizen VR QnA Session with Silvan from CIG], Chachi Sanchez, Youtube, 19 December 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXNGpg6ZfD0&t=2806s Star Citizen: Reverse the Verse LIVE - All About Alpha 3.5]. Star Citizen, Youtube, 29 mars 2019</ref><br />
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==External Links==<br />
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*[https://www.vulkan.org/ Vulkan]<br />
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