Major architecture upgrade:
- Add native render pass merging (hardware pass grouping, load/store op inference)
- Implement heap-based aliasing for textures & buffers (D3D12-style)
- Unify resource model: buffers and textures in one registry
- Extend builder API for buffer creation/usage, access flags, hints
- Improve barrier/state tracking (buffer hints, indirect argument state)
- Update caching, hashing, and debug output for new model
- Add enums/structs: AttachmentLoadOp, StoreOp, BufferHint, etc.
- D3D12 backend: support named resources, temp upload buffers, correct heap usage
- Update docs, benchmarks, and project files for new features
Brings render graph closer to AAA engine standards, enabling efficient memory usage, lower driver overhead, and a more flexible API.
Major refactor of graphics infrastructure:
- Introduce ICommandAllocator and D3D12CommandAllocator for explicit command buffer management.
- Change ICommandBuffer.Begin to require an allocator.
- Add IRenderTargetStrategy abstraction with swap chain and texture implementations.
- Update IRenderer to use RenderTargetStrategy instead of direct handle.
- Add DPI scaling support to swap chains (ScaleX/ScaleY, SetScale).
- RenderSystem now supports thread-safe swap chain resize requests.
- Remove persistent copy command buffer; use per-frame allocators.
- Make Logger public/static and clean up API visibility.
- Update .editorconfig and debug layer enablement.
These changes improve modularity, DPI-awareness, and future extensibility.
Implemented a transient render graph system as a proof of concept, including resource aliasing, pass culling, and typed pass data. Added new project `Ghost.RenderGraph.Concept` targeting `.NET 10.0`.
Refactored graphics-related components:
- Simplified resource state transitions in `RenderingContext`.
- Improved resize handling in `GraphicsTestWindow`.
- Updated `D3D12GraphicsEngine` to streamline frame rendering.
- Enhanced `D3D12ResourceDatabase` and `D3D12SwapChain` for better resource management.
Added detailed documentation:
- `ALIASING.md` explains resource aliasing techniques.
- `API_DESIGN.md` outlines the render graph API design.
Updated solution to include the new render graph project.
- Added new C# formatting rules in .editorconfig.
- Introduced `IKeyType`, `Key<T>`, and `Ptr<T>` structs.
- Updated `Result` and `Result<T>` for implicit conversions.
- Added AOT compatibility to project files.
- Introduced a `Camera` class and refactored namespaces.
- Enhanced rendering with bindless support and pipeline state management.
- Refactored `D3D12CommandBuffer` for new rendering features.
- Improved `D3D12PipelineLibrary` with disk caching methods.
- Added support for UAVs and raw buffers in `D3D12ResourceAllocator`.
- Improved shader compilation and reflection in `D3D12ShaderCompiler`.
- Refactored descriptor heap and swap chain initialization.
- Added enums and structs for rendering configurations.
- Expanded `ICommandBuffer` and `IPipelineLibrary` interfaces.
- Updated `MeshRenderPass` to align with the new pipeline.
- Consolidated namespaces and improved code maintainability.
Refactored and renamed components related to D3D12 graphics programming, replacing "descriptor" with "viewGroup" to improve resource grouping and management. Updated `D3D12CommandBuffer`, `D3D12DescriptorAllocator`, and `D3D12PipelineLibrary` to reflect these changes. Simplified material and shader creation in `D3D12ResourceAllocator`. Enhanced `D3D12ResourceDatabase` with resource naming for debugging and improved management. Refactored `Shader` and `ShaderPass` to use modern C# features and `IResourceReleasable` interface. Introduced `D3D12Utility` for centralized utility methods. Updated `Material` class for efficient buffer creation. Renamed `ShaderCompiler` to `SDLCompiler` with improved error handling. Updated `MeshRenderPass` to use new shader compilation process. Various improvements in error handling, code readability, and utility methods.
- Added D3D12ResourceFactory for creating render targets, textures, and buffers.
- Enhanced D3D12SwapChain to manage back buffer render targets and provide access to them.
- Updated D3D12Texture to utilize resource handles for better resource management.
- Removed legacy ResourceAllocator and integrated improvements for resource handling.
- Introduced new interfaces for resource factory and swap chain to streamline resource creation.
- Added support for mip levels and texture dimensions in render target and texture descriptions.
- Created new markdown files to document allocator and swap chain improvements.
