DadSchoorse/vkBasalt v0.3.0

Version 0.3.0 Frog Bath Salt

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New Features

• vkBasalt can now use a big number of reshade fx shaders, please read the README for more infos
• FXAA quality has been improved by always applying the changes in the sRGB color space
• VK_KHR_swapchain_mutable_format is now used for sRGB <-> UNORM format conversion if available
• Vulkan 1.0 applications are now getting promoted to Vulkan 1.1 to increase compatibility with newer features

Setup

• GCC 9 or higher is now required to build vkBasalt
• the config file doesn't get overwritten by updating/reinstalling vkBasalt anymore
• the config file can now be located in ~/.config
• Vulkan 1.1 is now required

Bug Fixes

• broken behavior caused by the application requesting the swapchain images more than once has been fixed → improved compatibility with mesa overlay and mango hud
• lut effect no longer leaks memory
• swapchain recreation no longer leaks memory

Misc

• added FAQ section to the README, please read it!

Acknowledgements

• @crosire for creating ReShade and helping me with the shader compiler
• VKx discord for helping me with testing and finding driver bugs
• mesa devs for implementing VK_KHR_swapchain_mutable_format in mesa 20 after my request