Hello,

I am trying to setup vulkan in F# with Silk.Net. So far everything works as expect but somehow I am not able to setup a debug messenger.
Maybe you have a idea on how to fix it or which vulkan sdk should work. Here is my code line which fails:

debugUtils.CreateDebugUtilsMessenger(state.instance, &createInfo, NativeInterop.NativePtr.nullPtr, &state.debugMessenger)

Full Error output:

Starting demo application. loading window... Yes, we have validation Layer support!!! Unhandled exception. Silk.NET.Core.Loader.SymbolLoadingException: Native symbol not found (Symbol: vkCreateDebugUtilsMessengerEXT) at Silk.NET.Core.Contexts.LamdaNativeContext.<GetProcAddress>g__Throw|4_0(String proc) at Silk.NET.Core.Contexts.LamdaNativeContext.GetProcAddress(String proc, Nullable1 slot)
at Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.EXT.ExtDebugUtils._B.get__KJM()
at Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.EXT.ExtDebugUtils.CreateDebugUtilsMessenger(Instance instance, DebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT& pCreateInfo, AllocationCallbacks* pAllocator, DebugUtilsMessengerEXT& pMessenger)
at VulkanStuff.VulkanModule.setupDebugMessenger(VulkanState state) in C:...\VulkanSetup-IntoFunctional\refactored.fs:line 265

The vulkan instance created without a problem. I can also pick a phyiscal device and create the logical device without a problem.

Vulkan setup as:

Executable Info

Exe Directory | C:/VulkanSDK/1.3.250.1/Bin
Current Directory | C:/Users/
App Version | Version 1.3
Vulkan API Version | 1.3.250
Byte Format | 64-bit

Vulkan Runtimes

Runtimes In Registry | SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Uninstall |  
  | [0] | 1.0.65.1 [Install Count = 1]
Runtimes in System Folder | C:/WINDOWS/system32/ |  
DLL 0 | vulkan-1-1-0-65-1.dll | Version 1.0.65.1.
DLL 1 | vulkan-1-999-0-0-0.dll | Version 1.3.241.0.
DLL 2 | vulkan-1.dll | Version 1.3.241.0.
Runtime Used by App | C:/Windows/System32/vulkan-1.dll | 1.3.241.0.

EDIT:
Theseare my used packages.
"Silk.NET.Core" Version="2.18.0"
"Silk.NET.GLFW" Version="2.18.0"
"Silk.NET.Input" Version="2.18.0"
"Silk.NET.Input.Glfw" Version="2.18.0"
"Silk.NET.Maths" Version="2.18.0"
"Silk.NET.Vulkan" Version="2.18.0"
"Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.EXT" Version="2.18.0"
"Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.KHR" Version="2.18.0"
"Silk.NET.Windowing" Version="2.18.0"
"Silk.NET.Windowing.Glfw" Version="2.18.0"

vulkaninfoSDK

VULKANINFO

Vulkan Instance Version: 1.3.241

Instance Extensions: count = 15

    VK_EXT_debug_report                    : extension revision 10
    VK_EXT_debug_utils                     : extension revision 2
    VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace            : extension revision 4
    VK_KHR_device_group_creation           : extension revision 1
    VK_KHR_external_fence_capabilities     : extension revision 1
    VK_KHR_external_memory_capabilities    : extension revision 1
    VK_KHR_external_semaphore_capabilities : extension revision 1
    VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2 : extension revision 2
    VK_KHR_get_surface_capabilities2       : extension revision 1
    VK_KHR_portability_enumeration         : extension revision 1
    VK_KHR_surface                         : extension revision 25
    VK_KHR_surface_protected_capabilities  : extension revision 1
    VK_KHR_win32_surface                   : extension revision 6
    VK_LUNARG_direct_driver_loading        : extension revision 1
    VK_NV_external_memory_capabilities     : extension revision 1

Layers: count = 15

PS:
I just rebuild the c++ version from vulkan-tutorial c++

        let setupDebugMessenger (state: VulkanState): InitResult<VulkanState> = // (debugMessenger: DebugUtilsMessengerEXT byref) 
            match state.enableValidationLayers with
            | true ->

                let mutable createInfo = createPopulateDebugMessengerCreateInfo

                let mutable debugUtils: ExtDebugUtils = Unchecked.defaultof<ExtDebugUtils>
                let mutable debugMessenger: DebugUtilsMessengerEXT = Unchecked.defaultof<DebugUtilsMessengerEXT>

                match (optionValueVkFromVulkanState state).TryGetInstanceExtension(state.instance, &debugUtils) with
                    | true ->   match debugUtils.CreateDebugUtilsMessenger(state.instance, &createInfo, NativeInterop.NativePtr.nullPtr, &state.debugMessenger) with
                                | Result.Success ->  Success { state with debugMessenger = debugMessenger }
                                | _ ->  Failure "Failed to set up debug messenger - couldn't create CreateDebugUtilsMessenger!"
                    | false -> Failure "Failed to set up debug messenger - couldnt get debugUtils extension!"
                    
            | false -> Success state // nothing to do

At this moment the samples crashed on m1, but original examples from VulkanSDK with MoltenVK are work fine

Hey!
What about a sample framework?

The CreateGraphicsPipeline() function is empty in Source/08_GraphicsPipeline/Program.cs, is that a typo?

Currently the build failes when the $(VulkanBinPath) contains a space (CMD failed with 9009 exit code),
Sourouning it with quotes will fix the issue.

Best Regards.

Hello @dfkeenan,

I hope this message finds you well. I'm interested in contributing to your repository. However, I noticed it doesn't have an open-source license.

Could you please consider adding an open-source license to the repository? This would clarify the terms for contributions and usage.

Thank you!

Best regards,
Ripwin