BZLZHH 34f09291da [Feat] (MG_State, MG_Backend, MG_Util): feed a 64-bit vertex attribute on DirectVulkan
glVertexAttribLFormat validated its arguments and then refused unconditionally
with "64-bit vertex attributes are not supported", so
direct_state_access.vertex_arrays_attribute_format failed every GL_DOUBLE
subcase on both backends - the format never landed, the draw fetched whatever
the attribute held before, and the captured values came back as reinterpreted
garbage.

The attribute is now real state. IsLong is its own bit rather than being
inferred from Float64, because glVertexAttribFormat(GL_DOUBLE) also reads
doubles - it just asks for them converted to float - so the type alone cannot
tell the two apart. It participates in the format comparison, so an L-format
call over a plain one still bumps the version, and glVertexAttribPointer clears
it inside the mutation block so the clear and the bump stay atomic.
GL_VERTEX_ATTRIB_ARRAY_LONG stops being hardcoded false, and the pname is now
accepted by the attribute queries at all.

Support is detected, never assumed. SupportsFloat64VertexAttributes comes from
VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::shaderFloat64 on DirectVulkan and is false on
DirectGLES - not a driver question there and never will be, since ES has no
GL_DOUBLE vertex format and ESSL has no fp64 type to consume one with. A backend
without it declines in the entry point, with the GL error and a log line naming
the reason, rather than accepting state no draw could honour. Both cases get a
DriverPost row so the loss is named at startup instead of at draw setup.

On DirectVulkan the attribute deliberately does not use VK_FORMAT_R64*_SFLOAT:
those are optional and lavapipe advertises zero features for all four of them.
It is fetched as its 32-bit word pair (R32G32_UINT / R32G32B32A32_UINT) and
bitcast back to double in the shader by a new SPIR-V pass, which is bit-exact
and needs no format capability at all. The pass re-declares the input as uvec2 /
uvec4, demotes the original variable to a Private global and seeds it once at
the top of the entry point, so every existing load keeps its id and its double
type and no other instruction is rewritten. Both halves branch on nothing but
"is this attribute long", so they cannot disagree - and if the pass ever fails,
the assertion fires rather than letting a UINT format sit under a double input.
The pointer types are all created before any variable that names them and the
demoted variable is moved after them, since the types-and-variables section may
not forward-reference a type.

dvec3/dvec4 are declined rather than fetched wrong: six or eight uint32
components have no single VkFormat, and GL spreads such an input over two
attribute locations, which the location-per-index model here does not express.

Fixes vertex_arrays_attribute_format on Magma (369/371). On Espryt it stays
failing, now as a detected and explained decline rather than a blanket refusal.
2026-08-05 08:49:23 -04:00

MobileGL

C++ GNU LGPL 3.0 Development

A desktop OpenGL implementation

MobileGL is a free and open-source project that implements a desktop OpenGL API. The goal is to provide a complete desktop OpenGL implementation with a state management layer and multi-backend support.

Note

Status: In development. Parts of the codebase are incomplete. Current short-term target: OpenGL 4.2 (Core Profile).

Project positioning

MobileGL is an implementation of a desktop OpenGL library. It aims to provide:

  • Full OpenGL state management.
  • A front-end that exposes OpenGL functions.
  • Multiple independent backend implementations, where each backend targets a specific graphics API and remains fully isolated from others.

This project is intended as an implementation/translation layer.

Key components

The repository is organized into following top-level modules:

  1. MG_State — state tracking and management logic for Graphics APIs.
  2. MG_Impl — front-end implementations of Graphics APIs that interact with MG_State and MG_Backend.
  3. MG_Backend — per-backend translation layer that maps front-end Graphics APIs' semantics and state into concrete backend API calls (e.g. OpenGL ES, Vulkan).
  4. MG_Util and other utility modules.

Third-party components

MobileGL reuses several open-source projects:

Refer to each component's repository for exact license texts. Any bundled third-party code in this repository is included under the upstream project's license.

Compatibility & target

  • Short-term target: OpenGL 4.2 (Core Profile).
  • Current development focus:
    • Performance improvement
    • MG_State and MG_Impl for OpenGL 4.2 (Core Profile)
    • Direct (Vulkan) backend
    • Direct (OpenGL ES) backend

Build Instructions

We currently provide no releases and no precompiled binaries.
If you want to try the project right now, youll need to build it yourself:

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/MobileGL-Dev/MobileGL.git
    
  2. Initialize and update all submodules recursively:

    git submodule update --init --recursive
    
  3. Follow glslangs own documentation for its required initiation.

  4. Configure and build the project with CMake:

    cmake -B build
    cmake --build build
    

    or do it in a modern way:

    cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++
    cmake --build build
    

    Alternatively, you can use platform-specific build commands as needed.

Build For macOS

On macOS, MobileGL can be built as a dylib that exposes the normal OpenGL/CGL/NSOpenGL entry points and routes them to the DirectVulkan backend. This is useful for running applications such as Minecraft through their stock GLFW/LWJGL OpenGL path while MobileGL is injected before context creation.

Prerequisites:

  • macOS with Clang and Ninja.
  • Vulkan loader and MoltenVK installed. With Homebrew, the MoltenVK ICD is commonly located at /opt/homebrew/etc/vulkan/icd.d/MoltenVK_icd.json.

Configure and build:

cmake -S . -B build-macos-magma \
  -G Ninja \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
  -DMOBILEGL_BACKEND_TYPE=DirectVulkan \
  -DMOBILEGL_BUILD_TEST=OFF \
  -DMOBILEGL_BUILD_BENCHMARK=OFF

cmake --build build-macos-magma --target MobileGL -j8

The dylib will be generated at:

build-macos-magma/libMobileGL.dylib

To run Minecraft by MobileGL from a launcher like PrismLauncher, keep the stock LWJGL/GLFW natives and add a wrapper command to the instance settings:

env DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=/absolute/path/to/MobileGL/build-macos-magma/libMobileGL.dylib MOBILEGL_BACKEND_TYPE=DirectVulkan VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/opt/homebrew/etc/vulkan/icd.d/MoltenVK_icd.json

Also make sure the JVM arguments include:

-XstartOnFirstThread

DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES must be active before GLFW creates its OpenGL context. After startup, the Minecraft F3 screen should report MobileGL and the Direct (Vulkan) backend if the injection worked.

Build Options

Option Description Default
MOBILEGL_BUILD_TEST Build MobileGL tests (requires Clang) ON
MOBILEGL_BUILD_BENCHMARK Build MobileGL benchmarks (requires Clang) ON
MOBILEGL_FORCE_RELEASE_OPT Enable O3 and LTO in Debug build ON
MOBILEGL_ENABLE_TRACY Enable Tracy profiler for performance analysis OFF

Notes:

  • The project requires C++23.
  • MG_Test and MG_Benchmark can only be built with Clang, not GCC. To enforce Clang, add -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ to your command.
  • On Android, tests and benchmarks are always disabled.

Environment Variables

MobileGL supports runtime configuration via environment variables.

Supported Keys

Variable Description Allowed Values Default
MOBILEGL_BACKEND_TYPE Select active backend implementation at startup. DirectGLES, DirectVulkan DirectGLES
MOBILEGL_DISABLE_TIMERQUERY Disable GPU timer-query exposure and use. 0, 1 0
MOBILEGL_USE_ANGLE Load ANGLE EGL/GLES libraries. 0, 1 0
MOBILEGL_DISABLE_SUBGROUP Disable Vulkan shader subgroup support. 0, 1 0
MOBILEGL_MAGMA_R11G11B10F_FALLBACK Use Magma's R11G11B10F format fallback. 0, 1 0
MOBILEGL_MAGMA_FRAMESINFLIGHT Set Magma frames in flight. Integer 164 3
MOBILEGL_AVOID_SAMPLER_MIPMAP_MIN_FILTER Avoid sampler mipmap minification filters. 0, 1 0
MOBILEGL_COHERENT_AS_FLUSH Treat persistent GL_MAP_FLUSH_EXPLICIT_BIT maps as coherent (app-compat for engines like Flywheel that never flush them). 0, 1 0
VK_ICD_FILENAMES Select the Vulkan ICD used by the Vulkan loader. Path to an ICD JSON file Loader default

License

This project is distributed under GNU LGPL v3.0. See the LICENSE file in the repository for detailed information.

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