Why there is no Vulkan support for MacOS in SFML 3.0?

[MHDtA-dev]

I looked into the source code of the Window module for OS X and I didn't find a Vulkan implementation file there. I think everyone knows about the existence of MoltenVK, why not implement Vulkan functionality for macOS and iOS? This will significantly increase the library's performance on Apple platforms.

[Bambo-Borris]

SFML doesn't use Vulkan as a backend, it still uses OpenGL. The Vulkan code you see is examples of using SFML just for windowing, and writing your own Vulkan rendering code. Also SFML3 is still in development, and since there's still 2.6 to release before SFML3 can be released there's still time to add things in to 3.

[MHDtA-dev]

Ok. I would like to see the possibility of creating a Vulkan window for
macOS.

P.S. Apparently I inattentively read the roadmap(https://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=24372.0), seeing there "Setup for multiple rendering backends"

[ChrisThrasher]

It would be nice to have but the work to get there will be significant so don't expect it to happen in the near future.

[eXpl0it3r]

Re-implementing a renderer isn't a trivial task, doing so for Vulkan is an even bigger task. It's inevitable that Vulkan support will come, as it essentially superseded OpenGL, but the path there is undefined and will take a while.

See also on going discussions here: #2423