VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable(3)

# VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable - device extension

## Registered Extension Number

103

## Revision

1

## Ratification Status

Ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2
or
Vulkan Version 1.1

## Special Use

- D3D support

## Contact

- Piers Daniell [GitHub]pdaniell-nv

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2018-12-20

Contributors

  - Daniel Rakos, AMD

  - Henri Verbeet, CodeWeavers

  - Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA

  - Philip Rebohle, DXVK

  - Tobias Hector, AMD

## Description

This extension allows the depth clipping operation, that is normally implicitly controlled by VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo::`depthClampEnable`, to instead be controlled explicitly by VkPipelineRasterizationDepthClipStateCreateInfoEXT::`depthClipEnable`.

This is useful for translating DX content which assumes depth clamping is always enabled, but depth clip can be controlled by the DepthClipEnable rasterization state (D3D12_RASTERIZER_DESC).

## New Structures

- Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:

  - VkPhysicalDeviceDepthClipEnableFeaturesEXT

- Extending VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo:

  - VkPipelineRasterizationDepthClipStateCreateInfoEXT

## New Bitmasks

- VkPipelineRasterizationDepthClipStateCreateFlagsEXT

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_EXT_DEPTH_CLIP_ENABLE_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_EXT_DEPTH_CLIP_ENABLE_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DEPTH_CLIP_ENABLE_FEATURES_EXT

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_RASTERIZATION_DEPTH_CLIP_STATE_CREATE_INFO_EXT

## Version History

- Revision 1, 2018-12-20 (Piers Daniell)

  - Internal revisions

## See Also

No cross-references are available

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

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## Copyright

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