VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoNV

The VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoNV structure is defined as:

typedef struct VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoNV {
    VkStructureType sType;
    const void* pNext;
    VkPipelineCreateFlags flags;
    uint32_t stageCount;
    const VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo* pStages;
    uint32_t groupCount;
    const VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoNV* pGroups;
    uint32_t maxRecursionDepth;
    VkPipelineLayout layout;
    VkPipeline basePipelineHandle;
    int32_t basePipelineIndex;
} VkRayTracingPipelineCreateInfoNV;

• sType is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.
• pNext is NULL or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.
• flags is a bitmask of VkPipelineCreateFlagBits specifying how the pipeline will be generated.
• stageCount is the number of entries in the pStages array.
• pStages is a pointer to an array of VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo structures specifying the set of the shader stages to be included in the ray tracing pipeline.
• groupCount is the number of entries in the pGroups array.
• pGroups is a pointer to an array of VkRayTracingShaderGroupCreateInfoNV structures describing the set of the shader stages to be included in each shader group in the ray tracing pipeline.
• maxRecursionDepth is the maximum recursion depth of shaders executed by this pipeline.
• layout is the description of binding locations used by both the pipeline and descriptor sets used with the pipeline.
• basePipelineHandle is a pipeline to derive from.
• basePipelineIndex is an index into the pCreateInfos parameter to use as a pipeline to derive from.

The parameters basePipelineHandle and basePipelineIndex are described in more detail in Pipeline Derivatives.

If the pNext chain includes a VkPipelineCreateFlags2CreateInfo structure, VkPipelineCreateFlags2CreateInfo::flags from that structure is used instead of flags from this structure.