Move VulkanRenderDriver::_pick_device to RenderDevice::choose_device

engine/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ set(ENGINE_SRC
 	core/debug.cpp
 	drivers/vulkan/render_driver.cpp
 	render/renderer.cpp
+	render/render_device.cpp
 )
 
 list(TRANSFORM ENGINE_SRC PREPEND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/)

engine/include/nova/render/render_device.h

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 #include <nova/types.h>
 
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
 
 namespace Nova {
-	struct NOVA_API RenderDevice {
+	struct RenderDevice {
 		static constexpr u32 AUTO = static_cast<u32>(-1);
 		enum class Vendor { UNKNOWN = 0, INTEL = 0x8086, AMD = 0x1002, NVIDIA = 0x10de };
 		enum class Type { OTHER = 0, INTEGRATED = 1, DISCRETE = 2, VIRTUAL = 3, CPU = 4 };
@@ -22,5 +23,7 @@ namespace Nova {
 		Type type;
 		u32 deviceID;
 		void* handle;
+
+		NOVA_API static u32 choose_device(const std::vector<RenderDevice>& devices);
 	};
 } // namespace Nova

engine/src/drivers/vulkan/render_driver.cpp

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void VulkanRenderDriver::create_device(u32 index) {
 	NOVA_ASSERT(!m_device);
 
 	if (index == RenderDevice::AUTO) {
-		index = _pick_device();
+		index = RenderDevice::choose_device(m_devices);
 	} else {
 		NOVA_ASSERT(index < m_devices.size());
 	}
@@ -241,39 +241,6 @@ void VulkanRenderDriver::_init_hardware() {
 	}
 }
 
-u32 VulkanRenderDriver::_pick_device() const {
-	NOVA_AUTO_TRACE();
-
-	u32 best_index = 0;
-	u32 best_score = 0;
-
-	for (u32 i = 0; i < m_devices.size(); i++) {
-		u32 score = 0;
-		switch (m_devices[i].type) {
-			case RenderDevice::Type::DISCRETE:
-				score += 4;
-				break;
-			case RenderDevice::Type::INTEGRATED:
-				score += 3;
-				break;
-			case RenderDevice::Type::VIRTUAL:
-				score += 2;
-				break;
-			case RenderDevice::Type::CPU:
-				score += 1;
-				break;
-			default:
-				break;
-		}
-		if (score > best_score) {
-			best_index = i;
-			best_score = score;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return best_index;
-}
-
 void VulkanRenderDriver::_check_device_extensions() {
 	NOVA_AUTO_TRACE();
 

engine/src/drivers/vulkan/render_driver.h

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ namespace Nova {
 		void _init_instance();
 		void _init_hardware();
 
-		u32 _pick_device() const;
 		void _check_device_extensions();
 		void _check_device_features();
 		void _init_queues(std::vector<VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo>& queues) const;

engine/src/render/render_device.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2025, Jayden Grubb <contact@jaydengrubb.com>
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <nova/core/debug.h>
+#include <nova/render/render_device.h>
+
+using namespace Nova;
+
+u32 RenderDevice::choose_device(const std::vector<RenderDevice>& devices) {
+	NOVA_AUTO_TRACE();
+
+	u32 best_index = 0;
+	u32 best_score = 0;
+
+	for (u32 i = 0; i < devices.size(); i++) {
+		u32 score = 0;
+		switch (devices[i].type) {
+			case Type::DISCRETE:
+				score += 4;
+				break;
+			case Type::INTEGRATED:
+				score += 3;
+				break;
+			case Type::VIRTUAL:
+				score += 2;
+				break;
+			case Type::CPU:
+				score += 1;
+				break;
+			default:
+				break;
+		}
+		if (score > best_score) {
+			best_index = i;
+			best_score = score;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return best_index;
+}