Error when trying to run samples

[cmousikos]

Hi, i am experiencing a problem when i try to run samples. The error i get is in the assets. It says that it fails to open file assets/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf. I tried include_directories("./assets") at the CMakeLists.txt of the vulkan-sample project, but still the error occurs. Here is a printscreen of the error i get. Do you have any idea of how i can overcome this?

[SaschaWillems]

Did you clone the repo with submodules as noted under https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Samples#setup?

[cmousikos]

Yes of course, and i can see the assets folder. I followed the instructions, carefully, step by step.

[gpx1000]

With submodules, you could see a blank folder if git doesn't correctly pull down the entire submodule. To test that, make certain you can see assets/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf If you see a blank folder, then you need to ensure that the submodules are getting updated. Something similar to git submodule --init --recursive update should do it. However, that knowledge is documented https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Samples#setup Which might be the better way of doing it.

[cmousikos]

I can see them, i executed the following command : git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Samples.git

[gpx1000]

Then the next thing that it could be. Do you notice how the console error line has a relative path? (i.e. it starts with assets/fonts). Are you running the program from the top level directory? If it's getting built to a subdirectory than that path isn't correct. Basically you need the working directory to be Vulkan-Samples, so if you run it from there then those paths should resolve.

[cmousikos]

Thank you, it worked! i was running the vulkan_samples from Vulkan-Samples\build\windows\app\bin\Release\AMD64