Optick is a super-lightweight C++ profiler for Games.
It provides access for all the necessary tools required for efficient performance analysis and optimization:
instrumentation, switch-contexts, sampling, GPU counters.
| Windows | Linux | MacOS |
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| Features | Windows | Linux | MacOS | XBox | PS4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instrumentation | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Switch Contexts | ✔️ ETW | ✔️ FTrace | ✔️ DTrace | ✔️ | ❔ |
| Sampling | ✔️ ETW | ⏳ | ⏳ | ❔ | ❔ |
| GPU | ✔️ D3D12, Vulkan | ✔️ Vulkan | ✔️ Vulkan |
✔️ - works out of the box, ⏳ - in progress, ❔ - will be available soon for the certified developers
- Copy 'src' folder from the repository or latest release to your game project
- Add
OPTICK_FRAME("MainThread");macro to the main loop of your game and#include "optick.h"header
#include "optick.h"
...
while( true )
{
OPTICK_FRAME("MainThread");
engine.Update();
}- Use
OPTICK_EVENT();macro to instrument a function
void SlowFunction()
{
OPTICK_EVENT();
...
}- Edit
optick.config.hto enable/disable some of the features in specific configs or platforms.
(e.g. disabling Optick in final builds)
All the available API calls are documented here:
https://github.com/bombomby/optick/wiki/Optick-API
Run generate_projects.gpu.bat from the root folder to generate project files.
Open solution build\vs2017\Optick.sln with samples.
| WindowsD3D12 | WindowsVulkan | ConsoleApp |
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| DirectX12 multithreading sample with Optick integration | SaschaWillems's vulkan multithreading sample with Optick integration | Basic ConsoleApp with Optick integration (Windows, Linux, MacOS) |
You can find a short instruction here:
https://github.com/bombomby/optick/wiki/How-to-start%3F-(Programmers-Setup)