VkPipelineSampleLocationsStateCreateInfoEXT(3)

# VkPipelineSampleLocationsStateCreateInfoEXT(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPipelineSampleLocationsStateCreateInfoEXT - Structure specifying sample locations for a pipeline

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## C Specification

Applications can also control the sample locations used for rasterization.

If the `pNext` chain of the VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo structure specified at pipeline creation time includes a `VkPipelineSampleLocationsStateCreateInfoEXT` structure, then that structure controls the sample locations used when rasterizing primitives with the pipeline.

The `VkPipelineSampleLocationsStateCreateInfoEXT` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_sample_locations
    typedef struct VkPipelineSampleLocationsStateCreateInfoEXT {
        VkStructureType             sType;
        const void*                 pNext;
        VkBool32                    sampleLocationsEnable;
        VkSampleLocationsInfoEXT    sampleLocationsInfo;
    } VkPipelineSampleLocationsStateCreateInfoEXT;

## Members

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `sampleLocationsEnable` controls whether custom sample locations are used. If `sampleLocationsEnable` is VK_FALSE, the default sample locations are used and the values specified in `sampleLocationsInfo` are ignored.

- `sampleLocationsInfo` is the sample locations to use during rasterization if `sampleLocationsEnable` is VK_TRUE and the graphics pipeline is not created with VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_SAMPLE_LOCATIONS_EXT.

## Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPipelineSampleLocationsStateCreateInfoEXT-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_SAMPLE_LOCATIONS_STATE_CREATE_INFO_EXT

- VUID-VkPipelineSampleLocationsStateCreateInfoEXT-sampleLocationsInfo-parameter
  `sampleLocationsInfo` must be a valid VkSampleLocationsInfoEXT structure

Structure Chaining

Extends the structure

  - VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo

## See Also

VK_EXT_sample_locations, VkBool32, VkSampleLocationsInfoEXT, VkStructureType

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0