video_core/vulkan: Added `VkPipelineCache` to store Vulkan pipelines

As an optional feature which can be enabled in the advanced graphics configuration, all pipelines that get built at the initial shader loading are stored in a VkPipelineCache object and are dumped to the disk.

These vendor specific pipeline cache files are located at `/shader/GAME_ID/vulkan_pipelines.bin`. This feature was mainly added because of an issue with the AMD driver (see yuzu-emu#8507) causing invalidation of the cache files the driver builds automatically.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/yuzu_cmd/config.cpp b/src/yuzu_cmd/config.cpp
index 1e45e57bc..b2d690bb6 100644
--- a/src/yuzu_cmd/config.cpp
+++ b/src/yuzu_cmd/config.cpp
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ void Config::ReadValues() {
     ReadSetting("Renderer", Settings::values.accelerate_astc);
     ReadSetting("Renderer", Settings::values.use_fast_gpu_time);
     ReadSetting("Renderer", Settings::values.use_pessimistic_flushes);
+    ReadSetting("Renderer", Settings::values.use_vulkan_driver_pipeline_cache);
 
     ReadSetting("Renderer", Settings::values.bg_red);
     ReadSetting("Renderer", Settings::values.bg_green);
diff --git a/src/yuzu_cmd/default_ini.h b/src/yuzu_cmd/default_ini.h
index 6fcf04e1b..7f8c8af0c 100644
--- a/src/yuzu_cmd/default_ini.h
+++ b/src/yuzu_cmd/default_ini.h
@@ -350,6 +350,10 @@ use_fast_gpu_time =
 # 0: Off (default), 1: On
 use_pessimistic_flushes =
 
+# Enables storing a cache file for Vulkan pipelines, which can significantly improve shader load time.
+# 0: Off (default), 1: On
+use_vulkan_driver_pipeline_cache =
+
 # Whether to use garbage collection or not for GPU caches.
 # 0 (default): Off, 1: On
 use_caches_gc =