diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2656049..7047ef8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 	url = git@git.madvoxel.net:OpenVulkano/OpenVulkano.wiki.git
 [submodule "cmake/cmake-checks-cache"]
 	path = cmake/cmake-checks-cache
-	url = https://github.com/cristianadam/cmake-checks-cache.git
+	url = https://git.madvoxel.net/Mirrors/cmake-checks-cache
diff --git a/3rdParty/assimp/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdParty/assimp/CMakeLists.txt
index 782c75b..bad2bad 100644
--- a/3rdParty/assimp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdParty/assimp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if (NOT IOS)
 endif ()
 if (assimp_FOUND OR ASSIMP_FOUND)
     message("Using system assimp")
-elseif (ENABLE_ASSIMP)
+elseif (ENABLE_ASSIMP AND NOT assimp_BUILT)
     message("Building assimp from sources")
     if(NOT DEFINED ASSIMP_REPO)
         set(ASSIMP_REPO https://github.com/assimp/assimp.git)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a82edd..ef70745 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28 FATAL_ERROR)
 
+if (EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_checks_cache.txt")
+    FILE(REMOVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_checks_cache.txt")
+endif()
+
 if ("${PLATFORM}" STREQUAL "OS64" OR "${PLATFORM}" STREQUAL "OS64COMBINED")
     set(ENABLE_ARC OFF)
     set(DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "14.0")
diff --git a/cmake/cmake-checks-cache b/cmake/cmake-checks-cache
index fa345a9..c7f0636 160000
--- a/cmake/cmake-checks-cache
+++ b/cmake/cmake-checks-cache
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit fa345a9dbdf7dc4a6b27d6b6e5113ab38d0b9db9
+Subproject commit c7f06360268dbaa047bf4beaaf967e18b1022789
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Math/Float16.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Math/Float16.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d013a16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Math/Float16.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,287 @@
+/*
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#ifndef __is_identifier
+#define __is_identifier(x) 1  // Compatibility with non-clang compilers.
+#endif
+
+#define __has_keyword(__x) !(__is_identifier(__x))
+
+// map a half float type, if available, to float16
+#if __has_keyword(_Float16)
+	typedef _Float16    float16;
+#elif __has_keyword(__fp16)
+	typedef __fp16      float16;
+#else
+
+class float16
+{
+	uint16_t m_data;
+
+	union IEEE_FP16
+	{
+		uint16_t data;
+		struct
+		{
+			uint16_t mantissa : 10;
+			uint16_t exponent : 5;
+			uint16_t sign     : 1;
+		} IEEE;
+	};
+
+	// Helper for conversion
+	union IEEE_FP32
+	{
+		float Float;
+		struct
+		{
+			uint32_t mantissa : 23;
+			uint32_t exponent : 8;
+			uint32_t sign     : 1;
+		} IEEE;
+	};
+
+	static constexpr uint16_t float2half(float value)
+	{
+		IEEE_FP32 f;
+		f.Float = value;
+
+		IEEE_FP16 fp16;
+		fp16.IEEE.sign = f.IEEE.sign;
+
+		if ( !f.IEEE.exponent)
+		{
+			fp16.IEEE.mantissa = 0;
+			fp16.IEEE.exponent = 0;
+		}
+		else if (f.IEEE.exponent==0xff)
+		{
+			// NaN or INF
+			fp16.IEEE.mantissa = (f.IEEE.mantissa!=0) ? 1 : 0;
+			fp16.IEEE.exponent = 31;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// regular number
+			int new_exp = f.IEEE.exponent-127;
+
+			if (new_exp<-24)
+			{ // this maps to 0
+				fp16.IEEE.mantissa = 0;
+				fp16.IEEE.exponent = 0;
+			}
+
+			else if (new_exp < -14)
+			{
+				// this maps to a denorm
+				fp16.IEEE.exponent = 0;
+				unsigned int exp_val = (unsigned int) (-14 - new_exp);  // 2^-exp_val
+				switch (exp_val)
+				{
+					case 0:
+						fp16.IEEE.mantissa = 0;
+						break;
+					case 1: fp16.IEEE.mantissa = 512 + (f.IEEE.mantissa>>14); break;
+					case 2: fp16.IEEE.mantissa = 256 + (f.IEEE.mantissa>>15); break;
+					case 3: fp16.IEEE.mantissa = 128 + (f.IEEE.mantissa>>16); break;
+					case 4: fp16.IEEE.mantissa = 64 + (f.IEEE.mantissa>>17); break;
+					case 5: fp16.IEEE.mantissa = 32 + (f.IEEE.mantissa>>18); break;
+					case 6: fp16.IEEE.mantissa = 16 + (f.IEEE.mantissa>>19); break;
+					case 7: fp16.IEEE.mantissa = 8 + (f.IEEE.mantissa>>20); break;
+					case 8: fp16.IEEE.mantissa = 4 + (f.IEEE.mantissa>>21); break;
+					case 9: fp16.IEEE.mantissa = 2 + (f.IEEE.mantissa>>22); break;
+					case 10: fp16.IEEE.mantissa = 1; break;
+				}
+			}
+			else if (new_exp>15)
+			{ // map this value to infinity
+				fp16.IEEE.mantissa = 0;
+				fp16.IEEE.exponent = 31;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				fp16.IEEE.exponent = new_exp+15;
+				fp16.IEEE.mantissa = (f.IEEE.mantissa >> 13);
+			}
+		}
+		return fp16.data;
+	}
+
+public:
+	constexpr float16() : m_data(0) {}
+
+	constexpr float16(const float16&) = default;
+
+	constexpr float16(float16&&) = default;
+
+	template<typename T, std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible_v<T, float>, bool> = true>
+	constexpr float16(const T& other) : m_data(float2half(static_cast<float>(other))) {}
+
+	constexpr float16(uint16_t mantissa, uint16_t exponent, uint16_t sign)
+	{
+		IEEE_FP16 fp16;
+		fp16.IEEE.mantissa = mantissa;
+		fp16.IEEE.exponent = exponent;
+		fp16.IEEE.sign = sign;
+		m_data = fp16.data;
+	}
+
+	//region operators
+	// Operator +=, -=, *=, /= and +, -, *, /
+	#define BINARY_ARITHMETIC_OPERATOR(OP)                                                     \
+		template<typename T, std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible_v<T, float>, bool> = true>   \
+		constexpr float16& operator OP##=(const T& rhs) {                                                \
+			return *this = operator float() OP static_cast<float>(rhs);                        \
+		}                                                                                      \
+		template<typename T, std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible_v<T, float>, bool> = true>   \
+		[[nodiscard]] constexpr float16 operator OP(const T& rhs) const {                                      \
+			return { operator float() OP static_cast<T>(rhs) };                               \
+		}
+
+	BINARY_ARITHMETIC_OPERATOR(+)
+	BINARY_ARITHMETIC_OPERATOR(-)
+	BINARY_ARITHMETIC_OPERATOR(*)
+	BINARY_ARITHMETIC_OPERATOR(/)
+
+	#undef BINARY_ARITHMETIC_OPERATOR
+
+	// Operator ++, --
+	constexpr float16& operator++()
+	{
+		return *this += 1;
+	}
+
+	constexpr float16 operator++(int)
+	{
+		float16 ret(*this);
+		operator++();
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	constexpr float16& operator--()
+	{
+		return *this -= 1;
+	}
+
+	constexpr float16 operator--(int)
+	{
+		float16 ret(*this);
+		operator--();
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	template<typename T, std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible_v<T, float>, bool> = true>
+	constexpr float16& operator=(const T& rhs)
+	{
+		m_data = float2half(rhs);
+		return *this;
+	}
+
+	template<typename T, std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible_v<T, float>, bool> = true>
+	[[nodiscard]] constexpr auto operator<=>(const T& other) const { return operator float() <=> static_cast<float>(other); }
+	//endregion
+
+	// Operator float
+	[[nodiscard]] constexpr operator float() const
+	{
+		IEEE_FP32 fp32;
+		IEEE_FP16 fp16;
+		fp16.data = m_data;
+		fp32.IEEE.sign = fp16.IEEE.sign;
+
+		if (!fp16.IEEE.exponent)
+		{
+			if (!fp16.IEEE.mantissa)
+			{
+				fp32.IEEE.mantissa = 0;
+				fp32.IEEE.exponent = 0;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				const float half_denorm = 1.0f / 16384.0f;
+				float mantissa = static_cast<float>(fp16.IEEE.mantissa) / 1024.0f;
+				float sgn = (fp16.IEEE.sign) ? -1.0f : 1.0f;
+				fp32.Float = sgn * mantissa * half_denorm;
+			}
+		}
+		else if (31 == fp16.IEEE.exponent)
+		{
+			fp32.IEEE.exponent = 0xff;
+			fp32.IEEE.mantissa = (fp16.IEEE.mantissa != 0) ? 1 : 0;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			fp32.IEEE.exponent = fp16.IEEE.exponent + 112;
+			fp32.IEEE.mantissa = fp16.IEEE.mantissa << 13;
+		}
+		return fp32.Float;
+	}
+
+	template<typename Key> friend
+	struct std::hash;
+};
+
+namespace std
+{
+	template<>
+	struct hash<float16>
+	{
+		std::size_t operator()(const float16& key) const
+		{
+			return hash<uint16_t>()(key.m_data);
+		}
+	};
+
+	template <>
+	class numeric_limits<float16>
+	{
+	public:
+		// General -- meaningful for all specializations.
+		static const bool is_specialized = true;
+		static float16 min() { return float16(0, 1, 0); }
+		static float16 max() { return float16(~0, 30, 0); }
+		static const int radix = 2;
+		static const int digits = 10;   // conservative assumption
+		static const int digits10 = 2;  // conservative assumption
+		static const bool is_signed		= true;
+		static const bool is_integer	= true;
+		static const bool is_exact		= false;
+		static const bool traps			= false;
+		static const bool is_modulo		= false;
+		static const bool is_bounded	= true;
+
+		// Floating point specific.
+
+		static float16 epsilon() { return float16(0.00097656f); } // from OpenEXR, needs to be confirmed
+		static float16 round_error() { return float16(0.00097656f/2); }
+		static const int min_exponent10 = -9;
+		static const int max_exponent10 = 9;
+		static const int min_exponent   = -15;
+		static const int max_exponent   = 15;
+
+		static const bool has_infinity			= true;
+		static const bool has_quiet_NaN			= true;
+		static const bool has_signaling_NaN		= true;
+		static const bool is_iec559				= false;
+		static const bool has_denorm			= denorm_present;
+		static const bool tinyness_before		= false;
+		static const float_round_style round_style = round_to_nearest;
+
+		static float16 denorm_min() { return float16(1, 0, 1); }
+		static float16 infinity() { return float16(0, 31, 0); }
+		static float16 quiet_NaN() { return float16(1, 31, 0); }
+		static float16 signaling_NaN () { return float16(1, 31, 0); }
+	};
+}
+
+#endif
+#undef __has_keyword
+
+
+typedef float16 fp16;
+typedef float16 half;