diff --git a/base/VulkanTools.cpp b/base/VulkanTools.cpp
index 841758283..37f2f9cd7 100644
--- a/base/VulkanTools.cpp
+++ b/base/VulkanTools.cpp
@@ -441,5 +441,11 @@ namespace vks
 			return (value + alignment - 1) & ~(alignment - 1);
 		}
 
+
+		VkDeviceSize alignedVkSize(VkDeviceSize value, VkDeviceSize alignment)
+		{
+			return (value + alignment - 1) & ~(alignment - 1);
+		}
+
 	}
 }
diff --git a/base/VulkanTools.h b/base/VulkanTools.h
index dc2323ce7..c358128b6 100644
--- a/base/VulkanTools.h
+++ b/base/VulkanTools.h
@@ -133,5 +133,6 @@ namespace vks
 		bool fileExists(const std::string &filename);
 
 		uint32_t alignedSize(uint32_t value, uint32_t alignment);
+		VkDeviceSize alignedVkSize(VkDeviceSize value, VkDeviceSize alignment);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/examples/descriptorbuffer/descriptorbuffer.cpp b/examples/descriptorbuffer/descriptorbuffer.cpp
index 32beb2d73..b435eff19 100644
--- a/examples/descriptorbuffer/descriptorbuffer.cpp
+++ b/examples/descriptorbuffer/descriptorbuffer.cpp
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ class VulkanExample : public VulkanExampleBase
 		vkGetDescriptorSetLayoutBindingOffsetEXT(device, combinedImageDescriptor.setLayout, 0, &combinedImageDescriptor.layoutOffset);
 
 		// In order to copy resource descriptors to the correct place, we need to calculate aligned sizes
-		uniformDescriptor.layoutSize = vks::tools::alignedSize(uniformDescriptor.layoutSize, descriptorBufferProperties.descriptorBufferOffsetAlignment);
-		combinedImageDescriptor.layoutSize = vks::tools::alignedSize(combinedImageDescriptor.layoutSize, descriptorBufferProperties.descriptorBufferOffsetAlignment);
+		uniformDescriptor.layoutSize = vks::tools::alignedVkSize(uniformDescriptor.layoutSize, descriptorBufferProperties.descriptorBufferOffsetAlignment);
+		combinedImageDescriptor.layoutSize = vks::tools::alignedVkSize(combinedImageDescriptor.layoutSize, descriptorBufferProperties.descriptorBufferOffsetAlignment);
 
 		// This buffer will contain resource descriptors for all the uniform buffers (one per cube and one with global matrices)
 		VK_CHECK_RESULT(vulkanDevice->createBuffer(
diff --git a/examples/descriptorindexing/descriptorindexing.cpp b/examples/descriptorindexing/descriptorindexing.cpp
index b174ac30e..78943b062 100644
--- a/examples/descriptorindexing/descriptorindexing.cpp
+++ b/examples/descriptorindexing/descriptorindexing.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class VulkanExample : public VulkanExampleBase
 		for (size_t i = 0; i < textures.size(); i++) {
 			std::random_device rndDevice;
 			std::default_random_engine rndEngine(rndDevice());
-			std::uniform_int_distribution<short> rndDist(50, 255);
+			std::uniform_int_distribution<> rndDist(50, UCHAR_MAX);
 			const int32_t dim = 3;
 			const size_t bufferSize = dim * dim * 4;
 			std::vector<uint8_t> texture(bufferSize);
diff --git a/examples/multisampling/multisampling.cpp b/examples/multisampling/multisampling.cpp
index 33a9a40e4..4272ae2f5 100644
--- a/examples/multisampling/multisampling.cpp
+++ b/examples/multisampling/multisampling.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class VulkanExample : public VulkanExampleBase
 	void setupMultisampleTarget()
 	{
 		// Check if device supports requested sample count for color and depth frame buffer
-		assert((deviceProperties.limits.framebufferColorSampleCounts >= sampleCount) && (deviceProperties.limits.framebufferDepthSampleCounts >= sampleCount));
+		assert((deviceProperties.limits.framebufferColorSampleCounts & sampleCount) && (deviceProperties.limits.framebufferDepthSampleCounts & sampleCount));
 
 		// Color target
 		VkImageCreateInfo info = vks::initializers::imageCreateInfo();
@@ -503,20 +503,31 @@ class VulkanExample : public VulkanExampleBase
 	void draw()
 	{
 		VulkanExampleBase::prepareFrame();
-
-		// Command buffer to be sumitted to the queue
 		submitInfo.commandBufferCount = 1;
 		submitInfo.pCommandBuffers = &drawCmdBuffers[currentBuffer];
-
-		// Submit to queue
 		VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkQueueSubmit(queue, 1, &submitInfo, VK_NULL_HANDLE));
-
 		VulkanExampleBase::submitFrame();
 	}
 
+	// Select the highest sample count usable by the platform
+	// In a realworld application, this would be a user setting instead
+	VkSampleCountFlagBits getMaxAvailableSampleCount()
+	{
+		VkSampleCountFlags supportedSampleCount = std::min(deviceProperties.limits.framebufferColorSampleCounts, deviceProperties.limits.framebufferDepthSampleCounts);
+		std::vector< VkSampleCountFlagBits> possibleSampleCounts {
+			VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_64_BIT, VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_32_BIT, VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_16_BIT, VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_8_BIT, VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT, VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_2_BIT
+		};
+		for (auto& possibleSampleCount : possibleSampleCounts) {
+			if (supportedSampleCount & possibleSampleCount) {
+				return possibleSampleCount;
+			}
+		}
+		return VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
+	}
+
 	void prepare()
 	{
-		sampleCount = getMaxUsableSampleCount();
+		sampleCount = getMaxAvailableSampleCount();
 		UIOverlay.rasterizationSamples = sampleCount;
 		VulkanExampleBase::prepare();
 		loadAssets();
@@ -544,19 +555,6 @@ class VulkanExample : public VulkanExampleBase
 		updateUniformBuffers();
 	}
 
-	// Returns the maximum sample count usable by the platform
-	VkSampleCountFlagBits getMaxUsableSampleCount()
-	{
-		VkSampleCountFlags counts = std::min(deviceProperties.limits.framebufferColorSampleCounts, deviceProperties.limits.framebufferDepthSampleCounts);
-		if (counts & VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_64_BIT) { return VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_64_BIT; }
-		if (counts & VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_32_BIT) { return VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_32_BIT; }
-		if (counts & VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_16_BIT) { return VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_16_BIT; }
-		if (counts & VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_8_BIT) { return VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_8_BIT; }
-		if (counts & VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT) { return VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT; }
-		if (counts & VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_2_BIT) { return VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_2_BIT; }
-		return VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
-	}
-
 	virtual void OnUpdateUIOverlay(vks::UIOverlay *overlay)
 	{
 		if (vulkanDevice->features.sampleRateShading) {
diff --git a/examples/shadowmappingomni/shadowmappingomni.cpp b/examples/shadowmappingomni/shadowmappingomni.cpp
index deb40d99f..5ee8a3318 100644
--- a/examples/shadowmappingomni/shadowmappingomni.cpp
+++ b/examples/shadowmappingomni/shadowmappingomni.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * Vulkan Example - Omni directional shadows using a dynamic cube map
 *
-* Copyright (C) 2016-2023by Sascha Willems - www.saschawillems.de
+* Copyright (C) 2016-2023 by Sascha Willems - www.saschawillems.de
 *
 * This code is licensed under the MIT license (MIT) (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 */
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ class VulkanExample : public VulkanExampleBase
 		VkPipelineViewportStateCreateInfo viewportState = vks::initializers::pipelineViewportStateCreateInfo(1, 1, 0);
 		VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo multisampleState = vks::initializers::pipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo(VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT, 0);
 		std::vector<VkDynamicState> dynamicStateEnables = { VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_VIEWPORT, VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_SCISSOR };
-		VkPipelineDynamicStateCreateInfo dynamicState = vks::initializers::pipelineDynamicStateCreateInfo(dynamicStateEnables.data(), dynamicStateEnables.size(), 0);
+		VkPipelineDynamicStateCreateInfo dynamicState = vks::initializers::pipelineDynamicStateCreateInfo(dynamicStateEnables);
 
 		// 3D scene pipeline
 		// Load shaders