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Weird stuttering with fixed-timestep, variable-framerate game loop

I've been trying to set up fixed-timestep loop for my game, using the technique from here. I have no need for the interpolation step as I intend to run the logic at or above vsync speed. Here is a ...
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XNA - moving the 3rd person camera

I'm having following problem: Can't set my camera to follow object from behind and rotate when I use left/right arrow. I've tried different tutorial and examples but it still doesn't work for me. ...
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2D Game Help In XNA

I'm making a game in XNA called The Adventure Of The Very Hairy Princess Fairy. The game is a "Sidescroller/Platformer" like mario but there is a problem. How do I attach a weapon to the player ...
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Managing game state / 'what to update' within an XNA game 'screen'

I'm trying to figure out how best to manage state within my game screens - please bare with me though! At the moment I'm using a heavily modified version of the fantastic game state management example ...
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How to chain actions/animations together and delay their execution?

I'm trying to build a simple game with a number of screens - 'TitleScreen', 'LoadingScreen', 'PlayScreen', 'HighScoreScreen' - each of which has it's own draw & update logic methods, sprites, ...
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XNA game loop Update and Draw

I'm confused on how the game's methods are called and when. So I read that the sequence is: Initialize LoadContent Update Draw UnloadContent Where 3 and 4 are the game loop, so after Update is ...
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XNA GameTime before first Update

Using XNA, is it possible to access the GameTime object before Update is called for the first time? Can it be used in the game constructor, Initialize or LoadContent methods?
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Tetris Movement - Implementation

I'm developing a Tetris clone and working on the input at the moment. When I was prototyping, movement was triggered by releasing a directional key. However, in most Tetris games I've played the ...
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Designing the Update system (read very basic game engine) for an XNA game

I am trying to determine the best way to implement the "update" system or engine for a simple XNA game. Description of situation I have a few classes, lets call them Player [will be an ...