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Legality, implementation, and viability of using the BSP map format in a procedurally generated XNA game?

First off, this is not a "which technology should I use" type of question, but rather a question about the viability (And legality, and how to implement) BSP maps into an XNA game. The legality part ...
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Getting UV maps from UDK?

I have created a map using UDK and I am exporting it as a .fbx for use within an XNA project. My question is, can I generate a UV map for texturing the map or is there an easier way to texture a map ...
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What is the best way to render a 2d game map?

I know efficiency is key in game programming and I've had some experiences with rendering a "map" earlier but probably not in the best of ways. For a 2D TopDown game: (simply render the ...
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3D Graphics with XNA Game Studio 4.0 bug in light map?

i'm following the tutorials on 3D Graphics with XNA Game Studio 4.0 and I came up with an horrible effect when I tried to implement the Light Map http://i.stack.imgur.com/BUWvU.jpg this effect shows ...
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Isometric drawing “Not Tile Stuff” on isometric map?

So I got my isometric renderer working, it can draw diamond or jagged maps...Then I want to move on...How do I draw characters/objects on it in a optimal way? What Im doing now, as one can imagine, ...
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Having troubles with LibNoise.XNA and generating tileable maps

Following up on my previous post, I found a wonderful port of LibNoise for XNA. I've been working with it for about 8 hours straight and I'm tearing my hair out - I just can not get maps to tile, I ...
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How to save an arbitrarily large image to a file in XNA?

I have built a level editor for an XNA-based Megaman clone I am working on and one of the features I would like to implement is the ability to save a full-resolution map of the entire level (like this ...
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Game maps with “counties” that are split along lines that aren't necessarily straight

I want to create a game environment that supports a 2D map. This is a really basic map, but must be split along lines that are not necessarily straight. So imagine a country with county boundaries. ...
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How to create a mini-map in XNA 3?

simple map The map i would like to create is like this one, but simpler , what i want to have is a geographical map indicate high /low and a point that show where am i and points indicate enemies ...
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Transformation order when dealing with Meshes

I have created a player model out of primitive types. To do this I have created a Model class and Component (mesh) class. Each model consists of one or more components my problems start when you have ...
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Should i be worried about loading so much data?

So a week ago or so i asked this question: A few queries about my Map Data (& ideas of improvement, seconded opinion required) And the advice in the comment was to ask them as 3 separate ...
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A few queries about my Map Data (& ideas of improvement, seconded opinion required)

so like the title says i'm trying to think of ways that i can basically improve my level/map data. Currently it's "alright" but i don't feel it's great. There's certain things that i'd like to-do to ...
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Different ways to store a 2D map/landscape in XNA

I was looking around at this site about eight months ago and wish I saved the location of this topic but I was wondering the different map rendering styles that you can do in XNA. The one style I ...
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2d game tools , what to work on first?

My friend and I would like to program a 2D game. We were discussing about tools needed, so while I am working on the tools, he will work on game logic and stuff. Probably I will put our tools into the ...
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A way to store potentially infinite 2D map data?

I have a 2D platformer that currently can handle chunks with 100 by 100 tiles, with the chunk coordinates are stored as longs, so this is the only limit of maps (maxlong*maxlong). All entity positions ...
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How can I apply a shader to images in a map in XNA?

Basically, what I'm trying to do is apply a shader to my background image and only the background image. The problem is: the background is actually made up of tiles that are picked out of a list of ...
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How would I go about implementing a globe-like “ballish” map?

I am new to 3D development and I have this idea of having the game world like our globe is - a ball. So, there would be no corners in the map and the game is top-down RTS game. I would like the camera ...
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How to prevent a character from going up a steep hill with a height map?

I've been trying to make my character unable to go up steep hills, but I just can't manage to make it work. I'm using a simple height map which stores the height for every (x, z) point within the map. ...
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Creating a 3D map for XNA?

Is anyone aware of a nice 3D map tutorial (how to import and use the map) using XNA without any engine but not limited to an external application (like Tiled for 2D maps) ? I did a search arund here ...