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Multi Threading In Update Loop

Okay so I am working on a game engine and this was my previous game loop: Game::Run() { While(!m_GameDone) Client.Update(); LocalServer.Update(); } but what I want to do is: ...
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How do I get an xbox 360 controller to rumble?

I am interfacing with the controller using the windows HID API. It seems that its output report length, as provided by the HID driver, is 0, which means I can't send it anything (e.g. make the rumble ...
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DirectX the same across platforms?

Various versions of DirectX are available on both Windows and Xbox. Are the libraries the same on both platforms? Obviosly I'm talking about the interfaces — such as the ones for working with ...
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What is the Xbox360's D3DRS_VIEWPORTENABLE equivalent on WinXP D3D9?

I posted this on StackOverlow, but of course it should be posted here. I am maintaining a multiplatform codebase for Xbox360 and WinXP. I am seeing an issue on the XP side that appears to be related ...
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3D game engines for XNA games

Before I start development of an XNA game, I need to choose a 3D game engine to develop upon. Is this belief unfounded? Does XNA have basic object transformation, lighting and mesh/texture importing ...
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How do I get XNA Game Studio 4.0?

I want to get started with XNA game development, and I have bought the Pro edition of Visual Studio 2010 so I have the required software to run XNA Game Studio. How do I get it? Is it released yet? ...
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Can you develop a game in XNA only on Windows for the Xbox 360?

I'm going to start developing a game for the Xbox 360, its a small homebrew development and I don't have an Xbox 360 yet. Is it possible for me to develop the entire game targeting the XNA framework ...
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Will an XNA “XBox 360 Project” also work on Windows?

I understand that an XNA project for XBox 360 will use a specialized version of the .NET Compact Framework. But let's say I want to release for both XBox 360 and Windows. Will the XBox version ...