XNA is a game framework by Microsoft that allows deployment for Xbox Live Indie Games as well as Windows Phone 7.
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XNA draw 3d graphics in 2d game
I am programming a simple pool game in XNA. I am using Farseer for simple 2d physics but I want to use 3d graphics. My problem is I can't get the rendering to work.
I have one model for the ball and ...
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Using GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Project with a small farPlaneDistance
I am using "GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Project()" to create a "3D" waypoint system like so;
I have a farPlaneDistance of 5000 in my camera;
objProjectionMatrix = ...
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Winform + XNA (Microsoft Example) - Issues with Drawing Texture2D
Before I get started I would just like to say that I have been using the Microsoft Winform + Xna examples found here:
WinForms Series 1: Graphics Device
I think I somewhat understand how its working ...
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XNA's SetData in a SharpDX Texture2D object in DirectX 11?
I'm trying to load a texture given a swap chain, and then populate that texture with data. I already have some bitmap data (although not sure if it is in the correct format) that I want to populate ...
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On occasion game fails to catch end of screen transitions [closed]
When the player hits the edge of a screen the old screen slides down, and the new screen slides in with them landing on the opposite side from where the transition started. On occasion the bottom of ...
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How to preload a vast amount of models?
This is more a theoretical question,
during runtime, my game runs smooth without any hickups. But as standard game-objects, my game contains collectibles such as coins (which are rotating Models).
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Bounding Frustrum move y to 0
I've been having problems with a quadtree and my camera's bounding frustrum. I'm using a quadtree to only draw the nodes in frame. My current method works 99% of the time but I have noticed a bug that ...
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How to add a timer - Visual Studio, XNA (C#)
I'm wanting to add a timer in an XNA game using C#. The ultimate goal is to increment a score in a game every second by 10 points. As of now the score stays at zero. Watching YouTube videos is proving ...
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Refactoring an XNA map redraw [closed]
In the draw step I have different content loading depending on which side of the screen the player exits from. I'm trying to refactor this into a single method for handling the updated content, but I ...
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Rectangle collision is not working correctly [closed]
I have difficulties with the rectangle collision. My character can go through the right side and through the bottom of each platform rectangle. I guess their is a mathematical problem with the ...
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Need help with collision with player and tiles XNA [closed]
I have a player collision with the rectangle size 16x32
and the tiles are in 16x16 sizes. I have a problem checking collision with player touching 2(or more) tiles ontop of each other.
My code works ...
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vertices, better to have more but draw a smaller area or less but expand a larger area
I have a simple question really. I am creating water for a game and had two different design approaches:
Make a single plane that expands the entire playspace, which would take 6 vertices but cover ...
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Why is my model flickering when translating
I have several models here. When they stand still during gameTime, there's no flickering.
But as soon as I move them across the x-axis, they flicker on some places.
protected override void ...
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2D Scrolling Background on XNA
How do I create a scrolling X and scrolling Y background without weird things happening like the player disappearing or not getting the offset correct?
I have code at ...
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How can I draw an Xbox Avatar?
I want to replace the main character of my 2D game by an Xbox avatar. How can I do that?
How can I add an avatar to my project?
How can I draw an avatar?
For example, I draw my main character like ...
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XNA/MonoGame and Game Studio/MonoDevelop [closed]
First off, I have a bit of programming experience in Java and have always programmed using ViM (even though I recently moved to Sublime Text 2) and I'm trying to learn C# and the MonoGame framework. ...
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Program closes without Exception
I'm using XNA 3.1 ( .NET 3.5 ) and my program closes without any warning, errors, or code instructing it to do so. I looked in the output, and there aren't any obscure messages outside of telling me ...
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Managing Background Sprites
I tried asking in Chat and no one answered, so the question goes here.
Anyone have advice for loading background Sprite maps? I'm trying to do it as efficiently as possible for a grid of 25 ...
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poor performance with kinect sdk and xna (color stream)
I'm trying to make an augmented reality game for advertisement, using the kinect sdk 1.6 and xna 4.0. I need to use the color image format rgb 1280X960, in spite of the fact that it runs at 12fps, ...
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Issues upscaling pixel art with SampleState.PointClamp
I'm developing a 2D game, and I'm striving to create a nice blocky low-res appearance for the game, yet allow it to be played at variable resolutions. So, I've researched resolution independency and ...
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Model draws always on front [closed]
I have a couple of Models here, but there's only one,
which will always draw in front of the others.
I tried to replace the asset-source to an other model and then
the order is correct, but on this ...
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Where is the source of XNA lighting?
Talking BasicEffects,
where is the source of the three directional lights?
When I write this:
effect.DirectionalLight0.DiffuseColor = new Vector3(0.5f, 0, 0); // a red light
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MonoGame iOS and Game Performance [closed]
My friends and I are developing a game for Ipad/Iphone using the monogame Framework.
We are at the final stage of the development and we are having some issues concerning the deploy of the game.
This ...
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Splitting tileset into individual tiles
I'm trying to split a tileset (from here) into individual tiles.
For debugging purposes I wrote some code to split the tileset into individual tiles and display them on screen, but some aren't being ...
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Getting BEPUphysics to draw its entities
Isn't there a way, to force BEPUphsyics to show what it is doing?
I am here with my existing XNA project, starting to put in BEPUphysics,
but I am not seeing what it is doing.
Take my model for ...
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Bounding Boxes and XNA
So heres some straight up code for you:
BoundingBox b = new BoundingBox(
Vector3.Up + Vector3.Right + Vector3.Forward,
Vector3.Down + Vector3.Backward + Vector3.Left);
BoundingBox bb = new ...
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Making a sun out of a light
Basic stuff, I guess.
Can I somehow make a sun out of a light-source in XNA?
I would like to be able to see the light, actually, and set it on the upper right corner like a sun.
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What does this error mean? (Reach profile?) [closed]
I got this, when I tried to load a model during runtime
XNA Framework Reach profile requires mipmapped Texture2D sizes to be powers of two, but this Texture2D is 800x800. Resize it to a power of ...
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Developing games for Windows Phone 8 [closed]
I usually develop apps for Windows 8, not related to games. Now I have a good idea and I want to code it; where should I start? I read on the net that there was support to XNA for Windws Phone 7, then ...
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How do I loop my animations seamlessly?
I am trying a complete my method, which crops Maya-Animations (from Maya-Models) to specific ones using the SkinnedModelProcessor.
My only problem is, that after one animation-loop completes, the ...
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Animation from bones?
I have a model loaded into my XNA project, it has bones that were created in 3DS Max and I am wondering can I animate my model using code?
All I will be doing is basic movements such as an arm swing.
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XNA: Placing a “field of view” rectangle on a minimap
I'm building a top-view 3ed person shooter. I have a HUD and in the HUD I have a minimap. I'm trying to draw on this minimap a rectangle which shows me my "visual field", meaning i see on the minimap ...
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CAT RIG to FBX XNA problems
Im trying to export my 3ds max cat rig to fbx for use in XNA. in that file i have 1 animation playing and i want to be able to use it within xna.
So the problem is, once ive exported the file out, ...
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Which should I learn: DirectX or XNA? [closed]
I've worked with the Microsoft Foundation Classes(MFC) and now I want to enter the world of game development.But should I start with directX or XNA? I'm hesitant towards DirectX because I feel it ...
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Input skeleton not found
I have a 3D-Model, made in Maya and I am trying to parse that through the latest XNA with the SkinnedModelProcessor (However, this issue remains without that processor).
In Maya, the skin is already ...
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Texture not carrying over to game correctly?
I have created my map for my game using 3DS Max. I have then applied textures to the map within 3DS Max, where the textures all show correctly. I export the map as a .fbx file to use within an XNA ...
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Cannot get 3D mouse coordinantes [closed]
I'm using viewport.project() to find my mouse position in 3D space. I have my projection, view and world matrices defined in the same area that they are used to draw the model. Code is below:
NOTE: ...
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Getting a uint color array from a portion of a Texture2D
I'm currently using the Farseer tools to create a body from a Texture2D. However, my texture is a spritesheet and I need to get the uint array containing the colors from a portion of the full ...
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XNA moving towards 3D point, RTS style
I looked around to see if this question had already been asked- maybe it has, maybe it hasn't, I don't know.
I'm trying to make a 3D RTS game. Right now we're trying to get the basics on the table. ...
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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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Is there any physics engine for XNA? [closed]
I am an XNA game developer. I am now starting to develop physics games on XNA but the problem is that I don't know about any physics engine desinged for XNA. Please if you know about it kindly help ...
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XNA- Add a content reference to a library?
Making a Game library with XNA, and I'd like to bundle it with some stock effects, if possible. But I'm having no luck attaching a Content project to the Library, so is it possible to use the Content ...
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Recommended collision response needed [closed]
In my game, I have
Player class
Enemy class
Wall class
GameComponents class ( Which is the base class for Player, Enemy and Wall)
The rules are
Enemy chase Player, if collided with Walls, ...
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Top down 2D camera in relation to keyboard commands
I have a basic 2D camera:
transform =
Matrix.CreateTranslation(-position.X, -position.Y, 0) *
Matrix.CreateRotationZ(-rotation) *
Matrix.CreateScale(new Vector3(zoom, zoom, 1)) *
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How do i create a Xna 4.0 Creating BoundyBox [closed]
I understand what other people have done and when creating it myself it just seems to go wrong or the version is different so doesn't work in first place. Any easy code for this?
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XNA - Accessing primary View, Project, World matrices from a game component
In XNA4, I have an EnemyManager class that takes care of all of the enemies. When it comes time to draw, however, it needs access to the game's main View, Projection, and World matrices.
I could ...
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XACT support outside of XNA?
I was building a new game in Monogame when I realized that it didn't have XACT support like XNA did. I was wondering if anyone knew another framework that could be used with or instead of MonoGame ...
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Problem of saturation of ram on XNA?
I developed a small xna games.
For some time I have a problem with the saturation of RAM. In fact everything works perfectly, the game runs with a "Frame" of 60fps. But strangely I do not know for ...
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graphics.GraphicsDevice.Clear strange result (XNA)
I have such Execution:
graphics.GraphicsDevice.Clear(new Color(255, 0, 0, 0));
Alpha is 0. So why it draws me Red color?
graphics.GraphicsDevice.Clear(new Color(255, 0, 0, 255));
Also draws the ...
