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I needed to create my own VertexElement with the follow - Position, Color & Normal. I found a tutorial explaining how to do this here (http://www.riemers.net/eng/Tutorials/XNA/Csharp/Series1/Terrain_lighting.php).

I created a struct similar to the tutorial and then replaced all the declarations with the new one, but I get this error:

There is no boxing conversion from 'VertexPositionColorNormal' to 'Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.IVertexType'.

and I get it under the rendering line here:

graphicsDevice.DrawUserIndexedPrimitives<VertexPositionColorNormal>
(PrimitiveType.LineList, currentPlayer.LLObject.Vertices, 0, 
    currentPlayer.LLObject.TotalVertices, currentPlayer.LLObject.LinelistIndexes, 0, 
    currentPlayer.LLObject.TotalLinelistIndexes / 2);

I had a look on Google to see if there was any obvious answers but it's hard to search for. Could someone spread some light on what is going wrong?

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That error indicates that XNA expect your custom vertex type to implement IVertexType as shown here. Otherwise you need to use the overload that accepts an explicit VertexDeclaration object.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post - you can always comment on your own posts, and once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post. \$\endgroup\$
    – Anko
    Aug 12, 2013 at 23:54
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    \$\begingroup\$ I agree with @anko, this could have been a comment. But, you clearly knew the nature of the error message and hit it on the head. You should rephrase it to a statement and maybe add a bit of explanation. Your answer is correct, you might as well make it as high-quality as you can. \$\endgroup\$
    – Seth Battin
    Aug 13, 2013 at 4:19
  • \$\begingroup\$ Thanks I've improved the answer. I would have wrote that as a comment but I had less than 50 pts so I wasn't able to. \$\endgroup\$
    – TheWanderer
    Aug 13, 2013 at 9:52

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