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• Alien Cow Abduction XNA - demo

• Be kind please! This was originally going to bejust a sidescrolling background, as I was having problems figuring outhow to work the gui. However, it evolved into this game demo of Alien Cow Abduction Features: sprites, keyboard movement (arrows, space, escape to exit)scrolling background, ...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:53:00 GMT | 1,042 bytes | Answers (3)

• Maya 8.5 export .x file method

• Hi all, I tried use cvXporter(http://www.c-unit.com/downloads/cvxporter/) to export .x file with maya 8.5. But i discovered the .x file loss some polygon. Who can give me good engine to export .x file with maya 8.5. best regards, ...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:53:00 GMT | 363 bytes

• Please start new threads on http://forums.xna.com

• These forums will no longer permit new posts. The XNA/DirectX team has moved their forum support over to http://forums.xna.com. This includes all discussions related to XNA Game Studio Express. We apologize in advance if this creates an inconvenience, but we are very excited about the new ...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:53:00 GMT | 522 bytes

• d3ddev Functions not working in GameEngine!

• I have one big GameEngine class but I keep getting an error on the line: d3ddev->Clear() although I would have an error on any d3ddev functions. This is the error message I get: Unhandled exception at 0x00411a22 in Game Engine.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location ...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:53:00 GMT | 9,972 bytes

• How to get VertexDeclaration of a VertexBuffer?

• How to get VertexDeclaration of a VertexBuffer?...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:53:00 GMT | 47 bytes | Answers (1)

• UVAtlas

• I’m making a tool for optimizing texcoord generation according to some factors. At this point, I have want to use UVAtlas to spread the charts. The problems is that I’m new to UVAtlas and I can make it work properly. Using D3DXUVAtlasCreate it’s possible to generate the charts and spread them ...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:53:00 GMT | 1,752 bytes | Answers (2)

• Viewing Pre-rendered 3D Scenes

• Can someone tell me or even better point me to a tutorial on how adventure games like Safecracker (2006 version) allow players to scroll about a scene?I'm thinking in terms of a fixed camera in the center of the pre-rendered scene with no fish-eye. Is the whole scene essentially wrapped around ...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:53:00 GMT | 478 bytes | Answers (1)

• XBox has died how do I go about transferring my creators club etc. to the new unit when it arriv

• Having just started some serious dev work on my personal 360 project, the danged box up and "three reds" on me. How do I go about getting all my stuff i.e. live arcade games, gold membership and more importantly creators club membership onto the new box when it arrives?Has anyone had ...
• Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:53:00 GMT | 504 bytes | Answers (3)

• WA!! the XNA wont install in my PC!! someone help me!!

• The installer needs visual C# express edition,, but i only have visual studio 2005 standard edition...(vb.net,c++,C#,J#)..what will i do,,do i have to download the express edition?wa!!!!!HELP!!!!!!!!THANKS!!!!...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:53:00 GMT | 270 bytes | Answers (1)

• Startup Image Logo

• Hello everybodyI am new to c# and Using XNA, i want to start a little something for my pc a little game or something, i have bought a couple of c# beginner and intermediate books and i am currently reading them now, i was wondering when i play a game on any game the logo comes up when it starts ...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:53:00 GMT | 504 bytes | Answers (3)

• XNA - Microsoft lack of vision

• Its real sad that Microsoft, once again, shows this lack of vision for a games development tool:1: Get visual: Don't force users to write such a lot of code to do just very little. It reminds the Charles Petzold's "Hello Window" hell of code days.2: Provide visual tools: Let users choose the ...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:53:00 GMT | 934 bytes | Answers (14)

• Error in SpriteBatch.Draw() call with SpriteSortMode enum

• Hi all.I wrote a simple program using XNA to test the differences of SpriteSortMode.BackToFront and SpriteSortMode.FrontToBack options. I created two Texture2Ds and call SpriteBatch.Draw() method and feed it with SpriteSortMode.BackToFront, the program run well. But every time I call ...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:53:00 GMT | 4,914 bytes | Answers (6)

• SV_InstanceID or instancing not working?

• i have the following entry in my vertex structure:uint instanceId : SV_InstanceID;when i draw instanced models it doesnt seem to be updating this number OR its only drawing thhe first instance. I've done a pix, and and the PostVS shader tab seems to indicate 1 meshes worth of vertices so im ...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:53:00 GMT | 411 bytes | Answers (1)

• Input Polling Vs. Event Handling

• I'm not much for the current method of polling for input device states. It has its uses, but I much more prefer having event handlers called on relevant input events.As it seems, XNA does not natively support this, so I'm about to write my own objects using the Observer pattern. But before I ...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:53:00 GMT | 520 bytes | Answers (1)

• Mouse Sensitivity / Speed in Full Screen Mode

• I'm developing a Mouse based game - The user only has to position the mouse on the right place at the right time and click :-).I'm using a 800x600 screen. While debugging, I'm running the game in a window, and mouse feel is fine. When I switch to full screen mode (uncomment ...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:53:00 GMT | 719 bytes | Answers (5)

• Animation Tutorial

• Is there an update on when the sample code for animation will be released? Is it something that will be released in a week or so, or will it be more than a month? I know there have already been some questions about this, but I would like to know how soon I can progress on my project. Thanks....
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:53:00 GMT | 292 bytes | Answers (5)

• DXT compressed Textures

• Hi,in general it looks like there are the same DXT texture compression formats as for DX9. I assume those compression formats do not work with the new DXGI_FORMAT_R9G9B9E5_SHAREDEXP & DXGI_FORMAT_R11G11B10_FLOATformats?In real-life (TM) I always have to store texture data in DXT compressed ...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:53:00 GMT | 661 bytes | Answers (6)

• XNA & noob programmer != success?

• I am way confused, In my new issues of both OXM magazine and Game Informer there are articles regaling the use of XNA to build your own 360 games, (albeit in the future) but no harm in building now and transffering to 360 when they open that option up. My question is this, I am fairly new to ...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:53:00 GMT | 1,198 bytes | Answers (12)

• XNA beginner problem?

• Hi all,I tried start to develop xna framework. Below is my few problems, Hope somebody can help.Q1. How to get fps in xna?Q2. How to change the model texture?Q3. xna performance more fast than c# ?Q4. xna can load HLSL effect?Q5. xna can load *.x format model?Q6 Where has goods example and ...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:53:00 GMT | 380 bytes | Answers (4)

• Xbox 360 Guides in XNA

• Hi there, I've been playing around with the framework and I have a little question for any MSFTies who can answer.On the Windows side of things, if we want to call up any useful built in functions of Windows like say the common dialog box colour picker (for say, a player's car paint job) or a ...
• Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:53:00 GMT | 3,443 bytes | Answers (14)