Microsoft Game Technologies

• Microsoft Game Technologies Questions

• • Alpha Texture to Mesh problem?

    Hi all,Red circle is my problem with below link . Why some alpha can not display?http://bc9389.award...

    By brian_tsim

  • DirectDraw: Full Screen App loosing focus and I ca...

    Problem: When DirectX 7.0 app window looses focus and minimizes, I loose my surfaces (that's expect...

    By donaldh

  • Reading texture data

    Hi!I'm using C# with MDX 1.1. I've got 1x1 pixel texture in G32R32F format (generated by my app). Ho...

    By g0nzo

  • AccessViolationException when unloading Audio in X...

    Please help. I am receiving an Access Violation Exception when I unload my game.This is the error I ...

    By philipr

  • XNA Quake need one more serious coder

    I got to a point where having an extra coder could really help out with whats left to do in the game...

    By perpixel

• • First XNA project & a question regarding pink ...

    I am creating a old-style RPG with added bells and whistles and it uses XNA. I threw a character in ...

    By redshock, 5 Comments

  • Point Sprites Future?

    Are point sprites slated to be depreciated?I am building a particle system using point sprites, but ...

    By jimmichels, 6 Comments

  • GUI

    Will XNA include a GUI? It seems that a skinable GUI is a very common element to game production. I'...

    By blitzwing, 1 Comments

  • Managed C++ /clr:safe and XNA 360 seems to work...

    Thought people might be interested to know, that i've successfully ran Managed C++ code compiled wit...

    By deanocalver, 1 Comments

  • I have a compiling error C2039

    I am working on a school project and I am getting a compiling error C2039: 'SWAPEFFECT_COPY_VSYNC' :...

    By tom6wenhardt6, 2 Comments

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• GUI GameComponent Design
• I had a couple questions on how to go about designing a GUI Game Component. The biggest thing I want to do is allow for users to setup the properties of controls(pushbutton,textboxes, etc..) in the design window. But because the controls are setup as inherited classes from the base class ...
• atlstylez, Tues, 16 Mar 2010 13:52:00 GMT, 4,343 bytes, 3 Answer
• GSE download numbers?
• Can any download numbers be given out on XNA Game Studio Express? I am wondering on how big the community might be. ...
• aka_big_wurm, Tues, 16 Mar 2010 11:19:00 GMT, 202 bytes, 6 Answer
• I have already installed all the programs but I have a problem
• Hi everybody I hope you could help me.I have already installed this software:Microsoft? Visual C#? 2005 Express EditionXNA Game Studio Expressand DirectX Software Development Kit (dxsdk_oct2006.exe)When I open a new Window Game (XNA) project, it has only the graphics component, that's all ...
• the_learner, Tues, 16 Mar 2010 06:36:00 GMT, 2,732 bytes, 2 Answer
• Why doesn't 2006DirecxSDK support visual basic 2005? Only C# and C++?
• Why doesn't 2006DirecxSDK support visual basic 2005? Only C# and C++?As far as I get only the 2003 release is the most up-to-date for vb developers?Is it true?...
• goldenstrands, Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:25:00 GMT, 181 bytes, 14 Answer
• HLSL: PS_1_4 and division
• Hi,I have a little problem with a water and mirror shader. It is a really simple one. I want to calculate the reflection vector (for a single mirror view texture) in the pixel shader instead in the vertex shader to avoid errors that comes from the linear ...
• chrisb_fx, Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:41:00 GMT, 698 bytes, 1 Answer
• EffectParameters
• Is there a performance advantage when setting an EffectParameter as spacewar did such asOn create:worldParam = effect.Parameters["world"];then in render:worldParam.SetValue(World);versus the following in render without ...
• blitztitan, Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:12:00 GMT, 638 bytes, 4 Answer
• Effect framework with ID3DXSPRITE
• I have been suffering from two miserable rendering problems and was wondering if anyone could provide some quick insights. I was rendering to a target and eventually to a full screen quad for post processing reasons and I would get the clear color and no geometry or sprite drawing. I rendered ...
• richard3d, Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:36:00 GMT, 954 bytes, 3 Answer
• Buying Pre-made models for XNA
• What is the best source to buy pre-made models for XNA? Does anyone know of companies out there that will make custom models on demand?I would also like to know what the best meshing/modeling tool for XNA. We have been playing with Blender 3D.I have tried incorporating pre-made models from ...
• ninghai, Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:06:00 GMT, 641 bytes, 6 Answer
• Animation Keyframes return broken data
• I'm using the content pipeline, and enhancing the mesh processor to attach animation information in the Tag, so that I can animate imported meshes.It seems that the animation keyframes return broken data when importing from .X files. They seem to duplicate the first key (with time and ...
• jonwatte, Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:43:00 GMT, 18,856 bytes, 2 Answer
• Efficient rendering
• Hi,I am on the path to learning how to achieve efficient rendering. Currently I am rendering my own sprite by rendering a texture on a quad. So this sprite uses an Effect, a vertex buffer, an index buffer, and a texture. What would be the best way to render these sprites? Do we sort/batch them ...
• knight99, Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:25:00 GMT, 915 bytes, 1 Answer
• Catching/reporting effect file errors at build time
• Hi,Is there any way to set things up in Visual Studio so that fx files get compiled at project build time, and errors get shown in the Output window?It looks like currently there is no compilation of effects at build time, but at run time when the effect gets compiled from file, the ...
• manders, Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:34:00 GMT, 716 bytes, 3 Answer
• I have done it in VB.NET here is the code ... for creating game components....
• After I saw the demo of game component video from XNA team blog,I want to try.But I can not find any game component in toolbox.What is the problem?...
• leonlai, Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:51:00 GMT, 168 bytes, 9 Answer
• EffectPool -> Effect -> blocks of SetParameter calls
• I'm curious what others think of this:https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=192108&SiteID=226I'd appreciate any ...
• brandonbloom, Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:31:00 GMT, 381 bytes, 2 Answer
• EffecMaterialContent behavior in a custom model processor
• Hi, I'm writting a custom model processor and I have some questions about it, if anyone can help me I should be grateful. I'm using MeshBuilder to build my mesh, geometry, texture channels, normals... and this works perfectly. I'm putting my textures with 'EffectMaterialContent myMaterial = ...
• japu, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:32:00 GMT, 1,073 bytes, 2 Answer
• Share source code between projects
• Hi,Is there a way to share source files between projects in GSE 1.0? We have now 2 projects for our game, 1 for pc, 1 for the 360, but when I add an existing pc-source file in the 360 project it makes a copy of it and doesn't use the original one. This makes it somewhat more troublesome to ...
• mauricesibrandi, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:37:00 GMT, 354 bytes, 2 Answer
• No Design Veiw
• Hello I am writing a game or atleast am attemptting to write a game.I started off by looking at a tutorial on another site about how to create a pong game in XNA. It tell me to go into the designer veiw of Game1.cs{design} and use the graphic the only problem with this is that I have no ...
• gohan108, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:24:00 GMT, 563 bytes, 2 Answer
• how to delay keyboard input
• In my text menus I want to be able to simulate the keyboard repeat rate that windows does when typing. Here is what I have tried: elapsedMiliseconds += gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.Milliseconds;//update only once per 1/2 secondif (elapsedMiliseconds >= 50){UpdateInput();elapsedMiliseconds = ...
• omatase, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:27:00 GMT, 1,621 bytes, 3 Answer
• Samurai Colossus
• We have been using XACT for our game that is in developement. We're hoping to shoot for the 360 live arcade eventually. If anyone is interested there is a beta version on our website at www.renderjunkies.com...
• renderjunky, Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:59:00 GMT, 213 bytes
• device resets and resizing a game window
• I've tried following the tutorials on the help section, but I'm stumped. When I resize the window, the window seems to lose focus and disapear under everything else. It will only show when all other windows are minimised. I thought this might be something to do with the device reset function, ...
• student_programmer, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:37:00 GMT, 1,725 bytes, 6 Answer
• backward compatability issues
• Does any one out there agree that there is a need for a backward direcy x compatability program and if this will be added to windows vista,Id like to see a separate mode for the issues raised with direct x post you thoughts on this matter please,john... ...
• johnmcgartland, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:10:00 GMT, 314 bytes, 2 Answer
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