~360 Homebrew: XNA Game Studio Express

Rhythm · Post by **Rhythm** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:02 pm 0

RageMatrix · Post by **RageMatrix** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:05 pm 0

Rhythm wrote:It's up

"The download you requested is unavailable. If you continue to see this message when trying to access this download, go to the "Search for a Download" area on the Download Center home page."

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:28 pm 0

http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/xna/gamestudio/

Anyone managed to get the beta for Torque X yet?

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:39 pm 0

RageMatrix wrote:
Rhythm wrote:It's up
"The download you requested is unavailable. If you continue to see this message when trying to access this download, go to the "Search for a Download" area on the Download Center home page."

I just grabbed it OK - was getting about 250K/sec download speed

EDIT:
For those looking to get started with it:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPo ... 3&SiteID=1

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:30 pm 0

Hmmm. It's pretty good, even though I've only tried it on my laptop with an under-spec graphics card. Documentation is an issue and it's missing the content pipeline.

That Spacewar example is well dodgy though.

PaulCunningham · Post by **PaulCunningham** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:32 pm 0

MyFirstXNAGame...

I'm trying not get too distracted atm - I have a game to finish that's taking way too long as it is. Maybe a bit of tinkering at work won't eat into the schedule too much

sty · Post by **sty** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:02 pm 0

I'm just installing VisualC# Express on my work laptop (the only XP machine I have access to), I hope to god this doesn't bork my VisualStudio Team Studio edition I actually need to use for real work

anyway, no doubt by the end of the day I'll have this thing working

Ely · Post by **Ely** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:12 pm 0

They don't seem to provide a demo game to have a look at, unless I'm looking in the wrong place

EDIT: Ah found the Spacewar thing now

PaulCunningham · Post by **PaulCunningham** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:20 pm 0

sty wrote:I'm just installing VisualC# Express on my work laptop (the only XP machine I have access to), I hope to god this doesn't bork my VisualStudio Team Studio edition I actually need to use for real work

I was initially a little concerned about this but I'm running VS Standard and C# Express side by side with no ill effects (yet).

ely wrote:They don't seem to provide a demo game to have a look at, unless I'm looking in the wrong place

You're looking in the wrong place

You need to create a 'New Project' based on the Spacewar starter kit template.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:40 pm 0

Gotta tell you. This doesn't instill much confidence in me.

Created the project, clicked "Build..." (built OK) then clicked "Start without debugging..."

What now?

PaulCunningham · Post by **PaulCunningham** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:53 pm 0

Run it through the debugger. Should be obvious(?) from there what the problem is.

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:58 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:

Are you running it with a low-end graphics card?

Try running it with debugging (hit F5). If it b0rks when it tries to add the graphics component it's a graphics error. I get it on my old Radeon 9000.

Add the line

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this.graphics.AllowMultiSampling = false;

at line 20 in SpaceWarGame.Designer.cs, and replace line 109 of SpaceWarGame.cs with something similar.

Works for me. But like I said, the SpaceWar sample is well dodgy.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:59 pm 0

Well, I don't think I am - It's a GeForce Ti4600 128Mb

Runs FrenZe OK

EDIT:

Doesn't seem to like this line:

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this.GameComponents.Add(this.graphics);

Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Components.NoSuitableGraphicsDeviceException was unhandled
Message="The values used in the attempt to create the GraphicsDevice were invalid."
Source="Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game"
StackTrace:
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Components.GraphicsComponent.CreateDevice(GraphicsDeviceInformation newInfo)
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Components.GraphicsComponent.ChangeDevice(Boolean forceCreate)
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Components.GraphicsComponent.OnGameChanging(Game previousGame)
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GameComponentCollection.Parent(GameComponent gameComponent)
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GameComponentCollection.InsertItem(Int32 index, GameComponent item)
at System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection`1.Add(T item)
at Spacewar.SpacewarGame.InitializeComponent() in C:\Documents and Settings\Sir\Local Settings\Application Data\Temporary Projects\MySpacewar1\SpacewarGame.Designer.cs:line 26
at Spacewar.SpacewarGame..ctor() in C:\Documents and Settings\Sir\Local Settings\Application Data\Temporary Projects\MySpacewar1\SpacewarGame.cs:line 69
at Spacewar.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\Documents and Settings\Sir\Local Settings\Application Data\Temporary Projects\MySpacewar1\Program.cs:line 17
at System.AppDomain.nExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String[] args)
at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:07 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:Well, I don't think I am - It's a GeForce Ti4600 128Mb

Ah, that'd be it. XNA only supports graphics cards with shaders.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:11 pm 0

That's quite annoying.