Physical Memory Question

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    - text mixed with 3d hi pocketmnky, just tried that also with no luck. from your post im assuming you have your text working in a 3d engine. can i ask what text component you used for that Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - 3DS Max export I know I'm being a pain in having my game mirror Max, but I set up the coordinate system with Z=up, Y=forward, X=right before I decided on using Max because that's what makes the most sense to me. Being able to edit verts in max, and know what the x,y,z position of the vert will be in-game is very useful to me. I followed your suggestion of a custom ContentProcessor, and now I have exactly what I want. Thanks very much for you help :) Now I just set my models to use my MaxProcessor, and use the coordinate system that I like. For anybody who is interested, here is the code for my 3ds max content processor. It's very simple and just rotates the scene back to how it was in Max. #region using_statements using Microsoft.Xna.Framework; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Processors; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Graphics; #endregion [ContentProcessor] class MaxProcessor : ModelProcessor { public override ModelContent Process( NodeContent input, ContentProcessorContext context) { MeshHelper.TransformScene(input, Matrix.CreateRotationX( MathHelper.ToRadians( 90.0f ))); return base.Process(input, context); } } Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Cursor disappears over window Thanks. Now I see SpaceWar is set up for an xbox. How do you change to use windows control from a keyboard Thanks again, Paul Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Could C# be the future of gaming? I develop serious games/simulations at my job and we use C++ exclusively, and any loss of performance would put us below our minimum requirements for framerate, etc. However, I plan on downloading the new XNA software and learning C#. Since hardware can make up for some performance loss in the future, and for some smaller applications it would be great to reduce dev time and the number of lines of code when performance is not as important. At some point the total cost of developing an application is offset by the performance gain you would get with using C++, if C# is really as easy as I have read about. Jeff Wright State University Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - How to save several x files to one x file hello everyone, I'm a newbie here. I want to open several X files with DirectX 9.0(C#), and save them to one X file. I loaded X with Mesh mesh1 = Mesh.FromFile(strXPath1, MeshFlags.Managed, meshDevice, out mtrl); Mesh mesh2 = Mesh.FromFile(strXPath2, MeshFlags.Managed, meshDevice, out mtrl); бнбн and wanted to save with following : Mesh meshSave = new Mesh(iAdjNum,iVerticNum,MeshFlags.Managed, CustomVertex.PositionNormal.Format, frm.device); Mesh meshsave = Mesh.Save(); but I failed , Could someone give some tips. Thanks!!!! Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - 3D Playing Cards ? Is it possible to use one card, and one texture containing all the cards and the back, then possibly make a shader that takes in a card number parameter that can be used to offset the texture accordingly I am just speculating here but I cant see why it wouldnt work :) Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Deploying to 360 OK, many thanks Jim =) Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Trouble with XNA Game Launcher I just got off of the phone with Xbox Live support, and I was told that they are currently performing maintenance on serveral of the Xbox Live servers, which somehow means I cannot download the XNA Game Launcher, but can download anything else on the marketplace. I am hoping that someone here wouldn't mind trying to duplicate my problem Delete XNA Game Launcher and then re-downloading it See if I have some form of hardware issue or if it is truly just a network issue. Thanks in advance, Daniel Gary Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Using ContentManager without Xna.FrameWork.Game You must have some documentation that I haven't Is anyone here using XNA without the Game framework I don't want you guys writing my code but am stuck. My code looks like this! public partial class Form1 : Form { Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics. GraphicsDevice gd = null ; Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics. Model model = null ; Microsoft.Xna.Framework. GameServiceContainer Service = new GameServiceContainer (); Texture2D mTexture = null ; public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void Form1_Load( object sender, EventArgs e) { Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics. PresentationParameters pp = new Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics. PresentationParameters (); pp.IsFullScreen = false ; pp.BackBufferCount = 1; pp.BackBufferHeight = splitContainer1.Panel2.Height; pp.BackBufferWidth = splitContainer1.Panel2.Width; gd = new Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics. GraphicsDevice (Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics. GraphicsAdapter .DefaultAdapter, Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics. DeviceType .Hardware, this .splitContainer1.Panel2.Handle, Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics. CreateOptions .HardwareVertexProcessing, pp); //Service.AddService(typeof(MyGraphicsDeviceService), new MyGraphicsDeviceService()); //ContentManager aLoader = new ContentManager(Service); //mTexture = aLoader.Load<Texture2D>(@"Textures\DefaultTexture.dds") as Texture2D; // File not found :( } private void RenderArea_Paint( object sender, PaintEventArgs e) { if (gd.GraphicsDeviceStatus == Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics. GraphicsDeviceStatus .Normal) { gd.Clear(Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics. Color .Blue); gd.Present(); } } } Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Video/Animation Playback Is anyone interested then I've very nearly completed the class thanks to Shawn's help, so I may post it up if there is any interest... Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - need help with D3DXMatrixLookAtLH, i have this function and Camera(); is executed in the Render Loop , g_fZDistance is a float and when 'd' is pressed on keyboard the float is =+ 2.0f , now why wont the camera move in on my device window void Camera() { // Initialise our vectors D3DXVECTOR3 vEyePt( 0.0f,0.0f, g_fZDistance ); D3DXVECTOR3 vLookatPt( 0.0f, 0.0f,0.0f); D3DXVECTOR3 vUpVec( 0.0f, 1.0f , 0.0f ); // Get D3DX to fill in the matrix values D3DXMATRIX matView; D3DXMatrixLookAtLH( &matView, &vEyePt, &vLookatPt, &vUpVec ); g_pDirect3DDevice->SetTransform( D3DTS_VIEW, &matView ); } Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - TitleLocation writeable on the 360? I believe you're supposed to use the Storage namespace, which contains StorageDevice and StorageContainer abstractions. I would be surprised if the regular File API worked on Xbox. Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Select a mesh im trying to create a scene editor like app for my engine. In my mesh class, i have a boolean variable called "Selected". It determines if the mesh is selected. So does anybody know how to determine the coordinates of the mouse. And , Determine a bounding rectangle on the part of a mesh viewable. If you dont understand that, just think of how i can click on and select/deselect a mesh. Thanks in advance Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Bounding Box Not Rotating Correctly Just another quick question I'm hoping someone can help me with =o) I'm trying to change my game to use bounding spheres instead of bounding boxes but it's a bit hard without knowing what the bounding sphere covers. Does anyone know of a way to draw a primitive sphere in XNA that I could use to represent my bounding sphere Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - General strategy question about XNA I've been wondering about this as well, and I think you're probably right that it's about generating GS Pro developers. I don't think that the X360 part of GDE is ever going to take off with the current terms, it's too expensive and cumbersome in relation to the quality of the games you'll be able to play - but it's a great lure to know that you can make your own X360 games. However, GSE will produce a large number of game programmers that a) wouldn't have become game programmers without it and the X360 promise, and b) will be very familiar with MS tools and will tend to stick to them when they get to professional levels. With enough tools and components to make things easy, it can also draw more people into game creation that are not primarily focused on technology, which might lead to more unconventional content. In the coming years of console warfare, this group may become a huge asset for MS. Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Scaling Sprites?(XNA) Hi, I was wondering how I could scale textures, as the textures are too big than what I need for certain parts of the game, I think its in the SpriteBatch.draw method, but its hard to manuever through all of their intellisense arguments.... For XNA Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Connecting XNA to Xbox 360 Ok thanks for that. I don't have much experience in networking. I'll check out a store for one of those routers within the next couple days Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Codec and DirectX Hi, i'm developping an application in C# including videos. I play them with DirectX. The videos are encoded with Xvid. I would like people who use my application not to have to install the codec first. Is it possible to use just the file xvid.dll and dllImport to make the application work without the codec being installed If anybody has an idea, Thanks Laura. Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Screen or Video Capture? I know the full xbox devkit has screen capture and video capture built into the toolkit. Is there any such feature in GSE If there isn't, does anyone have any recommendation that does not include a vcr Thanks. -Nick Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Templates Nevermind, I got it finally. Thanks for the help! Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - frame buffer and render to texture okay i've got render to texture working, im wonderng is it possible to render to use the frame/back buffer as a render to texture so, if i want to do post effects should i: 1) some how do a frame capture or use the frame buffer as a render texture 2) do all rendering to render textures including post effects etc.. then render the final result to the frame/back buffer suggestions Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - problem in loading screen saver Hi, I'm a beginner in game developing. i made a simple 2d game recently. i found that, when my game window is in foreground and when i'm doing nothing with it, screen saver of the system is not executing even though the idle time is reached. what could be the possible reason for this condition why system's screen saver is not executed Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Need a PDA or Hendheld with hardware support for Mobile Direct3D Hi there, i found in the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 the Microsoft.WindowsMobile.DirectX Assembly. A quik review to the sdk i made a simple 3D application for a Windows Mobile 2005 pda. I can test this with the emulator of the Visual Studio .NET 2005 IDE, but on my Windows Mobile 2003 SE with installed .NET 2.0 i get an exception by the DirectX Assembly. Where in hell i can get a Pocket PC, PDA or Smartphone where i can test Mobile DirectX I found the chips NVidia GForce 5500, Gforce 4800 and a Intel 2700G with 3d capabalities. Does thouse chip run with Mobile DirectX And who manufactor produce a device with that chips Thanks, Dodo502b Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Files on Xbox360 Since Autodesk aquired Alias it now owns FBX. The newest FBX plug-in for MAX is working reliably fer me ( Animation, lights, materials, meshes and more.. in Maya import/export to MAX ) As Microsoft has partnered with Autodesk on the FBX intergration, I imagine if not yet, then hopefully soon for full scene pipeline import Have you downloaded FBX yet http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index siteID=123112&id=6839916 Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - GSE RTM on Vista RTM (unsupported) Dave, great to hear from you and that it is working on your system! so it's probably just a deployment issue. will troubleshoot this evening, and watch what happens on this thread : http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1007412&SiteID=1 would assume its ping-able because the 360 has been used as a media center extender for the Vista PC i tried to deploy from. BTW the router i'm using is a Netgear RangeMax NEXT - Gigabit, and both 360 and PC are connected using NetGear HDXB101 powerline over ethernet adapters. this setup has been pretty reliable from media extender sessions. Thanks, casey Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Splash Screen Processing Bill Reiss wrote: The current size of the library is 36k, I can't tell you how much memory overhead it adds, I haven't profiled it yet. If memory or performance becomes an issue I'll address it at that point. I'm currently working on adding support for global scaling so that you can code everything to a preferred size (let's say 800x600) and have everything automatically scale to the actual size of the window. Bill wow, sounds like u r puttin alot of work into this, will finally be headin back home tonight so will download and play, i'm sure that it;ll do everything that i need tho, many thanks Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Managed DirectX vs Native DirectX performance Jim Perry wrote: Jack Hoxley wrote: I originally started writing DirectX code using VB6 and unofficial type-libraries (before moving on to the official ones - the precursors to MDX) Those were the good old days, weren't they Patrice Scribe was my hero! Yeah, plenty of good memories from those days! I wonder what Patrice Scribe's upto these days - I found a few of the old VB Gaming scene were still active a while back. Cheers, Jack Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Need Help With A load of stuff I need code straight code for XNAGSE 1.0 becuase i am working on xwing flight and i need sone stuff like, Anti-Alising x6 not x2 Motion Blur A tutorial on Lens effect if you can help please reply and NO I AM NOT A N00B Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - xna with managed directinput yes, that is, thank you very much. Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Puting texture on a 3D model with code Hi. I have a 3D model that i have made in Blender. When i put a texture on the model in blender and export it to .x, the texture does not show in my XNA game :S. Is there a way to put texture on a plain (no texture) 3D model with code Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - "Chaos" 3d FPS Game Engine (WiP) How would I go about creating two screens / viewports, IE, for multiplayer on a 360 You just need to create two viewports and set the active one during rendering. I did this a bit ago. Here's how I created the two (one on top, one on bottom): p1View = new Viewport(); p1View.X = 0; p1View.Y = 0; p1View.Width = graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Width; p1View.Height = graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Height / 2; p1View.MinDepth = graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport.MinDepth; p1View.MaxDepth = graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport.MaxDepth; p2View = new Viewport(); p2View.X = 0; p2View.Y = p1View.Height; p2View.Width = graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Width; p2View.Height = graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport.Height / 2; p2View.MinDepth = graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport.MinDepth; p2View.MaxDepth = graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport.MaxDepth; And then I pull all rendering code into a separate function that the Game::Draw method so my draw method looks like this: //set the viewport graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport = p1View; //reverse the view matrix viewPosition.Z *= -1; viewTarget.Z *= -1; viewMatrix = Matrix.CreateLookAt( viewPosition, viewTarget, Vector3.Up ); //render the scene RenderScene(gameTime); //set the viewport for player 2 graphics.GraphicsDevice.Viewport = p2View; //reverse the view matrix viewPosition.Z *= -1; viewTarget.Z *= -1; viewMatrix = Matrix.CreateLookAt( viewPosition, viewTarget, Vector3.Up ); //render the scene RenderScene(gameTime); base.Draw(gameTime); Hope that helps with that one. As far as the rendering, you can create shaders using HLSL that will do normal maps and all sorts of other tricks. Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - error loading model in xna framework You may need to play around with some of the options in the Panda exporter. I had trouble exporting UV coordinates incorrectly on models with bones. The only way I managed to fix it was to export the model twice, once with the 'Bones' checkbox unticked, and once with it ticked. Then, using a text editor, I manually copied the MeshTextureCoords section of the boneless .x file over to the one with bones. I've also had trouble with Panda not exporting UV coordinates if they're baked onto mesh, but it worked fine when I had a UVW modifier in the Modifier List. Another thing that may cause this is if Panda is exporting any dummy objects from your scene, seeing as they wouldn't contain mapping coordinates. And, although it sounds like one of those 'have you made sure it's plugged in' suggestions, you'll also want to make sure you have the 'Mapping coordinates' checkbox ticked. Tag: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.

wakawaka54

Also (I asked another questio about framerate earlier) what is the norm for the amount of physical memory a 2D usaully takes. Mine, according to the Ctrl-Alt-Delete performance counter, takes up about 220 MegaBytes of physical memory. I don't really think that most games take that much. So my question is, What is the normal amount of physical memory for a game to take

Re: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question

Jon Watte

It DOESN'T MATTER. The physical memory shown in the process manager is mostly a big, fat lie, for various technical reasons having to do with how virtual memory is allocated and managed in Windows.

If your game runs fine on the target machine, then it's using the right amount of memory. It's that simple!

We once developed a tool that kicked all pages out for a given process; the pages actually in use would then get paged back in. This was very quick, as they never actually made it to the disk. The end result was that a process showing "400 Megs" of memory usage, in reality had a working set of 40 MB.

Re: XNA Game Studio Express Physical Memory Question

Joran Omark

Is you sprite class by any chance loading it's own Spritebatch If so, try making one SpriteBatch in the class which derives from Game, and pass a reference to it to each Sprite. Just a possibility.