ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent

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    - Saving out Vector3's Untested: void ScanNode(NodeContent node) { MeshContent mesh = node as MeshContent; if (mesh != null) { foreach (GeometryContent geometry in mesh.Geometry) { for (int i = 0; i < geometry.Indices.Count; i += 3) { int index1 = geometry.Indices[i + 0]; int index2 = geometry.Indices[i + 1]; int index3 = geometry.Indices[i + 2]; Vector3 vertex1 = geometry.Vertices.Positions[index1]; Vector3 vertex2 = geometry.Vertices.Positions[index2]; Vector3 vertex3 = geometry.Vertices.Positions[index3]; // these three vertices make up one triangle } } } foreach (NodeContent child in node.Children) ScanNode(child); } Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Problems with SurfaceFormat.Bgra1010102 on the XBOX360 Are you saying that you are running at 800 * 600 on a standard TV The dashboard when it comes up, will impose it's own settings on the screen in order to ensure it displays correctly. Normally this would not affect the colours of the game running behind it, unless your 1010102 setting is not actually 1010102 at all. Can you show us the actual code you are using to set this 1010102 surface up. I should add that I have tried setting up the 1010102 surface for rendering and have no issues at all. It definitely seems to me as if you are doing something wrong somewhere. Are yu setting the prefered width and height parameters for the 360 and ensuring that you are not trying to set unsupported caps Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Where are the Creators Club? Hi, Where can i buy the creators club subscription Cant find it on XBOX life anyware... Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Shooting to make something shoot would this work: Vector2 bullet Vector2 player Bullet = Player; if(GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).Button.A == ButtonState.Pressed) Bullet.X += 5; if not could you post some code taht would Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - how do i learn to write games 4 mobile a basic question on how yo start writing codes 4 mobile games Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - How do you canncel your XNA Creators Club subscription? Ok, sorry about that. I hadn't heard that -- I will get the right people to check on this. [Edit] Once you've purchased a subscription, you can access the subscription from Xbox Live. Just select "account management" from your user profile, and then select "memberships". The XNA Creators Club membership will be listed, and you can select it and choose "modify membership". [/Edit] --Stephen Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Anyone else rolling their own numerics? Just wondering how many other people out there are finding that XNA numerical classes/structures fall a little short of their needs and therefore are writing their own For us, we needed to give our scene graph objects a coordinate frame where the rotation, scale, and translation transformation components are kept separate from one another; this is something similar to what is described in the book 3D Game Engine Architecture ( http://www.amazon.com/Game-Engine-Architecture-Engineering-Applications/dp/012229064X ). XNA didn't quite fulfill this niche, which is understandable as I imagine one constraint during its design was to make it easier to use. So, in the end, I'm thinking about writing my own 3x3 matrix struct, and my own Transform struct (which represents the above mentioned coordinate frame construct). Has anyone run into any problems integrating their owns numerics with XNA's Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Calculating normals for large mesh with no vertex to triangle info Have you tried D3DXComputeNormals() Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - How can I directly stop drawing a pixel? OK. Ive not tried this at all, so this is just off the top of my head ;) OK, so if you are followinf the example in my previous post, we are rendering the output to the x component of our depth texture. Now if we change the texture to a format that supports more channels (You'll have to excuse me as I'm at work atm, with very little access to documentation - Vector2 texture maybe ), we could always store some more interesting values in the y,z, or w parts of the texture. So say for example we are rendering our depth texture using this pixel shader - struct PS_OUTPUT { float4 color : COLOR0; float4 depth : COLOR1; }; PS_OUTPUT PixelShader(float2 textureCoordinate1 : TEXCOORD0, float2 depth : TEXCOORD1 ) : COLOR { PS_OUTPUT Out = (PS_OUTPUT)0; Out.color = tex2D(textureSampler1, textureCoordinate1).rgba; Out.depth.x = depth.x; return (Out); } we could put something into the out.depth.y which is say a 1 or a 0. Then in our screen rendering effect, in the pixel shader you could try something like #define XFILTER 0.002f #define YFILTER 0.002f float4 PixelShader(float2 textureCoordinate1 : TEXCOORD0) : COLOR0 { float depth = (tex2D(depthSampler, textureCoordinate1).r)* (tex2D(depthSampler, textureCoordinate1).g) *0.0015f; float4 tex1 = tex2D(textureSampler, textureCoordinate1).rgba; float2 offset1=float2(XFILTER*depth,YFILTER*depth); float4 tex2 = tex2D(textureSampler, textureCoordinate1+offset1).rgba; float2 offset2=float2(XFILTER*depth,-YFILTER*depth); float4 tex3 = tex2D(textureSampler, textureCoordinate1+offset2).rgba; float2 offset3=float2(-XFILTER*depth,-YFILTER*depth); float4 tex4 = tex2D(textureSampler, textureCoordinate1+offset3).rgba; float2 offset4=float2(-XFILTER*depth,YFILTER*depth); float4 tex5 = tex2D(textureSampler, textureCoordinate1+offset4).rgba; float4 final = (tex1+tex2+tex3+tex4+tex5)/5; return (final); } The result in that case would be that no Depth of field was applied if the y (g) component of the 1st pixel shader was 0 (as anything mu;tiplied by zero is zero). Obviously this might not fit your case, but the theory is the same - write the data that says yes or no to another channel in the object rendering pass. Then use that value in the screen rectangle rendering pass. Hope this is of some use to you. I'd be interested if it works ! N Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Starting work on my GUI system andyfraser wrote: Can I suggest that high on the list of priorities for a UI would be that it is skinnable. I think it is really important that the UI match the style of the game and it also means that all our XNA games don't look the same Agreed! This is a priority IMO and probably not tough to take into account. Coming up with layout requirements for allowing skins shouldn't be difficult. edit: this article might be something to take into consideration. Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Camera woes very nice looking map man, i see u know what your doing. i would just like to know if u need any help with the art/texture side of things with this game. i have done a post here ill just copy and past so u can see what im all about. once again nice work so far. "Texture artist looking for work if you need someone to do textures for your levels i would be more than happy to help you out there, i have been doing computer art for 5 years and working on game textures for 2 years. i can do photorealistic textures at high and low resolution for 3d and 2d game levels, i can do particle effects textures at low and high resolution. I’m not very skilled in starting skins for 3d objects but if given a low quality out line for the skin i can do it up to look much better. If you would like to see some of my work all you have to do is ask and ill send a email with it, and if you would like me to do the textures for you i would just like to know what type of game your thinking of making or making now. Thanks for your Time, David fink (dafin0)" Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Where is the PositionColoredNormal Vertex type in XNA? Here's a link on implementing a vertex structure: http://www.riemers.net/eng/Tutorials/XNA/Csharp/Series3/Vertex_format.php Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Rotation help I don't think gimbal lock is what I'm experiencing. My rotations are occurring exactly as I would have expected them to. What I'm asking for is a different behavior. I have tried managing my rotations using quaternions and I am seeing the same result. I'm not having an issue with what it's doing...it's correct. I just need something else. :) Thanks! Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - equivalent to progressive mesh Pick one . Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - XACT with XNA Hi I recently attempted to use XACT for a 2d game using C++, and i got an error when loading the global settings file, which i never managed to debug and so used a different audio API instead. Now i am coding audio for a 3D game using XNA and C#, the same thing happens when i attempt to load the xgs file. However it throws a much more helpful sounding Exception: "XACT could not load the data provided. Make sure you are using the correct version of the XACT tool." I have checked that i have the most up to date, december 2006 version of XACT. I heard that only the august 2006 version of the actual creation tool works with XNA, is this true it seems a bit silly if it is, does it mean i have to use the august 06 version of DirectX if i want to use XNA properly Is there anyway of just downloading august 2006 version of XACT without reinstalling the whole SDK Also does anyone know if is there any plans in giving XACT anywhere near half the useful features that DirectSound has Thanks :) Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Can I use standard tcp/ip protocol on XBOX360? Hmmm. I was considering trying to write a raytracer to take advantage of the power of the 360. Now I think it may not be very practical as I would have no way of getting any image that was rendered by the raytracer back to my PC is that correct Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Rotating a 2d sprite Hey all, I would like to know if it is possible to rotate a 2d sprite at a given angle If so, how thanks alot, ggcourtois Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Private Network Functionality with XNA You're correct. The XNA team knows this is a big deal. Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Multiuser games? XNA contains no network support. For Windows games however you can use the network pieces included in the .NET Framework. You cannot do networked games on the 360 at this time. Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Sprite Blitting question - Wondering if this is still a problem It sounds like interpolation fuzz... If you have a black pixel moving over a white pixel, if the black pixel is at xx.5, I am guessing the draw system would interpolate a grey value to approximate the partial pixel... I'd personally keep the movement as float values (as floating point movement is more flexible) and the drawing as integers... as you were doing. Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - 2d resets with nuclex fonts? adding the line at the beginning of my draw function doesnt work. is there a reset im missing im using a console(like the quake-based games have) and it uses nuclex fonts too so i need something that can be used globally to fix the drawing then too... am i basically screwed Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Could C# be the future of gaming? This is more of a comment thread then a question so much, As really there is no definitive answer. I think if you take a look at our partner, Garage Games, I think they are demonstrating that it can be used for serious gaming :-) It's up to the individual to decide though... Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - XNA Quake bin release 2 Its crashing because you didn't copy the original Quake data file to your XNA Quake folder. Its not possible for me to ship this with this data included so if you don't have those file just grab the demo from id software FTP. Please read the README.TXT included with the release. I did release the bsp loading source code on my blog at http://perpixel.spaces.live.com/ and I plan to release everything when the game is complete. Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - RocketCommanderXNA Mouse Issue Yep i've got the same problem. I cannot click and the keyboard's shortcut aren't working to. Their logic's code seem ok so i'm stuck; Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Static properties for nonstatic member variables? yes :-) and you'll even find that the "static" keyword is "Shared" in vb.net :-D Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Building XACT project has failed error when building Spacewar I haven't been able to recreate this issue on any of the PCs I've got XNA installed on. Can you build an XACT project outside of the SpaceWar demo If you can't, I'd recommend re-downloading XNA Game Studio Express and trying a fresh install. It's possible that the XACT portion of your install failed in some manner. Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - multistream rendering problem im trying to get multi stream rendering working in dx10, i'm just hacking around with the multistream sample ATM. (what ive got in comments is what was there origonally) /* const D3D10_INPUT_ELEMENT_DESC vertlayout_singleindex[] = { { "POSITION", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 0, 0, D3D10_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0 }, { "NORMAL", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 1, 0, D3D10_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0 }, { "TEXCOORD", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32_FLOAT, 2, 0, D3D10_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0 }, }; */ D3D10_INPUT_ELEMENT_DESC vertlayout_singleindex[] = { { "POSITION", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, 0, 0, D3D10_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0 }, { "COLOR", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT, 1, 0, D3D10_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0 }, { "TEXCOORD0", 0, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32_FLOAT, 2, 0, D3D10_INPUT_PER_VERTEX_DATA, 0 }, }; UINT iNumElements = sizeof(vertlayout_singleindex)/sizeof(D3D10_INPUT_ELEMENT_DESC); D3D10_PASS_DESC PassDesc; g_pRenderScene_SI->GetPassByIndex( 0 )->GetDesc( &PassDesc ); V_RETURN( pd3dDevice->CreateInputLayout( vertlayout_singleindex, iNumElements, PassDesc.pIAInputSignature, PassDesc.IAInputSignatureSize, &g_pVertexLayout_SI ) ); and in the shader: (was just Normal, which i changed to colour) struct VS_INPUT_SI { float4 Position : POSITION; // vertex position //float3 Normal : NORMAL; // this normal comes in per-vertex float4 colour : COLOR; float2 TextureUV : TEXCOORD0; // vertex texture coords }; then CreateInputLayout either crashes or returns hr = invalid args (0x80070057) so fails. am i doing something noticably wrong Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - ID3D10Effect::Get**() - what happens when handle isn't found?? Morning all, Just made a dumb mistake with my code that cause a bit of frustration. I now know the cause, but it doesn't make sense and I don't see how to fix it I had some simple code along the lines of: ID3D10EffectTechnique *t = g_pEffect->GetTechniqueByName( "name" ); if( NULL == t ) { // Technique called "name" doesn't exist - error! } But D3D10 plodded on straight through this trap and eventually crashed when creating a state block during rendering (note: this is a bad error - it just hangs the app, no failed return code). A bit of investigating showed that GetTechniqueByName () returns garbage instead of NULL like previous FX9 did. There is no mention in the specs I have nor the documentation about how to check if a technique (or variable..) exists and no mention of special return codes to check for... So, anyone come across this I'm hoping I'm just doing something stupid here - I can't understand why there wouldn't be a way of checking this sort of thing short of complete enumeration of the effect. Any help is appreciated! Cheers, Jack Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Video/Animation Playback Thanks very much for your reply. I think you've pretty much covered exactly how to do it. I'll have to check out exactly how to use SetData (do I use it on the Texture directly or on it's surface ) An example would be great, but you've been very helpful so far. At the moment I'm loading from JPEG images in a screen, which is good for compression (same size as an MPEG), but not good enough for loading speed. I'll update here on my progress - and oh, would anyone (including you) perhaps be interested in this Video (i.e. Animation) component for XNA when it's complete Who knows, I may even add sound later if people are interested. Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Surface.GetGraphics() in WindowsMobile.DirectX.Direct3D always throw an exception 9 Dope! Didn't notice the Mobile word in the post's title... Still, I believe they do output D3D error messages (IIRC I've read a post somewhere that tells how to get that output). Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Should I use Object Oriented programming for games? Have to add my "Go with OOP" recommendation here. It's usually easier for people to think it terms of objects so when you're progrmaming try to imagine the objects and the pieces of it and things it can do. For example - if you're writing a Pong clone you have a couple of objects, paddle, ball, and possibly the playing area. Properties of the ball could be position, size, direction moving, etc. The ball would have similar properties. Methods for the objects could be Move, Draw, CheckCollision, etc. You'll thank yourself for learn OOP, trust me. Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.
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    - Free Roam Camera Problems All right. I'm trying to make a free roam camera. A Camera i can use to inspect my 3d world. So far, in my world, i have a very small sky box, and two even smaller meshes inside of it. Everything is fine except the camera class. Currently the camera is positioned at {0,0,-50} and has a target of {0,0,0}. In the beginning of the app im outside of the skybox looking straight at it, when i press left or right, the box will move to the left of the screen, then to the right, and back. What i want to see is the skybox leaving the screen, then eventually coming back on the other side. Here is my function to rotate the camera(Move its target around it.): public void RotateYCamera( float amount) { Matrix tMatrix = new Matrix (); tMatrix.RotateY(amount); Target.TransformCoordinate(tMatrix); } Note: Im using mdx and c#. Tag: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc.

TheSonny

Hi.

i have question about:

void LoadGraphicsContent(bool loadAllContent);

what belongs to what group (ResourceManagementMode)

i see that Texture have parameter that control it, but where is Effect, Model...
is there any list what is automatic and what is manual

Re: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent

Kyle_W

As far as I know, ResourceManagementMode only applies to the types mentioned under the "See Also" section in the docs:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.xna.framework.graphics.resourcemanagementmode.aspx

I would suspect that they are all automatic by default when loaded by your game's ContentManager.

Re: XNA Framework ResourceManagementMode & LoadGraphicsContent

qrli

Except explicitly stated as manual, all others can be thought as automatic.

Normally everything from ContentManager are automatic. Manual things are only low level objects which you deal with directly, such as render targets, dynamic vertex buffers, dynamic textures, state blocks.

Higher level objects are automatic as we expect. E.g. Model is built on top of automatic resources. Effect is handled by XNA to behave like automatic.