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Loading levels in XNA from XML

I'm trying to load levels in XNA from XML files. I have currently got a system to do this working, but it looks like it might get horribly complex as I add more objects later on. My world currently ...
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Writing to XML issue Unity3D C#

I'm trying to create a tool using Unity to generate an XML file for use in another project. Now, please, before someone suggests I do it in something, the reason I am using Unity is that it allows me ...
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Opening an XML in Unity3D when the game is built

At the moment, my game can open up an XML file inside the editor when I run it. In my XMLReader.cs I'm loading in my file like so: _xmlDocument.Load(Application.dataPath + ...
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Loading class instance from XML with Texture2D

I'm having trouble with XML and XNA. I want to be able to load weapon settings through XML to make my weapons easier to make and to have less code in the actual project file. So I started out making a ...
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Using XNA's XML content pipeline to read arrays of objects with different subtypes

Using XNA's XML content importer, is it possible to read in an array of objects with different subtypes? For instance, assume these are my class definitions: public abstract class MyBaseClass { ...
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When should I be implementing XML documents

I often struggle with the question of when to use XML docs. Does anyone have a good rule of thumb when it comes to deciding to use them or deciding not to use them. At the moment I am working on a ...
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Building different game objects (EG Spells, Items,) for an rpg game

I believe the best way to manage item data would be to use xml? For spells would the best option be to create a class (EG Fireball) and define all of the parameters inside of that class? Like ...
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Help Reading this Data in XML as a List (ContentReader)

Edit: So i'm going to rephrase the question a bit, seeing as now i think know how i'm going to read this data. Looking at this example as my guide: ...
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Issue with loading XML

So recently i've been changing my XML files that i'm using in-game, to add in a bit more data to the files but i've also changed the way in which i load & save files, by now using the XDocument ...
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Xna, writing XML </Asset> end element

got another question here. Its not about actually writing/reading files in XML, i already know how to-do this. But rather something that has bugged me for awhile. Ok, so when i write out my files, ...
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Recommended method for XML level loading in XNA

I want to use Blender as my level designer tool for an XNA game. Using an existing plugin, I can export my levels to DotScene format which is basically an xml file like this one: <scene ...
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Deserialize inherited classes into the same list in XNA

I am writing a Gui for a game (for what else ...). Therefor I wrote a class GuiElement which has some serializeable fields. From this class I deflect a Class "Button" which has one serializeable field ...
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Organising levels / rooms in a MUD-style text based world

I'm thinking of writing a small text-based adventure game, but I'm not particularly sure how I should design the world from a technical standpoint. My first thought is to do it in XML, designed ...
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What is a good way to store tilemap data?

I'm developing a 2D platformer with some uni friends. We've based it upon the XNA Platformer Starter Kit which uses .txt files to store the tile map. While this is simple it does not give us enough ...
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How can I pass an external instance to the constructor of an object that's being created using the default XNA XML content loader?

I'm trying to understand how to use the XNA XML content importer to instantiate non-trivial objects that are more than a collection of basic properties (e.g., a class that inherits from ...