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Material System
I'm designing Material/Shader System (target API DX10+ and may be OpenGL3+, now only DX10). I know, there was a lot of topics about this, but i can't find what i need.
I don't want to do some kind of ...
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When to use GameComponents?
I know what it is and I'm using it as a frame counter for example. But when should I use it?
Does it make sense to say "I make all the input handling happen in a gamecomponent"? Is it flexible enough ...
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xna creating game stage management contrls
I am under planning stage of my game where I am creating controls for my game. I have create below control for stages but have no idea how this we can achieve in xna.
Please also help me with your ...
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Xna “Game.Run” method appears to be using up a lot of resources in my game, is this normal?
The question really is in the heading, but i have been using the visual studio profiler to optmisie my game, i have noticed that the game.run method is eating through 93.6% of the overall game ...
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How to store different abilities in player class?
So, I have a player class with basic actions.
During the gameplay he unlocks new abilities.
I don't know how to store new actions within the player class.
To be precise - I know how, but my method ...
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What is a good way to load more than a million images for a collectible card game?
I'm using C# with MonoGame and I'm wondering what would be an efficient way to load more than a million card images for a collectible card game. More cards would be continuously added in future ...
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Retrieving components from game objects (entities)
Using C# and XNA 4, I've made the decision to go for an entity-component based design for my game after reading such posts as this and this, but I'm now struggling to find how to retrieve components ...
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XNA Moddable Game - Architecture Design and Reflection
I've decided to embark on an XNA moddable game project of a simple rogue style. For all purposes of this question, I'm going to not be using a scripting engine, but rather allow modders to directly ...
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Efficient Algorithm for Recording gameplay's objects positions
So, I have a game idea in mind, and for that I need to record the game around the player. I'me not talking about recording it as video, but rather recording the scene objects, and their positions ...
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Snake Game Help
I am making a snake game and learning XNA at the same time. I have 3 classes :
Game.cs, Snake.cs and Apple.cs
My problem is more of a conceptual problem, I want to know which class is really ...
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Is 2 lines of push/pop code for each pre-draw-state too many?
I'm trying to simplify vector graphics management in XNA; currently by incorporating state preservation. 2X lines of push/pop code for X states feels like too many, and it just feels wrong to have 2 ...
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2D scene graph not transforming relative to parent
I am currently in the process of coding my own 2D Scene graph, which is basically a port of flash's render engine.
The problem I have right now is my rendering doesn't seem to be working properly. ...
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Designing a “Grid” like object that contains game objects
I am working on a 2D game, where there's a game "board" on which other game objects are placed.
This this is 2D, my starting point was to design a class that will internally use a 2d array for the ...
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Handling of data sharing between framework module
I am currently developping a 3D game using C# / XNA 4.0 and i am currently thinking about how i should structure my game. The actual game is in fact not really important as the framework i am working ...
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Any recommended books/resources on component-based design? [closed]
I come from a background with heavy use of the classical object-oriented paradigm for software development.
The company I am a part of switched to Unity not too long ago, and we're all very excited ...
