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C# XNA: How do i create simple 2d TileEngine [closed]

i want to create a simple tileengine for a small rpg-ish game. I have a picture with 7 different tiles each at a width and height of 48px. What i want to do is to split the image into those seven ...
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Xna problem drawing tIDE map

So i was trying to add tIDE to my project but i hit a Keyntfoundexception map.Draw(mapDisplayDevice, viewport); Any help would be usefull here is the rest of the class: using System; using ...
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2D tilemap editor UI--how do I disable editing while save/load dialog is open?

I'm working on a basic 2D tilemap editor in C#/XNA. Currently, it displays the map through a picturebox through which XNA's output is being routed, and editing is accomplished through simply checking ...
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How can I implement collision detection for these tiles?

I am wondering how this would be possible, if at all. In the image below: The light brows tiles are ground, while the dark brown is background, so the player can pass over those tiles. Here's the ...
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XNA C# Platformer - physics engine or tile based?

I would like to get some opinions on whether i should develop my game using a physics engine (farseer physics seems to be the best option) or follow the traditional tile-based method. Quick ...
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More Efficient Data Structure for Large Layered Tile Map

It seems like the popular method is to break the map up into regions and load them as needed, my problem is that in my game there are many AI entities other than the player out performing actions in ...
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Advice for creating fog of war on tilemap game XNA

I have created a 2D Tile Based game. The game has a single path that the sprite can move on. I want to create to make the entire screen black except for where the sprite is. The sprite has commands ...
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Tile map collision is not working properly

I am having problems setting collision between my sprite and the tiles. I have only done the code for colision for moving upwards but some places on the map it moves up and some places it doesn't. ...
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How to calculate the direction a ball must bounce

I have a tile engine I have made. I can detect collision between the ball(the player) and the tiles. When a collision is detected all the colliding tiles are stored inside a list. My question now is, ...
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Collision Detection, player correction

I am having some problems with collision detection, I have 2 types of objects excluding the player. Tiles and what I call MapObjects. The tiles are all 16x16, where the MapObjects can be any size, but ...