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How to stop a tap event from propagating in a XNA / Silverlight game

I have a game with Silverlight / XNA game where text and buttons are created in Silverlight while 3d is done in XNA. The Silverlight controls are drawn ontop of the 3D and I dont want a click on a ...
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Mixing XNA and Silverlight gives wierd graphics

I making a small 3dgame which is made as a Silverlight and XNA app, but when I draw the sprites the graphics becomes all wierd. All my primitive types are rendered correctly, but my 3d models are ...
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Scrolling a WriteableBitmap

I need to simulate my background scrolling but I want to avoid moving my actual image control. Instead, I'd like to use a WriteableBitmap and use a blitting method. What would be the way to simulate ...
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Getting Started With Web-based Games…Can I Reasonably Target Flash And Silverlight And HTML5?

I come from a .NET background and I've done a few simple things in Silverlight. I'd love to adopt that and make my site and games Silverlight only; but I hear it has a fairly low install base. I ...
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Splitting an object into two

I'm using Farseer physics engine. I have a simple rectangle body and would like it to split into two pieces given a starting coordinate (where the bullet enters the object) and ending coordinate ...
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Scrolling background loop

I'm trying to scroll my background forever and so I'm using the background image twice. When the first one goes off screen, it should relocate to the end of the second one. However, there seems to be ...
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Silverlight scrolling with camera

I'm trying to get my head around scrolling a 2D map that uses a physics engine. If I was to launch a projectile, would I actually be applying the physics to the background images rather than the ...
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Farseer - Apply Impulse

I'm new to Farseer and have a simple question. The demos I went through didn't seem to demonstrate what I want. I would like to apply an impulse (not force) to an object at a specific position on that ...
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How do I create user-friendly, unique game IDs?

How do I create unique game IDs which are also user friendly -- so that one user can easily give that game ID to someone else for joining the game. I am creating my game in Silverlight with C#.