C# is a multiparadigm, managed, garbage-collected, object-oriented programming language created by Microsoft in conjunction with the .NET platform.
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Is C# different in Unity?
Does Unity use a different version of C#, or is it all the same? It looks different from regular C# but there are some regular C# elements in there.
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How do I create a knockback-movement?
I am a web developer new to game development, and with limited math knowledge. I am writing a character movement controller in Unity. The game has an isometric Diablo-like camera. The character moves ...
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Spawning objects at 3 Diffrent locations randomly [on hold]
I'm new here and I have this simple practice code. I would like to spawn objects on three different locations of my boxes. One ball will spawn then after around 1 second, another one will spawn in ...
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Best way to store game-wide variables
I have an options Screen for things like Difficulty, Resolution, Full Screen, etc but I'm struggling to find the best way to store/obtain these variables at game time.
The way I've currently decided ...
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Blender animation to XNA distortion bug
I followed the instructions on the following video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SissgQ0IXvk
I'm using XNA 4.0 and Blender 2.69
I export the model with animation to a .FBX file.
The animation is ...
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C# graphics framework for 2d games [on hold]
I am looking for a 2D graphics framework for my game. When searching for a graphics framework for c# you get a few results. MonoGame, xna, slimDx, direct X, openTK and c#'s graphics class.
Xna - no ...
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MonoGame hosted in a control/form
I would very much like to host my monogame window inside a Form so that I can take advantage of the nice gui elements in the C# framework when creating a simple level editor. I have looked online, but ...
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Backward Compatibility Save Game System [closed]
I am creating a Turn-Based-Rogue-Like and I am currently working on the Save Game System. I am able to save/load the game without difficulty by serializing the data; however this causes an issue when ...
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Triangle does not show up using SlimDX
Here is the code:
var elements = new VertexElement[] {
new VertexElement(0,0,DeclarationType.Float3,DeclarationMethod.Default,
...
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Make a square flickering at a preset frequency
I'm working on a medi-sci project where I want the patient to use brainwaves to exercise control the environment.
The environmnet is a 2D game where the game character is to be controlled by 2 ...
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Is there a build-in function to count the amount of sprites drawn by SpriteBatch per frame?
I'm hoping to find out how many sprites are on the screen at any given time.
In other words, is it possible to find out how many times spriteBatch.Draw();
is called between spriteBatch.Begin(); and ...
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How should I detect collisions with objects on a “timeline”?
I'd like to replicate this game's mechanic of the player smashing walls with a precise timing to a background rhythm.
How should I check when each wall should be broken? Does the player animation use ...
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Can I extract Flash SWF sprite frames to bitmaps?
I want to create the 2D graphics of my game in Flash Studio, but then get all the frames from my SWF movies into C# for further work in Unity3D.
I find it easier to create nice smooth animations in ...
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Angled topdown perspective camera for 2.5d game
I have a 2d tile based game created using Unity's 2d tools and orthographic camera:
The tiles are created by programmatically generating a mesh, assigning a texture to each pair of triangles, and ...
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Unity refuses to open 2 popup windows
So am am making a unity program, where if you click 2 different objects, 2 different windows are supposed to pop up.
To make them, I use private
private bool showPopUp = false;
private Rect ...
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XNA Library DrawPrimitives throwing primitiveCount error
I downloaded the project from here http://silverlight.bayprince.com/tutorials.php?tutorial=13 and tried adding a new OBJ file with a few thousand vertices listed.
The classic teapot works but when I ...
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Monogame render between constraints
I have, in MonoGame, a project for which I require the game to not use the full screen depending on the resolution. The game elements etc all behave as they should (So they bounce off for example ...
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how to add a spotlight effect to my targetenemy code
The current targeting code below changes the color of the enemy with tab button:
Target enemy = change color of enemy to 'green'
Deselect enemy = change color of enemy to 'blue' (press tab again)
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Any easier way to add networking to an XNA game? [closed]
I know that the MSDN has an article on this but I'm not developing for Xbox so I'm not sure if I should use NetworkSession or LocalGamer etc etc because I think they are Xbox only. But I haven't tried ...
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Farseer: How can I create a body with a hole in the middle
I want to create a shape that looks like the black contour in this picture:
The shape must be empty in the middle(white surface). The white surface must not be part of the shape, just the black ...
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Unity 3d: the difference developping in javascript/C#? [duplicate]
What is the difference(strong or weak)? I have asked several programmers, but they told me there is a preference topic.
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1answer
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Is it more efficient to use an A* algorithm or a line system drawn in pathfinding in C#?
I was recently introduced to the A* algorithm when I asked a friend about making AI/NPC's in video games move to certain points and it sounded very interesting. I am building an FPS and it has AI that ...
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Pathplanning A* Getting stuck in wall
I'm having a problem with my pathplanning.
I can plan a path and make my character follow it, that's not a problem but then i plan a path around a wall it takes the shortest way as A* suggests, which ...
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Obstacle Avoidance With Walls in C#
I'm trying to do some obstacle avoidance. Yet somehow something is not going quite well.
I've used the book "Programming Game AI by Example" to create a simular function in c# in combination with XNA.
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1answer
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How to subscribe to an event fired from any Instance/Object of type X
I'm currently working on a small game-engine and i'm kinda stuck on finding the right pattern to subscribe to an event fired from any instance of type X.To understand what i'm trying to achieve, here ...
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Trigger for Melee-attack not working
I'm currently trying to add a melee-slash attack to my Sidescroller.
For that I decided to to have an invisible box-colliders infront of my character. My idea is to activate it when the attack-key is ...
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What is the most efficient way to work with lip sync/facial expressions in XNA?
I've been searching for an answer forever, but I haven't found one. What options are there for lip sync/facial expressions in video games made with XNA? I have a few models for a game I'm building, ...
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Removing something on Collision?
I have my collision detection code working so how would I tell my HealthPickup to disappear when my Player collides with it? I haven't played around with it yet but I think I may have to somehow ...
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How do I save a screenshot and load it as a texture for use in game?
I have a Unity level that takes a screenshot taken in the previous level and applies it as a material to a Plane, the problem is that it will get stuck and not apply the most recent version of the ...
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Detecting Hitbox Collisions (Rectangle)
So I have some Hitboxes set up on 2 classes, HealthPickup and Player.
public static Rectangle Hitbox;
public override void Initialize()
{
Hitbox = new Rectangle(Pos.X, Pos.Y, 32, 32);
}
That's ...
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Load Prefab to variable
I have my code, for my weapon:
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class Arma : MonoBehaviour {
public static int municao;
GameObject bullet;
GUIText texto;
// Use ...
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Windows Phone 8.1 emulator for DirectX landscape
My issue is that the Windows Phone 8.1 emulator in Visual Studio 2013 is displaying the landscape mode sideways. The image is landscape and looks correct, but it's rotated 90 degrees, sitting on one ...
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C#Script select GameObject
I want to load the prefab instead of the gameobject that is in the screen, my code is this one:
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class Arma : MonoBehaviour {
public static int ...
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How to Calculate Velocity in a 2D space game
I am currently using
screenpos.X = (float)(screenpos.X + velocity * Math.Sin(r));
screenpos.Y = (float)(screenpos.Y - velocity * Math.Cos(r));
For my Movement with r being the Rotation in Radians. ...
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More Precise PathSmoothing
I'm reading a book about AI - Path planning and path smoothing. Yet this book is using c++ code. And i'm coding in c# with the XNA framework.
I have a path smoothing working, yet the book says it can ...
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How to modify Game1.cs out of an object it contains? [closed]
Assuming I Have a List<SomeClass> myList; in my Game1-class. It also contains an object of SomeOtherClass otherClass;. How would I modify myList (Add/Remove) out of the otherClass's logic? Or in ...
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Why is my Simplex Noise appearing in four columns?
I'm trying to make a Texture out of Simplex noise, but it keeps appearing like this regardless of how big or small scale is:
The following code is used to produce the image's color date:
private ...
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Do I need to worry about inlining in Unity/C#? [migrated]
For code clarity I sometimes create a function that should very obviously be inlined, be it either a wrapper, or a function that is only called in a single point, or a short function that is supposed ...
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Unity3D : Prefab Instancing Issue
I am using latest unity engine and I am having a scripting issue.
I create a prefab , added a few scripts to it and I am trying to instantiate a few of those objects like this :
GameObject ...
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touch in guiTexture
Before time in my game start. i want there will show a guiTexture.. if i touch this guiTexture, that will hidden and the time game will start. I try to make a script but it doesn't work. I'm a bit ...
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Is it possible to change the position of a Farseer joint tie point?
When I create a revolute joint in Farseer, then there is always a tie point in the center of each of the two bodies. Is it possible to change the position of a tie point?
For example:
I created a ...
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Particle friction with variable timestep in XNA
Alright, so I'm working on an engine of sorts in XNA (yes, it's deprecated, I know) and I'm implementing my own particle system. I've defined a "ParticleEffect" such that when it's supplied a GameTime ...
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How can I combine multiple bodies into one in Farseer? [closed]
I want to create a windmill in Farseer, but I don't know how to combine the 3 windmill sails bodies to one body. During gameplay, the sails could get destroyed. For example, if another body hits one ...
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hide and show many guiTexture
in the 1 scene there are many guiTexture. So how to write this code ?
public class guiTanya : MonoBehaviour {
public GUITexture guiA, guiB, guiC, guiD, guiE, guiF;
void onMouseDown() {
//if i press ...
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Problem with moving player through a secript by a set distance
I am currently trying to add a sort of "dash"-ability to my sidescroller.
What I try to do, is to let the player press a key where a simple key-press causes the player to move quickly into one ...
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How can I move bodies in Farseer, using touch input?
The player should be able to move a Farseer body with it's fingers. How can I do that? What is the best way to create a Farseer body for the player's finger so that the player can move other Farseer ...
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Repsonse Height Mask Issue
I've been working on a collision detection based around creating a height mask and then moving the player up until a transparent pixel. The problem I'm having is that the character is being pushed all ...
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Unity Gui from text file templates
I've been banging my head against a wall this past while over how I might create menu's and menu components in unity from text file. I would normally just build my own extended panel/label classes etc ...
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How to parse a null to a null in Enum.Parse? [migrated]
This is my code:
return (Skills) Enum.Parse(typeof(Skills), CSData[(int)cs].Requirement);
But since sometimes there is no requirement (ie value is null) i want in that case to parse the value null ...
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Multithreading issues - Frame skips [closed]
So I am trying to multithread a Voxel engine in C# made with Sharpdx and I am having a few issues:
This is the class I have :
#region
using System.Collections.Concurrent;
using ...
