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Racing Starter Kit Not In Templates

Last post 6/26/2008 6:40 AM by GoDFaDDa. 13 replies.
  • 5/5/2008 1:34 PM

    Racing Starter Kit Not In Templates

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    Hi all

    I just downloaded and installed the Racing Starter Kit for XNA 2.0. It installed okay, but it doesn't show up in the templates section like SpaceWar.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks

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  • 5/5/2008 1:44 PM In reply to

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    It should show under the Visual C# project type (not the XNA Game Studio 2.0 sub-node) in the lower portion of the Templates in a section called My Templates, not the section called Visual Studio installed templates.
    Jim Perry - Microsoft XNA MVP
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  • 5/5/2008 2:56 PM In reply to

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    Thanks, but it is not listed there.
     :(

    42 years old and just started in XNA! I remember programming games on my old TRS-80 Color Computer! Long live QBASIC! ;)
  • 5/5/2008 3:11 PM In reply to

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    Do you have multiple versions of C# installed? It's possible the installer got confused and put it under the wrong version.
    Jim Perry - Microsoft XNA MVP
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  • 5/17/2008 4:58 PM In reply to

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    I have the same problem as above. It is not showing up in any of the places. what can i do????
  • 5/30/2008 12:28 PM In reply to

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    I'm also having this problem. Admittedly its with VC# 2005 express edition, I dont know if that makes a difference. When I install the starter kit I see the zip file under the '\visual studio 2005\templates\project templates\visual c#' folder but when i open a new project, it is not under either installed templates or my templates.

    Any ideas anyone?
  • 6/9/2008 11:24 PM In reply to

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    I'm seeing the same problem. The zip is in the folder (I moved it into the XNA folder and that didn't change anything), but it's not showing up.
  • 6/11/2008 5:48 AM In reply to
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    Re: Racing Starter Kit Not In Templates

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    Same issue here.  I have both VS 2005 and Express, but the problem exists with both versions.  Maybe there was a problem with the changes it made to the registry?  Maybe it has to be done manually?

    Ok I went to the registry, found a key that has to do with where templates could be sitting for VS 8 (my guess is that this is VS 2005?).

     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\CSharp\XNA Game Studio 2.0

    Noted the other template zip files in there (like for Space Wars). 

    Copied and pasted the Race one into there...

    Didn't work. :P

     

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    The windows one does show up, and is listed under xna game studio 2.0, but I'm trying to get the 360 one to show up.

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  • 6/11/2008 6:03 PM In reply to

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    I have the template only problem is it keeps saying in the code i need to change it to a 16 bit or 8 bit settings, i don't know what it is saying.
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  • 6/14/2008 4:29 AM In reply to

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    BladeRunnerFan:
    I just downloaded and installed the Racing Starter Kit for XNA 2.0. It installed okay, but it doesn't show up in the templates section like SpaceWar.

    Any ideas?

    I was having exactly the same problem.  On my system, it appears that the 'RacingGameXBox360.vsi' file was corrupted (bad CRC), so I suspect that is the likely culprit.

    In fact, I unzipped everything, replaced the corrupted ('headers.png') file from the Windows version, zipped it all back up, and then the installation worked, albeit with a warning about the unsigned file.  From there, I was able to create a project and deploy it successfully to the Xbox 360.  (Cool starter kit, BTW.)

    If this is the problem, it probably needs to be fixed at the download server side.

     
  • 6/19/2008 1:39 AM In reply to

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    I can confirm this solves the problem.
  • 6/21/2008 3:14 AM In reply to

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    ditto, i found the same issue, used the view files option while the installer is running and recreated the zip file with the bad png replaced, then finished the install.

     
  • 6/21/2008 5:48 PM In reply to

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    charliex:

    ditto, i found the same issue, used the view files option while the installer is running and recreated the zip file with the bad png replaced, then finished the install.

     

     

    Thank you all for your report.  We have confirmed this issue with the Racing Game starter kit (for Xbox 360) .VSI file, and when we have a fixed file posted, we'll let you know.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

    The first few issues on this thread were also addressed by our new FAQ questions.

    Matthew Picioccio
    XNA Developer Connection
  • 6/26/2008 6:40 AM In reply to

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    We have posted new installers for Racing Game, along with the rest of the starter kits, that use the Microsoft Installer (.msi) technology.  This should address the problems reported in this thread.

    For more information, check out this announcement post.

    Matthew Picioccio
    XNA Developer Connection
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