Hello (again).

For my platformer game I'm making, (using the Platformer Starter Kit), I am trying to make it so each level has a different background.

I am a complete newb and have only started using Xna recently.



Is this the code I need to change?

public

 

Level(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, string path)

 

{

 

// Create a new content manager to load content used just by this level.

 

content =

new ContentManager(serviceProvider, "Content");

 

timeRemaining =

TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1.5);

 

LoadTiles(path);

 

// Load background layer textures. For now, all levels must

 

 

// use the same backgrounds and only use the left-most part of them.

 

layers =

new Texture2D[3];

 

 

for (int i = 0; i < layers.Length; ++i)

 

{

 

// Choose a random segment if each background layer for level variety.

 

 

int segmentIndex = random.Next(1);

 

layers[i] = Content.Load<

Texture2D>("Backgrounds/Layer" + i + "_" + segmentIndex);

 

}

}


Any help will be gratefully accepted.

I have not looked at the Platform example but changing your background is a very simple procedure.

Your backgrounds are sprite images. They are loaded by adding them to your project and then making Texture2D objects.

            vpWidth = graphics.PreferredBackBufferWidth;
            vpHeight = graphics.PreferredBackBufferHeight;
            List<Texture2D> backgrounds = new List<Texture2D>();
            backgrounds.Add(new Texture2D(GraphicsDevice, vpWidth, vpHeight);
            backgrounds[0] = Content.Load<Texture2D>("backgroundScreen");
backgrounds[0] = Content.Load<Texture2D>("backgroundScreen1");
backgrounds[0] = Content.Load<Texture2D>("backgroundScreen2");
backgrounds[0] = Content.Load<Texture2D>("backgroundScreen3");
backgrounds[0] = Content.Load<Texture2D>("backgroundScreen4");

Then in your draw method
spriteBatch.Begin();
if(level == 1)
                spriteBatch.Draw(backgrounds[0], Vector2.Zero, Color.White);
if(level == 2)
                spriteBatch.Draw(backgrounds[1], Vector2.Zero, Color.White);
if(level == 3)
                spriteBatch.Draw(backgrounds[2], Vector2.Zero, Color.White);

spriteBatch.End();