FAQ Forum Index

CDarklock — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:05:49 GMT

There are a lot of FAQs on the XNA Creators' Club forums, starting with the Main Creators' Club Online FAQ and extending across a number of great tips, tricks, and resources contributed by the community. To make life easier for the new member, I've divided the many FAQs up into a few broad categories.

Using the Forum

Help! I'm new! (George Clingerman)
Improved XNA Creators Club Online website FAQ (David Weller)
How do I post an image in the forum? (The ZMan)
Access Denied Downloading Premium Content (Nick Gravelyn)
Non-English posts and forums (The ZMan)
Posting code to the forums (The ZMan)
FAQ: How to make an FAQ (The ZMan)
GamerTag, Live account, forum account Q&A (The ZMan)
How to use your real name in the forums (Shawn Hargreaves)
HOWTO: Advanced forum use and Q&A (David Weller)
Pastebins that Support C# highlighting! (TJ Hollis)
Did your post get deleted or locked? Here's why (David Weller)
How to Ask A Question so that it's not Ignored or Deleted (David Weller)

General XNA Game Studio Information

How do I submit a bug or feature request for XNA Game Studio Or XNA.com (Kluch)
When will XNA Game Studio Express support {my favourite feature} (The ZMan)
Game Studio (Express) v1/2/3 and Visual Studio 2005/2008 compatibility (The ZMan)
Game Studio 3.0 CTP/Zune Game Development FAQ (David Weller)
XNA Game Studio v3.0 FAQ (The ZMan)
XNA Game Studio v 2.0 FAQ (The ZMan)
What is the status of VS2008/VC#2008 support for Game Studio (Express) (The ZMan)
What is/When can I get 'XNA Professional' (The ZMan)
Installing Game Studio Express (The ZMan)
Can I use Game Studio with VB.Net (or other languages) (The ZMan)
How to make sure your graphics card is XNA ready (Jim Perry)
When is Free Torque Game Builder/TorqueX availalbe with Creators Club (ScarletDeath31)
XNA Framework and networking/LiveArcade/Games For Windows Live ? (The ZMan)

XNA Game Development Support

What GUI systems are there for the XNA framework? (The ZMan)
What Game Engines are available for XNA Game Studio? (The ZMan)
Are there any Physics Engines for use with XNA GS? (The ZMan)
3rd party content importers & processors (Jim W)
Free Software for development (Camp ELM)
Where can I find community tutorials and information for XNA GS (The ZMan)
Where can I get support for the various XNA Framework books? (Jim Perry)
Where can I get free/cheap fonts? (The ZMan)

XNA Errors and Troubleshooting

How can I make an installer to install my XNA Framework game? (The ZMan)
What do I need to make XNA Framework games run on other computers? (The ZMan)
How To Solve "<My Game> has had an error and needed to close. Send an error report." (Nick Gravelyn)
What to do: "original source is necessary" error during XNA Game Studio 2.0 Install (Emily)
Why does my sound cut out before it is finished (The ZMan)
Why does my 3d rendering go wrong when I use SpriteBatch (Jim Perry)

General Game Development

How do I learn to program? (Stephen Styrchak)
Zune Development Tips, Tricks and FAQ's (Kluch)
Pointing an object towards a given point, and other cool game math! (jwatte)
C# FAQ: Value Types vs Reference Types (Nick Gravelyn)
Support for Managed DirectX/Native DirectX/Direct Draw? (The ZMan)
Running XNA framework in a windows form control (The ZMan)
Useful XNA Framework tips (Bill Reiss)
Useful Visual Studio Shortcuts (DM The Boss)
What are the recommended books and sites for learning C#? (George Clingerman)

Creators' Club, Community Games, and Dream-Build-Play

Xbox LIVE Community Games FAQ (David Weller)
Dream Build Play 2.0 Warmup - Silicon Minds FAQ (David Weller)
Creators Club Cost, Purchasing and Trial vs Full/Premium FAQ (The ZMan)
Does the Game Studio 2.0 EULA say I can't make a game with text chat? (David Weller)
What does 'Holiday XX' mean? (The ZMan)
How can I get Premium Content without an Xbox? (The ZMan)
Where can I find or upload XNA games? (SwampThingTom)
How can I get my XNA GS game on Xbox Live Arcade (The ZMan)