Framework and Framework.Game show a version of 3.0.0.0, so I guess that's where its at. I just tried updating these to 3.1 and either my game crashes or I can't compile. Should I even be worried about this if my game works fine under 3.0?

[quote user="Jim Perry"]Are you sure you created a 3.1 game? [/quote] Uhm, no?  Hehe.  Is there a setting I have to set to make my compiler spit out a 3.1 executable?  I don't see anything of this nature in my project config.  I'm perfectly fine redistributing a 3.0 as long as it works, but I'd like ...

*EDIT* Apparently my target system can't get by on just the 3.1 redistributable, I had to install the 3.0 redistributable too.  Are both supposed to be required, or is there something in my project where I'm forcing a 3.0 option?

Thanks guys, It looks like sockets in C# is pretty straightforward, and I just learned how to make a thread, so it looks like I'll port my network code after all. I found this example http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/CSharp/0580__Network/SimpleUdpClientsendandreceive.htm doesn't seem near as convoluted as the C++ ...

Hey guys, I'm porting over a Windows game from C++ to XNA / C#, and am ready to add networking support.  I already have a client and server system written in C++ already, so I guess what I'd like to know is whether using XNA's networking is going to be more of a kludge than converting my code to C#.  My target platform ...

I guess I answered my own question. Apparently I need to create a camera, obtain a world matrix, render my triangle list, and then I can use SpriteBatch normally over the top.  I was concerned at first creating a camera would leave the renderer in an unusable state for SpriteBatch but that isn't the case.

Hey guys, I've got a 2D game design and I'm trying to display an ocean quad on the screen and then plant my 2D tiles over it using SpriteBatch.  The problem is that the vertex shader requires a world and projection matrix, and I'm not sure where to acquire this information.  My 2D game design hasn't required that I ...

Hi Valandur, For my purposes I needed to know which object a specific pixel belonged to, not just whether a mouse ray shot through the bounding areas of the quad object. I think your method of ray intersection is an efficient solution for a 3D game that uses actual 3D models and complex geometry.  My method is meant for picking ...

[quote user="Terra Infinitum"]When first run, the game generates all of its own assets![/quote] I'm impressed.  The terrain looks amazing, I wouldn't think you could programmatically generate something like that.

Heya Kevin, I tested it both ways and you are correct.   :) My previous method for mouse picking : render any objects potentially under the cursor to a 1x1 render target with a special shader that draws them a solid color representing a numeric index, render the pixel on top of the display with everything else, read the pixel ...