This error is not due to a missing semi-colon. It is actually indicative of a missing closing brace }. In this case the error says line 117 when the shader is 118 long. That means the file is either missing the last two } closing the pass and technique, or not recognising them. Either way the compiler is not getting the last two chars properly.i.e ...

I third that. Also if the splash screen is going to show any longer, it may be a good time to load anything on a bg thread while its showing.

Make sure you are drawing that splash spritebatch with immediate sort mode.

1) The XNA Framework Bounding Box typically takes a minimum and maximum vector3. You can think of these as the bottom corner and top corner forming a box. You will simply need to use Vector3(minX, lowestHeight, minZ), and Vector3(maxX, highestHeight, maxZ) for the current patch/block/mip. My guess it you want these in world space for your spatial ...

I just want to double check something.You said ''any change invalidates everything''. Does this include the backbuffer and depth stencil created when creating the device. By that I mean if I render to a render target, does the original backbuffer/depth stencil become invalidated?

Shawn Hargreaves:any change invalidates everything.I thought that would be the case. It just makes managing things a little more difficult.Imagine a situation where you are drawing a reflective and refractive surface mid frame (like water). This involves switching the render target and drawing a couple of times.The only way I can think of ...

I was hoping somebody could clear up a few queries I have.I understand that render targets and depth stencil buffers are held in shared EDRAM on the 360. From the docs and what people have said It is pretty clear that when changing a render target, the current render target is lost (in terms of its content).What is not clear is if everything in ...

You should start this project on a community site (something like codeplex). It will be easier to attract contributors that way.

I think you get this when looking straight down on Y (opposite Vector3.Up) which is the case here.

If installing Game Studio is going to be a requirement in a lot of situations, I vote to keep it small.