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Xna

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XNA programming tips are available. You can create multiplat platform games for Windows and Xbox 360.

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At first
Settings
Basic knowledge
Window
System
Content pipeline
Character
Keyboard
Mouse
Gamepad
Sprite (2D)
Primitives (3D)
3D model
Coordinate transformation
Collision determination
Mathematics
Sound
Storage
Effect
Game components
Wpf

At first

What is XNA?

What is XNA?

XNA is discussed.
Prepare your development environment

Prepare your development environment

(4.0 β)

Describes the development environment required for game development using XNA.
Install the Windows Phone Developer Tools

Install the Windows Phone Developer Tools

Install the Windows Phone Developer Tools to install the Windows Phone development environment and XNA Game Studio.
Install Visual Studio

Install Visual Studio

This section describes the process from downloading to installing Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, the development environment required for XNA development.
Install XNA Game Studio

Install XNA Game Studio

This section describes the process from downloading to installing XNA Game Studio Express, the development environment required for XNA development.
Install the Japanese Language Pack

Install the Japanese Language Pack

Install the Windows Phone Developer Tools to install the Windows Phone development environment and XNA Game Studio.
Set up Xbox 360

Set up Xbox 360

(4.0 β)

Learn how to set up your Xbox360 to develop games for the Xbox360 on XNA.
Connect Windows to Xbox360

Connect Windows to Xbox360

(4.0 β)

Enables you to connect your Windows and Xbox 360 environments using XNA Game Studio 2.0 and XNA Game Studio Connect.
Creating a Game Project for Windows

Creating a Game Project for Windows

Create a project for your game for Windows in XNA.
Create a project for your game for Xbox 360

Create a project for your game for Xbox 360

(4.0 β)

Create a project for your game for Xbox360 in XNA.
Creating a project for a game for Windows Phone

Creating a project for a game for Windows Phone

Create a project for your game for Windows Phone in XNA.
Distributing games for Windows

Distributing games for Windows

Learn how to distribute your game for Windows.
Distributing games for Xbox360

Distributing games for Xbox360

(4.0 β)

Learn how to distribute your Xbox 360 game.
About the Starter Kit

About the Starter Kit

(3.0)

Describes the starter kit that ships with XNA Game Studio Express.
Get help

Get help

Describes how to use XNA Help.
Set up Zune

Set up Zune

(Support up to 3.0)

Describes how to set up Zune to develop games for Zune in XNA
Set up a connection with Zune

Set up a connection with Zune

(Support up to 3.0)

Set up Visual Studio to connect to Zune
Create a project for Zune

Create a project for Zune

(Support up to 3.0)

Create a project for your game for Zune in XNA.
Distributing games for Zune

Distributing games for Zune

(Support up to 3.0)

Learn how to distribute your Zune game.

Settings

Rename a file

Rename a file

Change the name of the file registered in the project
Changing the executable icon of the game for Windows

Changing the executable icon of the game for Windows

Change the icon of the executable file used by the game for Windows and the icon of the game window
Change thumbnail image for Xbox360 and Zune

Change thumbnail image for Xbox360 and Zune

(3.0)

Change the thumbnail picture that appears in Xbox 360 and Zune games
Setting the title of the work and the name of the copyright holder

Setting the title of the work and the name of the copyright holder

(3.0)

Change the icon of the executable file used by the game for Windows and the icon of the game window

Basic knowledge

About Coordinate Transformation of 3D Models

About Coordinate Transformation of 3D Models

This section describes the coordinate transformation of a 3D model.

Window

Show a window

Show a window

Displays a window to show the actual game screen
Rename the title of the window

Rename the title of the window

Change the text in the window's title bar.
Allow users to change window size

Allow users to change window size

Allows users to resize the window arbitrarily.
Change screen resolution

Change screen resolution

Launch the game on any screen resolution.

System

Changing the background color

Changing the background color

Filling the background color with black when clearing the screen
Force the game to quit

Force the game to quit

Force the game to quit
Boot into full-screen mode

Boot into full-screen mode

Causes a line break in the middle of the string to be displayed
Switch between window mode and full screen

Switch between window mode and full screen

Switch between window mode and full-screen mode
Change the number of data updates per second

Change the number of data updates per second

The time interval at which the Update method is called controls the number of times the Update method is called in one second
Find out which shader model versions are available

Find out which shader model versions are available

(Support up to 3.0)

Checking the supported shader model version and video card in the environment in which the program is running

Content pipeline

Loading Resources (Contents)

Loading Resources (Contents)

Describes how to import resources such as image files and model files.
Specify the initial directory for content

Specify the initial directory for content

Sets the root directory for loading content.
Load content with any asset name

Load content with any asset name

I change the asset name of the file I added to the project and import it.

Character

Display alphanumeric characters

Display alphanumeric characters

Display an arbitrary character string (alphanumeric) on the screen
Breaking a string

Breaking a string

Causes a line break in the middle of the string to be displayed
Specify the position where the text is drawn

Specify the position where the text is drawn

Specifies the position of the characters to be displayed
Change the color of text

Change the color of text

Display the color of the text to be displayed in any color
More about font styles

More about font styles

Describes the details of the sprite font file and the characters displayed
Rotate text

Rotate text

Rotate the text to display it
Rotate text by specifying the rotation axis

Rotate text by specifying the rotation axis

Rotating by specifying the position of the rotation axis
Scale text

Scale text

Scales the text
Draw text in context

Draw text in context

Use the depth value of the layer to specify the context of the text
Add a shadow to text

Add a shadow to text

Add shadows to the text to make it look three-dimensional
Add a border to text

Add a border to text

Display the text with a frame
Display semi-transparent text

Display semi-transparent text

Make the text appear semi-transparent

Keyboard

Retrieving the state of a key press on the specified keyboard

Retrieving the state of a key press on the specified keyboard

Checks if a key is pressed on the keyboard specified
Recognize the moment you press a key on the keyboard

Recognize the moment you press a key on the keyboard

Allows you to detect the moment you press a key on your keyboard
Get a list of keyboard keys that are pressed

Get a list of keyboard keys that are pressed

The keys on the keyboard that are pressed are enumerated and displayed on the screen

Mouse

Display the mouse pointer on a window

Display the mouse pointer on a window

Make sure that the mouse pointer appears on the window
Get the state of the mouse

Get the state of the mouse

Gets the current state of the mouse
Recognize the moment you press the mouse button

Recognize the moment you press the mouse button

Allows you to detect the moment when you press the left mouse button
Set the mouse pointer to an arbitrary position

Set the mouse pointer to an arbitrary position

Set the mouse pointer position to the desired location

Gamepad

ゲームパッドの状態を取得する

ゲームパッドの状態を取得する

ゲームパッドである Xbox360 コントローラーの入力状態を取得します
ゲームパッドを振動させる

ゲームパッドを振動させる

コントローラーを振動させます
ゲームパッドが本体と接続されているかを調べる

ゲームパッドが本体と接続されているかを調べる

Xbox 360 コントローラーが Xbox 360 本体と接続されているかを調べます
複数のゲームパッドを検出する

複数のゲームパッドを検出する

複数の Xbox 360 コントローラーが接続されているときに、その入力状態を取得します

Sprite (2D)

Make the sprite appear

Make the sprite appear

Load the texture (image) and display it on the screen
Specify where the sprite is displayed

Specify where the sprite is displayed

Specifies the position of the sprite
Change the color of the sprite

Change the color of the sprite

Change the color in which the sprite is displayed
Rotate the sprite

Rotate the sprite

Rotate the sprite
Rotate the sprite by specifying the axis of rotation

Rotate the sprite by specifying the axis of rotation

The position of the sprite's rotation axis is specified and rotated
Zooming in and out of sprites

Zooming in and out of sprites

Scales the text
Using Layer Parameters to Create Sprite Context

Using Layer Parameters to Create Sprite Context

Use the layer's depth value to specify the sprite's context
Draw a sprite by cutting out a partial image from a texture

Draw a sprite by cutting out a partial image from a texture

Draw only a part of the created texture
Draw transparent and semi-transparent sprites

Draw transparent and semi-transparent sprites

Draw a semi-transparent texture.

Primitives (3D)

Displaying triangular polygons

Displaying triangular polygons

Displaying triangular polygons in 3D space
Specify the face of the polygon to be drawn

Specify the face of the polygon to be drawn

This section explains the surface of a polygon
Draw a trigonal polygon using a vertex buffer

Draw a trigonal polygon using a vertex buffer

Utilize the vertex buffer to draw polygons at high speed
Line display

Line display

Displaying line primitives
Displaying contiguous polygons

Displaying contiguous polygons

Displaying contiguous polygons
Displaying rectangular polygons

Displaying rectangular polygons

Displaying rectangular polygons. Rectangular polygons are also commonly used in 2D and 3D
Displaying Boxes Using Index Buffers

Displaying Boxes Using Index Buffers

I use a lot of polygons to create a box. In doing so, an index buffer is used to reduce the amount of data in the vertex data
Draw the XYZ axis

Draw the XYZ axis

A line is drawn on the XYZ axis to make it easier to understand the positional relationship
Applying a texture to a polygon

Applying a texture to a polygon

I'm drawing by attaching a texture to a polygon
Use lights to draw polygons

Use lights to draw polygons

Lights (light sources) are used to shade polygons
Indication of points

Indication of points

(Support up to 3.0)

Displaying point primitives

3D model

Load the X file and view the model

Load the X file and view the model

The model data is read from the X file (.x) and displayed
Load the FBX file and view the model

Load the FBX file and view the model

The model data is read from the FBX file (.fbx) and displayed

Coordinate transformation

View Coordinate Transformations

View Coordinate Transformations

Manipulating the parameters of the view coordinate transformation
Projective Coordinate Transformation

Projective Coordinate Transformation

Manipulating the parameters of the view coordinate transformation
Moving Models

Moving Models

Perform a parallel translation coordinate transformation to move the model
Rotate the model

Rotate the model

Rotate the model by performing a rotation transformation
Scaling the model

Scaling the model

Perform a scale coordinate transformation to change the scale of the model
Matrix multiplication

Matrix multiplication

Movement, rotation, and scale are multiplied to generate a matrix and manipulate the model
Three-dimensional coordinates to screen coordinate conversion

Three-dimensional coordinates to screen coordinate conversion

It converts from coordinates in 3D space to coordinates on the screen and displays the name at the location of the model
Select a model from its position on the screen

Select a model from its position on the screen

It allows you to select the model at the position of the mouse cursor

Collision determination

Ball-to-ball collision judgment

Ball-to-ball collision judgment

A sphere that encompasses each model is used to make a hit judgment. In this sample, collision detection is performed for two sphere models

Mathematics

Radian and Degree

Radian and Degree

Describes the Radian and Degree used to represent angles

Sound

Create a file to play a sound in XNA

Create a file to play a sound in XNA

(3.0)

Use the Microsoft Cross-Platform Audio Creation Tool (XACT) to create a file for playing sound in XNA
Playing Sounds

Playing Sounds

(3.0)

Loads and plays a sound file created in XACT
Play, pause, and stop by queue

Play, pause, and stop by queue

(3.0)

Use cues to play, pause, and stop sounds
Change the volume of the sound

Change the volume of the sound

(3.0)

Change the volume of the sound

Storage

Get the folder path of the executable file

Get the folder path of the executable file

(2.0)

Get the folder path of the executable file
Get the path of the storage container

Get the path of the storage container

(2.0)

Retrieves the storage container path of the selected storage device
Data Retention

Data Retention

(2.0)

Save the data as a file on the device of your choice
Loading data

Loading data

(2.0)

Save the data as a file on the device of your choice
Check if the file is there

Check if the file is there

(2.0)

Verify that the specified file exists
Creating, duplicating, deleting, moving, and renaming files

Creating, duplicating, deleting, moving, and renaming files

(2.0)

Perform various operations such as "Create", "Duplicate", "Delete", and "Move" on the file
Enumerate a list of files in a specified directory

Enumerate a list of files in a specified directory

(2.0)

Enumerates a list of files in the specified directory
Find out how much space your storage device has

Find out how much space your storage device has

(2.0)

Retrieves the total area size and free space size of the specified storage device

Effect

BasicEffect Materials

BasicEffect Materials

Manipulate the parameters related to the material part of the BasicEffect to see how the model looks
BasicEffect Lights

BasicEffect Lights

Manipulate the parameters related to the light portion of the BasicEffect to see how the model appears
BasicEffect Fog

BasicEffect Fog

Manipulate the parameters related to the material part of the BasicEffect to see how the model looks

Game components

GameComponent

GameComponent

2007/ 2/ 3 の日記です。XNA のコンポーネントについて説明しています。
DrawableGameComponent

DrawableGameComponent

2007/ 2/12 の日記です。XNA の描画用コンポーネント DrawableGameComponent について説明しています。

Wpf

Using XNA in WPF Applications

Using XNA in WPF Applications

(3.0)

Describes how to use the XNA Framework in a WPF application
Display an XNA view directly on a WPF window

Display an XNA view directly on a WPF window

(3.0)

Describes how to render directly in a WPF window in XNA