XNa framework basics-Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Now you have read how to start the first xNa project. If you only want to read this chapter, I strongly recommend that you open at least the project of this chapter (downloaded from www.wiley.com) and run it.

If you have a problem installing DirectX,. NET 2.0, or xNa, try to find the xNa Forum, that is, http://msdn.microsoft.com/xna/forums. As many errors may occur, it is difficult to get the prompt in the table in the book. Generally, make sure that you have minimized requirements. For example, if you try to install an unsupported platform and cannot solve the problem, try to find help on the Internet or switch to a supported platform.

Because. NET 2.0 is important for most recent Service Pack packages in your operating system. DirectX: Are you sure you have the latest graphics driver?ProgramAnd there is a decent image card to work on 3D images. Finally, as for xNa, make sure everything is correctly installed before you start xNa setup.

It is not difficult to make xNa work on Windows. Many running problems on the Xbox 360 may cause errors. There are a series of tips to make sure you have the necessary conditions to run the game on Xbox 360.

• You need an Xbox 360 live account on your Xbox 360. It must be connected at all times when you develop and test xNa games.

• Make sure your PC and Xbox 360 are on the same network and they can "see" each other ". You can test pinging from your PC to the Xbox 360 IP, or connect your PC as a media center from the Xbox 360.

• If the Xbox 360 xNa framework cannot be installed, find more help on the Internet to see if your Xbox 360 meets minimum requirements (for example, you need a hard disk ).

• When you create an accesskey in xNa game launcher and it is not accepted by your PC, It may be wrong, or it contains 0 (number) and letter O. It looks almost the same, just try again; you can always create a key. Read the previous details of this chapter.

• If xNa game launcher cannot be started and the buttons are dimmed or you receive errors such as 0 xffffffff, it means that your profile is not connected to Xbox Live or there are some error settings. If you have installed an earlier version of xNa framework, uninstall it, delete your profile, create a new profile, and reinstall the xNa framework.

The second chapter discusses more about what is required for each step to get a game running on the Xbox 360, but this chapter only works on console details outside the Xbox. It's like starting a project, converting to the Xbox 360 output, and pressing F5. If you have installed everything correctly, you can see the same output on Xbox 360. Congratulations! You have just entered your first Xbox 360 game.

If you encounter a compilation error fromCodeHere is the final prompt:

• make sure you have the complete variable definitions: graphics, content, backgroundtexture, sprites, and scrollingposition.

• Read the compiler error message and change the code accordingly. Maybe you try to use some old methods; either replace them with new methods, or comment out them to see how the remaining code works.

• watermark texture) or your video card does not support the Shader Model 1.1 with the lowest level.