How to load multiple sounds for background and effects in a good way
I am recreating pokemon platinum for pc and I want to load background music files. I never worked a lot with audio in monogame. Can someone explain how SoundBank and SongCollection work? I could not...
View ArticleResx and mac os
Hi there, I am trying to localize my project but for some reason resx don’t generate the corresponding Design.cs file. I have this in my Gaming.csproj <ItemGroup> <Compile...
View ArticleIssues when releasing an XNA / KNI game on Yandex Games
In this post, I want to talk about the issues I faced when releasing a game on a web portal like Yandex Games. About I always wanted to use MonoGame, but the lack of support for web platforms stopped...
View ArticleNew C# ECS Benchmark - Covering many common uses-cases
ECS.CSharp.Benchmark - Common use-cases ⋅ GitHub Benchmarks are implemented in the most simple & performant variant. They can be used as a template to migration from one ECS to another....
View ArticleInstallation of Monogame in Visual Studio Code for MAC
Good afternoon. Visual Studio for MAC will not be supported by Microsoft at the end of the summer. The only possibility to use Mono game i believe is by using Visual Studio Code editor. Do you know if...
View Article(NuGet) How to make a cross-platform library for MonoGame?
Hi. I’m developing the NeutrinoParticles project that makes particle effects on different platforms including MonoGame. For MonoGame I have a renderer library, that basically was unified for OpenGL...
View ArticlePerformance: retrieve Textures from ContentManager vs from its reference
Hello, I was wondering, after the LoadContent phase, if retrieving textures from the ContentManager can be an expensive operation when there are a lot of textures loaded in the same ContentManager:...
View ArticleHow to build a self contained executable
When you build the game it comes with all of the dll’s inside the folder, is there a way to just make it a single exe file that can run wherever 4 posts - 3 participants Read full topic
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Make a rect based on image
In the image the spikes are on different parts of the 16x16 image to fit on a wall properly. But I don’t understand how I would make a hitbox in the correct position without a lot of unclean code of...
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Beer Time Android App.
I have released my first ever Android app on the Google Play Store. Written using monogame (of course). Ever missed your bus or train because you were finishing your beer? Beer Time can ensure you...
View ArticleGame with monogame 3.8.2 no longer starts
I am happy to see that the long-awaited new version of monogame is out! I immediately updated a reference of my game project. <PackageReference Include="MonoGame.Framework.WindowsDX"...
View ArticleContinuous IDE for iOS Support
Greetings! I happened to stumble upon an app for iOS called Continous .NET C# and F# IDE. I was thinking to myself that it would be awesome if MonoGame could be used with the app to create games...
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MonoGo - Cross-Platform .NET 8 C# 2D Game Engine
Welcome to MonoGo! Cross-Platform .NET 8 C# 2D game engine build ontop of MonoGame and Monofoxe. Features Graphics Pipeline and Automated Batch\Vertex Buffer Management. Easy SpriteSheet-Animations....
View ArticleMonogame 3.8.2 iOS does not build
I tried to update my Monogame 3.8.1 iOS and Android apps to 3.8.2 but unfortunately the iOS app does not build. Android version builds fine. So whilst investigating I tried to build an empty...
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Markdown rendering engine for MonoGame
Hello! I’ve just released the first alpha of my markdown rendering engine based on MonoGame. You can use it for documentation inside your projects. romanov/monobrowser: MonoBrowser Core is a markdown...
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Seeing the edges of my shadowcube, driving me mad
So I’ve been working on this for literally months. I’ve even resorted to ChatGPT, Claude, etc. As you can see in the picture, the edges of my shadow cube are projected as shadows. Can anyone help with...
View ArticleDirect Window control from MonoGame
What I am doing is developing a set of controls similar to the Windows Forms controls and I’m currently working on a ProgramHeader class that would replace the MonoGame program header and allow the...
View ArticleProblem saving data with program written in MonoGame under VS2022.
My simulation program is written in XNA 4.0 under VS2010 and works perfectly. However, I ported it to MonoGame under VS2022 and when it tries to save data (.txt file) in a new directory I get the...
View ArticleOpenGL shader differences
I have a simple ‘transition’ shader that returns either the pixel from texture A or texture B depending on the state of the M texture. See below. When using DirectX both versions/attempts work fine....
View ArticleEmitting Data to Node.js Server
Hello. I have a pretty cool Arduino project working where I can use a rotary telephone to communicate with an html page by using a node.js server to “listen” for data sent by the Arduino or speak to...
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A 3D Platformer on a Finger Skateboard 🛹
Hi everyone, I’d like to show you our speedrunning platformer that we’re currently working on: STUNTBOOST Announce Trailer STUNTBOOST Race a tiny skateboard through tracks of cardboard and toys....
View ArticleRectangle.Offset() doesn't work with foreach() (bug?)
Hello guys, I have a problem (or I found a bug). I have this property: public Rectangle BoundingBox { get { Rectangle spriteBounds = { new Rectangle((int)(8* canScale), (int)(3* canScale), (int)(47*...
View ArticleWhy Content.Pipeline Required DesktopGL? (MonoGame Ver 3.8.2.1105)
Content.Pipeline requires DesktopGL(NuGet) when building. (Build error with Content TypeWriter). I thought DesktopDX(NuGet) could also build, so why the error? 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic
View Article2.5D Using monogame
Hi, Im just curious if anyone know of any resources regarding 2.5d rendering using monogame. Im thinking smt in the style of this https://youtu.be/A7txKkBkgXg?si=xr5enIaZ8SfIcLli&t=249 where you...
View ArticleTexture2D from Base64
Is there a way to load texture using base64 format? 2 posts - 1 participant Read full topic
View ArticleIs PublishAOT necessary for a working app bundle after signing?
Hi there, I wanted to port one of my games to mac os and have the problem that the unsigned app-bundle runs without problems but as soon as I sign it it crashes (icon is displayed shortly but no...
View ArticleKNI Blazor asset loading issue
Hi, I got issue running web version of KNI game. I’m trying to load Spine atlas, but I’m getting error: Uncaught Error: Could not find a part of the path...
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MGCB Editor 3.8.2 issues
I am having issues with with mgcb and the mgcb editor. It shows that it is installed, I’ve done a tool restore, but it still does not recognize it. I am working on Windows 11. Visual Studio. Any ideas...
View ArticlePublish app on Windows for other platforms
I’m kinda confused with publishing - is it possible to publish game for macOS and Linux from Windows system? I tried publishing it via dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-x64 with and without all single...
View ArticleContent editor not launching on macOS
I am trying to launch the content editor on macOS. When I run “dotnet mgcb-editor” from the VS Code terminal, the editor opens and then closes immediately. It was working fine with version 3.8.1.303,...
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