Load content on background thread
@monobeginner wrote: Hello, I have some question about loading content on background thread. Lets start with a piece of code: protected override void LoadContent() { ......
View ArticleProtobuild keeps resetting my solution file to "original" one after resync
@darkhog wrote: And no, I don't use "Re-generate projects" button, just plain old resync. Also when I open project in protobuild manager for some reason it automatically resyncs and download stuff....
View ArticleBMFont rendering that bypasses content pipeline?
@darkhog wrote: Frankly I don't really know where to put it, here or in Protogame. From my understanding Protogame doesn't really like Mono's content pipeline and besides I want my game to be as easy...
View ArticleDistance and Length
@MuntyScruntFundle wrote: Hi folks. I have a couple of AI that have to do a bit of thinking, not every frame, but every few random seconds. Wheh they're thinking I get a frame rate loss which is very...
View ArticleReduce apk size with Proguard and Linking
@monobeginner wrote: Hello, I would like to reduce apk size with Proguard and linking. I enabled Proguard just with few extra rules # General Android -dontwarn org.apache.http.** -dontwarn...
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Android can't draw where notification bar used to be
@nebosite wrote: I created a vanilla Android monogame app where I am hiding the navigation bar. I am drawing a square texture at 0,0, but this starts about 60 pixels down, leaving a blue strip across...
View ArticleMonoVarmint: A XAML-Like widget system for Monogame
@nebosite wrote: If you are interested in a widgeting system with XAML-like syntax, I have created an open source solution called MonoVarmint. Here's a game I've published with it: Trapdot Features:*...
View ArticleMoving / resizing window freezes game
@domi1819 wrote: Hi. I'm creating a "Cross Platform Desktop" game. On Windows, while moving or resizing the game window, Update() or Draw() are not called at all.This is not happening on Linux.I know...
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Blurry font rendering and mouse position issue since XNA conversion
@pedroponting wrote: So I've finally bitten the bullet and converted my game from XNA to MonoGame, which was a lot easier to do than I expected. However I have a few remaining issues. The main one is...
View ArticleObfuscator for commercial use
@monobeginner wrote: Hello, Could you recommend me good obfuscator which will work fine with Monogame / Xamarin and is free for commercial use ? Xamarin recommends Dotfuscator which comes with Visual...
View ArticleShooting with rotation
@Falk_Bruskeland wrote: Do anyone know how to make bullets shoot in the direction the player is heading or where the mouse is?Like in a top down shooter! Thanks Posts: 5 Participants: 2 Read full topic
View ArticleWhy is constructor for Rectangle using Points?
@guy120334913 wrote: I have a question that might be a bit silly, but why is the constructor for Rectangle class taking Point for size and location, rather than Vector2? This is not a big issue, but...
View Article2D lighting with colors
@CidHighwind wrote: I have a simple shader which combines two textures into one to generate a lit texture. It looks something like this: return texColor * float4(lightColor.a, lightColor.a,...
View ArticleCan GLSL extensions be enabled in effects?
@atomgott wrote: When trying to run my game on android, I tried to use ddx/ddy to compute the normal of 2D Perlin Noise. They calculate the gradient of a variable across a fragment. The central...
View ArticleHow to pass a parameter to a Texture2DArray in HLSL?
@vermiliontower wrote: I'm working on a shadow mapping shader for multiple lights. I'd like to pass the various shadow maps into a Texture2DArray or Texture2D[] variable in my .fx file. But this code...
View ArticleRestart player
@locoking wrote: Hi all, I'm new to programming and new to game development, any help would be greatly appreciated. I did the shooter game tutorial and I learned a lot. I'm trying to add functionality...
View ArticleCalculating size of images proportional to window's size
@darkhog wrote: So my game uses rasterized SVG graphics that are scaled for the highest possible resolution (1080p). Scaling backgrounds for each screen (it's a tycoon-like game or as some people call...
View ArticleAll my work is lost. What can I do now?
@Bulent_Gozen wrote: offffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 This happened the second time. I give my hours and days to draw pictures, to write codes, to...
View ArticlePixel perfect collision with rotation?
@Falk_Bruskeland wrote: I usually use this method for pixel perfect collision: public bool IntersectPixels(Rectangle rectangleA, Color[] dataA, Rectangle rectangleB, Color[] dataB) { // Find the...
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Additive blend from a rendertarget
@Razputin wrote: Hi, I am trying to render a bunch of flares as additive, if I draw them directly in graphics device it works as intended, but if I draw to a render target first I get full black....
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