Microsoft XNA And The 3DUI Framework
Microsoft XNA and the 3DUIFrameworkLecture #3: XNASpring 2008Paul VarcholikJoseph J. LaViola Jr.Spring 2008CAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.Introductions Paul Varcholik: pvarchol@ist.ucf.eduTechnology Blog:www.bespokesoftware.orgSpring 2008CAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
Software Visual Studio 2005 (Standard or Professional)or Visual C# Express 2005Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1XNA Game Studio 2.0Visual Studio 2008 does not interoperate withXNA Game Studio 2.0Spring 2008CAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.Online Resources XNA Developer Centerhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/xnaXNA Team Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/xna/XNA Creators Clubhttp://creators.xna.com/Spring 2008CAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
What is XNA? Graphics and Game Development FrameworkAnnounced: Aug 20061.0: Dec 20061.0 Refresh: April 20072.0: Dec 20082D and 3DManaged DirectXWindows and Xbox 360Content PipelineXNA’NA’s Not AcronymedCAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.Why Use XNA? Extremely ComprehensiveFreeEasy to Use (though game programming is, ingeneral, quite challenging)Development and Real-time Debugging on aRetail Xbox 360Casual GamesGame PrototypingAccess to the .NET Framework Class LibrariesCAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
XNA Microsoft.Xna na.Framework Classes/Structs ntDrawableGameComponentCAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.XNA (cont.) Microsoft.Xna.Framework Classes/Structs Texture2DSpriteFontCAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
XNA (cont.) Game Class aw()Components Separate out a generic/reusable class libraryCAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.Bespoke 3D UI Framework Organization: Source CodeFramework Samples Spring bedExecutablesDocumentationCAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
Bespoke 3D UI Framework Namespaces: Spring 2008Bespoke.CommonGeneral Utilities (not game/XNA specific)Bespoke.Games.FrameworkXNA utility librariesBespoke.Games.Framework.ContentCustom XNA Content ProcessorsCAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.Bespoke.Commom Assert (static)CommandLineParserLibrary (static)LogManagerNode T / NodeCollection T ProgressIndicatorXmlHelperSpring 2008CAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
Bespoke.Common .Data.LinearAlgebra.TrackIR – Requires OptiTrack software.Video – Uses DirectShow.NET (wrapperfor unmanaged DirectShow).Wiimote – Brian Peek’s Wiimote Libraryfrom Coding4Fun.comSpring 2008CAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.Bespoke.Games.Framework.Content inDataWriterThese classes provide a content pipelinefor using a heightmap for terrain. This isused in conjunction with theTerrainComponent.Spring 2008CAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
Bespoke.Games.Framework rocessorScreenCapture Spring onentSoundManagerTerrainComponentCAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.Bespoke.Games.Framework r .UI .Input Spring lButtonXML ConfigurationCAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
How To: Render a 2D TextureDraw TextView the Game’Game’s FramerateCollect Input Spring 2008KeyboardMouseGamepad Initialize a 3D cameraDraw a Reference GridRender a 3D ModelPlay SoundRender a SkyBoxRender TerrainCAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.How To:Render a 2D Texture1.Include the texture in the Content project. Supported formats: 2.bmp, .dds.dds,, .dib, .hdr.hdr,, .jpg, .pfm.pfm,, .png.png,, .ppm.ppm,, and .tga.tgaInitialize the SpriteManager class within the LoadContent()LoadContent() orInitialize() r.Initialize(this);3.Create data member to store texture:private Texture2D mTexture;mTexture;4.Load the texture in the LoadContent()LoadContent() method:mTexture Content.Load Texture2D (@"ContentContent.Load Texture2D ;5.Render the texture in the Draw() method:SpriteManager.DrawTexture2D(mTexture, Vector2.Zero, Color.White);Color.White);CAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
How To:Draw Text1.2.Initialize the SpriteManager class as required before anycalls can be made to the SpriteManager.SpriteManager.Add a call to SpriteManager.DrawString in the Draw()method:SpriteManager.DrawString("Hello World", 40.0f, 40.0f, Color.White);Color.White); Variety of overloads to the DrawString method: Change the fontThe blend colorRotationSortingCAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.How To:View the Game’s Framerate1.Add the following statements to the GameGame-derivedconstructor, LoadConent(),LoadConent(), or Initialize() method:FpsComponent fps new FpsComponent(this);FpsComponent(this);fps.Location ents.Add(fps); FpsComponent display locations: 938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
How To:Collect Keyboard Input1.2.Add a using statement for the Bespoke.Games.Framework.Inputnamespace;(Optional) Create a data member to store the keyboard component:private KeyboardComponent mKeyboardComponent;mKeyboardComponent;3.Add the following statements to the GameGame-derived constructor,LoadConent(),LoadConent(), or Initialize() method:mKeyboardComponent new eyboardComponent);4.Add keyboard queries to the Update() method:if eys.Escape)){Exit();}CAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.How To:Initialize a 3D Camera1.Add the following statements to the GameGame-derivedconstructor, LoadConent(),LoadConent(), or Initialize() method:mCamera new typeof(ICamera), ts.Add(mCamera);mCamera.KeyboardComponent PadComponent on new Vector3(0.0f, 20.0f, 200.0f);mCamera.Orientation Vector3.Up;mCamera.Direction Vector3.Forward;mCamera.LookAtOffset Vector3.Forward;mCamera.NearPlaneDistance 1.0f;mCamera.FarPlaneDistance 100000.0f;mCamera.FieldOfView MathHelper.PiOver4;mCamera.AspectRatio dth a.UpdateProjectionMatrix();CAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
How To:Draw a Reference Grid1.2.Initialize a cameraAdd the following statements to the GameGame-derivedconstructor, dComponent grid new .Add(grid);Components.Add(grid); You can modify the size (number of cells), scale (spacingbetween each line) and the color of the gridCAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.How To:Render a 3D Model1.Include the model in your Content project (this is typically a subsub-project within your Game project) Supported Formats: 2.fbx (Autodesk).x (DirectX Surface)Be certain that associated textures reside in the proper locations.locations.Add the following statements to the GameGame-derived LoadConent(),LoadConent(),or Initialize() method:Model tankModel Content.Load Model (@"ContentContent.Load Model (@"Content\\Models\Models\Tank");Actor tankActor new DynamicActor(this,DynamicActor(this, "Tank", Vector3.Zero, Vector3.Up, 0.05f, 1.0f,tankModel,tankModel, .Initialize();3.Add tankActor.Update()tankActor.Update() and tankActor.Draw()tankActor.Draw() calls to the correspondingGameGame-derived Update() and Draw() methods.CAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
How To:Play Sound1.2.3.Build your sound project using XACT.Include your sound project (.xap(.xap)) into your Content project.Initialize the SoundManager static class in the LoadContent()LoadContent() or oundProject.xgs",SoundProject.xgs", .xwb", @"Content\@"Content\Audio\Audio\Sound Bank.xsb");Bank.xsb");4.Play sounds with SoundManager.Play():SoundManager.Play():5.Call SoundManager.Update()SoundManager.Update() within the main Update() loop.CAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr.How To:Render a Skybox2.Create your skybox textures (Terragen(Terragen)) and import them into your Contentproject (front, back, left, right, top)Create a SkyBoxComponent data member.3.Add the following code to your Initialize() or LoadContent()LoadContent() method:1.private SkyBoxComponent mSkyBox;mSkyBox;Texture2D front Content.Load Texture2D (@"ContentContent.Load Texture2D );Texture2D back Content.Load Texture2D (@"ContentContent.Load Texture2D ;Texture2D left Content.Load Texture2D (@"ContentContent.Load Texture2D ;Texture2D right Content.Load Texture2D (@"ContentContent.Load Texture2D );Texture2D top Content.Load Texture2D (@"ContentContent.Load Texture2D mSkyBox new SkyBoxComponent(this,", front, back, left, right, top, 1000.0f,SkyBoxComponent(this, ze();mSkyBox.Initialize();4.Call mSkyBox.Draw()mSkyBox.
Visual Studio 2005 (Standard or Professional) or Visual C# Express 2005 Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 XNA Game Studio 2.0 Visual Studio 2008 does not interoperate with XNA Game Studio 2.0 CAP6938 – 3D User Interfaces for Games and Virtual Reality Joseph J. LaViola Jr. Online Resources XNA Developer Center
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