XNA 2.0 Game Programming Recipes - A Problem-Solution Approach

Contents at a Glance

Contents

About the Author

About the Technical Reviewer

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Getting Started with XNA 2.0

1- 1. Install XNA Game Studio 2.0

1- 2. Start Your First XNA 2.0 Project

1- 3. Deploy Your XNA2.0 Game on Xbox 360

1- 4. Deploy Your XNA2.0 Game on Another PC

1- 5. Customize Game Loop Timing

1- 6. Make Your Code Plug-and- Play Using GameComponents

1- 7. Allow Your GameComponents to Communicate with Each Other by Implementing GameServices

1- 8. Save and Load Data to/ from a File

Setting Up Different Camera Modes in Your 3D World

2- 1. Set Up the Camera: Position, Target, and View Frustum

2- 2. Specify the Target of Your Camera

2- 3. Create a First- Person Shooter Camera: A Quake- Style Camera

2- 4. Create a Freelancer-Style Camera: Full 3D Rotation Using Quaternions

2- 5. Check Whether an Object Is in Sight of the Camera

2- 6. Detect Camera Collision Against Models, Walls, or Terrains

2- 7. Create a Camera Fly- by Action

2- 8. Remove the Solid Background Color: Skybox

2- 9. Draw Only the Parts of the Scene That Are in Sight of the Camera: Octree

2- 10. Use a Quadtree to Hide Parts of a Grid That Are Not in Sight

2- 11. Set Up a Post- Processing Framework

2- 12. Create a Blur/ Glow Post- Processing Effect

2- 13. Define an Orthogonal Projection Matrix to Generate a Depth Map of the Scene

Working with 2D Images/ Textures in XNA 2.0

3- 1. Display 2D Images: Load and Render Images Using the SpriteBatch Class

3- 1. Rotate, Scale, and Mirror an Image

3- 3. Render Transparent Images Using Layers

3- 4. Consider Performance When Using the SpriteBatch Class

3- 5. Display Text

3- 6. Create a 2D Menu Interface

3- 7. Create a Texture, Define the Color of Each Pixel, Save a Texture to a File

3- 8. Render the Scene into a Texture

3- 9. Extend the Image Content Processor

3- 10. Extend the Image Content Processor: Grayscale Conversion and Processor Parameters

3- 11. Make Your Scene More Impressive with Billboarding: Render 2D Images in a 3D World So They Always Face the Camera

3- 12. Create a 3D Explosion Effect/ Simple Particle System

3- 13. Create a Mirror: Projective Texturing

Working with Models

4- 1. Load and Render a Model Using the BasicEffect Class

4- 2. Set Different World Matrices for Different Objects, Combining World Matrices

4- 3. Find the Rotation Angle Corresponding to a Direction

4- 4. Use Acceleration to Control Velocity

4- 5. Construct the Global BoundingSphere Around a Model

4- 6. Scale the Model to a Predefined Size

4- 7. Render a Model Using Custom Effects and Custom Textures ( Easy Approach)

4- 8. Visualize the Bone Structure of a Model

4- 9. Make the Bones Move Individually: Model Animation

4- 10. Use BoundingSpheres for Basic Model Collision Detection

4- 11. Use Ray- Traced Collision Detection for Small/ Fast Objects

4- 12. Extend the Model Content Processor to Load Custom Effects ( Clean Approach)

4- 13. Gain Direct Access to Vertex Position Data by Extending the Model Processor

4- 14. Gain Direct Access to Vertex Position Data of Each ModelMesh by Extending the Model Processor

4- 15. Gain Direct Access to Vertex Position Data by Defining a Custom TypeWriter and TypeReader

4- 16. Store Multiple Objects in the Tag Property by Defining a Custom TypeWriter and TypeReader

4- 17. Correctly Tilt a Model Corresponding to the Terrain Underneath

4- 18. Detect Ray- Model Collisions Using Per- Triangle Checks

4- 19. Detect Whether the Pointer Is Over a Model

Getting the Most Out of Vertices

5- 1. Render Triangles, Lines, and Points in a 3D World

5- 2. Apply a Texture to Your Triangles

5- 3. Remove Redundant Vertices Using Indices

5- 4. Store Your Vertices and Indices in the Memory of Your Graphics Card Using a VertexBuffer and an IndexBuffer

5- 5. Store Your Vertices in a DynamicVertexBuffer for Frequently Updated Data

5- 6. Enable Backface Culling: What It Is and What It Can Do for You

5- 7. Automatically Calculate the Normals for All Vertices in a VertexBuffer

5- 8. Create a Terrain Based on a VertexBuffer and an IndexBuffer

5- 9. Calculate the Exact Height of a Terrain Between Vertices Using Bilinear Interpolation

5- 10. Calculate the Collision Point Between the Pointer and the Terrain: Surface Picking

5- 11. Extend the TextureProcessor to Generate a Terrain Object from an Image: Advanced DOM Objects

5- 12. Write a Custom Content Importer: Loading a Terrain from a CSV File

5- 13. Load Data from an XML File

5- 14. Create Your Own Vertex Format

5- 15. Introducing Bump Mapping: Fixed Normal

5- 16. Adding Per-Pixel Detail by Bump Mapping in Tangent Space

5- 17. Add an Ocean to Your 3D World

5- 18. Apply Catmull- Rom Interpolation in 3D to Generate Additional Vertices

5- 19. Create the Vertices for a Racing Track

Adding Light to Your Scene in XNA 2.0

6- 1. Define Normals and Use the BasicEffect

6- 2. Share Normals Between Vertices

6- 3. Add Higher Detail to Your Lighting: Per- Pixel Lighting

6- 4. Add Specular Highlights to Reflective Surfaces

6- 5. Add HLSL Vertex Shading

6- 6. Define a Point Light Using HLSL

6- 7. Add HLSL Per-Pixel Lighting

6- 8. Define a Spotlight Using HLSL

6- 9. Add HLSL Specular Highlights

6- 10. Add Multiple Lights to Your Scene Using Deferred Shading

6- 11. Add Shadowing Capability to Your Deferred Shading Engine

Adding Sounds to Your XNA 2.0 Project

7- 1. Play Simple . wav Sound Files

7- 2. Loop Sounds

7- 3. Play Sounds from a 3D Location Relative to the Camera: 3D Sound

Networking in XNA 2.0

8- 1. Sign In for Networking Services

8- 2. Create a Network Session

8- 3. Join a Networking Session

8- 4. Send/ Receive Data Over the Network

8- 5. Search for Networking Sessions Asynchronously

8- 6. Move from the Lobby to the Actual Game

Index