Xna Game Studio 3.1
Posted By admin On 28.05.20XNA Game Studio 3.1 enables hobbyists, academics, and independent game developers to easily create video games for Windows, Xbox 360, and the Zune digital media player by using optimized cross-platform gaming libraries based on the.NET Framework in the C# programming language. The XNA Game Studio 3.1 Zune Extensions was posted on the Microsoft Download Center today. This product can be installed on a system that has XNA Game Studio 3.1 installed, and it adds the following functionality to the XNA Game Studio 3.1 product: The ability to develop and deploy games to the new Zune HD. According to Microsoft, 'Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.1 makes it easier than ever to create great video games for Windows-based PCs, Xbox 360 consoles (with an active premium XNA Creators Club subscription), and Zune digital media players.'
This question is related, but NOT a duplicate: How to install XNA game studio on Visual Studio 2012?
I read the above mentioned post, and have got xna projects opening, but I now have a problem.
Hp compaq elite 8300 small form factor pc drivers. Some of the references to the XNA framework aren't found:
And all references to Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline
Without these, I can't compile or run any games that I've made. I can't find the dll that contains these, or where I should put them.
2 Answers
Use the download for VS2012 and VS2013 at this link: https://msxna.codeplex.com/releases. I have no idea of the legality on that project (the developers seem to have decompiled XNA), but it did help me ease the pain of needing VS2010 in order to utilize the content pipeline.
See: How to work around a possible XNA Game Studio or Windows Phone SDK install failure on Windows 8
How to work around this issue
If you run into this issue, here are steps that you can use to work around it:
- Download and install the latest version of the Games for Windows – LIVE Redistributable from http://www.xbox.com/en-US/LIVE/PC/DownloadClient
- If you are installing the Windows Phone SDK 7.1, re-run setup and choose to repair it. This will re-run the previously failing XNA Game Studio installers and they should install correctly this time.
- If you are install a standalone XNA Game Studio product, re-run setup and it should install correctly this time.
- If you are planning to do Windows Phone development, you should also install the Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 Update after installing the Windows Phone SDK 7.1. This update fixes an issue that prevents the emulator in the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 from working correctly on Windows 8.
What to do if the workaround doesn’t help
If you have tried the above steps and setup still fails, you are running into a different issue than the one described above, and you will have to look at the setup log files to determine the root cause.
If you are installing the Windows Phone SDK 7.1, you can use the log collection tool to gather your setup log files. This log collection tool will create a file named %temp%vslogs.cab.
If you are installing XNA Game Studio, you can find log files at the following locations:
- XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh - %temp%XNA Game Studio 4.0 SetupLogs
- XNA Game Studio 4.0 - %temp%XNA Game Studio 4.0 SetupLogs
- XNA Game Studio 3.1 - %temp%XNA Game Studio 3.1 SetupLogs
- XNA Game Studio 3.0 - %temp%XNA Game Studio 3.0 SetupLogs
- XNA Game Studio 2.0 - %ProgramFiles%Microsoft XNAXNA Game Studiov2.0SetupLogs
What is causing this failure behind the scenes
XNA Game Studio installs a version of the Games for Windows – LIVE Redistributable behind the scenes. Some older versions of the Games for Windows – LIVE Redistributable attempt to install and use a file that is being installed by Windows 8, and the older versions of the redistributable are not compatible with the newer version of the file that is installed by Windows 8. Newer versions of the Games for Windows – LIVE Redistributable are compatible with Windows 8, and if you pre-install the new redistributable before installing XNA Game Studio, setup will recognize that it is already there and use the new version instead of trying to install the old version.
Justin SkilesJustin SkilesThe installer for XNA Game Studio 4.0 has some issues on Windows 8. The installation process fails and removes all installation files. The fact is that the main installer extracts the following installers (at c:Program Files (x86)Microsoft XNAXNA Game Studiov4.0Setup):
- XLiveRedist.msi
- xnags_documentation.msi
- xnags_platform_tools.msi
- xnags_shared.msi
- xnags_visualstudio.msi
- xnaliveproxy.msi
The conflict is with the first one. So if you manually install all others, XNA should work fine. The problem is that after the installation failure this files are automatically deleted. My solution is to halt the installation process (using the task manager) in the moment when an error was detected, this way the installer don't have time to erase the installation files.Once you have the files you can install it without repeating the procees.It worked for me!!!