XNA 4.0

XNA XBOX Using Virtual Keyboard

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If you want to use a virtual keyboard or don't have access to mini-keyboard that attaches itself for the keyboard, you can use a sample like this:

Add the gamerservices include

using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GamerServices;

Add the following variable inside of "public class Game1 : Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game"

Loading and Save Highscore XML/IsolatedStorage Tutorial

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To display and high scores in XNA, we must first create a format to store the high scores. Then the high scores need a place to be physically stored. Unfortunately, there are two different methods for XBOX and Windows (possibly Windows Phone7 too).

Using the following includes which can be trimmed to your specific needs, I used the following - note that the system.io.serialization, will have to be imported as a reference in your XBOX project file.

XNA 4.0 Import .X Model easily

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After fighting a number of battles with importing models, I was looking for an easy way to import simple 3d models into XNA. 3D Rad Exporter is a free plug-in for Google SketchUp allowing you to save your 3d models as Microsoft DirectX/XNA (.x) files.

Download the plugin from here http://www.3drad.com/files/3DRadExporter.zip

Unzip the 3D Rad Exporter plug-in to the Sketchup Plugin Directory

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