Comments on: New version of "Sharky’s Air Legends" released. Now with SOUND EFFECTS & XNA v1.0 converted!!!

By: Sharky

Sharky — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:15:21 +0000

Hi Xtramalt.

I’d love to see it running on a 360, and actually it’s probably more suited as a console game anyway.

However, I don’t actually own a 360, so it’s not going to happen in the short term.

Also, there’s a possibility I could go commercial with some form of this game one day – when it’s actually complete. So I think I’d rather wait until XNA v.Next when hopefully it’ll be possible to distribute without giving away all the source code. When that happens it’ll be an awesome way of sharing the work-in-progress builds/demos.

By: Xtramalt

Xtramalt — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:53:20 +0000

Sharky, have you got any plans/or are you working on an Xbox 360 version?

By: Ultrahead

Ultrahead — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:28:25 +0000

I’ve just seen the screenshot. Then the platform settings seem not to be the problem. I’ll try to record a small video so that you see what happens.

By: Sharky

Sharky — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:11:35 +0000

Hi Ultrahead. Well I’ve finally had a chance to check my build options and it already is targeting x86. In fact x86 seems to be the only option I have to choose from anyway.

I’ll keep studying the link you sent, but in the meantime I’ve sent you an email with a screenshot.

By: Ultrahead

Ultrahead — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:13:01 +0000

Hi Sharky. Any news? Cannot wait to test the game. The screenshots are catchy …

By: Ultrahead

Ultrahead — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:17:00 +0000

Hi Sharky. Did you manage to target x86 platform only?

By: Sharky

Sharky — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:50:54 +0000

Thanks. I’ll get onto it.

By: Ultrahead

Ultrahead — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:44:42 +0000

It’s ok.

As I could never run any of SAL’s versions, my first guess is that it has to do with the platform settings problems under 64-bit.

Thus, in order to make sure that any XNA program runs under both kind of Win OS (32 and 64 bit) you must select “x86″ only. To do so, there are 2 very simple methods you may follow. Just read this post for detailed instructions:

http://amapplease.blogspot.com/2006/09/managed-directx-and-windows-xp-pro-64.html

After recompiling the assembly, please let me know so I can download & test it again.

Best regards,
UH

By: Sharky

Sharky — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:18:36 +0000

Ultrahead, sorry to hear it isn’t working for you. I know it works for some others that have downloaded it. I built it exactly the same as I have done previous releases, except of course this is now an XNA v1.0 game.

I’m not sure what my build target is, but I have never changed it. X86 sounds familiar though.

Have any of my previous releases worked for you?

You have just triggered my memory now though. A long time ago (beta 1?), someone reported problems running my game with XP 64-bit. I’m afraid I forgot to look into that one at the time.

I’ll make a point of checking it out asap.

By: Jon Schwartz

Jon Schwartz — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:11:57 +0000

Hey Lawrence, XNA dev that you are, thought I’d let you know that I blogged about the XBox.com video from Monday night’s XNA Open House at Microsoft. Also on Wordpress – my name should link to the blog.