RaycasterX Release

[sableholic]

Originally Posted by jackluo923

How do I add a framerate counter?

I used this :
http://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/archi...framerate.aspx
as a starting point. You have to change it, for example remove the loadAllContent checks and change the LoadGraphicsContent and Unload one to just LoadContent() methods. Also have to add Content.RootDirectory = "Content" to the constructor.

[jackluo923]

Originally Posted by sableholic

I used this :
http://blogs.msdn.com/shawnhar/archi...framerate.aspx
as a starting point. You have to change it, for example remove the loadAllContent checks and change the LoadGraphicsContent and Unload one to just LoadContent() methods. Also have to add Content.RootDirectory = "Content" to the constructor.

Is it possible if you could just send the copy of game source code you have to me? I'm new to VS and XNA games studio.

[sableholic]

Originally Posted by jackluo923

Is it possible if you could just send the copy of game source code you have to me? I'm new to VS and XNA games studio.

Right Click the RaycasterXDemo [zune] Project and choose Add->New Item->C# Class File
Rename it to FrameRateCounter.cs
Open that file and select all and then paste in the following:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;

namespace RaycasterXDemo
{
    public class FrameRateCounter : DrawableGameComponent
    {
        ContentManager Content;
        SpriteBatch spriteBatch;
        SpriteFont spriteFont;

        int frameRate = 0;
        int frameCounter = 0;
        TimeSpan elapsedTime = TimeSpan.Zero;


        public FrameRateCounter(Game game)
            : base(game)
        {
            Content = new ContentManager(game.Services);
            Content.RootDirectory = "Content";
        }


        protected override void LoadContent()
        {
            spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice);
            spriteFont = Content.Load<SpriteFont>("Fonts\Font");
        }


        protected override void UnloadContent()
        {
            Content.Unload();
        }


        public override void Update(GameTime gameTime)
        {
            elapsedTime += gameTime.ElapsedGameTime;

            if (elapsedTime > TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1))
            {
                elapsedTime -= TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
                frameRate = frameCounter;
                frameCounter = 0;
            }
        }


        public override void Draw(GameTime gameTime)
        {
            frameCounter++;

            string fps = string.Format("fps: {0}", frameRate);

            spriteBatch.Begin();

            spriteBatch.DrawString(spriteFont, fps, new Vector2(33, 33), Color.Black);
            spriteBatch.DrawString(spriteFont, fps, new Vector2(32, 32), Color.White);

            spriteBatch.End();
        }
    }
}

and save it. Then open up Game1.cs and add the following line:

            Components.Add(new FrameRateCounter(this));

after the Content.RootDirectory = "Content"; line

[jackluo923]

Ok.. that's pretty simple to do. I"ll post back the fps in 5 minutes.
I just learned something new today. YAY

[SimReality]

I know this isn't related to the Zune, but I figured some of you might like this: http://nick.gravelyn.com/2008/06/18/...-in-three-dee/

[jackluo923]

Nice, but even the raycasting engine runs faster on the zune compare to silver light. I might be that my comptuer is too slow though.

[SimReality]

Beats me. Silverlight is more event-driven than XNA, plus it doesn't get full hardware power and all the other things. But it seems rather close to the Zune (at least my 8GB) that it was worth porting. Maybe I'll make a Silverlight maze game like your Zune game.

[jackluo923]

Wow.. i never knew 8GB zune was that slow. Do you need a map generating tool for the maze?

Also, I think i'm gona delay the release of the maze game. I think i'll add the zuneblade into this game so I can make different levels for the game while listening to some music. The problem is that I don't know how to get the zuneblade into this game and how to add levels. So i'll have to seek help from other developers from zuneboards.

[sableholic]

Jackluo what kind of fps are you experiencing on your Zune 30?

[jackluo923]

I found out a trick for optimizing the FPS. If you create the sprites bigger, like 300pixel length and width.. etc, it won't lag.

Anyways... with 2-3 large sprites, It's impossible for me to get it to lag I don't know the exact fps because the fpscounter doesn't work for me or I've done something wrong. When I have about 50 sprites showing at a time, it's pretty choppy (10fps~) for half a second before everything goes smooth again.

[SimReality]

There's a new download in the Source Code area for RaycasterX that includes some changes. It seemed (though I didn't test that thoroughly nor really measure the FPS) to help out on my 8GB Zune by moving all the math to Update instead of Draw. So anyone building with RaycasterX will likely want to update to the new version found here: http://www.codeplex.com/raycasterx/S...leCommits.aspx.