[BETA]Squadron Z

[sebias_2]

marcus really good game i like how you incorporated the touch sensitivity on the zune. =) awesome i hope to see squadron z 2 in the future.

[bloodstains]

if you want to change it so that it autofires (constantly) you can change this line of code in Game1.cs - line 881

change:
if ((!reversed && gps.Buttons.B == ButtonState.Pressed) || (reversed && gps.Buttons.A == ButtonState.Pressed))

to:
if ((!reversed && gps.Buttons.B == ButtonState.Pressed) || (reversed && gps.Buttons.A == ButtonState.Pressed) || (!reversed && gps.Buttons.B == ButtonState.Released ) || (reversed && gps.Buttons.A == ButtonState.Released ))

[Kamikaze72]

Am I the only one that's missing the Segoe UI font?
Whenever I try to debug it tells me I cant find it, I tried adding the Microsoft redistributables and edited the code to use them but then it said it couldn't find that either, no matter where I placed it.

[SoFresh]

Great game!
Very fun and simple, yet a decent challenge.

Only problems (in my eyes) I saw were:
1) I tend to accidentally hit the center button, pausing the game. Not a huge problem, I just need to learn to not press it!
2) In game, I will try to avoid a shot coming at me near the wall, so I will try to get up against the wall so it doesn't hit me. But when I hit the wall I will just bounce off and end up getting hit by the shot.
3) Ability to adjust music volume? I have only played a few games where I can actually do this! My volume defaults to 8, and with the earbuds I am using I normally listen to music at around 12 or 14. So some of the times I can not hear the music.

None of these really are huge deals. Mainly just user error I suppose. Maybe I just need to play it more to get used to it? Or just learn to deal with it.

Anyways, great game. Keep up the great work!
+rep

[itsnotabigtruck]

Originally Posted by SoFresh

Great game!
Very fun and simple, yet a decent challenge.

Only problems (in my eyes) I saw were:
1) I tend to accidentally hit the center button, pausing the game. Not a huge problem, I just need to learn to not press it!
2) In game, I will try to avoid a shot coming at me near the wall, so I will try to get up against the wall so it doesn't hit me. But when I hit the wall I will just bounce off and end up getting hit by the shot.
3) Ability to adjust music volume? I have only played a few games where I can actually do this! My volume defaults to 8, and with the earbuds I am using I normally listen to music at around 12 or 14. So some of the times I can not hear the music.

None of these really are huge deals. Mainly just user error I suppose. Maybe I just need to play it more to get used to it? Or just learn to deal with it.

Anyways, great game. Keep up the great work!
+rep

Raising the Zune volume above where it is set when the game is started is impossible except through the Zune guide (this is the music menu that is used in Hexic and Texas Hold'em). Unfortunately, while the Zune guide provides a true volume control, it is extremely limited in every other way: compare the music menus in SIR TET 4ter and Hexic, for example.

[Special Agent]

Originally Posted by SoFresh

Great game!
Very fun and simple, yet a decent challenge.

Only problems (in my eyes) I saw were:
1) I tend to accidentally hit the center button, pausing the game. Not a huge problem, I just need to learn to not press it!
2) In game, I will try to avoid a shot coming at me near the wall, so I will try to get up against the wall so it doesn't hit me. But when I hit the wall I will just bounce off and end up getting hit by the shot.
3) Ability to adjust music volume? I have only played a few games where I can actually do this! My volume defaults to 8, and with the earbuds I am using I normally listen to music at around 12 or 14. So some of the times I can not hear the music.

None of these really are huge deals. Mainly just user error I suppose. Maybe I just need to play it more to get used to it? Or just learn to deal with it.

Anyways, great game. Keep up the great work!
+rep

I love this game too, but for me hitting the center button causes the Zune to crash and restart.

[zunzilla]

When I try to deploy it I get this error Error:
1 The font family "Segoe UI" could not be found. Please ensure the requested font is installed, and is a TrueType or OpenType font.

[SoFresh]

Originally Posted by itsnotabigtruck

Raising the Zune volume above where it is set when the game is started is impossible except through the Zune guide (this is the music menu that is used in Hexic and Texas Hold'em). Unfortunately, while the Zune guide provides a true volume control, it is extremely limited in every other way: compare the music menus in SIR TET 4ter and Hexic, for example.

Ahh, I understand now. Thanks for clearing that up.


MS needs to let us add the zune guide and more importantly, make it so exiting goes back to the menu instead of restarting. MS give me happyface one moment, but sadface the next.

[itsnotabigtruck]

Originally Posted by SoFresh

Ahh, I understand now. Thanks for clearing that up.


MS needs to let us add the zune guide and more importantly, make it so exiting goes back to the menu instead of restarting. MS give me happyface one moment, but sadface the next.

The Zune guide is already available for XNA apps. The problem is that it sucks (except for the volume control).

It's unlikely that they will ever resolve the reboot problem. It's an intentional limitation to make the Zune harder to hack. Microsoft isn't going to try to hack its own product, so it allows its own games to exit sans reboot. Additionally, Microsoft doesn't want XNA games to be competitive against whatever commercial agenda they have for the Zune platform.

[Diablo555]

When i try to deploy, it says im missing font Segoe UI, can anyone tell me where to get it?

[Bigmg603]

i dont have vista so im missing font segoe ui. can someone tell me where i can get it?

[Machaira]

Nice job. My only complaint is the game exits when pressing the pad. Very non-standard. It's too easy to accidentally press it while playing, at least for me.

Originally Posted by Bigmg603

i dont have vista so im missing font segoe ui. can someone tell me where i can get it?

You could always just change it to one you have.

[Raidersam]

does this work for 3.0 firmware? it's on the 3.0 firmware package....and also i am getting this error message, Error 1 The font family "Segoe UI" could not be found. Please ensure the requested font is installed, and is a TrueType or OpenType font. C:\Documents and Settings\Raidersam12\Desktop\Squadron Z\Squadron Z\Content\Calibri.spritefont Squadron Z


could you possibly include the font? or am i not seeing it? that would be great though

[Ricardo Dawkins]

Do a google search for the Segoe font.

[Beef Taco]

Originally Posted by Machaira

Nice job. My only complaint is the game exits when pressing the pad. Very non-standard. It's too easy to accidentally press it while playing, at least for me.



You could always just change it to one you have.

Could someone tell me how to change fonts?

[Timtacious]

Double-click on the error message. It'll take you to where the font is (not sure what its called), change the font to 'arial' (or something you already have)

[Beef Taco]

Originally Posted by Timtacious

Double-click on the error message. It'll take you to where the font is (not sure what its called), change the font to 'arial' (or something you already have)

Ok, got that. What do I do after that? I cannot deploy. Do I click "Build Solution"?

[Timtacious]

Do save all, then open the solution again. IT should work

[Beef Taco]

I did that. I close C# and when I reopen it I cannot deploy. All I can see is the screen that I changed the font from.

[Timtacious]

Are you opening the solution?