MonoGame Framework Extension

Published by Thomas Christof on 10. Mai 2019

Found an interesting MonoGame Framework Extension. NEZ

Outline Shader

Published by Thomas Christof on 4. Mai 2019

Actually I think the outline shader for a 2D game is kinda unnecessary. The loaded sprite can already be shipped with an outline. (Or, one sprite with and one sprite without an outline; if both are required) However, I kinda find it neat to dynamically apply an outline to whatever object I want to. Fundamental …

Simple Wind (vegetation) Shader

Published by Thomas Christof on 3. Mai 2019

Wind is one way to improve the scenery with vegetation. Thus, my first shader focuses on horizontal force influence. The target is to move trees, plants, etc. horizontally (in a kinda wavy form) to simulate wind. (Empty template reused)

Shader Development Link Collection

Published by Thomas Christof on 3. Mai 2019

MSDN Variable Declaration Any Statement All Statement External Tutorials Pixel color adjustments Pixel placement

Empty Vertex + Pixel Shader

Published by Thomas Christof on 3. Mai 2019

Structure The code starts with #defines we already know from C or C++. We basically map HLSL and GLSL constants (shader and vertex models, etc.) into a variable; beeing chosed during the compile time, in order to support HLSL and GLSL in one single .fx file.

#if OPENGL
	#define SV_POSITION POSITION
	#define VS_SHADERMODEL vs_3_0
	#define PS_SHADERMODEL ps_3_0
#else
	#define VS_SHADERMODEL vs_4_0_level_9_1
	#define PS_SHADERMODEL ps_4_0_level_9_1
#endif

#if OPENGL

#define SV_POSITION POSITION

#define VS_SHADERMODEL vs_3_0

#define PS_SHADERMODEL ps_3_0

#else

#define VS_SHADERMODEL vs_4_0_level_9_1

#define PS_SHADERMODEL ps_4_0_level_9_1

#endif

Compile HLSL shaders on Linux and MAC

Published by Thomas Christof on 30. April 2019

Concept and available API http://www.infinitespace-studios.co.uk/general/monogame-building-fx-shaders-on-a-mac-and-linux/

.NET Core on Linux (Ubuntu 18.10) ‘NuGetFallbackFolder’ Error

Published by Thomas Christof on 29. März 2019

Permission denied to modify the ‘/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/NuGetFallbackFolder’ folder. Here are some options to fix this error: —————————————- 1. Re-run this command with elevated access. 2. Disabled the first run experience by setting the environment variable DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE to true. How to fix this issue sudo su apt-get remove dotnet-sdk-CURRENT_VERSION rm /usr/share/dotnet/dotnet -r rm /usr/bin/dotnet -r mkdir -p …

C# 8.0 Features

Published by Thomas Christof on 16. Dezember 2018

This article covers the new C# 8.0 language feature-set and their C# 7.0 implementation equivalent. Some of the features (links in the article) can be tested already with the Visual Studio 2019 preview. Interface Default Implementation Finally! I think there is no explanation required for this feature. Output Hello from the DiagnosticLogger implementation Hello from the …

MonoGame in Visual Studio Code

Published by Thomas Christof on 24. Oktober 2018

The application does compile + runs fine, but I can’t guarantee that everything is feature complete. I still have to evaluate the boundaries. Linux Install Visual Studio Code Navigate to Extensions and install OmniSharp Mono Debug NuGet Package Manager (not required, but simplifies to process) Install the latest version of MonoGame for Linux Create a …

Switching to Linux – Roadmap 🎬 2

Published by Thomas Christof on 20. Oktober 2018

One year ago I tried switching over to Linux Mint 18.2 KDE Plasma 5.8. The previous roadmap can be found here. However, the conclusion was quite clear: Linux wasn’t ready for me, or, I wasn’t ready for Linux. In addition, I quickly realized that I had chosen the wrong Linux distribution. Last time I searched …