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[hessec]

I installed XNA Game studio express and I tried out the sample that came with it "MySpacewar". When I tried to debug it, it had the starting screen and displayed the buttons i needed to press to use options (x, y a , b whatever). I pushed every key on my keyboard, and I got no results. Has anyone had luck playing it with a computer?

[xxANTMANxx]

you need to comment out the

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#if USE_KEYBOARD
#endif

its in the GamePadHelper.cs

[GeToChKn]

that or plug a 360 controller into your computer and use that.  the XNA kit only allows input from keyboard, mouse and a 360 controller.

[vsaiyan]

Actually if you look at the top of the helper

CODE

#define USE_KEYBOARD

Is commented out. While the rest of the implementation is there (#IF USE_KEYBOARD, ect), the actual definition is commented out. All you need to do is uncomment it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[hessec]

How do I uncomment it?
sorry, the only programming i am familiar with is visual basic XD, and even at that i'm not too good

[cerealkillajme]

Take the "#" sign out, lol.  

When you put a # sign in the rest of that line is not read at all.

[PlopModz]

QUOTE(hessec @ Aug 31 2006, 10:59 AM)

How do I uncomment it?
sorry, the only programming i am familiar with is visual basic XD, and even at that i'm not too good

Doesnt work that gave me errors.

[hessec]

Yeah, it didn't work for me either. I got 96 errors when I tried to debug it XD

PlopModz- I think you quoted the wrong thing.

[Willians Monteiro]

QUOTE(cerealkillajme @ Aug 31 2006, 04:33 PM)

Take the "#" sign out, lol.  

When you put a # sign in the rest of that line is not read at all.

It forgives my friend, # is not commentary, the commentary in the C # is//, # is a compilation directive, in this case "#If"s nor will not be compiled to game assembly if the game to execute in a console.  

In "\Common\GamePadHelper.cs"
Remove "//" coment

CODE

//#define USE_KEYBOARD

It's all, the folks!!!



The keyboard keys, case change it!

CODE

#if USE_KEYBOARD
// Setup Dictionary with defaults
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.Start, Keys.Home);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.Back, Keys.End);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.A, Keys.A);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.B, Keys.B);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.X, Keys.X);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.Y, Keys.Y);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.Up, Keys.Up);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.Down, Keys.Down);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.Left, Keys.Left);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.Right, Keys.Right);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.LeftTrigger, Keys.LShiftKey);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.RightTrigger, Keys.RShiftKey);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.ThumbstickLeftXMin, Keys.S);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.ThumbstickLeftXMax, Keys.D);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.ThumbstickLeftYMin, Keys.X);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.ThumbstickLeftYMax, Keys.W);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.ThumbstickRightXMin, Keys.J);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.ThumbstickRightXMax, Keys.L);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.ThumbstickRightYMin, Keys.M);
keyMapping.Add(GamePadKeys.ThumbstickRightYMax, Keys.I);
#endif

[hessec]

Thanks man, this game thing is pretty cool - I cant wait to see what people make with this thing

[Etera]

Thanks for the advice on fixing the controls, it helped me too.  
Now i can get the game to run, but as soon as I choose a mode, it quickly skips me past the ship choosing screen and into the game.  Both ships begind falling into the 'sun' and the ships mirror each others movement, they do not seem independent....what am i doing wrong?

[kmillen]

I am also new to the SpaceWars interface. I don't have XBox controllers and I cannot access the game via keyboard. The V key does something ocasionally and my cursor keys let me select a ship, but no keyboard combination stated in the readme.htm file allows me to play the game.

xxANTMANxx, vsaiyan, I did an Ctrl+Shift+F and no file in the entire SpaceWars starter kit contains a compiler directive.

#IF USE_KEYBOARD or #DEFINE USE_KEYBOARD

I manually checked GamePadHelper.cs, and this file contains no compiler directives.

Any other suggestions?