Build it ahead of time

re: Build it ahead of time

Epsicode — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:40:12 GMT

The whole Content Pipeline is a very good idea ! Nice work.

re: Build it ahead of time

milow — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:56:46 GMT

I'm working on a tool based on XNA that needs to load resources such as fbx files and convert them into the appropriate pipeline objects from code. I've been able to load an fbx file using FbsImporter, but I'm unable to convert the file to a model or xnb file. Is creating an msbuild script the only way to convert between an fbx file and xnb or can I do it all in code. If it is the only way, is it possible to do the build task without creating the script on disk?

re: Build it ahead of time

ShawnHargreaves — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:35:12 GMT

Currently the only way to access this functionality is via the BuildContent MSBuild task.

You can do this entirely in memory, though, using the Engine object and associated classes from the Microsoft.Build namespace. That lets you build up a project in memory as an object model, then pass it to an Engine that will build it for you.

re: Build it ahead of time

Danny Gregory — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:31:15 GMT

I'm in the same position as Milow. Does the XNA redistributable provide everything needed to get the above solution working on computers that do not have the XNA framework installed?

re: Build it ahead of time

ShawnHargreaves — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:44:08 GMT

The framework redistributable doesn't include any of the content pipeline functionality. This is currently only available by installing the full product.

Building XNA content without using C# Express

Shawn Hargreaves Blog — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:33:57 GMT

Way back in November I blogged about how to use MSBuild to run your own content build, bypassing the

Useful Content Pipeline Links

Cornflower Blue — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:31:09 GMT

As I wrote the other day, I'd like to help out people that are having trouble understanding the content