This is Neat. (For XNA 4.0)

Source code checked in, #73176

saeedoo — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:13:34 GMT

[UNSTABLE] Doing an experiment in Physics Simulator. This is for backup.

Commented Issue: Error in Tutorial: GUI [11741]

freeqaz — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:25:03 GMT

Ahoy there! I just wanted to say thank you for creating this library. I'm looking at integrating it with our game. Very excited to have a working console AND windows that tie in together!

Now, the issue that I'm having pertains to the Tutorial: GUI under documentation. I'm getting an unhandled exception when I'm running the code.

"NullReferenceException was Unhandled" under Label.cs line 41. This is called from
hello.Caption = "Hello, World!";

Apparently it can't load the Font? Or maybe the string? It's having an issue measuring the string size. I've tried hardcoding in values to see if it was a method parameters error, but it's not. Perhaps I don't have a font installed that the library asks for?

Anyway, I figure this isn't a big error. But I would like to use the GUI components and I can't get the sample to compile! Yikes! Hope I can help!

Regards,
-Free

P.S. http://spacerambles.com/ is the project :D
Comments: ** Comment from web user: freeqaz **

I was able to bypass it by using:
hello = (Label)Form.NewControl("hello", new Label());

Created Issue: Error in Tutorial: GUI [11741]

freeqaz — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:27:44 GMT

Updated Wiki: Home

saeedoo — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:41:31 GMT

Project Description
Neat is a collection of Utility Classes that help making games with XNA a lot easier. This project is maintained by Saeed Afshari.

Key Features [For a complete list of features click here]

A Fully-customizable Console with Auto-complete and coloring support
Kinect Support
Scripting Support
GUI (Labels, Buttons, etc.)
Menus
Content Libraries and Sprite Sheet support
TrackHUD (Shows what song is currently being played by MediaPlayer)
Polygon Collision Detection
Helper libraries for common Mathematics and Geometry operations

Ready to begin using Neat?

Download the latest version of Neat
If you have problems building some of the SpriteFonts, modify them with fonts installed on your system.
Modify Neat Starter package the way you want. you're ready to go!
Kinect features require Kinect SDK. http://kinectforwindows.org

Samples:

Tutorials:

You can visit my blog for more tutorials and updates on Neat: http://saeedoo.com

(Follow my twitter (@saeedafshari) for more updates)

Updated Wiki: Home

saeedoo — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:39:51 GMT

A Fully-customizable Console with Auto-complete and coloring support
Kinect Support
Scripting Support
GUI (Labels, Buttons, etc.)
Menus
Content Libraries and Sprite Sheet support
TrackHUD (Shows what song is currently being played by MediaPlayer)
Polygon Collision Detection
Helper libraries for common Mathematics and Geometry operations

Ready to begin using Neat?

Download the latest version of Neat
In order to be able to build Neat, you need to install BlackJack font (Or you can modify the SpriteFonts to point to other fonts). you can download it from here: http://www.searchfreefonts.com/free/blackjack2.htm
Modify Neat Starter package the way you want. you're ready to go!
Kinect features require Kinect SDK. http://kinectforwindows.org

Samples:

Tutorials:

You can visit my blog for more tutorials and updates on Neat: http://saeedoo.com

(Follow my twitter (@saeedafshari) for more updates)

Source code checked in, #71940

saeedoo — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:41:53 GMT

Added SpeechEngine Fixed a bug when mute is on [RiverRaidX] Unstable

Source code checked in, #71924

saeedoo — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:21:00 GMT

[RiverRaidX] Kinect tested. Left hand up: Shoot Right hand up: Faster Right hand down: Slower Right hand right: Move Right Right hand left: Move Left Moving body also moves the raider.

Source code checked in, #71909

saeedoo — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:02:25 GMT

[RiverRaidX] Kinect support.

Source code checked in, #71904

saeedoo — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:12:32 GMT

+ EffectChain + EffectHandler + o Ripple + ElegantTextEngine + Kinect Depth Code Moved some files to Core folder. Merged ColorAdder and ColorFilter effects. Modified Ripple effect.

Source code checked in, #71356

saeedoo — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:25:51 GMT

[Neat] Added a skeleton figure to CalibrationScreen [Kinectoid] Moved paddles to hands instead of heads. makes it more fun.

Updated Wiki: Home

saeedoo — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:50:05 GMT

Project Description
Neat is a collection of Utility Classes that help making games with XNA a lot easier.

Key Features [For a complete list of features click here]

A Fully-customizable Console with Auto-complete and coloring support
Kinect Support
Scripting Support
GUI (Labels, Buttons, etc.)
Menus
Content Libraries and Sprite Sheet support
TrackHUD (Shows what song is currently being played by MediaPlayer)
Polygon Collision Detection
Helper libraries for common Mathematics and Geometry operations

Ready to begin using Neat?

Download the latest version of Neat
In order to be able to build Neat, you need to install BlackJack font (Or you can modify the SpriteFonts to point to other fonts). you can download it from here: http://www.searchfreefonts.com/free/blackjack2.htm
Modify Neat Starter package the way you want. you're ready to go!
Kinect features require Kinect SDK. http://kinectforwindows.org

Samples:

Tutorials:

You can visit my blog for more tutorials and updates on Neat: http://saeedoo.com

(Follow my twitter (@saeedafshari) for more updates)

Updated Wiki: Quick Features Outline (As of November 18, 2010)

saeedoo — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:47:18 GMT

Quick Features Outline (As of November 24th, 2011):

Components
- KinectEngine
  Support for Kinect using the official Kinect SDK http://kinectforwindows.org
  - Console commands for receiving the video from the RGB camera and tilting the sensor
  - Special texture for the RGB stream (“kinectrgb”)
  - Helper functions for converting the coordinations received from the Kinect SDK to XNA vectors
  - Helper function for drawing skeletons
- TextEffects
  Flashes text in a cool way on the screen.
- TrackHUD
  A game component that shows information about the song being played by XNA’s MediaPlayer
- NetworkHUD [Feature is disabled in the current version]
  Shows gamer’s information in the corner of the screen
- Console
  A highly customizable game console with the following key features:
  - Customizable Font, Background Image / Animation, Typing Sound Effects / Background and Foreground Colors and Size
  - Allows using different colors in the output
  - Built-in commands with the ability to control many aspects of the game engine like:
    - Changing Game size, Output stretching mode, Resolution and Full Screen mode (g_res, g_fullscreen, g_size, g_stretchmode)
    - Changing Game’s Update speed (e_framerate)
    - Loading Content Files (load)
    - Activating Game Screens (e_show)
    - Controlling MediaPlayer, Playing user’s media library and playing sound effects (a_sfx, a_mediaplay, …)
    - Modifying GUI Controls
    - Creating / Joining a network session [network features are disabled in the current version]
  - Console Variables
  - Customizable Commands
  - Batch Files (Scripts)
  - Scripts can be loaded in to the memory and can act like dynamic commands
  - Color name / value parser
  - Tab auto complete
Menus

Pretty and extremely easy to use Menu system with the following built-in fully functional menus:
- Main Menu
- Options Menu
  - Can change game's resolution and Full-screen mode
  - Sound effects can be enabled or disabled from this menu
- In-Game Menu
- Quit Menu
GUI

Flexible controls with the following features:
- Event handling from within the code or dynamically via scripts
- Can be attached to the console to do the following actions dynamically:
  - Create new Controls
  - Modify the appearance of the Controls as well as their behaviors
  - Move, Resize and Delete Controls
- Following controls are available in this version:
  - Box
  - Button
  - CheckBox
  - Image
  - Label
    - FancyLabel
      Shows an animated and cool Text
    - TypeWriter
      Shows text with a type writer effect
Content Management
Scripts, Shader Effects, Fonts, SoundEffects, Textures and Videos can be easily loaded and accessed using the structured content management system in this game engine
- Content can be loaded dynamically from the scripts or by using LoadTexture(…), LoadSound(…), LoadFont(…), LoadSong(…), LoadEffect(…) and LoadVideo(…) methods
- Support for Animated Textures with control on their frame rate
- Textures can be loaded directly without using the Content Manager
Graphics
- Ability to write shadowed text on the screen with custom shadow color
- Sprite sheet support
- Random Color Generator
- Transparency Generator
- Landscape Mode
- Ability to draw Lines with controllable thickness (LineBrush) [Unstable]
- Simple Pixel Shader Effects can be applied with the UseEffect(effectname) method
- Sample Shader Effects Included (HLSL):
  - Color Add and Tint effects (coloradder.fx; colorfilter.fx)
  - Triangle Filler (triangle.fx)
System
- Methods for handling Input from Keyboard and GamePad: IsTapped(…), IsPressed(…), IsReleased(…)
- Methods for handling Mouse movement and clicks: IsMouseClicked/Pressed(), IsRightMouseClicked/Pressed(), IsMidMouseClicked/Pressed()
- Screen Management (Screen)
- CalibrationScreen for monitoring the Kinect RGB stream and the sensor’s elevation angle
- Support for embedding into Windows Forms
Mathematics
- Segment/Segment, Line/Segment and Line/Line Intersection Finder
- Point in Circle Detection
- Point in Triangle Detection
- Vector to String and vice-versa conversion
- Polar to Cartesian Coordination conversion
- Simple Polygon-based physics simulator
- Polygon Triangulation
- Circle to Polygon Estimation
- Polygon Area Calculator
- Polygon Edge Finder
- Polygon/Polygon Collision Detection and Resolution (With MTD)
- Polygon Drawer
- And supports basic operations related to the Line Segments
Network
(via GamerServices a.k.a. LIVE) [Windows version’s network support is disabled]
- Session Creation
- Session Finder (Normal and Asynchronous)
- Chat
- Send/Receive Data

Source code checked in, #71345

saeedoo — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:36:34 GMT

CalibrationScreen.Kinect is now a static member.

Source code checked in, #71340

saeedoo — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:14:44 GMT

+ Added Kinect Support based on the official SDK beta 2. Build with KINECT directive to activate the features. o Added CalibrationScreen. It shows the Tilt angle and the RGB video of the kinect. o Added KinectEngine class containing lots of helper functions for kinect. o New Console Commands: > k_tilt [int]: Tilts the kinect > k_init: Initializes KinectEngine > k_uninit: Uninitializes KinectEngine > k_video [true|false|open]: Enables/Disables/Opens the RGB stream o KinectEngine.ToVector{2/3}: Converts and scales joint positions to XNA vectors o KinectEngine.DrawSkeleton: Draws a skeleton o Neat texture "kinectrgb" contains the RGB stream + Added new collision detection methods to Polygons: TrianglesCollide / RectanglesCollide. + Added RenderTarget stack to make working with multiple targets easier.

Source code checked in, #71134

saeedoo — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:50:08 GMT

Updated Release: Neat Engine (نوفمبر 11, 2011)

saeedoo — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:03:50 GMT

Neat Source code, Neat Starter Package, content files and x86 binary.

Released: Neat Engine (Nov 11, 2011)

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:03:50 GMT

Neat Source code, Neat Starter Package, content files and x86 binary.

Source code checked in, #71057

saeedoo — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:55:51 GMT

[Neat] Added a_mediavolume to control the volume of MediaPlayer [RiverRaidDesigner] Wrote a couple of the things on the UI [RiverRaidX] Fixed a bug in the options menu V1 Release.

Source code checked in, #71029

saeedoo — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:56:03 GMT

+ ph_showtriangles

Source code checked in, #70951

saeedoo — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:47:26 GMT

[Neat] Added input functions that take params[] as parameters. [RiverRaidX] Modified map file format

This is Neat. (For XNA 4.0)

Source code checked in, #73176

Commented Issue: Error in Tutorial: GUI [11741]

Created Issue: Error in Tutorial: GUI [11741]

Updated Wiki: Home

Updated Wiki: Home

Source code checked in, #71940

Source code checked in, #71924

Source code checked in, #71909

Source code checked in, #71904

Source code checked in, #71356

Updated Wiki: Home

Updated Wiki: Quick Features Outline (As of November 18, 2010)

Quick Features Outline (As of November 24th, 2011):

Components

Menus

GUI

Content Management

Graphics

System

Mathematics

Network

Source code checked in, #71345

Source code checked in, #71340

Source code checked in, #71134

Updated Release: Neat Engine (نوفمبر 11, 2011)

Released: Neat Engine (Nov 11, 2011)

Source code checked in, #71057

Source code checked in, #71029

Source code checked in, #70951