Monday, April 02, 2007 - Posts

XNA Express Update

Announcing the XNA Game Studio Express Update

Bug fixes on the way!
  • XNA Game Studio Express
    • Windows Vista is now fully supported
    • You can now add icons to XNA Game Studio Express Games.
    • Incrementally deployment of Xbox 360 projects now works for all your projects (not just the last one loaded)
  • XNA Framework
    • Added Bitmap based font support
    • Added XACT 3D Audio support
    • Improvements and additions to the Math framework API’s
    • BasicEffect now supports per-pixel lighting
    • Many more changes based on your feedback!
  • XNA Framework Content Pipeline
    • Added support for Volume Textures (Texture3D)
    • Content builds can now be canceled
    • Support for “clean” builds
    • Added the ability to read vertex and index buffer information from Model types
    • Many more changes based on your feedback!
  • XNA Game Launcher (Xbox 360)
    • Game thumbnails are now displayed for your games
    • Improved connection-key connectivity experience between the Xbox 360 and the PC
    • The ability to test and diagnose the connection between the Xbox 360 and the PC