I'm just wondering if you can change the default code when you make a Xna Window game project

I want to remove the summary code that is just annoying and add some other stuff.

Of course you can.

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So how can I do it?

Do what? Remove the summaries? Select them and hit the Delete key.

Add some other stuff? You'll need to be more specific.

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Which version of XNA are you using? Here is how to do it in XNA 3.0:

XNA Templates

I imagine it's the same for XNA 4.0, except that they are stored here instead:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\XNA Game Studio 4.0\ProjectTemplates\CSharp\XNA Game Studio 4.0

I found out that I want to create a template that doesn't have the summary code in it and also add some code like "this.IsMouseVisible = true;" to make me work less on the coding (Yes, I'm a lazy bastard when it comes to things that i don't need to do ).




I'm using version 4.0.

This is not working at all, I notice that i can delete files in the XNA Game Studio 4.0 folder without anything to happen, this also means that I can't add a template there. I tried to look at other tutorials but they are too complicated to understand for me. Do you have an easy and straight to the point tutorial? and not a tutorial that explains everything since my main language isn't English.

You should simply be able to modify the files in that directory. I just tried it and it worked for me. I'm using Visual Studio 2010 and XNA 4.0

It's really very simple. Just unzip, modify, and rezip. Here's exactly how to do it:

1. Copy the template you wish to modify to your desktop, for example: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\XNA Game Studio 4.0\ProjectTemplates\CSharp\XNA Game Studio 4.0\CSXnaWindowsGame-v4.0.zip

2. Unzip the files - by default Windows will put them in a folder with the same name as the zip file.

3. Edit the code files as desired (probably the game1.cs and program.cs files)

4. Zip them back up, but if you let Windows create a folder to put them in, make sure you only zip the contents of the folder. Otherwise there will be too many layers and VS won't understand.

5. Copy the zipped folder back to the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\XNA Game Studio 4.0\ProjectTemplates\CSharp\XNA Game Studio 4.0\ folder.

Run VS 2010 and it works!

Let me know you if need any clarification.

nope, still doesn't work. When i press new Project the template doesn't show. i could make a video of it when I make a template, to show you exactly what I'm doing.

A video would be helpful. I created a copy when I did it, so I had two templates with the same name, one with my changes and one without.

here is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLlRnV5P ... el&list=UL

Confusing. . . I recreated what you did on my computer, right down to using WinRAR and all the code changes exactly as you did. It works for me, although it clearly doesn't for you.

One difference, however, what that I have VS 2010 Pro, not express. So my template path includes \csharp\ as I showed in my posts above.

Have you tried starting a normal XNA Windows game, making your changes, and then using the File->Export Template wizard? I see that you have that option even in the express edition. The wizard can automatically do all the proper placement of files, etc.

If the wizard doesn't work, it would suggest that there is something wrong with either your VS or XNA install.

but can I create a full template, when i create a template now it only create a "Class" template or Content template I can't smash them together. And it only create VC# templates not xna templates

If you PM me an email address, I could send you the template I made with the changes you showed in the video. . . then we would know if it's something we're missing in what you did / didn't do, or if it's your Visual Studio. Or maybe I can find time to put VC# Express on a computer here and see if my template works.