{"id":249,"date":"2011-08-20T08:18:41","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T08:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strikelimit.co.uk\/m\/?page_id=249"},"modified":"2011-08-20T08:18:41","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T08:18:41","slug":"xna-4-developer-console","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/strikelimit.co.uk\/m\/?page_id=249","title":{"rendered":"XNA 4 Developer Console"},"content":{"rendered":"

My XNA Developer Console is now available for download<\/a>. The entire console is contained in a relatively simple single static class. I wanted to keep it simple enough that a relative beginner could custom and tweak it for their project. For this reason the features have been kept to a bare minimum, and I have commented in explanations where I believed they would be necessary.<\/p>\n

I do understand that there are already quite a few consoles out there, but most of them are for the old XNA 3 specification, and those that aren’t; despite being feature rich, are often hard for someone who is learning to program to understand and make modifications to.<\/p>\n

Instructions:<\/p>\n

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  1. Download the class<\/a> and add it into your project. Change the namespace to match that of your project.<\/li>\n
  2. Add in the consoles Initialize<\/em> method to set up the console. This needs to be done before anything else console related.<\/li>\n
  3. Choose your display setting: Push to display<\/em> or key toggle<\/em>. For details check the method list below.<\/li>\n
  4. Add the Update and Draw<\/em> methods in (preferably) your Game1<\/em> class. The drawing method should be called after all other drawing has been completed to make sure it is displayed on top.<\/li>\n
  5. Now add any Writing<\/em> methods to display what you want.<\/li>\n
  6. Run the game and open the console window to view any variables you specified to be written to the console.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The console has the following methods, all are accessed via QuickConsole.MethodName(Parameters)<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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    1. Initialize()<\/em> – This must be called before anything else and sets up the position and various other parameters for the console. There are two versions, one for a window and one for a fullscreen console.<\/li>\n
    2. Clear()<\/em> – This simply clears the consoles line list.<\/li>\n
    3. Fullscreen(GraphicsDevice) – <\/em>This sets the console to fullscreen using the parameters contained in the graphics device.<\/li>\n
    4. EnablePushToDisplay(Keys) – <\/em>Sets the console to only be drawn when a certain key is held.<\/li>\n
    5. EnableKeyToggle(Keys) – <\/em>Sets the console to toggle display on and off when a certain key is pressed.<\/li>\n
    6. WriteLine(string) – <\/em>Writes a single string to the console.<\/li>\n
    7. WriteLine(object) – <\/em>Writes any object to the console using the .ToString() method.<\/li>\n
    8. WriteLine(object, object) – <\/em>Writes any object to the console alongside a sender object. It uses this syntax: “object [sender]”<\/li>\n
    9. WriteLines(string[]) – <\/em>Write an array of strings to the console. (Each on a separate line) There is also an overload method that contains a sender extension.<\/li>\n
    10. WriteLines(List<string><\/em>) – Write a list of strings to the console. (Each on a separate line) There is also an overload method that contains a sender extension.<\/li>\n
    11. FindIndex(int) <\/em>– A private method used to transform a line index to make it the standard 4 digits long.<\/li>\n
    12. Update() and Draw() – <\/em>Methods that can be called to update the console and draw it to the screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      If you have any questions please comment below!<\/p>\n

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