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Ben
Ben

Reputation: 1349

Can Microsoft XNA run on Windows 10?

I have created a game using C# and Microsoft XNA 4.0. It works on fine on Windows 8 and 8.1, but my friend tried downloading it for a computer running Windows 10 and found that it wouldn't open. It wouldn't even appear in Task Manager when opening it was attempted. The computer in question has the Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0 installed on it, so it should be working. Is Windows 10 simply not compatible with XNA?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 24649

Answers (5)

Theoden
Theoden

Reputation: 45

XNA does work on Windows 10 and even Windows 11. In 2021 I released a game using XNA Framework and it works but the user will have to install XNA Redistributable 4.0 for the game to run on their system so that's not ideal.

But then I ported my game to FNA Framework which is an open-source, identical, reimplementation of XNA. My codebase required almost no changes to work under FNA so I highy recommend it to you.

FNA requires no additional library installation. The DLLs need to be in the same directory with your executable and it will work.

You can see my game here if you are curious about the subject: https://cyon4d.itch.io/cozy-days

Upvotes: 2

Jacqueline Loriault
Jacqueline Loriault

Reputation: 700

I know this is a older post but just for those looking for an option like I was today (this post is still a top hit in google) its a bit of work to get setup, but XNA will in fact run on windows 10 just fine, and there is a way to actually use Visual Studio 2017 with XNA just fine as well:

http://flatredball.com/visual-studio-2017-xna-setup/

so if you have code for XNA or like the XNA framework (Like I do, I prefer the pure c# way not c# to some other bloated bridge like Unity) for 2D games then this will be your savior.

Enjoy :)

Upvotes: 2

Shahed C - MSFT
Shahed C - MSFT

Reputation: 2881

Some updates:

On March 14, 2016, ID@Xbox announced that MonoGame is coming to Xbox One: * https://mobile.twitter.com/ID_Xbox/status/709402975051980800

In the FB group Xbox One Indie Devs, Tom Spilman from the MonoGame team had some information to add, more info coming soon. * https://www.facebook.com/groups/XboxOneIndieDevs/permalink/852775944827686/

Stay tuned to the Twitter account and FB group mentioned above, for new info when available.

Hope that helps!

Upvotes: 2

Dave Voyles
Dave Voyles

Reputation: 4605

To add on what x2kpb said, your best bet at this point is to look at MonoGame for certain platforms, and FNA for others.

XNA, in its pure form, will not work as a new Windows 10 application. The platform to bring win32 (XNA) games to Win10 is called Project Centennial

Both Xbox One and Windows 10 will support MonoGame, per this video at last year's BUILD conference.

Upvotes: 1

x2kpb
x2kpb

Reputation: 136

XNA is no longer supported on newer versions of windows, it was discontinued and isn't supported on platforms newer than Windows 7. Luckily there is an open source implementation of XNA which is essentially the exact same thing and that is currently supported on all windows versions. It's called "MonoGame", here's the link to their website:

http://www.monogame.net/

Upvotes: 7

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