TiledMapRenderer 'This MGFX effect was built for a different platform!'

Extended
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After updating my MonoGame.Extended assemblies using NuGet and updating all of my project’s Tiled code to the latest TiledMap API, the constructor for TiledMapRenderer is throwing the following exception:

Message=This MGFX effect was built for a different platform!
Source=MonoGame.Framework
StackTrace:
    at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.Effect.ReadHeader(Byte[] effectCode, Int32 index)
    at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.Effect..ctor(GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice, Byte[] effectCode, Int32 index, Int32 count)
    at MonoGame.Extended.Graphics.Effects.MatrixChainEffect..ctor(GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice, Byte[] byteCode)
    at MonoGame.Extended.Graphics.Effects.DefaultEffect..ctor(GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice)
    at MonoGame.Extended.Graphics.TiledMapRenderer..ctor(GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice)

The MonoGame assembly that the project uses is this:

<Reference Include="MonoGame.Framework">
    <HintPath>$(MonoGameInstallDirectory)\MonoGame\v3.0\Assemblies\Windows\MonoGame.Framework.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>

I haven’t been able to find much information on this error at all via Google. Does anyone know what the cause is?

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That means your MonoGame version does not match the one the effect was built with. I think MG.Extended is expecting you to run the 3.5 release of MonoGame. @craftworkgames ?

You probably installed 3.6 @Sopheria?

3

Thanks for the reply @Jjagg. After switching the binary to MonoGame.Framework.WindowsDX.3.5.1.1679, the error is still being thrown.

<Reference Include="MonoGame.Framework, Version=3.5.1.1679, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
    <HintPath>..\packages\MonoGame.Framework.WindowsDX.3.5.1.1679\lib\net4\MonoGame.Framework.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>
4

Due to MG.Ex being a portable library, only the OpenGL shaders are provided by default as embedded resources. See https://github.com/craftworkgames/MonoGame.Extended/issues/351

5

Oops, I think I was a bit sleepy when I commented. Yes, it’s about the wrong platform, not the wrong MG version. Sorry, about that.