compile xnbs at runtime?

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Hi guys,

I’m sure there is already a lot of stuff written about that, but somehow I didn’t find anything useful at all :frowning:

If i had an editor -like environment I want to be able to load fbx and texture files in runtime. I understand the models have to be converted into .xnbs first for further processing. How would I go about that? Are there any sample implementations?

Thank you :slight_smile:

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You can compile stuff to .xnb from Windows/Linux/Mac by launching mgcb.exe with appropriate arguments http://www.monogame.net/documentation/?page=MGCB, in other words for an editor you could just compile the .fbx to .xnb in the temp directory, and load the result from there.

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Instead of running mgcb.exe, you can also directly link your editor against MonoGame.Framework.Content.Pipeline.dll, create a PipelineManager and call PipelineManager.BuildContent.

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Just gonna mention that using MGCB.exe you could create a cache so you don’t have to rebuild all the content every time you start your editor.

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