MonoGame 3.5 in VB.NET [2010] - Any hope?

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Another VB.NET pariah here…

I got a bit excited when I saw the version 3.5 release and jumped on it. Unfortunately, the VB project templates graciously provided by Damien_James_Gibson are not happy with the changes.

From what I can see, it seems to be related to the new MonoGame.Framework library targeting .NET Framework 4.5 causing the reference to fail. The kicker is that when I create a C# project, it loads up just fine and dandy.

If it’s just a 2010 vs .NET 4.5 issue, why is C# running it with no problems? It grieves me deeply to think that I may be left behind. :stuck_out_tongue: Have any of the brilliant minds here figured out a way to make this work on VB 2010?

Any hope or direction is hugely appreciated!

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Is there a reason you are still using VS2010? I’m pretty sure MG isn’t tested at all in VS2010 so maybe the c# template is just luck.

With VS2015 and VS2010 not even available anywhere anymore its hard to justify staying there.

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We cannot keep maintaining support for a development environment that is now three versions behind the current version. The support for VS2010 in the Windows installer will also disappear soon. There is also no-one on the development team or frequent contributors that uses VB.NET, so it is not tested at all.

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I use VB.net as a hobby and am dedicated to support it when people have problems. Also if you guys are dropping 2010 support in templates - So long as the IDE can take the .net version Ill support it for you guys :wink: C# and VB edition!

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Really the only problem that should occur with MonoGame interacting with the IDE is when attempting to use a Forms control or connecting the build process for the pipeline tool… outside of that the templates should never be “incompatible” with older VS.

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Why not update to VS2015? It doesn’t really make sense to use an older dev environment when the latest version is completely free.