I’ve been trying to recreate the RolePlayingGame sample found here as a UWP project. It is giving me trouble building the xml content.
To isolate the problem, I have created a new MonoGame Windows 10 Universal (Core Application) solution in Visual Studio. This solution contains two projects: RPG and RPGData.
The RPG project is the main executable project. The only changes I have made to this project are adding, MainGameDescription.xml to the Content folder, and including the xml file in Content.mgcb.
MainGameDescription.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <XnaContent xmlns:ns="Microsoft.Xna.Framework"> <Asset Type="RPGData.GameStartDescription"> <MapContentName>Map001</MapContentName> <PlayerContentNames> <Item>Kolatt</Item> </PlayerContentNames> <QuestLineContentName>MainQuestLine</QuestLineContentName> </Asset> </XnaContent>
Content.mgcb:
#----------------------------- Global Properties ----------------------------#
/outputDir:bin/$(Platform)
/intermediateDir:obj/$(Platform)
/platform:WindowsStoreApp
/config:
/profile:Reach
/compress:False
#-------------------------------- References --------------------------------#
#---------------------------------- Content ---------------------------------#
#begin MainGameDescription.xml
/importer:XmlImporter
/processor:PassThroughProcessor
/build:MainGameDescription.xml
The RPGData project is a Class Library (Universal Windows) project. I have given it a reference to the same MonoGame.Framework as the RPG project. It contains the GameStartDescription class.
GameStartDescription.cs:
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content; using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace RPGData { /// <summary> /// The data needed to start a new game. /// </summary> public class GameStartDescription { #region Map
/// <summary> /// The content name of the map for a new game. /// </summary> private string mapContentName;
/// <summary> /// The content name of the map for a new game. /// </summary> public string MapContentName { get { return mapContentName; } set { mapContentName = value; } }
#endregion
#region Party
/// <summary> /// The content names of the players in the party from the beginning. /// </summary> private List<string> playerContentNames = new List<string>();
/// <summary> /// The content names of the players in the party from the beginning. /// </summary> public List<string> PlayerContentNames { get { return playerContentNames; } set { playerContentNames = value; } }
#endregion
#region Quest Line
/// <summary> /// The quest line in action when the game starts. /// </summary> /// <remarks>The first quest will be started before the world is shown.</remarks> private string questLineContentName;
/// <summary> /// The quest line in action when the game starts. /// </summary> /// <remarks>The first quest will be started before the world is shown.</remarks> [ContentSerializer(Optional = true)] public string QuestLineContentName { get { return questLineContentName; } set { questLineContentName = value; } }
#endregion
#region Content Type Reader
/// <summary> /// Read a GameStartDescription object from the content pipeline. /// </summary> public class GameStartDescriptionReader : ContentTypeReader<GameStartDescription> { protected override GameStartDescription Read(ContentReader input, GameStartDescription existingInstance) { GameStartDescription desc = existingInstance; if (desc == null) { desc = new GameStartDescription(); }
desc.MapContentName = input.ReadString(); desc.PlayerContentNames.AddRange(input.ReadObject<List<string>>()); desc.QuestLineContentName = input.ReadString();
return desc; } }
#endregion } }
Lastly, I have referenced the RPGData project in RPG.
Building the solution gives two errors:
The command ““C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\MonoGame\v3.0\Tools\MGCB.exe” /@:“c:\users\user\documents\visual studio 2017\Projects\RPG\RPG\Content\Content.mgcb” /platform:WindowsStoreApp /quiet /outputDir:“bin\WindowsStoreApp\Content” /intermediateDir:“obj\WindowsStoreApp\Content”” exited with code 1.
Importer ‘XmlImporter’ had unexpected failure!
I am new to MonoGame so this is a bit of trial and error for me. I tried adding a reference to the RPGData library in Content.mgcb, but it gave me some kind of “Library corrupt” error. Should I be placing a reference to the library here?
Upon using fuslogvw (Assembly Binding Log Viewer), I am greeted with two errors. One for MGCB.XmlSerializers and one for SharpDX.Mathematics. Ignoring the SharpDX error for now, here is the MGCB.XmlSerializers log:
*** Assembly Binder Log Entry (2/24/2018 @ 8:27:48 PM) ***
The operation failed. Bind result: hr = 0x80070002. The system cannot find the file specified.
Assembly manager loaded from: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\clr.dll Running under executable C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\MonoGame\v3.0\Tools\MGCB.exe --- A detailed error log follows.
=== Pre-bind state information === LOG: DisplayName = MGCB.XmlSerializers, Version=3.7.0.1279, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null, processorArchitecture=MSIL (Fully-specified) LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/MSBuild/MonoGame/v3.0/Tools/ LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL LOG: Dynamic Base = NULL LOG: Cache Base = NULL LOG: AppName = MGCB.exe Calling assembly : System.Xml, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089. === LOG: This bind starts in default load context. LOG: No application configuration file found. LOG: Using host configuration file: LOG: Using machine configuration file from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\config\machine.config. LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind). LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/MSBuild/MonoGame/v3.0/Tools/MGCB.XmlSerializers.DLL. LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/MSBuild/MonoGame/v3.0/Tools/MGCB.XmlSerializers/MGCB.XmlSerializers.DLL. LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/MSBuild/MonoGame/v3.0/Tools/MGCB.XmlSerializers.EXE. LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/MSBuild/MonoGame/v3.0/Tools/MGCB.XmlSerializers/MGCB.XmlSerializers.EXE. LOG: All probing URLs attempted and failed.
At this point, I don’t know enough about how the MonoGame Content Pipeline to understand exactly what is going on here.
My understanding is that Content.mgcb contains a list of content as well as what to do with it at build time. In this instance, my Xml file is being imported with XmlImporter. XmlImporter I assume, is a part of the MonoGame Framework. While being imported, the importer looks at the Xml Asset Type tag and serializes to that.
Is this correct? What could I be missing that would cause the build to fail?
Any input is appreciated!