XNA Game Studio 3.0 CTP, no 64-Bit support (yet)
Posted by Dan Rigsby on May 22nd, 2008
As a Zune owner I have been quite excited to get my hands on XNA Game Studio 3.0 CTP. I am excited about not only being about to develop games, but also applications for my Zune (see this post about XNA for the Zune). So, I eagerly downloaded the setup, ran the install, and all was well, until I went into the “XNA Game Studio Device Center” to add my Zune device:
After clicking “Next” I was greeted with the following error:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Unable to find the specified file.
at Microsoft.Xna.GameStudio.DeviceManagement.UnsafeNativeMethods.AcquireZuneTransport()
at Microsoft.Xna.GameStudio.DeviceManagement.ZuneDeviceInfo.GetAllConnectedDevices()
at Microsoft.Xna.GameStudio.DeviceManagement.UI.ZuneNamePage.SetCurrentPage()
at Microsoft.Xna.GameStudio.DeviceManagement.UI.AddDeviceWizard.Proceed()
at Microsoft.Xna.GameStudio.DeviceManagement.UI.ZuneWarningPage.SetCurrentPage()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
After a bit of digging around, I discovered that this exception is caused because there is no support for 64-bit operating systems in XNA Game Studio 3.0 yet. Unfortunately, all of my PCs right now are 64-bit Vista to take advantage of >3.5 gig of ram and to test applications in 64-bit mode. So, I will have to attempt to run this in a Virtual PC and hope I have better luck.
To save you some frustration, there are a few other things to note about this version of the CTP:
- You must be running Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition or higher or Visual C# 2008 Express Edition. Those of you running Visual Studio 2005 are out of luck for now.
- No game development for XBox 360 yet. This CTP was released for working with the Zune. Perhaps more CTPs will come out over time.
- No support for 64-bit operating systems. They should have support for this by RTM though (I hope).
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:49 pm
No XBOX 360 support. What’s up with the graphic then? Is it just finding the PnP devices or something else.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:58 pm
BTW.. now that you brought up the Xbox 360.. I’m going to go play Halo 3 now. I’m glad you twittered at the end of the day instead of the beginning.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
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