Am i just tripping or is there no pongbackground.dds?
matter of fact, I don't see anything that ends in dds.
the other two graphics I found but they were in png format.

Im using Vista if that makes a difference

Thanks in advance

You need to drill down into the zip file a bit. It looks like the name of the file is different, but if you look in:

Chapter2.zip\Files for Chapter 02\XnaPong_Code.zip\XnaPong

You'll find "SpaceBackground.dds" which looks just like the picture in the book.

Casey

ah, i did see that, but I didn't see the extention. it said direct draw surface.
Duh... Guess that's what happens when you don't sleep

Thanks

hey.. it's new to me to know that dds = directdraw surface.. thanx

Yep. Most textures from the book are in the .dds format (there are importers for most graphic programs available) just because it is the most compact format for the graphic card hardware. Some earlier chapters also have .png files, if they just use uncompressed sprites (because .png can be smaller than uncompressed .dds). No matter which format is used, the compiled textures always will be .xnb files and theirfore you will not find any useable textures in the compiled games, always look in the source code and content files for the textures ^^

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im having trouble getting spacebackground to even work. it fails the debugger and i put it in the solution explorer too.

yeah i took CityGroundSmall.jpg and added it to my Pong game in SolExpl. just to see the properties and i didnt see the asset name, cont importer and preprocessor. this is getting real annoying