HOW TO CHANGE FONTS IN GS!

[JD2504]

ok as i promised here is it, ill try to make it as clearly as i can:

1. get this file: www.mediafire.com/?9tjywnflxkn
its a .spritefont file neccesary to create any font for the game
1 1/3.Get Visual C# 2005 Express Edition:
go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=51411&clcid=0x409
1.b. Install SP1:
download.microsoft.com/download/7/7/3/7737290f-98e8-45bf-9075-85cc6ae34bf1/vs80sp1-kb926749-x86-intl.exe
1,1416. Get XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh: www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=12ADCD12-7A7B-4413-A0AF-FF87242A78DE&displaylang=en
2. open the spritefont file with notepad and read it, its selfexplanatory
3. modify the values that u want (including the font name of course)
4. save the file
5. open Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express
6. create a new proyect then select windows game
7. now click on proyect/add existing file
8. add the .spritefont file u saved previously
9. click on build/build solution
10. go to My documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsGame\WindowsGame\bin\x86\Debug
10. copy the comicfont.xnb
11. paste it in your GS folder/resources/fonts
12. Enjoy!
12 3/16. to change to other fonts just rename the .spritefont file and repeat the process.

Any question?

Note: XNA Game Studio 2.0 doesnt work

[hzac]

Yo do not download Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express in order to play this game...s a seperate download for those who want to edit the .xnb. Can you provide a link to the download for everyone please?

Also please state what is in the 1. download

Just givin you some tips

[JD2504]

well lol when i was noob i just followed the links they gave me..... a baamm XNA Game Studio was there lol i think it autodownloaded...... oh well ill look for the link or if any1 know it plz post it

EDIT: lol now i remenber i got it from the mods for GS thread ill add the link to the first post

[hzac]

Awesome. Now thats a nice tutorial.

[hulkhaugen]

Q: The file you posted in no1, is a .htm file, not .spritefont file. i tried both, but the program doesn't seem to recognize any of those files.

I'm using VCS2005Express with XNA Game Studio 2.0. Didn't think that should be a problem, but i dunno..

[JD2504]

a .htm file??? just click on the link and follow the instruction, do not right click/save as

[hulkhaugen]

Yeah, Opera wanted to save it as a .htm file dunno why. but i changed it's name to ComicFont.spritefont, but still no sucsess. I downloaded the file again with IE, and changed the font inside to the one i wanted, but kept the filename as ComicFont.spritefont. When i go to project/add existing item, the C#(XNA) prgram doesn't recognize the .spritefont file. i clic on view all files to select it, but after i build content, the file output=input=ComicFont.spritefont.

Maybe it's becase i'm using XNA Games Studio 2.0...

EDIT: Found another way to do it, but GS gave me a errormessage telling me that; "ComicFont.xnb" was compiled using the wrong version of the XNA Framework.

[hzac]

you have right click and go save taget as.. the click all files then change the .etc at the end to what ever you need it to be.

[hulkhaugen]

that's stupid. i justa wanted to keep the .spritefont as it already was. downloading XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh now @ 2,4kB/s. I'll let you now if that's the only problem in my case (which it probably is).

EDIT: I works now, just like you explained in the toturial. Had to uninstall XNA Game Studio Express 2.0 first and restart my computer though..

[JD2504]

ok man... btw why it download soo slow? even a Dial-up is faster

[hulkhaugen]

hehe, well. i'm at work (offshore) and connected trough a sattelitte. downspeed for me i average at 8kB/s if nobody else onboard is dl/surfing. this sucks, coz i'm payin' for a 16Mbit at home, but i'm only there 50% of my time, so it's quite a difference..

[Deleted]

Does this work with Visual Studio 2008 and Xna Game Studio 1.0 refresh?

EDIT: Doesnt work

[hulkhaugen]

So, i decided to make a fontmap, and here it is:
ComicFont.xnb
- Setlist tier titles
- Setlist song titles
- Newspaper song title
- Newspaper difficulty
- Newspaper highscores
- More stats details
- Credits names

..but then i decided to give up. think the rest of the fonts are pretty obvious..

[JD2504]

lol yeh anyways thnx

[ZuuZou]

I got one question of this. How to change the color of the font? I want the font to be black

[kiltrocrazy]

i try to made a GZ2 font but
give a error
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Trate de hacer una fuente para el GZ2
pero me lanza un error

[eterno_x]

Hey kiltrocrazy its sey "the files was compiled using the wrong version of XNA framework" for play the game XNA 2.0 , for change the fonts XNA1.0 .Its ok like this JD

kiltrocrazy dice que el "archivo fue compilado usando la version erronea de XNA framework" para poder jugar al juego 2.0 , para cambiar las fuentes XNA1.0 .Corrigeme si me equivoco JD

[kiltrocrazy]

i made with this version, i think is correct
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Lo hize con esta version, creo que es la correcta

[cptlare]

i have the same problem as kiltrocrazy. i tried 1.0 and 2.0 to no avail.

suggestions?

[kiltrocrazy]

use this tutorial
work for me =P

www.guitarzero2.proboards78.com/index.cgi?board=20tutorials&action=display&thread=515