Hello GD,
i wanna code a simple 2d game. My doubts are not technical, i khnow c++, 3d math openGL so im not new to the world. My question is more about how generally 2D games are done in relation to external design tools (i.e. Maya, 3Dmax)

I have started studying XNA on this book.
Now in chapter 5 the author started to speak about imported Models (say a box) and models are new to me. I am speaking of the Model class, its meshes, meshes parts and so forth. In chapter 6 the author speaks about the BaseEffect class (i.e. to manage lights) always referred to a 3D model.

Question: Do i need this concepts for my 2d space battle game? I mean: does a 2D model (model intended as created in a 3rd party software and imported in XNA like the BOX) make sense? Should i just pickup TEXTURE2D stuff?

Hope have been clear.

Thanks

Yeah you shouldn't need all that stuff for a 2d game, just go with Texture2D. I've never used a "2d model" before, so I don't know if there better... but it seems like it could be more work.

Yeah, just use a Texture2D

Loading the texture

Texture2D texture;
texture = Game.Content.Load<Texture2D>("path");



Drawing the texture

// spriteBatch is default in a XNA project, change the name if you have renamed it
spriteBatch.Begin();
spriteBatch.Draw(texture, rectangle, Color.White);
spriteBatch.End();


Ok thanks.