How to write a simple .txt content processor in XNA?

Question

I really don't understand how the Content Importer / Processor works in XNA.

I need to read a text file (Content / levels / level1.txt) of the form:

x x
x x
x x

where x are integers into the array int [,].

Any tips for writing an importer SIMPLE.txt ??? When searching google / msdn, I found only examples of importers of .x / .fbx files. And they seem too complicated.

Answer 1

Do you really need to process the text file? If not, then you can probably skip most of the content pipeline.

Sort of:

string filename = "Content/TextFiles/sometext.txt";
string path = Path.Combine(StorageContainer.TitleLocation, filename);

string lineOfText;
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(path);
while ((lineOfText = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
  // do something
}

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Answer 2

XNA 4.0

System.IO.Stream stream = TitleContainer.OpenStream("tilename.txt");

. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb199094.aspx, http://blogs.msdn.com/b/shawnhar/archive/2010/12/09/reading-files-in-xna-game-studio-4-0.aspx

Answer 3

There doesn’t seem to be much information, but this blog post shows how you can upload .txt files through code using XNA.

I hope this helps you get the file in memory, from there it should be simple to analyze it in any way.

XNA 3.0 - Read Text Files on Xbox

Answer 4

http://www.ziggyware.com/readarticle.php?article_id=69 is probably a good place to start. It covers the creation of a core content processor.