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  • How to do proper Alpha in XNA?

    - by Soshimo
    Okay, I've read several articles, tutorials, and questions regarding this. Most point to the same technique which doesn't solve my problem. I need the ability to create semi-transparent sprites (texture2D's really) and have them overlay another sprite. I can achieve that somewhat with the code samples I've found but I'm not satisfied with the results and I know there is a way to do this. In mobile programming (BREW) we did it old school and actually checked each pixel for transparency before rendering. In this case it seems to render the sprite below it blended with the alpha above it. This may be an artifact of how I'm rendering the texture but, as I said before, all examples point to this one technique. Before I go any further I'll go ahead and paste my example code. public void Draw(SpriteBatch batch, Camera camera, float alpha) { int tileMapWidth = Width; int tileMapHeight = Height; batch.Begin(SpriteSortMode.Texture, BlendState.AlphaBlend, SamplerState.PointWrap, DepthStencilState.Default, RasterizerState.CullNone, null, camera.TransformMatrix); for (int x = 0; x < tileMapWidth; x++) { for (int y = 0; y < tileMapHeight; y++) { int tileIndex = _map[y, x]; if (tileIndex != -1) { Texture2D texture = _tileTextures[tileIndex]; batch.Draw( texture, new Rectangle( (x * Engine.TileWidth), (y * Engine.TileHeight), Engine.TileWidth, Engine.TileHeight), new Color(new Vector4(1f, 1f, 1f, alpha ))); } } } batch.End(); } As you can see, in this code I'm using the overloaded SpriteBatch.Begin method which takes, among other things, a blend state. I'm almost positive that's my problem. I don't want to BLEND the sprites, I want them to be transparent when alpha is 0. In this example I can set alpha to 0 but it still renders both tiles, with the lower z ordered sprite showing through, discolored because of the blending. This is not a desired effect, I want the higher z-ordered sprite to fade out and not effect the color beneath it in such a manner. I might be way off here as I'm fairly new to XNA development so feel free to steer me in the correct direction in the event I'm going down the wrong rabbit hole. TIA

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  • SSIS object search using T-SQL

    Easily determining what objects are located in all your SSIS packages can be a challenging endeavor. James Greaves brings us a technique that can help you determine which packages might need to be changed based on objects you alter in your database.

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  • Revolutionize Your Business Using SEO

    A lot of new sites and businesses are emerging in the internet every single day. The need to make your website always easily visible, preferably on the first page of search engine results, is a must if you want not just for your business to stay but to succeed. Search Engine Optimization technique is one sure way to keep your site and business in a very good standing in spite of the competitions.

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  • Small Business Owners and SEO

    Small business owners are not really conversant with the term SEO and most of them just cannot appreciate the necessity and value of the optimization process. In simple words, it is the process of making the publicity of your business through an online website. SEO technique is a must for small business owners because of two vital factors.

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  • .NET Developer Basics – Recursive Algorithms

    Recursion can be a powerful programming technique when used wisely. Some data structures such as tree structures lend themselves far more easily to manipulation by recursive techniques. As it is also a classic Computer Science problem, it is often used in technical interviews to probe a candidate's grounding in basic programming techniques. Whatever the reason, it is well worth brushing up one's understanding with Damon's introduction to Recursion.

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  • Basic SEO Knowledge You Need to Have For Online Success

    Search engine optimization or SEO is basically the utilization of search engines to produce traffic to a particular web site. It can also be applied as search promotion technique. SEO typically means gaining a higher rank in Google thru changes to your site content to make it more significant and consequently more search engine friendly.

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  • SEO, The Techniques And Tools

    SEO or search engine optimization is one of the most widely used types of Internet marketing across the industry. It is a technique similar in approach with SEM or search engine marketing (in which b... [Author: Margarette Mcbride - Web Design and Development - May 30, 2010]

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  • Keyword Analysis - What You Need For Your SEO Strategies

    One of the preliminary things you can do towards successful internet marketing is to perform a thorough keyword analysis. If you have any desire to use your website for the business to grow, then the first thing you should do is implement a comprehensive internet marketing technique.

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  • Tuleap, la suite ALM 100% Open Source, Par Manon Midy

    Manon Midy vous présente un nouveau tutoriel intitulé: Tuleap, la suite ALM 100% Open Source Citation: Ce tutoriel va vous faire découvrir la Suite ALM Tuleap, éditée par la société Enalean. Que vous soyez développeur, chef de projet, responsable technique ou scrum master, Tuleap va vous aider à mieux gérer vos projets de développement logiciels. Bonne lecture....

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  • Digitally Signed Malware on the Rise

    Brought to the forefront in 2010 with Stuxnet, the infamous worm aimed at sabotaging industrial infrastructure, the use of stolen digital certificates is relatively new. Stuxnet's creators digitally signed its rootkit components with stolen certificates from JMicron and RealTek, a pair of semiconductor manufacturers. The worm's existence and complexity caught the security community by surprise. In fact, many researchers predicted that malware creators would begin adopting the same technique to work around driver signature enforcement employed by Microsoft in its 64-bit versions of Windows V...

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  • Painless management of a logging table in SQL Server

    Tables that log a record of what happens in an application can get very large, easpecially if they're growing by half a billion rows a day. You'll very soon need to devise a scheduled routine to remove old records, but the DELETE statement just isn't a realistic option with that volume of data. Hugo Kornelis explains a pain-free technique for SQL Server. Top 5 hard-earned Lessons of a DBA New! Part 4, ‘Disturbing Development’ by Grant Fritchey, features the return of Joe Deebeeay and a server-threatening encounter with ORMs - read it here

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  • SEO Copywriting - What is it?

    Search engine optimization copywriting, more commonly called SEO copywriting, is the technique of writing the text of a webpage in a way that is enjoyable and easy to read for the common internet surfer. The term also refers to targeting and using specific search terms with the goal of ranking the targeted terms higher on the list of search engine websites. The point of obtaining a higher search engine ranking is to make your site more accessible to potential clients.

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  • Is there a way to help streamline your typical developers discussions?

    - by Jasper Kennis
    Often, my colleagues and I run into specific problems, for example what's the best way to deploy this, or would this or that technique be a good one to use, or just "hey, have you seen that new thing". However at the moment this communication goes via mail, or skype, or twitter, and a lot of information becomes hard to find very quickly. Is there a service or methodology to keep this kind of information ordered and traceable?

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  • Un player en Silverlight à reconnaissance vocale retranscrit et tague automatiquement le contenu d'u

    Un lecteur en Silverlight à reconnaissance vocale Retranscrit et tague automatiquement le contenu d'une vidéo La nouvelle n'a pas fait grand bruit et pourtant, techniquement, elle est importante. Au moment où Google introduit la publicité dans les vidéos de Youtbe ? une démarche dont la pertinence, notamment technique, pose question ? Microsoft vient de sortir, en collaboration avec le Lab de France 24, la chaine d'information francophone internationale, un lecteur d'un nouveau type. ...

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  • T-SQL Tuesday #015:Remaining on Alert

    - by AllenMWhite
    This T-SQL Tuesday is about Automation in SQL Server, and I'll bet you think I'm going to talk about PowerShell. Well, you're partially right. What I'd like to talk about today, though, is setting up alerts to automate some responses to naturally occuring phenomena on your SQL Servers. (Note: I first introduced this technique in an article on Simple Talk here ). Without going back to the original article, I'm talking about a safety valve process for when your transaction logs start to fill at rates...(read more)

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  • T-SQL Tuesday #015:Remaining on Alert

    - by AllenMWhite
    This T-SQL Tuesday is about Automation in SQL Server, and I'll bet you think I'm going to talk about PowerShell. Well, you're partially right. What I'd like to talk about today, though, is setting up alerts to automate some responses to naturally occuring phenomena on your SQL Servers. (Note: I first introduced this technique in an article on Simple Talk here ). Without going back to the original article, I'm talking about a safety valve process for when your transaction logs start to fill at rates...(read more)

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  • Methods Of Blocking Or Preventing Blog Spamming

    Spam in blogs or comment spam are known as one of the most widely used forms of spamdexing in SEO or search engine optimization. This technique involves the use of blogs in which a spammer would manu... [Author: Margarette Mcbride - Web Design and Development - May 05, 2010]

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  • SEO - The Powerful Linkwheel

    Perhaps, you heard the term linkwheel, but you just can't connect it with something useful to you. Linkwheel is an SEO technique use by expert SEO's to increase the quality of their site.

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  • The Artistic Part Of SEO

    SEO or search engine optimization is one of today';s most popular type of internet market technique used by many web masters. And just like any other internet marketing techniques, SEO also involves t... [Author: Margarette Mcbride - Web Design and Development - May 04, 2010]

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  • How to Associate Web Design With Search Engine Optimization

    Permanent one way link building is an important means of search engine optimization as the basic idea behind optimization is to establish link popularity. Meta tag optimization has also given adequate boost to many companies although this technique cannot be adopted by novices and requires the guidance of an established SEO firm. SEO is a huge business and one of the most offered service packages on the World Wide Web.

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  • Un développeur donne son avis sur la conception d'OpenGL et explique pourquoi OpenGL est en retard par rapport à DirectX 12 ou Mantle

    Un développeur donne son point de vue sur la conception d'OpenGL Et explique pourquoi OpenGL est en retard par rapport à DirectX 12 ou MantleRich Geldreich, développeur chez Valve écrit sur un blog ses opinions personnelles (donc, à ne pas lier avec Valve) sur OpenGL. Son opinion est intéressante, notamment car Rich a été développeur sur le premier moteur utilisant la technique de rendu différé (pour Shrek, sur Xbox), ensuite il a aussi créé une bibliothèque de compression avancée pour le DXTc,...

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  • How to Capitalize on Traffic From Google Images

    A little used technique in SEO is optimizing your site's photos for Google images. Most people either don't know of this or are simply too lazy to do it. You can dramatically increase your traffic by optimizing the images on your site for high rank on Google images. Why not pick up this extra traffic?

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