Recommended method for XML level loading in XNA
- by David Saltares Márquez
I want to use Blender as my level designer tool for an XNA game. Using an existing plugin, I can export my levels to DotScene format which is basically an xml file like this one:
<scene formatVersion="1.0.0">
<nodes>
<node name="scene-staircase.001">
<position x="10.500000" y="1.400000" z="-9.600000"/>
<quaternion x="0.000000" y="0.000000" z="-0.000000" w="1.000000"/>
<scale x="1.000000" y="1.000000" z="1.000000"/>
<entity name="scene-staircase.001" meshFile="staircase.mesh"/>
</node>
<node name="Lamp.003">
<position x="11.024290" y="5.903862" z="9.658987"/>
<quaternion x="-0.284166" y="0.726942" z="0.342034" w="0.523275"/>
<scale x="1.000000" y="1.000000" z="1.000000"/>
<light name="Spot.003" type="point">
<colourDiffuse r="0.400000" g="0.154618" b="0.145180"/>
<colourSpecular r="0.400000" g="0.154618" b="0.145180"/>
<lightAttenuation range="5000.0" constant="1.000000" linear="0.033333" quadratic="0.000000"/>
</light>
</node>
...
</nodes>
</scene>
Using naming conventions I could easily parse the file and load the correspondent in game content. I am new to XNA and I have seen that there are several methods to load XML files into a game like serializing and deserializing. Which one would you recommend?
