[Themage]

I have been learning C# over the pas few days and decided to jump into xna, I managed to load 4 textures into a list and create a array but how do I make the array use the list? Also should I have the list in the load method or is that a bad idea?

public int[,] map = new int[,] {
        {0, 1, 2, 3},
        {1, 2, 3, 0},
        {2, 3, 0, 1},
        {3, 0, 1, 2}
        };

List<Texture2D> Tile = new List<Texture2D>();
            Tile.Add(tile0);
            Tile.Add(tile1);
            Tile.Add(tile2);
            Tile.Add(tile3);
            tile0 = Content.Load<Texture2D>("tile0");
            tile1 = Content.Load<Texture2D>("tile1");
            tile2 = Content.Load<Texture2D>("tile2");
            tile3 = Content.Load<Texture2D>("tile3");

[ButchDean]

This is something you'd be able to work out if you learn C# first. I strongly suggest you do that first!

[Themage]

Yeah I should probably learn a little more first.

[ButchDean]

You need to learn it thoroughly.

[Quizton]

ButchDean, on 13 April 2012 - 03:32 PM, said:

You need to learn it thoroughly.

or simply try this

tileLayer.LoadTileTextures(
                Content,
                "Tiles/texture0",
                "Tiles/texture1",
                "Tiles/textur2");
       
        }

[Kilorn]

I'm with ButchDean here. You need a solid understanding of the fundamentals of not just the language you want to write games with, but also object oriented programming principles, design patterns, and effective time management skills to make sure you can make the time to work on these projects. Sure, you could learn game development from the ground up without any experience or pre-existing knowledge of programming, but it's like beating someone to death with a gun. There's a much more efficient way of handling things and following the right learning path will help you far more in the long run than just throwing shit together and seeing what works.