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I tried installing XNA GS 4 today only to have it complain that I need to have either windows phone developer's tools, visual C++, or visual C#. I have visual C# 2013 installed already, do I have to download and install an older version of C# in order to install XNA?

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Yes, unfortunately XNA won't install unless you have VS 2010. Once you have it, it will actually work just fine with 2012/2013, you just need to copy the installed files over and update the .vsix manifest to allow the newer version of VS.

See XNA for Visual Studio 2013 or http://dementedvice.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/let-me-explain-install-xna-on-visual-studio-2013-and-2012/ for more instructions.

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BradleyDotNET
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  • does M.S. not support XNA anymore or did they just not update the installer? – ZCoder May 01 '14 at 22:15
  • @ZCoder: [XNA is dead](http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/185894/Its_official_XNA_is_dead.php), unfortunately. – Cameron May 01 '14 at 22:17
  • if that case then I am left with no options. everyone has been promoting XNA like it's the only framework that works, and most tutorials depend on it. at one time I had eyed manually drawing things somehow but was strongly encouraged not to do so due to performance issues – ZCoder May 01 '14 at 22:19
  • @ZCoder, its pretty close to dead. Everything still works in normal windows, and you can hack it to work with newer versions of VS, but nothing new is being created. C++/DirectX is the way forward for "Modern" apps – BradleyDotNET May 01 '14 at 22:19
  • @ZCoder, There are commercial frameworks like Sunburn that are also available, you may want to look into those for an XNA like coding experience. – BradleyDotNET May 01 '14 at 22:20
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    There is also monogame which took over for XNA when XNA stopped being created. – deathismyfriend May 02 '14 at 05:16
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If you download the XNA Enabler application you will be able to install XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh into Visual Studio 2012 or 2013. http://what-ev.net/2014/02/19/the-xna-enabler-app-xna-in-visual-studio-2012-2013/

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