What is the Content pipeline?

The topics in this section describe how the content pipeline works and thr requirements for extending it to meet your games needs.

In This Section

• What Is Content?

  Describes the purpose of the MonoGame Content Pipeline and how it helps you add art and data assets to your game.

• Loading Content

  Demonstrates how to load content such as models, textures, sounds, and effects.

• What is the Content Pipeline Architecture?

  The Content Pipeline is designed to be extensible, so that it can easily support new input file formats and new types of conversion.

• Standard Content Importers and Content Processors

  Describes the standard Content Pipeline Content Importers and Content Processors of MonoGame that support various common art asset file formats.

• What is a Custom Importer

  MonoGame provides standard importers and processors for a number of common file formats used to store such basic game assets as models, materials effects, sprites, textures, and so on. For a list of file formats supported by these standard importers and processors.

• Parameterized Content Processors

  Describes how parameterized Content Processors work in MonoGame. Many of the standard Content Pipeline Content Processors shipped with MonoGame support parameter usage.

• What are Tips for Developing Custom Importers and Processors?

  The information provided here should help when you develop Content Pipeline extensions.

References

• What is MonoGame Content Pipeline Class Library?

  An overview of the MonoGame Content Pipeline Class Library reference, containing all the API calls available to the MonoGame Framework Content Framework.

• What is the Content Pipeline Document Object Model?

  The MonoGame Content Document Object Model (DOM) represents the set of built-in classes that can be consumed by standard content processors.

• What is Sprite Font XML Schema Reference?

  Describes the valid tags and values for Sprite-Font (.spritefont) XML files used by the Content Pipeline to create SpriteFont textures.

• What are the XML Elements for XMLImporter?

  The base elements that are recognized by XmlImporter Class.

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