Question

I want to create a low resolution game on a larger window. (96×54 res on 960×540 size window for example).

How would I go about this? Is there a way to resize a window independently of the preferred back buffer width and height? Or should I just keep a low resolution render target I draw on, and just draw it as a full screen quad on my window when I’m done adjusting for nearest texture sampling?

Thanks in advance,

xoorath

Answer 1

Using the RenderToTexture method you’re talking about might be a good idea (plus it will be easier for you if you want to do post-process shaders).
Alternatively, you can set the Window’s size, but your code will only work on a desktop.

You must add those 2 references in your project:

using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

And then in your Game class (i.e. in the Initialize method)

GraphicsDeviceManager.PreferredBackBufferWidth = 96;
GraphicsDeviceManager.PreferredBackBufferHeight = 54;
IntPtr ptr = this.Window.Handle;
Form form = (Form) Control.FromHandle(ptr);
form.Size = new Size(960, 540);