[Justyn]

This is a step-by-step guide on how to install XNA Game Studio in latest Visual Studio 2017, for Total Miner mod development.
Prerequisites: Install Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition

• Download XNA Game Studio 4.0.6 (2017).zip and extract it to a folder using your favorite archiving software. (7zip, WinRAR, Windows Explorer)
  
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• Inside the folder, you will have this file structure:
  
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• Run DXSETUP.exe inside of the 1. DirectX folder
  
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• Run XNA Framework 4.0 Redist.msi inside of the 2. XNA Framework 4.0 Redistribution folder
  
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• Run XNA Game Studio Platform Tools.msi inside of the 3. XNA Game Studio 4.0 Platform Tools folder
  
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• Run XNA Game Studio Shared.msi inside of the 4. XNA Game Studio 4.0 Shared folder
  
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• Open the XNA Game Studio 4.0.vsix inside of the root folder.
  
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• After that, some extra steps are required to get XNA Game Studio functioning properly under VS2017. Open your Windows search bar, and type in "Developer Command Prompt for VS 2017"
  
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  (screenshot is from windows 10 but should function fine on windows 7 too, but please for the love of god update your system before EOL)
• Right click the developer prompt and run as admin, then enter these three commands one after another.
  xcopy  /E /Y /I "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\XNA Game Studio" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\XNA Game Studio"
  cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin
  gacutil /i Microsoft.Build.Framework.dll
  
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• Success! If everything went well and you completed every installation, you should be ready to develop mods for Total Miner using XNA Game Studio! You can now open the TotalMinerMods example repo in VS2017 or also start a new XNA Game Studio Library project and make your own mod from scratch!

If you have any problems following this guide, you can post in #modding in the Official Total Miner Discord or pm me there (Justyn#6072)

[Jim]

Really helpful guide! I'm sure a lot of people will find this useful! Stickied 

[totalminer111]

T
he last file wont install?

[Justyn]

T
he last file wont install?

Which one?

[Justyn]

There were a few issues in the guide which have now been fixed. If you have issues following the guide, run Step 9 again.

[totalminer111]

the last file

[totalminer111]

sry i mean the 7th step

[Justyn]

sry i mean the 7th step

Did you install Visual Studio?

[totalminer111]

the first 4 yea but the last 1 will not install

[totalminer111]