ignored.md

Ignored Samples

This file lists every sample from the XNA Game Studio archive (/rv/tmp/XNAGameStudio/Samples, 153 subdirectories total — see PLAN.md's Sample Count Summary) that will never get a directory under samples/, no matter how capable CNA eventually becomes. This is different from a ⚠️ Deferred entry in PLAN.md/DEFERRED.md: a deferred sample gets a placeholder directory (<Name>.htm + missing.md) today and real source once its CNA gap is fixed. An ignored sample gets neither, because the reason it's excluded is not a CNA capability gap — it's one of:

• Not an XNA 4.0 sample at all (older XNA 2.0/3.0/3.1 archive, Silverlight/WP7 native code, art-only asset pack, third-party community kit, etc.) — outside this repo's stated scope of porting the XNA Game Studio 4.0 collection.
• Not a runnable Game (a WinForms design-time tool, a content-pipeline extension with no executable, a font/asset/documentation-only directory).
• Redundant — a "training kit" exercise variant of a game this repo has already ported in its normal form (e.g. HoneycombRushTrainingKit vs. the already-ported HoneycombRush), or a duplicate phone/VB/Mango variant of a sample already listed elsewhere in PLAN.md.
• Tied to a platform/service CNA (a desktop C++ game framework) will never provide: WinForms hosting, Windows Phone OS APIs (push notifications, phone media library, phone GPS), the Xbox LIVE Avatar body/animation content system, or a third-party web API (Bing Maps).

If a sample's exclusion reason ever stops applying (rare, but e.g. if CNA grew a WinForms-less equivalent tool), it should be removed from this file and re-added to PLAN.md as a normal Todo/Deferred entry rather than silently left out.

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Not XNA 4.0 (out of this repo's stated scope)

XNA 2.0 / 3.0 / 3.1 archive samples

Older XNA API versions; this repo ports the XNA Game Studio 4.0 collection only.

Name	Source Directory	Reason
BasicEffectShader	BasicEffectShader_ARCHIVE_2_0	XNA 2.0, not 4.0
Catapult	Catapult_ARCHIVE_2_0	XNA 2.0; superseded by the already-ported CatapultWars (#067, XNA 4.0)
MaterialsAndLights	MaterialsAndLights_ARCHIVE_2_0	XNA 2.0, not 4.0
Minjie	Minjie_ARCHIVE_2_0	XNA 2.0, not 4.0
MultipassLighting	MultipassLighting_ARCHIVE_2_0	XNA 2.0, not 4.0
Pickture	Pickture_ARCHIVE_2_0	XNA 2.0, not 4.0
RobotGame	RobotGame_ARCHIVE_2_0	XNA 2.0, not 4.0
SpriteBatchShader	SpriteBatchShader_ARCHIVE_2_0	XNA 2.0, not 4.0
VectorRumble	VectorRumble_ARCHIVE_2_0	XNA 2.0, not 4.0
SpaceShooter	SpaceShooter_ARCHIVE_3_0	XNA 3.0, not 4.0
TiledSprites	TiledSpritesSample_ARCHIVE_3_1	XNA 3.1, not 4.0
RedistributableTTFs	RedistributableTTFs_ARCHIVE_3_1	XNA 3.1; font files only, no sample code

Avatar asset/rig packs (art only, no C# code)

Name	Source Directory	Reason
AvatarAnimPack (BIN)	AvatarAnimPack_4_0_BIN	Art/animation data, no C# game code
AvatarAnimPack (FBX)	AvatarAnimPack_4_0_FBX	Art/animation data, no C# game code
AvatarAnimPack (Maya)	AvatarAnimPack_4_0_Maya	Art/animation data, no C# game code
AvatarAnimPack (Mod Tool)	AvatarAnimPack_4_0_Mod_Tool	Art/animation data, no C# game code
AvatarRig (3ds Max 2010)	AvatarRig_4_0_Max_2010	DCC rigging data, no C# game code
AvatarRig (Maya 2009)	AvatarRig_4_0_Maya_2009	DCC rigging data, no C# game code
AvatarRig (SoftImage Mod Tool 7.5)	AvatarRig_4_0_SoftImage_Mod_Tool7_5	DCC rigging data, no C# game code

Phone / Mango platform variants (duplicates of a desktop sample listed elsewhere)

Name	Source Directory	Reason
GSMSample (Mango)	GSMSample_4_0_Mango	Duplicate of already-ported GameStateManagement (#072)
GSMSample (Mango VB)	GSMSample_4_0_Mango_VB	Duplicate of #072, and a VB dup on top
GSMSample (Phone)	GSMSample_4_0_PHONE	Duplicate of already-ported GameStateManagement (#072)
ModelViewerDemo (Mango)	ModelViewerDemo_4_0_Mango	Phone-only, no desktop equivalent; WP7-specific model viewer UI
PaddleBattle (Mango)	PaddleBattle_4_0_Mango	Phone-only, no desktop equivalent
PaddleBattle (Mango VB)	PaddleBattle_4_0_Mango_VB	Phone-only, and a VB dup on top
RolePlayingGame (Phone)	RolePlayingGame_4_0_Phone	Duplicate of already-ported RolePlayingGame (#070)

VB language duplicates

Name	Source Directory	Reason
CardsStarterKit (VB)	CardsStarterKit_4_0_VB	Duplicate of already-ported CardsStarterKit (#069), Visual Basic instead of C#

Silverlight / Windows Phone 7 native code (not XNA)

Name	Source Directory	Reason
CustomIndeterminateProgressBar	CustomIndeterminateProgressBarSample	Silverlight control, not XNA
NonLinear WP SL Navigation	NonLinear-WP-SLApp-Navigation-Service	Silverlight app, not XNA
PushRecipe WP7	PushRecipe_WP7_SL	Silverlight + WP7 push plumbing, not XNA
SilverlightMicrophone	SilverlightMicrophoneSample	Silverlight, not XNA (see MicrophoneEcho below for the XNA microphone sample, which is a future candidate)
TombstoningSample	TombstoningSample	Silverlight/WP7 app lifecycle demo, not XNA
LevelStarterKit	LevelStarterKit	WP7 Silverlight app (App.xaml/MainPage.xaml), not an XNA Game

Image / resource-only directories (no code)

Name	Source Directory	Reason
ButtonImages	ButtonImages	Image assets only, used by other samples
ControllerImages	ControllerImages	Image assets only, used by other samples
LobbyChatImages	LobbyChatImages	Image assets only, used by other samples

Third-party / community kits (not official Microsoft samples)

Name	Source Directory	Reason
Riemers Tutorials	Riemers	Third-party XNA tutorial series, not an official sample
XNA 4 Racing Game Kit	XNA-4-Racing-Game-Kit-master	Community game kit, not an official sample
Movipa	Movipa	Third-party video playback sample, not an official sample

Unversioned / incomplete starter kits

Name	Source Directory	Reason
UnitConverterStarterKit	UnitConverterStarterKit	No version tag; directory contains only a license file and an empty stub subfolder — no real sample content

Misc / non-code

Name	Source Directory	Reason
XNA XNB Format	XNA_XNB_Format	Binary format documentation, no C# code
SoundLab	SoundLab	Standalone audio authoring tool, not an XNA game sample

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Not a runnable Game (tool / library / content-pipeline-only, even within XNA 4.0)

#	Name	Source Directory	Reason
004	StockEffects	StockEffectsSample_4_0	Ships an effect-source + CLI compiler, no runnable Game
090	BitmapFontMaker	BitmapFontMaker_4_0	WinForms design-time tool, not a Game
092	ContentManifestExtensions	ContentManifestExtensions_4_0	Content-pipeline extension only, no executable
093	CurveEditor	CurveEditor_4_0	WinForms animation-curve editing tool, not a Game
097	MemoryMadnessLab	MemoryMadnessLab_4_0	WP7 "Multi-touch Game Development" teaching lab + accompanying Word doc, not a standalone runnable sample
099	ModelImporterSample	ModelImporterSample_4_0	Content-pipeline extension only, no executable
104	PerformanceUtility	PerformanceUtility_4_0	Utility library only, no standalone executable
108	WinFormsContent	WinFormsContentSample_4_0	WinForms host window, not a Game
109	WinFormsGraphics	WinFormsGraphicsSample_4_0	WinForms host window, not a Game
111	XnaGraphicsProfileChecker	XnaGraphicsProfileChecker_4_0	WinForms diagnostic tool, not a Game

Redundant "training kit" duplicates of an already-ported sample

#	Name	Source Directory	Reason
064	HoneycombRushTrainingKit	HoneycombRushTrainingKit_4_0	Multi-exercise teaching variant (Sources/Starter, Ex1, Ex2) of the already-ported HoneycombRush (#063) — not one clean sample, just exercises building toward the same game
068	CatapultWarsTrainingKit	CatapultWarsTrainingKit_4_0	Multi-exercise teaching variant (Exercises/Ex1–Ex6, Advanced) of the already-ported CatapultWars (#067)

Would only ever demonstrate an empty stub

#	Name	Source Directory	Reason
075	NGSMSample	NGSMSample_4_0	~1900 of its ~2900 lines are Xbox LIVE lobby/session/gamer-profile networking (item 17 in DEFERRED.md); even once that exists, the sample's own "Single Player" path is an intentionally empty GameplayScreen stub per the original's own documentation ("there is no actual game code included here") — porting it would only ever produce a hollow lobby demo, never real gameplay

Tied to a platform/service CNA will never provide

#	Name	Source Directory	Reason
085	AvatarAnimationBlending	AvatarAnimationBlendingSample_4_0	Renders the Xbox LIVE Avatar body using Microsoft's proprietary Avatar content system (AvatarRenderer/AvatarAnimation) — that content was retired with the original Xbox Avatars marketplace and cannot be reproduced. cna has an opt-in AvatarRenderer::EnableRealRenderingEXT path (docs/avatar-real-rendering-ext.md, tools/avatar_asset_pipeline/convert_avatar.py) that renders a substitute GPU-skinned mesh (MakeHuman+Mixamo) instead of the real body, but it's explicitly not a reproduction of the original art. Decided (2026-07-10, user go/no-go): not worth porting — the substitute visual isn't faithful enough to the original to be worth the effort. Permanently out of scope, not just deferred.
086	AvatarMultipleAnimations	AvatarMultipleAnimationsSample_4_0	Same Xbox LIVE Avatar system dependency as #085 — same permanent-skip decision applies
087	AvatarShadows	AvatarShadows_4_0	Same Xbox LIVE Avatar system dependency as #085 — same permanent-skip decision applies
094	CustomAvatarAnimation	CustomAvatarAnimation_4_0	Same Xbox LIVE Avatar system dependency as #085 — same permanent-skip decision applies
101	ObjectPlacementOnAvatar	ObjectPlacementOnAvatarSample_4_0	Same Xbox LIVE Avatar system dependency as #085 — same permanent-skip decision applies
088	BingMaps	BingMaps_4_0	Requires a Bing Maps Web API subscription key / the (long-deprecated) Bing Maps Silverlight/AJAX control — an external web service, not a CNA framework capability
089	BingMapsPathFinding	BingMapsPathFinding_4_0	Same Bing Maps external-service dependency as #088
095	GeolocationSample	GeolocationSample_4_0	Real phone GPS hardware; unlike the accelerometer (SDL_Sensor covers that generically, see AccelerometerSample below), SDL has no portable geolocation API to build on
096	InvitesSample	InvitesSample_4_0	Xbox LIVE friends/invite/presence system — tied to a real Xbox LIVE account, not just LAN NetworkSession discovery (contrast with ClientServerSample/NetworkPrediction/PeerToPeer, which are future candidates — see PLAN.md)
105	PushNotifications	PushNotificationsSample_4_0	Windows Phone push notification service; no desktop analog
106	SavingEmbeddedImages	SavingEmbeddedImages_4_0	Windows Phone media library API; no desktop analog
110	WP7MusicManagement	WP7MusicManagement_4_0	Windows Phone 7 media-library management API; no desktop analog (contrast with the already-ported SoundAndMusic/Audio3D, which use the portable SoundEffect/Song APIs)

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Total

67 samples ignored (of 153 total XNA sample directories). See PLAN.md for the 83 (soon 84, with Orientation relocated in) XNA 4.0 desktop samples and 27 phone/ hardware/networking _4_0 samples this repo tracks instead, and DEFERRED.md for the specific CNA capability gap blocking each not-yet-ported one.