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[lanerobertlane]

Hi folks,

I'm trying to get to grips with the PSS SDK and was first trying to port over some code i was using from my old XNA game. I got to the point where i was trying to use the old trusty GameTime gameTime menthod and remembered without the XNA tools i had to go and create my own resourse for gameTime to work. 

So i tried lifting the .cs strait out of the old project which was something like:

using System;

namespace Game.Framework
{
 public class GameTime
{
 public GameTime();

public GameTime(TimeSpan totalGameTime, TimeSpan elapsedGameTime);

public GameTime(TimeSpan totalGameTime, TimeSpan elapsedGameTime, bool isRunningSlowly);

public TimeSpan ElapsedGameTime { get; }

public bool IsRunningSlowly { get; }

public TimeSpan TotalGameTime { get; }
}

}

The problem i am getting is errors saying "must declare a body because it is not marked abstract or extern"

is this a problem with the version of c# in monodevelop, anybody know a quick way to get round it?

any help is appreciated.

[ProfessorOhki · Accepted solution]

Might be a C# 3.0 vs. 2.0 thing.  C# 2.0 doesn't have automatic properties. Try doing something like this:

using System;

namespace Game.Framework
{
  public class GameTime
  {
     private TimeSpan _elapsedGameTime = SOME_DEFAULT_VALUE;
     private TimeSpan _totalGameTime = SOME_DEFAULT_VALUE;
     private bool _isRunningSlowly = SOME_DEFAULT_VALUE;
 
     public GameTime();

     public GameTime(TimeSpan totalGameTime, TimeSpan elapsedGameTime){
       _totalGameTime = totalGameTime;
       _elapssedGameTime= elapssedGameTime;
     }

     public GameTime(TimeSpan totalGameTime, TimeSpan elapsedGameTime, bool isRunningSlowly){
       _totalGameTime = totalGameTime;
       _elapssedGameTime= elapssedGameTime;
       _isRunningSlowly= isRunningSlowly;
     }

    public TimeSpan ElapsedGameTime {
      get { return _elapsedGameTime; }
      set { _elapsedGameTime = elapsedGametTime; }
    }

    public bool IsRunningSlowly { 
      get { return _isRunningSlowly; }
      set { _isRunningSlowly= isRunningSlowly; }
    }

    public TimeSpan TotalGameTime {
      get { return _totalGameTime; }
      set { _totalGameTime= totalGameTime; }
    }
  }
}

[lanerobertlane]

This worked fine thanks. Seems like the problem is with the original code i was using being created in a a newer version of c#. This is gonna be time consuming to change the whole thing.

[ProfessorOhki]

The automatic properites thing is a compiler feature, so if you can find a version of the compiler that will support it, you might not have to to refactor all your code.

Not sure if that's an easier or harder solution...