Windows 8, cannot install XNA framework... [Solved]

[Oxidan]

Game won't start so I noticed that the XNA framework did not install properly. When I try to manually install it from the redist folder, I get the error that XNA framework requires at .NET framework 2.0. However, I do have .NET framework 4.5, but is somehow not recognized. Is this a known Windows 8 issue or is there a fix?

In case of the former, I think the devs should warn people that the game will not work under Win8. Second Indie title in a few weeks that does not work on Win8. Other is Hotline Miami (which is at least partially playable)..

UPDATE: So I now managed to install the XNA framework. The installation file provided with the game is outdated version 3.1 that doesn't seem to install on Win8. After manually downloading version 4.0 I was able to install it. However, the game still won't load (nothing happens when I try to start).

UPDATE2: problem solved in post 3.

[Jibai]

Hi, Flyn developer here.

We didn't encounter any problem regarding Windows 8 (One of our computer was a windows 8, and it worked just fine). You might want to try to install .Net 2.0. it may indeed be required for XNA 3.1. In any cases, I will test that tomorrow personnaly, and be sure we want Fly'n to work on Win 8. We're sorry for the inconvenience, but Windows 8 is quite recent and we didn't had much time to test Fly'n with it.

[Oxidan]

Hi Jibai,

Thanks a lot for the very quick response. I managed to solve my issue now and take back all of the blame I put on you, as the problem was clearly not the devs fault.

Here's how I solved it:
By default, Win 8 did not install .NET framework 3.5, but only 4.5. One would assume that 4.5 would include 3.5 and 2.0 etc., but that is not the case. By manually installing it through the "turn windows features on or off" menu I was then able to install the provided XNA framework 3.1. Like the .NET framework 4.5, the XNA 4.0 that I had manually installed before does NOT include version 3.1, so the game would not start before. After installing XNA 3.1 it works fine.

TL;DR:
- Install .NET 3.5 (includes 2.0)
- Install XNA 3.1
- 4.x versions of frameworks do NOT include 2.x / 3.x versions.

[Jibai]

Indeed, that's the case. Unfortunately we were not able to deeply test the deploiement under windows 8. Thanks a lot for the tips. I'm sure it will be very helpful for some people.