3D Dice Simulator - Components for Silverlight and XNA NEW! Download the complete source code for the Silverlight, XNA and Windows Phone 7 3D dice app! Silverlight 3D Dice User Control The dice (shown above) are implemented as a Silverlight user control. Then when you add the control in the body of the XAML, select the number of dice and dice colours, the container material, the width and height of the control, and other settings: (It is now also possible to specify any RGB colour for the dice, as well as different colours for different dice. Then in the code for the page, call the dice control's Roll() method to roll the dice: and also handle the DiceRollComplete event: The user control works in Silverlight 4 and above. Downloads This example project is a basic skeleton project that includes the dice: Silverlight 3D Dice Game Template Project This example project shows the use of mouse events, e.g. clicking on dice: Silverlight 3D Dice Click Events Demo Project This project shows the dice control being used in a complete game:
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