Xna 4.0 projects in XNA 3.0

Question

Is there a way to open XNA 4.0 projects in XNA 3.0 without installing XNA 4.0.

Answer 1

If you're asking if you can load a project created with VS2010/XNA 4 in VS2008/GS3, then the answer is no.

There are enough differences in not only the XNA assemblies, but how the content pipeline is structured that you really need VS2010 installed. Is there any particular reason you don't want to install v4?

Answer 2

If you're planning to port to XNA 4.0, you can use this XNA 3.1 to 4.0 cheat sheet to help you update your rendering code.