Building jMonkeyEngine 3 from the Sources

We recommend downloading the - but of course you can also build the jMonkeyEngine yourself from the sources. You need Subversion installed.

  1. Checkout: Checkout the Subversion repository.
    svn checkout http://jmonkeyengine.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/engine jme3
    • You can leave login and password empty
  2. Build: Execute ant jar
    • This compiles the files dist/jMonkeyEngine3.jar and dist/libs/*
  3. Javadoc: Execute ant javadoc
    • This generates javadocs in the dist/javadoc directory.
  4. Run: Execute ant run
    • This runs the TestChooser where you can browse examples.
  5. Use: Create a Java SE project and place dist/jMonkeyEngine3.jar and all JARs from the dist/lib directory on the classpath.
    • You can now extend your first game from com.jme3.app.SimpleApplication.

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