Building jMonkeyEngine SDK Yourself

In the jMonkeyEngine SDK or NetBeans

Plugins

Make sure all necessary plugins are installed and active:

  • From the menu bar, select Tools → Plugins to open a Plugins dialog.

  • Select the Available Plugins tab.

  • Sort the plugin list by category.

  • Check the Install checkbox for any plugins in the Developing NetBeans category.

  • Click on the Install button and complete the wizard.

  • Select the Installed tab.

  • Activate any inactive plugins in the Developing NetBeans category.

  • Close the Plugins dialog.

Checkout

  • From the menu bar, select Team → Git → Clone to open a Clone Repository dialog.

  • In the Repository URL: textbox, type https://github.com/jMonkeyEngine/jmonkeyengine.

  • Clear the User: and Password: textboxes.

  • Click on the Next button.

  • Choose the remote branch, typically “master, and click the Next button.

  • Click on the Browse… button to the right of the Parent directory: textbox to open a Browse Local Folder dialog.

  • Select an empty or non-existent directory (folder) where you want to save the jMonkeyEngine sources on your hard drive.

  • Click the Finish button.

Project checkout may take awhile. Do not proceed before the task is complete.

Build

On the commandline:

  1. cd jmonkeyengine

  2. ./gradlew build

From the SDK:

  • From the menu bar, select File → Open project… to open an Open Project dialog.

  • Highlight the free-form project folder you used for checkout and click on the Open Project button.

    • A new free-form project named jME3-SDK should appear in the SDK’s Projects window.

  • Build the free-form project by right-clicking on it and selecting Build.

  • Wait until the jME3-SDK (build) task is complete. At one point, a web browser window may open.

  • From the menu bar, select File → Open project… to open an Open Project dialog.

  • Browse into the free-form project folder, highlight the sdk node, and click on the Open Project button.

    • A number of new projects should appear in the SDK’s Projects window.

Building the main freeform project copies the jME3 libraries to the sdk, so you should run its build script each time jME3 changes.

Run

  • In the SDK’s Projects window, right-click on the jMonkeyEngine SDK project and select Run.

    • The SDK you just built will start executing in a new window.