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<h1 class="page">Building JME3 from Sources in Netbeans 8.x</h1>
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<p>You are welcome to try out the new jME3, and contribute patches and features! This document shows how to download, set up, build, and run the latest development version from the sources. These instructions work in NetBeans IDE 8.x or better.</p>
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<p>Have a <a href="https://github.com/">GitHub account</a>.</p>
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<p>Are a jMonkeyEngine project member.</p>
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<p>If you are not a member, you fork the repository into your GitHub account and issue pull requests from there.</p>
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<p>To fork the jMonkeyEngine repository into your GitHub Account:</p>
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<p>Navigate to <a href="https://github.com/jMonkeyEngine/jmonkeyengine">https://github.com/jMonkeyEngine/jmonkeyengine</a>.</p>
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<p>In the menu at the top of the page, select the <span class="icon"><i class="fa fa-code-fork"></i></span><strong>Fork</strong> button.</p>
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<p>Clone the sources from the repository.</p>
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<p>In NetBeans, go to <code><span class="menuseq"><b class="menu">Team</b>&#160;<i class="fa fa-angle-right caret"></i> <b class="submenu">Git</b>&#160;<i class="fa fa-angle-right caret"></i> <b class="menuitem">Clone</b></span></code>.</p>
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<pre>https://github.com/jMonkeyEngine/jmonkeyengine</pre>
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<p>Specify Destination Folder.<br>
Local Folder: <code>~/NetBeansProjects]/jmonkeyengine</code></p>
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<p>Click <b class="button">Next</b>.</p>
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<p>Click <b class="button">Next</b>.</p>
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<p>Click <b class="button">Finish</b> and wait.</p>
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<p>After some time the download will end.</p>
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<h2 id="information-on-pullpushing-commits"><a class="anchor" href="#information-on-pullpushing-commits"></a>Information on Pull/Pushing Commits</h2>
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<p>You now have a local copy of the <code>jmonkeyengine</code> repository. There are a few rules you need to follow in order to contribute.</p>
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<div class="title">Members &amp; Non-Members Pull/Push</div>
<p>Update your local copy and push commits by using the NetBeans command <code><span class="menuseq"><b class="menu">Git</b>&#160;<i class="fa fa-angle-right caret"></i> <b class="submenu">Remote</b>&#160;<i class="fa fa-angle-right caret"></i> <b class="menuitem">Pull From Upstream</b></span></code> or <code><span class="menuseq"><b class="menu">Git</b>&#160;<i class="fa fa-angle-right caret"></i> <b class="submenu">Remote</b>&#160;<i class="fa fa-angle-right caret"></i> <b class="menuitem">Push To Upstream</b></span></code>. Members will be pushing/pulling to/from the jMonkeyEngine repo and non-members to/from their fork of the jMonkeyEngine repo.</p>
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<p>To update <strong>your fork</strong> on GitHub:</p>
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<p>Go to your version of the repository on GitHub.</p>
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<p>Click the <b class="button">New Pull Request</b> button at the top.</p>
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<p>Note that the jMonkeyEngine repository will be on the left and your repository will be on the right.</p>
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<p>Click the <b class="button">Base Fork</b> button and from the drop down menu select your forked repository.</p>
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<p>Select the <code><em><u>compare across forks</u></em></code> link.</p>
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<p>Click the <b class="button">Head Fork</b> button and from the drop down list select &#8220;jMonkeyEngine/jmonkeyengine&#8221;.</p>
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<p>Click the green button <b class="button">Create pull request</b>.</p>
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<p>Give a succinct and informative title, in the comment field give a short explanation of the changes and click the green button <b class="button">Create pull request</b> again.</p>
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<p>Select <b class="button">Rebase And Merge</b> from the drop down menu.</p>
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<p>Press the <b class="button">Rebase And Merge</b> button again to confirm your choice.</p>
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<p>To submit changes to the jMonkeyEngine repository after pushing them to <strong>your fork</strong>:</p>
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<p>Go to your version of the repository on GitHub.</p>
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<p>Click the <b class="button">New Pull Request</b> button at the top.</p>
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<p>Note that the jMonkeyEngine repository will be on the left and your repository will be on the right.</p>
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<p>Click the green button <b class="button">Create pull request</b>.</p>
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<li>
<p>Give a succinct and informative title, in the comment field give a short explanation of the changes.</p>
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<p>Click the green button <b class="button">Create pull request</b> again to submit the request.</p>
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<h2 id="verify-cloned-subprojects"><a class="anchor" href="#verify-cloned-subprojects"></a>Verify Cloned Subprojects</h2>
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<p>Look into the <code>Subprojects</code> node and confirm that the subprojects cloned:</p>
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<p>jme3-android</p>
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<p>jme3-android-native</p>
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<p>jme3-jbullet</p>
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<p>jme3-jogg</p>
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<p>jme3-jogl</p>
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<p>jme3-lwjgl</p>
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<p>jme3-lwjgl3</p>
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<p>jme3-networking</p>
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<p>jme3-niftygui</p>
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<p>jme3-plugins</p>
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<p>jme3-terrain</p>
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<p>jme3-testdata</p>
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<p>jme3-vr</p>
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<p>For a detailed description of the separate jar files see <a href="jme3_source_structure.html#structure-of-jmonkeyengine3-jars" class="xref page">this list</a>.</p>
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<h2 id="build-the-project-and-run-a-sample-app"><a class="anchor" href="#build-the-project-and-run-a-sample-app"></a>Build the Project and Run a Sample App</h2>
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<p>When you build the engine from the root node, part of the build process includes building the header files for the jme3-bullet-native subproject. This updates the timestamp on the header files, even though you did not edit them. This will then mark them as modified, which will add them to your next commit.</p>
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<p>To prevent them from being committed, before you do anything else:</p>
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<p>In the Projects window, open the <code>jme3-bullet-native</code> subproject node.</p>
</li>
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<p>Navigate to the <code>Source Packages/&lt;default package&gt;</code> folder.</p>
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<li>
<p>Select all <code>.h</code> header files to highlight them.</p>
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<li>
<p><b class="button">RMB</b> select the highlighted files then choose <code><span class="menuseq"><b class="menu">Git</b>&#160;<i class="fa fa-angle-right caret"></i> <b class="submenu">Ignore</b>&#160;<i class="fa fa-angle-right caret"></i> <b class="menuitem">Exclude From Commit</b></span></code></p>
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<p><b class="button">RMB</b> select the <code>jmonkeyengine</code> project root node and <code>Clean and Build</code> the project.</p>
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<li>
<p>In the Projects window, <b class="button">RMB</b> select and then open the <code>jme-examples</code> node which contains the sample apps. You do this for any subproject you wish to make changes to.</p>
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<li>
<p>Every file in the <code>Source Packages</code> folder with a Main class (for example <code>jme3test.model/TestHoverTank.java</code> or <code>jme3test.games/CubeField.java</code>) is an app.</p>
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<li>
<p>Right-click a sample app and choose &#8220;Run File&#8221; (Shift-F6).</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Generally in sample apps:</p>
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<li>
<p>the mouse and the WASD keys control movement</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>the Esc key exits the application</p>
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<h2 id="optional-javadoc-popups-and-source-navigation-in-netbeans"><a class="anchor" href="#optional-javadoc-popups-and-source-navigation-in-netbeans"></a>Optional: Javadoc Popups and Source Navigation in NetBeans</h2>
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<p>If you are working on the jmonkeyengine sources:</p>
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<div class="olist arabic">
<ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>Confirm in the Files window that the javadoc has been created in <code>~/NetBeansProjects/jmonkeyengine/dist/javadoc</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p>In the editor, place the caret in a jme class and press <kbd>ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>space</kbd> to view javadoc.</p>
</li>
</ol>
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<div class="paragraph">
<p>If you are working on a game project that depends on jmonkeyengine:</p>
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<li>
<p>In the jmonkeyengine source:</p>
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<li>
<p><b class="button">RMB</b> selecting a subproject node and choosing <code><span class="menuseq"><b class="menu">Tasks</b>&#160;<i class="fa fa-angle-right caret"></i> <b class="menuitem">install</b></span></code> will install the built jars for that subproject into your local maven repositories <code>org.jmonkeyengine</code> folder, which on linux is ~/.m2, and on Windows might be in AppData, or in your home directory.</p>
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<p><b class="button">RMB</b> selecting the root node and choosing <code><span class="menuseq"><b class="menu">Tasks</b>&#160;<i class="fa fa-angle-right caret"></i> <b class="menuitem">dist</b></span></code> creates a jME3 examples distribution with all jme3 binaries, javadoc and external libraries under <code>~/NetBeansProjects/jmonkeyengine/dist</code>.</p>
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<li>
<p><b class="button">RMB</b> selecting the root node and choosing <code><span class="menuseq"><b class="menu">Tasks</b>&#160;<i class="fa fa-angle-right caret"></i> <b class="menuitem">libDist</b></span></code> builds and copies the engine binaries and sources to <code>~/NetBeansProjects/jmonkeyengine/build/libDist</code>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b class="button">RMB</b> selecting the root node and choosing <code><span class="menuseq"><b class="menu">Tasks</b>&#160;<i class="fa fa-angle-right caret"></i> <b class="menuitem">copyLib</b></span></code> copies the engine dependencies to <code>~/NetBeansProjects/jmonkeyengine/build/libDist/lib-ext</code>.</p>
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</li>
<li>
<p>In your game project, add the jme3 jar by <b class="button">RMB</b> selecting the Libraries node and selecting <b class="button">Add Jar/Folder</b>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Navigate to the folder of choice and select the library jar you&#8217;re interested in.  Check &#8220;as relative path&#8221; and click <b class="button">Open</b> .</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b class="button">RMB</b> select the newly added jar and choose &#8220;Edit&#8221;.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>In the <code>Edit Jar Reference</code> dialog, <code>JavaDoc:</code> <b class="button">Browse</b> to the <code>javadoc/</code> folder of choice. Check &#8220;as relative path&#8221; and click <b class="button">Open</b> .</p>
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<li>
<p>In the <code>Edit Jar Reference</code> dialog, <code>Sources:</code> <b class="button">Browse</b> to the folder of choice that contains your sources. Check &#8220;as relative path&#8221; and click <b class="button">Open</b>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>In the editor, place the caret in a jme class and press <kbd>ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>space</kbd> to view javadoc. Ctrl-click any jme3 method to jump to its definition in the sources.</p>
</li>
</ol>
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