Easy start of a jME program in Windows

General Discussion
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What is the easiest and most convenient way to start a jME program in Windows?



Currently I use a batch file with the command line that sets all the necessary parameters and this could as well go into a shortcut. On the other hand I thought about having a launcher program that could check for the necessary jar libraries and warn if something is missing or in a wrong version without bothering a user with stack traces that might be more confusing than helpful.



Something like a shortcut to:


java -jar gamelauncher.jar


that sets all necessary parameters and then loads the real main class.
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If you distribute your application online, you could look into webstart.

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You could try JSmooth (http://jsmooth.sourceforge.net)… it creates an exe wrapper for your Java application. I used it once for something else (not a game) and did not have any problems with it.

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I recently used a demo copy of jExePack (http://www.duckware.com/jexepack/index.html) to wrap up a jmetest app.  You might look into that.