Getting Started

Troubleshooting General Help
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Hi,

im completely new in game development. I have chose jme (it was very hard to decide between xith and jme).



I had some problems with getting started tutorial.



1.

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Basically, the command-line CVS commands you need to execute are as follows: (make sure to replace [java.net username] with your java.net username)

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i think, it is hard to understend: … your java.net username … - what, where, why?,  :slight_smile:


  • solved



    2.

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    java -Djava.library.path=./lib -cp ./lib/lwjgl.jar;./lib/jogg-0.0.5.jar;./lib/jorbis-0.0.12.jar;./target/jme.jar;./target/jmetest.jar;./target/jmetest-data.jar jmetest.effects.TestDynamicSmoker

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    this command didnt work for me



    2.1

    i had to add all jars from jme/target directory to classpath


  • i understand why, no problem



    2.2

    i had to move all dlls from jme/lib directory to jme directory (it is working directory by lunching demos)


  • i dont undersand why -Djava.library.path=./lib doesnt work

    (i tried relative, absolute path, /, , , and more)



    any working advice? :slight_smile:



    thx
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On which platform?



I use the following.



Windows and dll in ./native for an own project: java -Djava.library.path=.native -cp .;lib/jme.jar;libjme-effects.jar;libjme-model.jar;libjme-sound.jar;libjme-terrain.jar;libjme-ui.jar;nativelwjgl.jar -jar Client.jar



In ./native there is : DevIL.dll ILU.dll ILUT.dll lwjgl-devil.dll lwjgl-fmod3.dll lwjgl.dll lwjglaudio.dll





Linux and dll in ./lib to run demos: java -Djava.library.path=./lib -cp ./lib/lwjgl.jar:./lib/jogg-0.0.5.jar:./lib/jorbis-0.0.12.jar:./jme.jar:./jmetest.jar:./jmetest-data.jar:./jme-effects.jar:./jme-model.jar:./jme-terrain.jar:./jme-ui.jar jmetest.TestChooser



This setup is just out of the installation with all native libraries and 3rd party jars in ./lib.

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hm weird,

im able to run it from ant with "-Djava.library.path=lib" jvm param



i dont understand where is the problem :slight_smile:

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Kokoth,



Sorry you’re having trouble getting started.  I initially had some problems getting going myself, but I finally just started checking out the source from CVS and that seemed to make things significantly easier for me and just dropping the DLLs in my JRE’s bin directory so I didn’t need any library references.



I would highly recommend using an IDE as there is so much involved in game development that it can get really confusing without one.  My personal preference (and I believe the standard preference around here) is Eclipse.  It’s a very well designed IDE that is open-source.  You can download it from http://www.eclipse.org.  I would recommend getting the WTP all-inclusive download if you have any desire to do any web design in the future.



Anyway, welcome to jME.  I actually started out with Xith myself and one of the major factors that got me to switch was the jME-Physics project.  It is so much better than Xith’s solution and much more logical.



darkfrog

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hi darkfrog,

thx for ur interest.


  1. droping libraries directly into jre is possible, but dirty solution (only my opinion), i dont like it
  2. u are right, i started new project in eclipse, i like ecpilse very much too (i was only lazy to create new project :))
  3. what is WTP?
  4. thx for greeting :slight_smile:
  • i started 2 days ago with game development (it was my dream long time ago)
  • i have no knowlegde about graphics
  • yesterday i decided to use jme (hard to decide between jme and xith)
  • today i started reading Jack Lindamood tutorial
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Kokoth,


  1. I understand your feelings on this, but I prefer to do it this way as when I release a game I will include the JRE with it and the libraries already in the bin directory, so it's not a big deal to me for development.


  2. BTW, you can add things to your library in Eclipse directly…


  3. Web Tools Platform - it's a sub-project and they have a release of Eclipse that comes with all of the plugins for it built-in.  Very cool.


  4. I'm pretty new here as well but just spending an awful lot of time in lately so I might seem like I've been here for a long time. :o  I think you've definitely made the right decision in choosing jME as the support here is so much better and the project is moving at a much faster pace.  You might find looking at the examples in the source for the project will help you move MUCH faster than the tutorials.  I got bored with the tutorials very quickly and decided to just read all the source code and learned a lot more…and got to see programs in action.



    darkfrog