Now it is possible to use MW3D in an Eclipse environment as well. So if you are developing your game using Eclipse, you can now edit your models using the MW3D plugins.
To install the plugins in your Eclipse 3.3 environment, use the update site that we have set up on Sourceforge.
In Eclipse, go to Help/Software updates/Find and install/Search for new features to install
Create a "New Remote Site…"
Enter a name for the update site (Monkey World 3D is a good name, but you can choose whatever you find apropriate
I immediately went to try it out, but I get this error while installing:
An internal error occurred during: "Update Manager".
Invalid signature file digest for Manifest main attributes
I've uploaded a new version of the feature, and i've also tested this update site with a clean 3.3 eclipse installation. Unfortunatly this update site does not work with the RCP installation of MW3D because there are some dependencies missing.
As a side note, don't forget to activate the properties view in eclipse as its an essential part of the plug in. Go to Window menu -> Show view -> Properties.
We've updated the update site. But we did not change the version number, so if you have already installed MW3D, you have to manually remove some files to use the update manager again. Here's a list of files/directories, that you have to delete (in the eclipse installation directory):
features/MonkeyWorld3D.feature_4.0.1
plugins/org.mw3d.jme_4.0.1
plugins/MonkeyWorld3D_4.0.1.jar
plugins/org.mw3d.core_4.0.1.jar
After deleting those files/directories, you can update to the latest MW3D again, containing several bugfixes
For the RCP Installation of MW3D, you can directly download the latest plugins from the sourceforge site directly, using this link: https://monkeyworld3d.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/monkeyworld3d/trunk/mw3d.updatesite/plugins/
how's about a zip........................they are alot.
and all are need true?
Oops, you were fast. Unfortunatly it doesn't work that simple as i described it. You would also need the org.eclipse.runtime.core.compatability plugin from eclipse, and you would have to extract some plugins, so that it would work.
I have to further investigate, why the update doesnt work with an RCP installation.
For the RCP Installation of MW3D, you can directly download the latest plugins from the sourceforge site directly, using this link: https://monkeyworld3d.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/monkeyworld3d/trunk/mw3d.updatesite/plugins/
how's about a zip........................they are alot.
I'm trying to get Monkey World 3d v4 up and running and I need a little help. Neither the eclipse nor the standalone versions are working for me.
my 2 big show-stopper problems:
Neither version displays anything in the main window - all I see is gray, even after adding primitives to a brand new project. In the standalone version, sometimes when I close a Spatial file and then reopen it, the window displays black with a white line running near the center, but otherwise, all I see is gray.
The collada importer will not import my file. I can select the .dae file in the window and click "Finish" and it will just sit there - the hard drive isn't spinning and resources aren't being used. The "Finish" button remains highlighted blue, but all I can do is cancel out. I let it sit for 15 minutes just to make sure.
I'm running Vista on a Core 2 Duo machine with a GeForce 8600m, with a fresh (this week) install of Eclipse and the latest jME build.
I just tried it for the first time, the standalone version 4.0.1. After using the wizard to create an environment I didnt
see anything in the window but it seemd that the camera angle was low. Have you tried to change the camera by using the
right mouse button?
Hmm, that doesn't work either - the camera x,y,z at the bottom left change when I move the mouse or wasd, but nothing renders on my screen - the window remains solid gray.
Is the default view supposed to show a blue background and an axis grid?
1. Neither version displays *anything* in the main window - all I see is gray, even after adding primitives to a brand new project. In the standalone version, sometimes when I close a Spatial file and then reopen it, the window displays black with a white line running near the center, but otherwise, all I see is gray.
I'm running Vista on a Core 2 Duo machine with a GeForce 8600m, with a fresh (this week) install of Eclipse and the latest jME build.
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!
1. I don't know, why your editor window is gray, this is very strange, but this white line is the grid. When you drag with the right mouse button, the camera perspective changes and you should see more. Black is the default background color.
MW3D comes with the final 1.0 build of jME. Maybe the logfile contains some more information about what is going wrong. Could you please take a look at the .log file in <workspace>/.metadata
Erasing the log file and then restarting the program gave me a log file that contained this:
!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui.workbench 4 2 2007-10-26 17:32:02.296
!MESSAGE Problems occurred when invoking code from plug-in: "org.eclipse.ui.workbench".
!STACK 1
org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Plug-in MonkeyWorld3D was unable to load class monkeyworld3d.splashHandlers.ExtensibleSplashHandler.
at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.throwException(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:180)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension
It goes on for 20k with other references to splashhandler not loading and then ends with
!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.resources 2 10035 2007-10-26 17:32:02.765
!MESSAGE A workspace crash was detected. The previous session did not exit normally.
Starting with a brand new extracted copy of MonkeyWorld3D-v4.0.1-RC1-win.zip did the same thing.
Maybe you have to prepare your current installation to enable the update again. Because we did not change the version, the update manager will tell you, that there is no update available. So you have to first uninstall MW3D using Help/Software Updates/Manage Configuration. There you'll find "MonkeyWorld3D Feature 4.0.1". Right click on this item and choose "Uninstall". After restarting eclipse, you should be able to use the above mentioned update site again, to install the latest release.
"1. Neither version displays anything in the main window - all I see is gray, even after adding primitives to a brand new project. In the standalone version, sometimes when I close a Spatial file and then reopen it, the window displays black with a white line running near the center, but otherwise, all I see is gray."
"I'm running Vista on a Core 2 Duo machine with a GeForce 8600m, with a fresh (this week) install of Eclipse and the latest jME build."
I have the exact same setup and the exact same problems.
