We recommend downloading the jMonkeyEngine SDK - but of course you can also build the jMonkeyEngine yourself from the sources. In this case, you need the Subversion file version system installed (svn).

1. Checkout: Checkout the Subversion repository.

   svn checkout http://jmonkeyengine.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/engine jme3

   • You can leave login and password empty
2. Build: Execute ant jar
   • This compiles the JAR files in dist/libs/*
3. Javadoc: Execute ant javadoc
   • This generates javadocs in the dist/javadoc directory.
4. Run: Execute ant run
   • This runs the TestChooser where you can browse examples.
5. Use: Create a Java SE project and place all JARs from the dist/lib directory on the classpath.
   • You can now extend your first game from com.jme3.app.SimpleApplication.

For a detailed description of the created jar files see this list.

Learn more about:

• Setting up JME3 on the commandline (generic).
• Building JME3 from the sources with NetBeans