Time for action – running a demo

In order to test whether everything was installed correctly, let's run a few demos. A set of demos comes bundled with the jMonkeyEngine SDK as one of the project templates.

  1. Choose File | New Project from the menu to open the New Project wizard.
  2. Select JME3 Tests from the jME3 category.
  3. Accept the defaults and complete the wizard.

The SDK unpacks the bundled demos and makes copies of the demo sources. The new JME3 Tests project appears in the Projects window.

To run a demo:

  1. Right-click on JME3 Tests and click on Build and Run. Wait for the TestChooser window to open.
  2. For example, select the TestWalkingChar demo and click on OK.

    Tip

    Type walking into the filter box to find it more quickly.

  3. Accept the default display settings ...

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