jMonkeyEngine 3.0 Beginner's Guide

Time for action – loading a model (just testing)

The 3D model is ready for its journey into the 3D game world. Switch over to your BasicGame project in the jMonkeyEngine SDK again.

1. Make a copy of Main.java and name the class LoadModel.java. Remember to also refactor the first line of the main() method to:

   LoadModel app = new LoadModel ();

2. Replace the simpleInitApp() method with the following code snippet:

   public void simpleInitApp() {
     Spatial mymodel = assetManager.loadModel(
         "Textures/MyModel/mymodel.mesh.xml"); 
     rootNode.attachChild(mymodel);
     DirectionalLight sun = new DirectionalLight();
     sun.setDirection((new Vector3f(-0.5f, -0.5f, -0.5f)));
     sun.setColor(ColorRGBA.White);
     rootNode.addLight(sun); 
   }

Since the load() method returns both nodes and geometries, ...