jMonkeyEngine 3.0 Beginner's Guide

Time for action – illuminated opaque textures

In the simplest case, a material loads one image file and slaps it onto the geometry's surface. Let's see what that looks like.

1. Make a copy of Main.java and name the class TexturesOpaqueTransparent.java. Remember to also refactor the first line of the main() method to TexturesOpaqueTransparent app = new TexturesOpaqueTransparent();.
2. Copy the provided assets/Interface/Monkey.png image to your project's assets/Interface directory. This will be our texture.
3. Replace the blue cube code in the simpleInitApp() method with the following:

   Sphere sphereMesh = new Sphere(16, 16, 1); Geometry sphereGeo = new Geometry("lit textured sphere", sphereMesh); Material sphereMat = new Material(assetManager, "Common/MatDefs/Light/Lighting.j3md"); ...