Time for action – meet the hover tank

The provided assets directory contains the Models/HoverTank/Tank.j3o model.

  1. Copy Tank.j3o and its four textures into a new assets/Models/HoverTank/ directory in your project.
  2. Make a copy of Main.java and name the class HoverTank.java. Remember to also refactor the first line of the main() method to HoverTank app = new HoverTank();.
  3. Replace the blue cube code in the simpleInitApp() method with the following:
    Node tank = (Node) assetManager.loadModel( "Models/HoverTank/Tank.j3o"); Material mat = new Material(assetManager, "Common/MatDefs/Light/Lighting.j3md"); TextureKey tankDiffuse = new TextureKey("Models/HoverTank/tank_diffuse.jpg", false); mat.setTexture("DiffuseMap", assetManager.loadTexture(tankDiffuse)); ...

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