jMonkeyEngine 3 with Maven

Question

I've got a problem. I am trying to use jme3 with eclipse and Maven. I am using the m2e plugin (with eclipse Oxygen).

Now, I want to add the jme3 dependencies to my pom.xml. I copied the dependency tags from the maven central, from the bintray repository and even from some custom repos (I also added the repositories to the pom). It won't work.

I worked through the first 2 Google search result pages (actually every link on the first two pages) and consulted the maven pom documentation.

I just cannot get this thing to work.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.jmonkeyengine</groupId>
    <artifactId>jme3-desktop</artifactId>
    <version>3.1.0-stable</version>
</dependency>

This is what my pom looks like now (I resetted it, cuz nothing will work). How do I add this (https://mvnrepository.com/repos/jmonkeyengine) repository to the pom (I must not change anything outside my project directory), so that maven can find the dependency?

I'm sure for some of you this is just a job of a few minutes, but I'm working on this for like 2h now, without any results.

A huge thanks in advance

EDIT: Checked out this solution: JMonkeyEngine in Intellij IDEA

Won't work for (e.g.)

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.jmonkeyengine</groupId>
    <artifactId>jme3-lwjgl-natives</artifactId>
    <version>3.1.0-stable</version>
</dependency>

And many others...

are you getting unresolved dependencies? which part of it wont work? — Brendan Robert, Apr 04 '17 at 22:49
Missing artifact org.jmonkeyengine:j-ogg-oggd:pom:3.1.0-stable pom.xml /jme3mavenexample — tsatke, Apr 04 '17 at 22:50
This is just an example, there are 12 more. Should I add the full pom.xml? — tsatke, Apr 04 '17 at 22:51
no thats not neccesary, have you tried going into the repository where maven references? most likely in C:/users/yourUserName/.m2 ? — Brendan Robert, Apr 04 '17 at 22:52
There are two files: - `jME3-jogg-3.1.0-stable.jar.lastUpdated` - `jME3-jogg-3.1.0-stable.pom.lastUpdated` — tsatke, Apr 04 '17 at 22:53
if you dont feel inclined to use maven you could always just add the jar to the build path directly — Brendan Robert, Apr 04 '17 at 22:53
Yes, but I have to use an automated maven build process, so this is why I have to do this :/ — tsatke, Apr 04 '17 at 22:54

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 04 '17 at 23:21

Fixed it, but don't know if something I may need is missing.

<properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <jmonkey.version>3.1.0-stable</jmonkey.version>
</properties>

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>bintray-jmonkeyengine-org.jmonkeyengine</id>
        <name>bintray</name>
        <url>http://dl.bintray.com/jmonkeyengine/org.jmonkeyengine</url>
    </repository>
    <repository>
        <id>jcenter</id>
        <url>http://jcenter.bintray.com</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jmonkeyengine</groupId>
        <artifactId>jme3-core</artifactId>
        <version>${jmonkey.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jmonkeyengine</groupId>
        <artifactId>jme3-desktop</artifactId>
        <version>${jmonkey.version}</version>
        <scope>runtime</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jmonkeyengine</groupId>
        <artifactId>jme3-lwjgl</artifactId>
        <version>${jmonkey.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jmonkeyengine</groupId>
        <artifactId>jme3-core</artifactId>
        <version>${jmonkey.version}</version>
        <type>pom</type>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jmonkeyengine</groupId>
        <artifactId>jme3-lwjgl</artifactId>
        <version>${jmonkey.version}</version>
        <type>pom</type>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jmonkeyengine</groupId>
        <artifactId>jme3-bullet</artifactId>
        <version>${jmonkey.version}</version>
        <type>pom</type>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jmonkeyengine</groupId>
        <artifactId>jme3-jbullet</artifactId>
        <version>${jmonkey.version}</version>
        <type>pom</type>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jmonkeyengine</groupId>
        <artifactId>jme3-jogg</artifactId>
        <version>${jmonkey.version}</version>
        <type>pom</type>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jmonkeyengine</groupId>
        <artifactId>jme3-niftygui</artifactId>
        <version>${jmonkey.version}</version>
        <type>pom</type>
    </dependency>
<dependency>
        <groupId>junit</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
        <version>4.12</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '19 at 15:21

According this page of JMonkey docs, there is the most common Maven pom setting for working with JMonkey Engine:

<properties>
    <!-- JMonkey stats -->
    <jme3_g>org.jmonkeyengine</jme3_g>
    <!-- Check the last version -->
    <jme3_v>3.2.0-stable</jme3_v>
</properties>

<repositories>
    <!-- Repository for JMonkey Engine dependences -->
    <repository>
        <id>jcenter</id>
        <url>https://jcenter.bintray.com/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<dependencies>
    <!-- JMonkey Engine dependences  -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>${jme3_g}</groupId>
        <artifactId>jme3-core</artifactId>
        <version>${jme3_v}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>${jme3_g}</groupId>
        <artifactId>jme3-desktop</artifactId>
        <version>${jme3_v}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>${jme3_g}</groupId>
        <artifactId>jme3-lwjgl</artifactId>
        <version>${jme3_v}</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

P.S.

For working with terrain in JMonkeyEngine(for example, if you want to access to com.jme3.terrain package inside your project) you must add the next dependency
```
<dependency>
    <groupId>${jme3_g}</groupId>
    <artifactId>jme3-terrain</artifactId>
    <version>${jme3_v}</version>
</dependency>
```

For working with jme3-test-data sources and accessing appropriate paths from your project(like "Textures/Terrain/splat/grass.jpg"), you can add the next dependency:

<!-- Test data -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>net.sf.sociaal</groupId>
    <artifactId>jME3-testdata</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.0.20130526</version>
</dependency>

You can find all JMonkey Dependencies from the previous link

jMonkeyEngine 3 with Maven

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