jMonkeyEngine 3.0 Feature Overview

See also: Feature comparison and requirements.

• Support for jME3-based Java projects
  • Preconfigured classpath and Asset Manager
  • Non-proprietary Ant build scripts
  • Javadoc popups, sample code projects and code palette
• Full-featured Java and XML code editor
• Plugins
  • Version Control, Debugger, Profiler (optional)
  • Convert and import game assets (3D models etc)
  • 3D Scene Viewer and Scene Composer
  • Material editor
  • Terrain painting and editing
  • Font creation
  • Support for asset packs with models, textures, and more
  • Procedural texture creator (NeoTexture)
  • ... and much more...
• Deployment
  • Generates desktop executables for Win, Mac, Linux
  • Generates mobile executables for Android, iOS support is in the works.
  • Generates JNLP WebStart and Java Browser Applets
• Based on the NetBeans Platform
  • Supports all NetBeans IDE plugins

• JBullet physics binding
  • Physical characters
  • Physical joints and hinges
  • Ray-cast vehicle
  • Ragdoll physics
• Multi-threaded physics
• Mesh-accurate collision shapes

• Models: Blender (.blend)
• Models: Ogre3D model (.mesh.xml, .skeleton.xml, .material), Ogre3D dotScene (.scene)
• Models: Wavefront (.OBJ, .MTL)
• Textures: .DDS, .HDR, .PFM, .TGA, .JPG, .PNG, .GIF.
• Font: BMFont fonts (.FNT)
• Audio: Waveform (.WAV), Ogg/Vorbis (.OGG)
• jME3 binary files (models and scenes): .j3o
• jME3 materials: .j3m
• jME3 material definitions: .j3md
• jME3 filter post processors: .j3f

• GLSL
• Shader libraries
• Shader permutations

• Per-pixel lighting
• Multi-pass lighting
• Phong Lighting
  • Diffuse Map
  • Alpha Map
  • Glow Map
  • Bump Map
  • Specular Map
  • Parallax Map
• Tangent shading
• Reflection

• Texturing
• Multi-texturing through shaders
• Splat textures

• Asset importing
  • Animation
  • Meshes
  • Textures
  • Scenes
  • Materials
  • Shaders
• Multi-threaded asset loading via HTTP
• Loading scenes from .ZIP files
• Sharable AssetPacks

• Particles: Smoke, fire, explosions, etc
• Post processing / 2D Filter Effects
  • Reflective Water
  • Shadow mapping
  • High Dynamic Range rendering
  • Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
  • Light Scattering
  • Cartoon Effect
  • Fog
  • Bloom
  • Depth of Field Blur

• Geomipmapped hightmap terrain
• Import Ogre3D dotScene format
• SkyBox and SkyDome
• Terrain lighting

• Orthogonal (Billboard) node
• Nifty GUI integration

• Application States and Controls to implement game logic
• Cinematics and motion paths
• Camera System
  • Normal or parallel view
  • Multiple views
• Swing canvas (e.g. for Applets)
• Input handling
  • Mouse, keyboard, joystick
  • Combo moves

• SpiderMonkey API