i have gotten quite a bit beyond where i was a few weeks back. however there is the issue of the native libs that i am seriously struggling with.
i know how to have the native libs for my mac accessible when i run it on my mac - i either place them into Library/Java/Extensions or i add a path to them via -Djava. but how are native libs handled when a user runs the webstart app of the game on their machine, which may be something other than a mac.
any insight would be greatly appreciated,
<resources os="Linux" arch="i386">
<j2se version="1.4+"/>
<nativelib href="lwjgl_linux.jar"/>
</resources>
for instance
thanks,
so the resources block goes into the jnlp file - i assume. the lwjgl download comes with native libs but they are not jars. for instance the linux native libs are 5 *.so files. how do i get my grubby hands on the jars?
- do i make my own jar out of these files and sign them?
- are they available for download somewhere on the lwjgl server?
- or do i just use the native libs the way they are?
would this work?
<resources>
<j2se version="1.4+"/>
<jar href="Game_signed.jar"/>
</resources>
<resources os="Mac OS X">
<nativelib href="libjinput-osx.jnilib"/>
<nativelib href="liblwjgl.jnilib"/>
<nativelib href="openal.dylib"/>
</resources>
thanks,
depends on whether you want to sign your own files or rely on the lwjgl certificate - notice the extension tag. It usesd the latest version 2.0rc1
<!-- JNLP File for LWJGL Demos -->
<jnlp
spec="1.0+"
codebase="http://lwjgl.org/jnlp/"
href="lwjgl-demo.php/examples.spaceinvaders.Game">
<information>
<title>LWJGL Demo [examples.spaceinvaders.Game]</title>
<vendor>LWJGL</vendor>
<homepage href="http://lwjgl.org/"/>
<description>Demonstration of LWJGL</description>
<description kind="short">Technology Preview</description>
<icon kind="splash" href="logo.png" />
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.4+"/>
<jar href="lwjgl_test.jar"/>
<jar href="media.jar"/>
<extension name="lwjgl" href="http://lwjgl.org/jnlp/extension.php" />
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="org.lwjgl.examples.spaceinvaders.Game">
</application-desc>
</jnlp>
major thanks,
so the tag
<extension name="lwjgl" href="http://lwjgl.org/jnlp/extension.php" />
does all the magic. works like a gem in my jnlp file.
pretty wild, thanks again ...
Can I specify a version/release to the extension? I'd like to target a stable release. If yes, is there a list of versions?
Thanks
there is only the latest release so to speak - I keep wanting to do something to support old releases - but haven't done so far ...
Does this mean that the latest release could be a non-final release like beta, RC?
yes, but it would be relatively stable. That said, until I have some versioning in order, I do not recommend using it for commercial deployment (where I would also advise to sign it yourself)
OK thanks!