Getting my first LWJGL demo to work

[hanes]

Hi, I am trying to use this library but I am having some problems...

I am trying to compile and run the demo from this site http://gpwiki.org/index.php/OpenGL:Tutorials:Java:LWJGL:Introduction

I am using JCreator and have set it up following these instructions, http://lwjgl.org/installation.php


Anyways, I compile the code, it works fine. I try and run it, and I get this error.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError
at Game.cleanup(Game.java:105)
at Game.main(Game.java:40)
Press any key to continue...

I am running the game with these parameters -classpath "$[ClassPath]" -Djava.library.path=C:\lwjgl-1.0beta3\native $[JavaClass]


Here is my code

import org.lwjgl.Sys;
import org.lwjgl.input.Keyboard;
import org.lwjgl.opengl.Display;
import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11;
 
/**
 * Basic game
 *
 * @author Name <email>
 * @version 1.0
 */
public class Game {
 
  /** Game title */
  public static final String GAME_TITLE = "My Game";
 
  /** Desired frame time */
  private static final int FRAMERATE = 60;
 
  /** Exit the game */
  private static boolean finished;
 
  /** Angle of rotating square */
  private static float angle;
 
  /**
   * Application init
   * @param args Commandline args
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    boolean fullscreen = (args.length == 1 && args[0].equals("-fullscreen"));
 
    try {
      init(fullscreen);
      run();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace(System.err);
      Sys.alert(GAME_TITLE, "An error occured and the game will exit.");
    } finally {
      cleanup();
    }
    System.exit(0);
  }
 
  /**
   * Initialise the game
   * @throws Exception if init fails
   */
  private static void init(boolean fullscreen) throws Exception {
    // Create a fullscreen window with 1:1 orthographic 2D projection (default)
    Display.setTitle(GAME_TITLE);
    Display.setFullscreen(fullscreen);
 
    // Enable vsync if we can (due to how OpenGL works, it cannot be guarenteed to always work)
    Display.setVSyncEnabled(true);
 
    // Create default display of 640x480
    Display.create();
  }
 
  /**
   * Runs the game (the "main loop")
   */
  private static void run() {
 
    while (!finished) {
      // Always call Window.update(), all the time - it does some behind the
      // scenes work, and also displays the rendered output
      Display.update();
 
      // Check for close requests
      if (Display.isCloseRequested()) {
	finished = true;
      } 
 
      // The window is in the foreground, so we should play the game
      else if (Display.isActive()) {
        logic();
        render();
        Display.sync(FRAMERATE);
      } 
 
      // The window is not in the foreground, so we can allow other stuff to run and
      // infrequently update
      else {
        try {
          Thread.sleep(100);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
        }
        logic();
 
	// Only bother rendering if the window is visible or dirty
        if (Display.isVisible() || Display.isDirty()) {
          render();
        }
      }
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * Do any game-specific cleanup
   */
  private static void cleanup() {
    // Close the window
    Display.destroy();
  }
 
  /**
   * Do all calculations, handle input, etc.
   */
  private static void logic() {
    // Example input handler: we'll check for the ESC key and finish the game instantly when it's pressed
    if (Keyboard.isKeyDown(Keyboard.KEY_ESCAPE)) {
      finished = true;
    }
 
    // Rotate the square
    angle += 2.0f % 360;
  }
  
  
  /**
   * Render the current frame
   */
  private static void render() {
    // clear the screen
    GL11.glClear(GL11.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL11.GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT);
 
    // center square according to screen size
    GL11.glPushMatrix();
    GL11.glTranslatef(Display.getDisplayMode().getWidth() / 2, Display.getDisplayMode().getHeight() / 2, 0.0f);
 
      // rotate square according to angle
      GL11.glRotatef(angle, 0, 0, 1.0f);
      GL11.glBegin(GL11.GL_QUADS);
        GL11.glVertex2i(-50, -50);
        GL11.glVertex2i(50, -50);
        GL11.glVertex2i(50, 50);
        GL11.glVertex2i(-50, 50);
      GL11.glEnd();
 
    GL11.glPopMatrix();
  }
  
  
}

Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

[Fool Running]

Make sure the classpath includes the location of the LWJGL .jar files.

[Raelifin]

Hey, I'm getting the exact same error. (Same code and everything)

Any chance you could go into more detail on the solution? 

A total newbie,
- Raelifin

[the2bears]

It's likely not finding the class Display, as Fool Running said you need to make sure that lwjgl.jar is in your runtime classpath.

Bill

[Raelifin]

Well, despite not understanding how to alter the classpath in JCreator, I switched to eclipse and got it working. ^_^

Thanks anyway,
- Raelifin