Visual Setup for Stendhal in Eclipse: Difference between revisions

{{Navigation for Stendhal Top|Building & Hosting}}

{{TODO|Check if the map editor instructions at the bottom are still valid}}

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== Get Eclipse ==

* Download Eclipse from http://eclipse.org/downloads/

** Pick Eclipse for Java Developers

== Creating the Project from CVS ==

First of all, from the view Package Explorer in Eclipse...

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Note: To use an developer account with write access, you need to select extssh instead of pserver and enter your Sourceforge username.

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At this point, you will be downloading files from CVS.

== Configuring the project ==

Once code has been downloaded, you must create your classpath. Right click on project directory and select Properties.

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This step sets up the proper text encoding.

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Then click on Java Build Path. Remove any directories that show up in the Source tab.

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Then click Add Folder.

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Select src and tests directories and click OK.

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Next click Add JARs button.

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Click open the directories and select all the .jar*files within the libs directory. ''Do not select non .jar-files'''.

Click OK.

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At this point, you have finished setting up your classpath, so click OK.

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== Starting the server ==

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Search for StendhalServer.

Then click Run =&gt;

Run.

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At this point you have to enter the appropriate data to attach to your running database. Your responses are shown below in green.

'''Note: In most cases you just want to hit enter twice.

To start the client, search for games.stendhal.client.update.Starter.

== Map Editor ==

Just download the map editor tiled from http://mapeditor.org