Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
the software, and create a Quick Launch icon for your taskbar, as you did for the other
software. Next, you will install a 3D modeling and animation package, called
Blender
.
Downloading and Installing Blender
JavaFX has recently moved to support 3D new media assets that are created outside the
JavaFX environment, which means that you will be able to create 3D models, textures,
and animation, using third-party software packages, such as Autodesk 3D Studio Max
or Maya and NewTek Lightwave 3D. In this section, you will download and install the
popular open-source 3D modeling and animation software package known as Blender.
Blender is available for the Linux, Windows, and Mac OSs, so you can use any OS
platform that you like to create and optimize 3D models, 3D texture mapping, and 3D
animation for use in your Java 8 and JavaFX games.
To find the Blender software on the Internet, using the Google search engine, type
in
Blender
, as shown in
Figure 1-19
. Click the correct download link to download and
install Blender, and then create the Quick Launch icon.
