SDK Release 3.7.0 beta 1

Highlights

• Many bug fixes on property editors
• New geometries to drop in to your scene
• Support for importing FBX models (glTF is the preferred format still)
• glTF import greatly improved (jME 3.7 feature)
• Animation layer creation support
• Based on Netbeans 23 (up from 20)
• Comes with JDK 21.0.4 (up from 17.0.9)
• jME engine version v. v3.7.0-beta1.2.2 used internally and by Ant projects (up from 3.6.1)

What's Changed

• Disable Windows x86 by default by @tonihele in #563
• Netbeans 21 by @tonihele in #565
• Update to Gradle 8.6 by @tonihele in #566
• Upgrade Gradle game template Gradle 8.4 -> 8.6 by @tonihele in #567
• Update readme.md by @tonihele in #569
• remove fields not existing in Minie by @neph1 in #571
• Java 21 by @tonihele in #572
• add cylinder to New Geometry options by @neph1 in #576
• Feature/java21 code cleanup by @tonihele in #573
• fix stopping and removing animclip when deleting them by @neph1 in #578
• Update Minie to 8.0.0 and Heart to 9.0.0 by @neph1 in #580
• reset background color when closing scene by @neph1 in #579
• SVG icons for OBJ by @tonihele in #586
• Add support for loading FBX models by @tonihele in #585
• Update CharacterControl to be compatible with Minie by @tonihele in #588
• Add missing file by @tonihele in #591
• Update gradle.yml by @tonihele in #592
• Fix JmeVehicleWheel: wrong Sheet.Set name by @capdevon in #590
• Fix incorrect assignment by @TheLivan in #593
• Always get the latest JDK version by @tonihele in #596
• Material editor fixes by @tonihele in #599
• Issue 561 by @neph1 in #574
• Issue 597 - Avoid duplicates in matdef list by @neph1 in #602
• Fix PBR light toggle button in Material editor by @neph1 in #603
• Add WireBox and WireSphere to primitives by @neph1 in #604
• Upgrade to Netbeans 22 by @tonihele in #609
• Add some opens flags (to allow viewing javadoc) by @tonihele in #610
• Upgrade to Netbeans 23 by @tonihele in #614
• Feature/3.7 branding by @tonihele in #605
• Upgrade to jME 3.7 BETA by @tonihele in #615
• Create AnimLayers in the SceneComposer and play animations by @neph1 in #612
• Issue-606. replace String list with TreeSet by @neph1 in #616
• Gradle template to use Java 21 by @tonihele in #617

New Contributors

• @capdevon made their first contribution in #590
• @TheLivan made their first contribution in #593

Full Changelog: v3.6.1-stable-sdk4...v3.7.0-beta1-sdk1

Note for upgrading from previous SDK versions

There is no upgrade path per se, but if you have had any older SDK version on your computer. This new version might fail to start. To fix this you need to delete the following folder (old SDK settings):
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\jmonkeyplatform (Windows)
/home/user/.jmonkeyplatform (Linux)