Essence Editor is an editing tool chain developed for Project Essence
on top of Java Monkey Engine version 2.0. It includes a character
editing perspective that allows creation and editing of animated,
particle effect decorated character sets. And a world editing
perspective that allows terrain sculpting, texture painting, static
entity placements, light placements and advanced atmospherical effect
editing of the world.
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2. MacOSX version. Directly unzip the zip file and double click on "Essence Editor"
Note: The editor is a standalone application. No other library files are needed for the use of editor itself.
1. In order to use the exported binary mesh and animation files in your application, you need to include two library files, jME2.0 and Aeon-Pipeline. See example source code for detailed usage instructions.
2. It is also suggested to use the released corresponding jME2.0 snapshot on this site for best compatibility.
3. MD5Importer project can be found here
2. Essence Editor Tutorial - Lesson 2 Adding animations to character
3. Essence Editor Tutorial - Lesson 3 Adding textures to character
4. Essence Editor Tutorial - Lesson 4 Adding particle effect to character
5. Essence Editor Tutorial - Lesson 5 Import binary exported mesh file
from https://code.google.com/p/essenceeditor/
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Current Release
1. Essence Editor Character Perspective version 1.0 for both Windows and MacOSX.Installation Instruction
1. Windows version. Directly unzip the zip file and double click on "Essence Editor.exe".2. MacOSX version. Directly unzip the zip file and double click on "Essence Editor"
Note: The editor is a standalone application. No other library files are needed for the use of editor itself.
Exported Binary File Usage Instruction
This is the instruction of how to use exported binary mesh and animation files. Not the editor itself.1. In order to use the exported binary mesh and animation files in your application, you need to include two library files, jME2.0 and Aeon-Pipeline. See example source code for detailed usage instructions.
2. It is also suggested to use the released corresponding jME2.0 snapshot on this site for best compatibility.
3. MD5Importer project can be found here
Tutorial Lessons
1. Essence Editor Tutorial - Lesson 1 Creating a new character2. Essence Editor Tutorial - Lesson 2 Adding animations to character
3. Essence Editor Tutorial - Lesson 3 Adding textures to character
4. Essence Editor Tutorial - Lesson 4 Adding particle effect to character
5. Essence Editor Tutorial - Lesson 5 Import binary exported mesh file
from https://code.google.com/p/essenceeditor/
