Help with Java

blahound

Hey everyone,

this is my first thread here

Me and a friend have to do a game for our end of year project and we came up with the idea of making a text based game in java for it.

what I was wondering if you guys (or gals) could help with is if there is a way to make a some kind of executable file of the game when it is finished so that the teacher wouldn't need to compile it in an IDE or whatever to play it.

Also it isn't actually a programming project, its for a game design document and the game itself is a very small part of it.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

sorry if this is a really stupid thread

conor.hogan.2

Not sure that if you want an executable that you should be using Java but:

http://www.excelsior-usa.com/articles/java-to-exe.html

blahound

I dont mean specifically an exe
I just meant a file that doesn't require being compiled every single time it needs to run, sorry i didn't describe that very well

conor.hogan.2

I dont know much about Java.

But it does run through the JVM so I dont know if thats your problem? But its not compiled again each time it is run, its just slower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwVuK0X-0P0 - Is that what you want?

minttea

Create yourself a 'jar' file, it's basically a single compressed file that contains all your compiled files along with any additional resources, i.e. images, audio etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAR_file
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/

You will still need the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) on your system to order to run the application.

Joneser

As mentioned above, a jar would be your best bet. If you are using eclipse you can just right-click the project and select export, and then select "Runnable jar file" from the menu, I'm sure you can do the same in other IDEs.

henryporter

Don't forget that in eclipse you'll have to run it once to get the right launch configuration when you export. It's easier in netbeans - just select 'build'.