Windows XP getting started

Low level guide to setting up a Windows XP development environment for easy entry.

Download
Download all the stuff you need.
 * Ant from ant.apache.org
 * NetBeans JDK combo from java.sun.com or netbeans.org
 * Game Gardens toolkit files

Step 1

 * Create a development directory such as
 * Extract Game Gardens zip into the development directory
 * Extract Ant into the development directory

Step 2

 * Install the JDK
 * Install NetBeans if you use that IDE

Step 3

 * Right click on My Computer and choose Properties.
 * Click on the Advanced tab.
 * At the bottom of the window click the Environment Variables button.
 * In the section called System Variables, click New.
 * In the name field enter
 * In the value field enter . Click OK.
 * In the section called System Variables, click New again.
 * In the name field enter
 * In the values field enter  (the location of you JDK installation). Click OK.
 * In the section called System Variables find the  variable and click Edit.
 * In the value field add  to the end of the existing value. Click OK.
 * Click OK at the bottom of the Environment Variables window.
 * Click OK at the bottom of the System Properties window.

Step 4

 * Reboot (may or may not be necessary)

Finally
Give it a test run, open up a command prompt (start->Run->cmd) Then do these steps: cd c:\devel\games\atlantis ant dist ant server

Next open up another command prompt and do this: cd c:\devel\games\atlantis ant -Dusername=Test client

You should now be in the lobby of an atlantis game, congratulations!

Troubleshooting

 * The default Java home may be pointing to the JRE not the JDK (This causes an error which says ant can't find the tools.jar file)
 * If you get a invalid command when doing, make sure your   variables don't end in a \ (backslash). If you type   and it returns the java runtime help text, then that is probably the issue.