jMonkeyEngine 3.6.0-alpha3

A non-production release, for development and testing only, not intended to be used in any product. Largely untested, without complete/reliable documentation, and without SDK support. Vital features may be missing. The feature set, API, and serialization format might change before the next release.

Noteworthy changes relative to v3.6.0-alpha2:

• New features:

  • add 4 getters to JmeContext for screen position and frame-buffer size by @stephengold in #1911

• Bugs and defects addressed:

  • common.gradle: set class files compatible with Java 8 using "release" option. Fix #1896 by @Ali-RS in #1907
  • test and fix for #1909 (NPE while generating tangents) by @stephengold in #1910
  • jme3-lwjgl: bump to lwjgl 2.9.5. Fix #1908 by @Ali-RS in #1914

• General improvements:

  • ParticleEmitter: improve code readability. Apply the DRY principle by @capdevon in #1912
  • common.gradle: add "Created-By" jar manifest to show Java version and vendor name by @Ali-RS in #1913

Full Changelog: v3.6.0-alpha2...v3.6.0-alpha3