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JOAL
 
 
JOAL API is a reference implementation of the Java bindings for OpenAL API, and is designed to provide hardware-supported 3D spatialized audio for games written in Java.

The latest JOAL precompiled binaries and documentation can be downloaded from: https://games-binaries.dev.java.net/build/index.html

More information about JOAL can be found at: https://joal.dev.java.net/

Quick guides







Installing JOAL 1.1.0-b04



Information
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Operating system used
Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1 SP 2

Software prerequisites
Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) SDK, version 1.4.2 or higher.
Ant 1.5.3 or higher.

Procedure
  1. Create directory C:\Tools\joal

  2. Download from https://games-binaries.dev.java.net/build/index.html
    the joal-1.1.0-b04-bin-windows.zip file into the joal directory.

  3. Unzip the file into the joal directory. The following files are extracted:

    lib/joal.dll
    lib/joal.jar

  4. Edit the CLASSPATH variable:
    • Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
    • Click the Advanced tab.
    • Click Environment variables.
    • Edit the CLASSPATH system environment variable:
      CLASSPATH=xxxx;C:\Tools\joal\lib\joal.jar

  5. Edit the PATH variable:
    • Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
    • Click the Advanced tab.
    • Click Environment variables.
    • Edit the PATH system environment variable:
      PATH=xxxx;C:\Tools\joal\lib\

      Note: Make sure the joal.dll file is located in C:\Tools\joal\lib\

  6. Optionally you can download and unzip joal-1.1.0-b04-doc.zip.
    For example: C:\Tools\joal\apidocs.

    This zip file contains an overview of JOAL API.