Bundle JRE

[skaldarnar]

Bundle the JRE with the launcher and start the game with the bundled JRE.

• bundle the JRE with the launcher
• start the game/server with the bundled JRE

This would solve problems with different runtime environments on the user side and remove the dependency on pre-installed JRE.

Closes #413

[msteiger]

JWS can do that out-of-the-box. It checks existing Java version and downloads the latest version of Java 7 or 8 if required.

https://github.com/MovingBlocks/TerasologyLauncher/blob/2.0/webstart-template.jnlp#L27

[skaldarnar]

But JWS needs an exsiting installation in the first place to load the jnlp file. This issue is more about shipping the launcher with bundled JRE and uses this for launching the game, without the need for the user to have any version of Java installed.

[shartte]

I am continuing work on this here: https://github.com/shartte/TerasologyLauncher/tree/new-packaging
Jenkins is already building the new distributions here: http://jenkins.terasology.org/view/Launcher/job/TerasologyLauncherNewDist/

[skaldarnar]

This is implemented by #441