#FLIGHTGEAR BETTER SCENERY INSTALL#
#FLIGHTGEAR BETTER SCENERY DRIVERS#
#FLIGHTGEAR BETTER SCENERY UPDATE#
#FLIGHTGEAR BETTER SCENERY SOFTWARE#
#FLIGHTGEAR BETTER SCENERY MAC#

This is recommended for users with weak internet connections or weak computers!Ĭustom scenery is available in many places. You may obtain additional and more up to date scenery objects as they become available through the FlightGear Scenery Database.

#FLIGHTGEAR BETTER SCENERY INSTALL#

The official, although outdated, scenery is available at the scenery download section of the FlightGear website, and can be installed following Howto: Install scenery. In addition you can also manually download and install new scenery parts, either the official World Scenery or custom scenery.

#FLIGHTGEAR BETTER SCENERY UPDATE#

The current way of 'installing' new scenery is enabling TerraSync, which will automatically download and update any place you visit - even on the fly! If you have a slow Internet connection and/or computer you could instead use a scenery manager, for example TerraMaster.

Terrain represents the contours, elevations and type of ground you fly/taxi over.

that represent three-dimensional structures.

Objects and Models are the buildings, bridges and radio towers, etc.

Airports holds airport data, like runway usage and parking spots.

In FlightGear, scenery is generally stored in you $FG ROOT directory, and is divided into three kinds of data:

The tutorial airport for the Cessna 172P which is Hilo International Airport (PHTO).

The area surrounding the featured airport for the release which is Keflavik International Airport (BIKF).

For FlightGear 2020.3 LTS this consists of

#FLIGHTGEAR BETTER SCENERY DRIVERS#

If you are having trouble running FlightGear, see Graphics drivers configuration for more information.Ī limited set of scenery comes installed with FlightGear. You are now able to access all files including Data/Aircraft to install new aircraft.įlightGear runs best with current OpenGL video drivers. This will take you inside the FlightGear folder.

#FLIGHTGEAR BETTER SCENERY MAC#

Note: Once you have installed FlightGear, Mac users can locate their $FG_ROOT folder by opening their applications folder in Finder, right clicking on FlightGear, and clicking 'Show Package Contents'. If you want to specify these variables yourself for command-line use, run the followings on Terminal.app:įG_ROOT=/Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/dataĪfter launching the GUI launcher, you will have the alias to $FG ROOT at $HOME/Documents/Flightgear/ so you can browse the data folder using Finder. The $FG ROOT and $FG SCENERY are not set on macOS. If you would like to launch FlightGear using command-line, launch /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app and type the following.Ĭd /Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/MacOS You can configure more options using the GUI launcher. When the GUI launcher appears, select the aircraft and airport, then click 'Fly!' to launch the simulator. The first time you launch FlightGear, its icon on the Dock bounces for several seconds while loading aircraft and airport info. Just drag and drop the FlightGear icon to the /Applications folder. Installing FlightGear on macOS is very simple. With the Windows installer, you may choose where to install FlightGear. If that happens you could temporarily disable your antivirus during installation.

#FLIGHTGEAR BETTER SCENERY SOFTWARE#

If you are using a Git version controlled copy of FlightGear, you may choose to synchronise your aircraft using the version controlled FGAddon aircraft development repository.Īfter you downloaded the installer, Run it and follow its instructions to install FlightGear.įlightGear is thought by some antivirus software to have a virus. These days (March 2021), nightly builds are available from. In general, the development version is not advised to the average user, but if you are willing to do some testing there is a nightly build for Windows or Mac available for download from the FlightGear build server, and a Ubuntu PPA updated daily. Most Linux users will find that most distributions have a packaged version of FlightGear (the package name could be fgfs or flightgear.)ĭepending on your technical expertise you may choose the Git development version of FlightGear, which typically has more features and can be required by some of the latest developmental aircraft, but can be unstable and is more complicated to get for non-Windows users. AppImage binary files for Linux are also available with 2020.3 LTS and later. Choose the source or binary files appropriate for your particular system. You may download the latest files from the FlightGear download page. See notebooks known to run FlightGear for reviews of several laptop systems. Many laptops are known to have issues with FlightGear, as the graphics card(s) on them are usually lower-end. This is usually not a problem, but take a look at the hardware recommendations to have a better idea.

Installation and setup Hardware requirementsįor FlightGear to run smoothly, it requires a video card with OpenGL drivers 2.0 or higher.

5.2 Customizing FlightGear without compiling it.

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