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The 03.08.03 at 00:54, Bob S. wrote:
This is slightly OT I guess. If you are not a pilot delete this message now. Or, mabe you are interested in a Freeware Flight simulation
If you use the SuSE rpms of fgfs, it is certainly on topic ;-)
I found and downloaded FlightGear with apt for SuSE 8.2 Works, kind of. Some instuments don't register etc.Can only open in a twilight mode, But I will install more ram before I ask about it.
Did you try the version on the CDs first?
Don't seem to have the scenery that I need from the FlightGear package.
The SuSE CDs only have the default scenery files: /usr/lib/FlightGear/Scenery/w130n30/w122n37/* /usr/lib/FlightGear/Scenery/w130n30/w123n37/*
Is there a separate package accessible by apt? I know where to find all of the tar packages but do not now if I can integrate them into the rpm libraries.
Just download the needed tars from the main site or a mirror, somewhere in flightgear.sourceforge.org. They are just data files, no compilation needed. I have some I downloaded a year ago, and they work with the present version: the new ones have changed, but the old ones work as well, but perhaps have less gadgetry. Mind, they are huge. I think I heard somewhere that it was possible to download scenery as you fly, but I'm not sure if I really read it, or imagined.
Anybody out there using the SuSE version of FlightGEar?
Me! But I'm certainly no real pilot. I'd like to try a newer version, but the source download is over 30 megabytes, a lot for a modem.
You may respond privately if you think this slightly OT.
I don't really think it is off topic. By the way... I'm interested to know if force feedback joysticks work in Linux; and even if the feedback is not supported, what do they do: whether they behave as a normal joystick, spring loaded, or just fall to one side. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson