The 03.08.04 at 00:42, Bob S. wrote:
Did you try the version on the CDs first?
No, didn't know it was on there, and Yast didn't find it. It is 8.2 Personal.
Ah! I forgot, that maybe the personal version doesnt have it.
OK, where do I put them? In scenery? In W130n30? And will FlightGear know they are there?
Yes, under "/usr/lib/FlightGear/Scenery/". Each tar file contains a geographical zone. In the FlightGear home page there is a world map where you can click on the zone you want to download (or you can use the ftp server if you know the name before hand), and there are instructions there. Nothing to it, once expanded will be used straight away.
Welll,,, I guess I am, or at least used to be until I lost my medical -eyesight - this past May. The only thing left for me is computer flying. If you would like to see my prize winning Lancair ES, which is now for sale, go to www.hiddenlake.net/Experimental.htm
Sorry about that. Pitty a simulator with hydraulics and such is to big to fit on a house, and several times my income, otherwise... :-) I'll have a look when I connect again at that web page.
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.
Can't tell you Carlos. I'm using my 10 year old CH Flightstick.
Me too! just a square box with a stick, two buttons, adjustement pots, and spring release. It was good for FS when I bought it, about 1991 ;-) Nowdays joysticks have changed a lot. Big, lots of extra buttons and axis (x, y, twist and power is the minimun, without using pedals). I tried the microsoft feedback thing a few years ago, and it was astonishing: with a machine gun the handle trembled and made it more difficult to point and shoot X-) I know that M$ Flight Simulator can handle those (I'm unsure about FlightGear), and the experience is far more realistic. As I never tried the real thing, it is the nearest I can try - except paying some one for 10 minutes on an ultra light aircraft, of course.
Haven't even tried the rudder pedals yet. Probably have to go out and buy a newer more modern version.
If the one you have is like mine, there is a huge difference. And problably they cost about the same we paid for it years ago. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson