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The reason is that a console window opened by an application (e.g. running fgfs --console) is not the same as a native windows command window from which an application (e.g. fgfs) is started typing a command at the prompt.. It was discovered that error reports were not being sent to a console window that was opened with the --console option. Also it was not possible to pipe output to a file from the window that was opened by the fgfs <code>--console</code> method. For historical reasons the [[Fgfs.log|fgfs log file]] is not (as many folk believe) the same as the log printed in the console window.<ref>{{cite web | The reason is that a console window opened by an application (e.g. running fgfs --console) is not the same as a native windows command window from which an application (e.g. fgfs) is started typing a command at the prompt.. It was discovered that error reports were not being sent to a console window that was opened with the --console option. Also it was not possible to pipe output to a file from the window that was opened by the fgfs <code>--console</code> method. For historical reasons the [[Fgfs.log|fgfs log file]] is not (as many folk believe) the same as the log printed in the console window. | ||
'''Alternative, simpler method, thanks to wllbrag. | |||
''' | |||
Make a windows batch file with code similar to:- | |||
rem use just one of these 3 command line examples | |||
"C:\Flightgear\install\msvc140-64\bin\fgfs.exe" | |||
rem or this , depending upon where fg is installed, and what options you want. | |||
"C:\Program Files\FlightGear 2016.3.0\bin\fgfs.exe" --launcher | |||
rem or this if you want to use fgrun | |||
"C:\Flightgear\install\msvc140-64\bin\fgrun.exe" | |||
rem this line pauses the batch file when fg quits (or crashes) so you can see the console output. | |||
pause | |||
Save it in a file on the desktop for easy access. The file should be saved as type .bat or .cmd. e.g. runflightgear.bat. | |||
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|url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=293574#p293574 | |url = https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=293574#p293574 | ||
|title = <nowiki> Re: Running FlightGear with console showing </nowiki> | |title = <nowiki> Re: Running FlightGear with console showing </nowiki> | ||