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add youtube tutorials for installing scenery (2020) and using terramaster (2017), cleanup
(Update for 2020.x. Intro: terrain included in installer, check against screenshots to prevent misconceptions, & add modern screenshots. Update custom scenery info) |
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[[File:SOTM-Mar19.jpg|thumb|Madrid scenery with [[Areas_populated_with_osm2city_scenery|OSM2City output]] for Spain]] | [[File:SOTM-Mar19.jpg|thumb|Madrid scenery with [[Areas_populated_with_osm2city_scenery|OSM2City output]] for Spain]] | ||
FlightGear comes with a limited set of [[scenery]] in the base package. This is to keep initial download sizes small. The base package includes the region around the featured airport for each release (which is Iceland for Flightgear 2020.x), and the area containing the | FlightGear comes with a limited set of [[scenery]] in the base package. This is to keep initial download sizes small. The base package includes the region around the featured airport for each release (which is Iceland for Flightgear 2020.x), and the area containing the airport used by the C172p tutorials (PHTO and Hawaii islands). Additional scenery can be installed by the user. This includes scenery automatically downloaded as you fly from Terrasync servers. | ||
If you locate yourself at an airport and see nothing but water, you probably did not install that scenery area (correctly). | If you locate yourself at an airport and see nothing but water, you probably did not install that scenery area (correctly). | ||
For examples of what scenery looks like at high-ish settings in developed regions see the [[:Category:Screenshots_at_high_settings|high settings | For examples of what scenery looks like at high-ish settings in developed regions see the [[:Category:Screenshots_at_high_settings|high settings screenshots]] category. This is a useful way to check you have enabled or turned up all the scenery features, and a useful a way to check you are using the all the features of the weather & environment simulation - the [[Howto:Make_nice_screenshots|article on screenshots]] also covers turning on various settings. | ||
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==Video tutorials on youtube (2020.x)== | |||
{{#ev:youtube|TNN_AZhaHPU|480px||Scenery installation for Flightgear 2020.x by Parnikkapore. Note this is recorded on a non-gaming laptop, and certain settings are not turned up very high.}} | |||
{{#ev:youtube|YxWV4wk_dHw|480px||Terramaster tutorial for Flightgear by FGUK - 2017 but still valid in 2020.}} | |||
== Related content == | == Related content == | ||
* [[Scenery FAQ]] | * [[Scenery FAQ]] | ||