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→Power Users: add tip on using a single terrasync directory for parallel installs of FlightGear.
(Fix: New Windows path is under Users not Users\Downloads, cleanup) |
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== Power Users == | == Power Users == | ||
=== Parallel installs of FlightGear === | |||
Note you can also override FG_HOME in the environment, to have totally distinct installs - this would be my recommend approach to running multiple versions in parallel. | Note you can also override FG_HOME in the environment, to have totally distinct installs - this would be my recommend approach to running multiple versions in parallel. | ||
(The installers will always replace the stable / dev version as other commenters pointed out, so you can't use those so easily, you need to copy files around - I'm nota Windows expert so I don't know if there something that could be changed or improved here) | (The installers will always replace the stable / dev version as other commenters pointed out, so you can't use those so easily, you need to copy files around - I'm nota Windows expert so I don't know if there something that could be changed or improved here) | ||
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|script_version = 0.40 | |script_version = 0.40 | ||
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Using the same [[TerraSync|TerraSyn]]<nowiki/>c directory can save a lot of downloading and disk space. You can use the --terrasync-dir=path [[command line]] option. For example --terrasync-dir=C:\Path\to\my\separate\terrasync\folder\TerraSync. It's possible to add this option in the <code>Settings > Additional Settings</code> section of the [[qt-launcher]]. | |||
== Related content == | == Related content == | ||