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To install Atlas on Windows, download the "installer" version of Atlas from the [http://atlas.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=download Download Page] | To install Atlas on Windows, download the "installer" version of Atlas from the [http://atlas.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=download Download Page] | ||
For example, download | For example, download '''atlas-0.3.0-win32-setup.exe''', and run it. The installer will prompt you for the FlightGear directory. If you installed FlightGear in the default directory, "C:\Program Files\FlightGear", accept the default setting. If you don't know your FlightGear directory, you can right-click your FlightGear icon, click properties then look at the "target". Your root FlightGear directory is the part of the target before the text "\bin\win32\fgrun.exe") | ||
After finishing the install wizard, but before running Atlas, the next step is to create the actual maps used by Atlas. | After finishing the install wizard, but before running Atlas, the next step is to create the actual maps used by Atlas. | ||
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Atlas puts together the whole map display from smaller pieces of the map, called "tiles". Before running Atlas for the first time, all of the map tiles used by Atlas must be created from the scenery data installed in FlightGear. The program used to create the tiles is called "map", and it is installed automatically as part of the Atlas installation. | Atlas puts together the whole map display from smaller pieces of the map, called "tiles". Before running Atlas for the first time, all of the map tiles used by Atlas must be created from the scenery data installed in FlightGear. The program used to create the tiles is called "map", and it is installed automatically as part of the Atlas installation. | ||
Depending on the amount of scenery involved, and the level of detail requested, running the "map" process | Depending on the amount of scenery involved, and the level of detail requested, running the "map" process take anywhere from a few seconds to a few hours. Fortunately, this process does not need to be done often, only right after Atlas is installed, or after new scenery is added to FlightGear. | ||
Here is an example of how to run "map" on Windows: | Here is an example of how to run "map" on Windows: | ||
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Type... | Type... | ||
cd C:\Program Files\FlightGear\bin\win32 | cd C:\Program Files\FlightGear\bin\win32 | ||
Now Type... | Now Type... | ||
set FG_ROOT=C:\Program Files\FlightGear\data | set FG_ROOT=C:\Program Files\FlightGear\data | ||
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The map program has a lot commands-line options. To see them type... | The map program has a lot commands-line options. To see them type... | ||
map --help | map --help | ||
To see this message | |||
<tt> | <tt> | ||
MAP - FlightGear mapping utility | MAP - FlightGear mapping utility | ||
Usage: | Usage: | ||
--lat=xx.xx Start at latitude xx.xx (deg., south is neg.) | --lat=xx.xx Start at latitude xx.xx (deg., south is neg.) | ||
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</tt> | </tt> | ||
'''Note 1:''' The map process can be much faster on some PC's using '''--headless''' option, which does not display the maps as they are being created. However, on other PC's, this causes an error, and the process will not run. Remove the '''--headless''' option if you get such an error. | *'''Note 1:''' The map process can be much faster on some PC's using '''--headless''' option, which does not display the maps as they are being created. However, on other PC's, this causes an error, and the process will not run. Remove the '''--headless''' option if you get such an error. | ||
*'''Note 2:''' Some PC's get errors when they write program files. If you are getting this error, try Progra~1 instead of Program Files. | |||
'''Note 2:''' Some PC's get errors when they write program files. If you are getting this error, try Progra~1 instead of Program Files. | |||
===Run Atlas=== | ===Run Atlas=== | ||