FlightGear Launch Control: Difference between revisions

* '''Quit''' : end the wizard ( and terrasync if it was started by fgrun ).

=== Page One - Paths ===

In the first page, the paths needed by FGRun are recalled and can be set. If FGRun was installed with a binary package, either under Windows or Linux, these paths are normally initialized by the installation procedure.

:If things go wrong and FlightGear cannot start anymore, and you want to start over with a bare installation, remove or rename the file named 'fgrun.prefs' located in the parent directory of the airport cache file. You will have to reenter path by hand, but the silly options you could have entered will be deleted.

The second page, usually the first page seen by users when starting fgrun, is the aircraft selection page. It shows the list of aircrafts found in <tt>[[$FG_ROOT]]/Aircraft</tt> and the model of the selected aircraft, spinning.

The third page is the Airport and Runway selection box. It only shows the content of the Airport Cache file, that should be the reflect of the content of the scenery folders. If a new scenery has been installed and doesn't show up, or an old scenery has been deleted and airport are still there, click on the 'Refresh' button to rescan the scenery directories. The scan occurs the first time or when the Airport Cache has been deleted.

  zcat /usr/share/FlightGear/Airports/metar.dat.gz > \${HOME}/.fltk/flightgear.org/fgrun/airports.txt

The last page shows common options without the need to go to the Advanced section.

The advanced options dialog can be opened through clicking the 'Advanced' button on the last (fourth) page of the launcher.

===General===

* '''FG_SCENERY:''' Where's your [[scenery]] saved on your computer?

* '''Control:''' Which controller do you use?

* '''Language:''' The language of FlightGear.

===Features===

* '''Game Mode:''' The full screen game mode.

* '''Random Objects:''' Enable random [[scenery]] objects.

* '''AI Traffic:''' Enable [[AI traffic]].

===Flight Model===

===Freeze===

* '''Freeze:''' Start paused'.

===Initial Position===

* '''Longitude:''' What's your longitude?

* '''Latitude:''' What's your latitude?

* '''Airspeed:''' Your airspeed in knots.

===Rendering===

* '''Clouds:''' Are there any clouds up in the air?

* '''3D Clouds:''' Are the clouds 3D?

* '''FOV:''' Field of View angle.

===Time===

* '''Time match local:''' Synchronisize simulation time with local time.

* '''Time of day:''' What's the time of the day?  

===Network===

* '''Callsign:''' your callsign for the network. This is used to recognize other pilots and for tracking your flights.

'''See:''' [[Multiplayer Howto]]

===Input/Output===

===Avionics===

===Properties===

This is where you could edit or add new parameters. It's same as configuring the Command Line.

'''See:''' [[Command Line Parameters]]

=== Debugging ===  

* '''Log Level:''' The lower the log level, the less errors you'll see. A higher log level can increase the loading time extremely.

* '''Trace Read Properties:'''

* '''Trace Write Properties:'''

=== Environment ===  

=== Weather ===  

* '''Wind Direction:''' Direction of the wind.

* '''Heading:''' Directon wind is coming from.

* '''Speed:''' Wind speed in knots (kts).

=== Clouds ===

* '''Elevation:''' How high (in feet) are the clouds?

* '''Thickness:''' How thick (in feet) are the clouds?