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[[Image:High_textures_transitions6_2.png|thumb|High detail France scenery]]
[[Image:High_textures_transitions6_2.png|thumb|High detail France scenery]]


FlightGear comes with a limited set of [[scenery]]. Apart from the Bay Area around San Francisco (including the default airport [[KSFO]]), additional scenery can be installed by the user. If you locate yourself at an airport and see nothing but water, you probably did not install that scenery area (correctly).
FlightGear comes with a limited set of [[scenery]]. Apart from the Bay Area around San Francisco (including the default airport [[KSFO]]), additional scenery can be installed by the user.


== Obtaining scenery ==
If you locate yourself at an airport and see nothing but water, you probably did not install that scenery area (correctly).
You can download the official [[World Scenery]] terrain from the [http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/scenery FlightGear website]. Alternatively, custom scenery is available for certain specific areas. They are distributed separately due to their license, or because their level of detail is not suitable for low-end machines. See [[Suggested Airports/Scenery]] for a list of custom scenery projects.
 
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There is also a 4 DVD set available for download via [http://www.torrentbox.com/download/59050/FlightGear_4_DVD_Disk-set.torrent BitTorrent], which can be a higher performance option for those wanting to download the entire world. And, last but not least, it can be purchased as 3 DVD set from the [http://www.flightgear.org/dvd/ official FlightGear website].
== Types of scenery ==
There are basically three types of scenery (in order of detail):


=== TerraSync ===
; World scenery
[[TerraSync]] is a very useful utility that automatically downloads and installs needed FlightGear scenery and keeps it up to date while the simulator is running.  
: Reasonable level of detail scenery spanning the world and scenery objects, such as for example landmarks and airport buildings.
; TerraSync scenery
: Basically the same as the world scenery. In addition it also contains the latest scenery objects added to the [[Scenery Objects Database|scenery objects database]] by fellow FlightGear users.
; Custom scenery
: Non-official scenery covering all the way from small areas to very large areas, often with a high level of detail.


=== TerraMaster ===
== Obtaining scenery ==
[[File:TerraMaster r32 - Global view.png|thumb|TerraSync scenery in TerraMaster]]
=== World scenery ===
[[TerraMaster]] is a scenery manager that basically is a frontend for TerraSync but that also makes it easier to maintain and get a good overview of downloaded TerraSync scenery. It is a crossplatform graphical application written in Java.
[[File:Worldscenery-text.jpg|thumb|World scenery tiles]]


TerraMaster allows the FlightGear user to manage scenery tiles easily, selecting which tiles to add (by download), delete, and view the downloaded/not yet downloaded tiles at a glance. TerraMaster is highly recommended not only for managing scenery tiles easily especially if you are downloading and managing scenery from a computer that does not have FlightGear installed. The downloaded tiles are put into a folder which can then be copied into the FlightGear directory later on to complete the scenery.
You can download the official [[World Scenery]] terrain from the [http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/scenery FlightGear website].


Learn more about the [[TerraMaster]] tool.
There is also a 4 DVD set available for download via [http://www.torrentbox.com/download/59050/FlightGear_4_DVD_Disk-set.torrent BitTorrent], which can be a higher performance option for those wanting to download the entire world. And, last but not least, it can be purchased as 3 DVD set from the [http://www.flightgear.org/dvd/ official FlightGear website].


=== Downloading from mirrors ===
==== Downloading from mirrors ====
A list of mirrors can be found [http://www.flightgear.org/mirrors.html#ftp here].
A list of mirrors can be found [http://www.flightgear.org/mirrors.html#ftp here].


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#* e.g. PHNL is in 21 N 157 W. If it's in the western hemisphere, you should round it up... so you should find the block with W160N20 If the co-ords were 21 N 157 E, you would round it '''down'''.. meaning that this location would be E150N20.
#* e.g. PHNL is in 21 N 157 W. If it's in the western hemisphere, you should round it up... so you should find the block with W160N20 If the co-ords were 21 N 157 E, you would round it '''down'''.. meaning that this location would be E150N20.


=== Downloading with BitTorrent ===
==== Downloading with BitTorrent ====
There is a torrent file hosted on http://www.terasaur.org which you can [http://terasaur.org/torrent/download/ae22ec86209fb14cb143a968be5ba8d3bebd7d6f/Scenery-v2.10.torrent find here]. There is also an alternative torrent (only added a new announcement URL) with a strong seed [http://flightgear.mxchange.org:23456/file?info_hash=%AE%22%EC%86%20%9F%B1L%B1C%A9h%BE%5B%A8%D3%BE%BD%7Do available].
There is a torrent file hosted on http://www.terasaur.org which you can [http://terasaur.org/torrent/download/ae22ec86209fb14cb143a968be5ba8d3bebd7d6f/Scenery-v2.10.torrent find here]. There is also an alternative torrent (only added a new announcement URL) with a strong seed [http://flightgear.mxchange.org:23456/file?info_hash=%AE%22%EC%86%20%9F%B1L%B1C%A9h%BE%5B%A8%D3%BE%BD%7Do available].


== Installing scenery ==
=== TerraSync scenery ===
The [[TerraSync]] scenery is automatically downloaded and synchronized as needed while FlightGear is running when the built in TerraSync utility is enabled.
 
==== TerraSync on low end machines ====
When downloading and synchronizing tiles on lower end machines or when having an unstable or slow Internet connection, TerraSync might cause stuttering and/or slow down FlightGear.  If you encounter that there are a few ways around it:
 
* Simply disable TerraSync and use the World scenery instead
* Start FlightGear and sit around "in the sea" while TerraSync downloads or synchronizes scenery and then disable it and restart FlightGear
* Use TerraMaster to download and synchronize the scenery
 
==== Downloading with TerraMaster ====
[[File:TerraMaster r32 - Global view.png|thumb|TerraSync scenery in TerraMaster]]
 
[[TerraMaster]] is a stand alone scenery manager that can download and synchronize TerraSync scenery.  It also makes it easier to maintain and get a good overview of downloaded TerraSync scenery. It is a cross platform graphical application written in Java.
 
TerraMaster allows the FlightGear user to manage scenery tiles easily, selecting which tiles to download, synchronize or delete, and viewing the downloaded/not yet downloaded tiles at a glance. TerraMaster is highly recommended not only for managing scenery tiles easily especially if you are downloading and managing scenery from a computer that does not have FlightGear installed. The downloaded tiles are put into a folder which can then be copied into the FlightGear directory later on to complete the scenery.  It can also download tiles directly into the TerraSync directory.
 
=== Custom scenery ===
Custom scenery is available for certain specific areas. They are distributed separately either due to their license or because their level of detail is not suitable for low-end machines. See [[Suggested Airports/Scenery]] for a list of custom scenery projects.
 
== Installing World scenery ==
=== Installing via a graphical interface ===
=== Installing via a graphical interface ===
# Open the [[FlightGear Admin Wizard]].
# Open the [[FlightGear Admin Wizard]].
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  tar -xvzf 'input_file.tgz' -C /Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/Scenery
  tar -xvzf 'input_file.tgz' -C /Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/Scenery


== Technical ==
== Technical details ==
Scenery for FlightGear is determined by looking at the environment variable [[$FG SCENERY]]. Should the paths in $FG_SCENERY not be valid, FlightGear falls back to <tt>[[$FG ROOT]]/Scenery</tt>.
Scenery for FlightGear is determined by looking at the environment variable [[$FG SCENERY]]. Should the paths in $FG_SCENERY not be valid, FlightGear falls back to <tt>[[$FG ROOT]]/Scenery</tt>.


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