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It's quite common to want to start a flight simulator on a 5 or 7 or 10 mile approach so you can practice ILS landing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg17544.html |title= Startup position offsets (fg_init)|author=Curtis Olson |date=Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:25:57 -0700}} </ref>| | |||
There are many aircraft with complex (realistic) startup procedures, and while *some* aircraft have an [[Autostart|autostart function]], there is no standardised property to control that function - though one could certainly be defined. Of course, that's classic standardisation chicken-and-egg. I'm all in favour of it, but it's not something that can be done in the short term.<ref> | |||
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| url = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/24944253/ | |||
| title = <nowiki>Re: [Flightgear-devel] Issue with default starting scenario</nowiki> | |||
| author = <nowiki>James Turner</nowiki> | |||
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As previously reported, the corresponding [[Fixing Presets|presets]] have no effect during a re-init, e.g. via fgcommand("presets-commit").<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg20095.html |title= a few more bugs|author=John Denker|date= Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:50:28 -0800}} </ref> | |||
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