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As of May 2016, the Qt launcher is under active development. This includes the adding of new features, fixing bugs, and refining existing features. | As of May 2016, the Qt launcher is under active development. This includes the adding of new features, fixing bugs, and refining existing features. | ||
== Background == | |||
In accordance with the [[FlightGear 4.xx Roadmap]], FlightGear's current graphical interface (based on the [[PUI]] library of [[PLIB]]) will be replaced by one based on Qt. [[FGRun]] will also be removed in future to be replaced by this launcher. In addition, a browser-based UI (called [[Phi]]) will continue to be developed in parallel.<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url=https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=25115#p229445 | |||
|title=Re: New Canvas GUI | |||
|author=Torsten | |||
|date=Jan 10th, 2015 | |||
}}</ref> This will result in the following user interface: | |||
* Qt launcher | |||
* Internal UI based on Qt, possibly with [[Canvas]] integration | |||
* External browser-based UI (Phi) | |||
However, it should be made clear that Qt will always remain an optional dependency.<ref name="GUIquestions">{{cite web | |||
|url = https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/34532040/ | |||
|title = <nowiki>[Flightgear-devel] GUI questions (again)</nowiki> | |||
|author = James Turner | |||
|date = Oct 11th, 2015 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
== Usage == | == Usage == | ||
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=== Multiplayer connections === | === Multiplayer connections === | ||
As the launcher is still under development, only some basic options are present | As the launcher is still under development, only some basic options are present. Notably, no multiplayer option is shown. To connect to the multiplayer servers, you can do either of the following: | ||
* | * Start FlightGear from the launcher and then choose {{menu item|Multiplayer|Multiplayer Settings}} inside the simulator. | ||
* | * Open the '''Settings''' tab in the launcher and specify the following parameters: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="shell"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="shell"> | ||
--multiplay=out,10,mpserver01.flightgear.org, --multiplay=in,10,, --callsign=mycallsign | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
replacing ''mpserver01.flightgear.org'' with the multiplayer server to be used and ''mycallsign'' with the desired callsign. | replacing ''mpserver01.flightgear.org'' with the multiplayer server to be used and ''mycallsign'' with the desired callsign. Note that a callsign can only be 7 characters long. | ||
=== Enabling console display on Windows systems === | === Enabling console display on Windows systems === | ||
To enable console display on Windows | To enable console display on Windows, right-click on the FlightGear shortcut on the Desktop and click '''Properties'''. In the '''Target''' box under the '''Shortcut''' tab, add <tt>--console</tt> at the end and click '''OK'''. | ||
=== Aircraft/TerraSync download directory === | === Aircraft/TerraSync download directory === | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
== Preferences == | === Preferences === | ||
In FlightGear 2016.2 and later, the preferences are stored in ''[[$FG_HOME]]/flightgear.org/FlightGear.ini''.<ref name="LauncherChanges" /> Older versions make use of the default location used by Qt: | In FlightGear 2016.2 and later, the preferences are stored in ''[[$FG_HOME]]/flightgear.org/FlightGear.ini''.<ref name="LauncherChanges" /> Older versions make use of the default location used by Qt: | ||
* the Registry on Microsoft Windows; | * the Registry on Microsoft Windows; | ||
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| added = Nov 23rd, 2015 | | added = Nov 23rd, 2015 | ||
| script_version = 0.23 | | script_version = 0.23 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||