Talk:Start script
There has been little activity on this since 2014. Is anyone interested? Is anyone actually using the script as written? (it won't run for me because I don't have Atlas...)
Previously, I've used FGRUN to start flightgear. I understand that a new UI is in the works, but in the meantime, scripts seem to be the way to go.
I'd like to have scripts that allow me to build and use various features of flightgear other than plain vanilla. I'd also like to explore what some of the options actually mean.
- use the http interface
- use fgpanel
- run terrasync for a specific area of the world
- detect and adjust video card settings as appropriate
I'm very good at bash scripting but need a better understanding of currently available options and features of flightgear. I also will need to understand if any special build requirements for optional features. Anyone out there want to help develop anything along these lines? I'm going to start by filling in the blanks and explaining in detail some of the less obvious options. For example, what does it mean to compile with RTI support? Also some of the options defaults are cmake variables. Whats the real default?
The following are build options I've pulled out of the CMakeLists.txt files for simgear and flightgear as a starting point.
| Feature | Build Option Settings | Build Default | Run time Command and Option Settings |
|---|---|---|---|
| build type | CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE | None | |
| build type | CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE | pr | |
| build type | CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE | Debug | |
| build type | CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE | Release | |
| build type | CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE | RelWithDebInfo | |
| build type | CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE | MinSizeRel | |
| build CMake target with cxx flags | CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS | ||
| build CMake target with c flags | CMAKE_C_FLAGS | ||
| build or use SimGear as a shared library/framework | OFF | SIMGEAR_SHARED | |
| build SimGear using the system libExpat | OFF | SYSTEM_EXPAT | |
| build SimGear without GUI/graphics support | ON | SIMGEAR_HEADLESS | |
| build SimGear with RTI support | OFF | ENABLE_RTI | |
| build SimGear's test applications | OFF | ENABLE_TESTS | |
| build SimGear's sound support | ON | ENABLE_SOUND | |
| build the sg_pkgutil application | ON | ENABLE_PKGUTIL | |
| build SimGear to use libCurl as the HTTP client backend | OFF | ENABLE_CURL | |
| build FlightGear with logging support | LOGGING | ON | |
| build FlightGear with JSBSim terrain handling code | JSBSIM_TERRAIN | ON | |
| build FlightGear with special-purpose FDMs | SP_FDMS | ON | |
| build FlightGear with UIUCModel FDM | ENABLE_UIUC_MODEL | ON | |
| build FlightGear with LaRCsim FDM | ENABLE_LARCSIM | ON | |
| build FlightGear with YASIM FDM | ENABLE_YASIM | ON | |
| build FlightGear with JSBSim FDM | ENABLE_JSBSIM | ON | |
| build FlightGear with event-based Input support | EVENT_INPUT | ${EVENT_INPUT_DEFAULT} | |
| build FlightGear with RTI support | ENABLE_RTI | OFF | |
| build FlightGear with gperftools profiling support | ENABLE_PROFILE | OFF | |
| build FlightGear with the system's SQLite3 library | SYSTEM_SQLITE | OFF | |
| build FlightGear with IAXClient/fgcom built-in | ENABLE_IAX | ON | |
| build FlightGear with DBus screensaver interaction (default on Linux) ) | USE_DBUS | ${USE_DBUS_DEFAULT} | |
| build IAXClient with the system's speex and speexdsp library | SYSTEM_SPEEX | ${SYSTEM_SPEEX_DEFAULT} | |
| build IAXClient with the system's GSM library ) | SYSTEM_GSM | ${SYSTEM_GSM_DEFAULT} | |
| build Flightgear with the system's Flite library ) | SYSTEM_FLITE | ${SYSTEM_FLITE_DEFAULT} | |
| build Flightgear with the system's HTS Engine library ) | SYSTEM_HTS_ENGINE | ${SYSTEM_HTS_ENGINE_DEFAULT} | |
| mark this as a nightly build | FG_NIGHTLY | OFF | |
| include developer-warnings | ENABLE_DEV_WARNINGS | OFF | |
| build the FGADMIN application | ENABLE_FGADMIN | ON | |
| build the fgelev application | ENABLE_FGELEV | ON | |
| build the fgpanel application | WITH_FGPANEL | ON | |
| build the fgviewer application | ENABLE_FGVIEWER | ON | |
| build the GPSsmooth application | ENABLE_GPSSMOOTH | ON | |
| build the terrasync application | ENABLE_TERRASYNC | ON | |
| build the fgjs application | ENABLE_FGJS | ON | |
| build the js_demo application | ENABLE_JS_DEMO | ON | |
| build the metar application | ENABLE_METAR | ON | |
| build test applications | ENABLE_TESTS | ON | |
| build the FGCom application | ENABLE_FGCOM | ON | |
| build the Flite text-to-speech module | ENABLE_FLITE | ON | |
| build the internal Qt launcher | ENABLE_QT | ON | |
| html server | blank | blank | |
| Terrasync | blank | blank | |
| FGPanel | blank | blank | |
| Video Card Options | blank | blank | |
| Rembrandt | blank | blank | |
| Atlas | blank | blank | |
| Other | blank | blank |
By the way, What's the status of Atlas?