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[[File:FlightGear Mac OS X Screenshot.png|right]] '''FlightGear Mac OS X Launcher''' is a graphical front end for [[FlightGear]], included in official Mac binaries of [[FlightGear 0.9.10]], [[FlightGear 1.0|1.0.0]], 1.9.0, and 2.0.0. The launcher allows one to choose options more easily than with the command line. (see also [[FlightGear 1.0 aircraft names for command line]])
[[File:FlightGear Mac OS X Screenshot.png|thumb|The Mac OS X launcher.]]
 
The '''FlightGear Mac OS X Launcher''' was a graphical front end for [[FlightGear]] which was included in official Mac releases from [[FlightGear 0.9.10]] to 3.2. It is not compatible with OS X Yosemite (10.10) and later because some libraries required for it to work were removed by Apple (see {{issue|1521}}). For this reason, it was replaced by the [[FlightGear Qt launcher]] in FlightGear 3.4 and later.
 
== Launching FlightGear without launcher ==
Users who have OS X Yosemite or later, but who are still on an older version of FlightGear without Qt launcher, can either:
* use the command line (<tt>Terminal.app</tt>) to start the simulator. Open it and issue the following commands:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">cd /Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources
./fgfs.sh
</syntaxhighlight>
* use an alternative FlightGear launcher. A user has created a simple one for OS X (see {{forum link|title=Temporary FlightGear Launcher for OS X Yosemite|t=24781}}); other alternatives are [[Yaflight]] and [[FGX]], however, both are unmaintained and may have issues as well.
 
[[Category:FlightGear front ends]]

Latest revision as of 08:09, 5 June 2019

Caution  This launcher does not work on OS X Yosemite (10.10) or later.
The Mac OS X launcher.

The FlightGear Mac OS X Launcher was a graphical front end for FlightGear which was included in official Mac releases from FlightGear 0.9.10 to 3.2. It is not compatible with OS X Yosemite (10.10) and later because some libraries required for it to work were removed by Apple (see ticket #1521). For this reason, it was replaced by the FlightGear Qt launcher in FlightGear 3.4 and later.

Launching FlightGear without launcher

Users who have OS X Yosemite or later, but who are still on an older version of FlightGear without Qt launcher, can either:

  • use the command line (Terminal.app) to start the simulator. Open it and issue the following commands:
cd /Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources
./fgfs.sh