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You can download the official [[World Scenery]] terrain from the [http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/scenery-1.0.1.html 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 | You can download the official [[World Scenery]] terrain from the [http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/scenery-1.0.1.html 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. | ||
There is also a 4 DVD set available for download via [http://www.torrentbox.com/download/59050/FlightGear_4_DVD_Disk-set.torrent BitTorent], which can be a higher performance option for those wanting to download the entire world. | There is also a 4 DVD set available for download via [http://www.torrentbox.com/download/59050/FlightGear_4_DVD_Disk-set.torrent BitTorent], 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]. | ||
You can optionally use a GUI installer, called [[FlightGear Admin Wizard|FGAdmin]], to (un)install scenery. | You can optionally use a GUI installer, called [[FlightGear Admin Wizard|FGAdmin]], to (un)install scenery. | ||
=== Linux === | |||
If you are under | === GNU/Linux === | ||
If you are under a Linux operation system and you are not using a graphical interface to extract the tar archive, you can use one of the two following set of commands in a shell terminal. | |||
cd [[$FG_ROOT]]/Scenery | cd [[$FG_ROOT]]/Scenery | ||
tar -xvzf | tar -xvzf input_file.tgz | ||
or | or | ||
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tar -xvzf 'input_file.tgz' -C [[$FG_ROOT]]/Scenery | tar -xvzf 'input_file.tgz' -C [[$FG_ROOT]]/Scenery | ||
In the above two examples it is supposed that the variable $FG_ROOT is set to the root of the data directory. If this is not set, you should substitute in the above examples the $FG_ROOT with the full pathname of this directory. In the above examples 'input_file.tgz' should be substituted with the filename of the archive to be extracted (the filename should be completed with the full pathname or any other valid method so that the shell could find the correct archive) | In the above two examples it is supposed that the variable $FG_ROOT is set to the root of the data directory. If this is not set, you should substitute in the above examples the $FG_ROOT with the full pathname of this directory. In the above examples 'input_file.tgz' should be substituted with the filename of the archive to be extracted (the filename should be completed with the full pathname or any other valid method so that the shell could find the correct archive). | ||
=== Windows === | === Windows === | ||
Simply unpack the downloaded scenery | |||
Simply unpack the downloaded scenery into your [[$FG_ROOT]]/Scenery directory, using software like [http://www.winzip.com/ Winzip] or [http://www.7-zip.org 7-zip]. | |||
==Technical== | ==Technical== | ||
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 $FG_ROOT/scenery. | 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 $FG_ROOT/scenery. | ||
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*On POSIX Clients<br>set FG_SCENERY="$FOOBAR/Scenery" + FG_SCENERY | *On POSIX Clients<br>set FG_SCENERY="$FOOBAR/Scenery" + FG_SCENERY | ||
*On Windows (FGRun)<br>Go back to the first page of fgrun, and add the $FOOBAR/Scenery folder to the list. | *On Windows (FGRun)<br>Go back to the first page of fgrun, and add the $FOOBAR/Scenery folder to the list. | ||
=== Terrain === | === Terrain === | ||
The Scenery directory will show the following (scenery is shown for completeness and for easy reference to above): | The Scenery directory will show the following (scenery is shown for completeness and for easy reference to above): | ||
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Note that the directory structure is already present in the tar archive, starting from the Scenery directory. Note that you have to extract the tar archive in the Scenery directory, not in the FG_ROOT directory, because the Scenery directory is not present in the archive. | Note that the directory structure is already present in the tar archive, starting from the Scenery directory. Note that you have to extract the tar archive in the Scenery directory, not in the FG_ROOT directory, because the Scenery directory is not present in the archive. | ||
=== Objects === | === Objects === | ||
Objects and models can be found at the [http://scenemodels.flightgear.org/ FlightGear Scenery Objects Database]. | Objects and models can be found at the [http://scenemodels.flightgear.org/ FlightGear Scenery Objects Database]. | ||
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Any objects should be installed under the <tt>Scenery/Objects</tt> directory. | Any objects should be installed under the <tt>Scenery/Objects</tt> directory. | ||
==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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# Find the co-ordinates (often at the top or right and side, marked with a small globe) | # Find the co-ordinates (often at the top or right and side, marked with a small globe) | ||
#* 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. | ||
==TerraSync== | ==TerraSync== | ||
[[TerraSync]] is a very useful utility that automatically downloads needed FlightGear scenery while the simulator is running. | |||
[[TerraSync]] is a very useful utility that automatically downloads needed FlightGear scenery and keeps it up to date while the simulator is running. | |||
==Related content== | ==Related content== | ||
* [[FlightGear Admin Wizard|FGAdmin]] | * [[FlightGear Admin Wizard|FGAdmin]] | ||
* [[Installing Aircraft]] | * [[Installing Aircraft]] | ||
* [[Scenery FAQ]] | * [[Scenery FAQ]] | ||
[[Category:Scenery]] | [[Category:Scenery]] | ||