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I'm just a casual Flightgear pilot.  Mostly I like to uncover how FG works, and I look for hidden things that I can play with.  I enjoy exploring the sim world looking for glitches, and I enjoy learning and practicing navigation techniques.


[['''Beginner's Shortcut to setting up FlightGear communication: FGcom''']]
I'm not working on anything, just learning the sim.  I do however use FGcom 122.75, and I usually upload screenshots onto flickr.


These instructions are meant for Windows XP sp2. If you are like me, then you probably let Flightgear install into your local drive and into program files by default.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46118613@N00/


1.  Download fgcom from this link:  http://emmerich-j.de/FGFS
I like to hang around with Yakko, Buckaro, Jomo, and occassionally new pilots.   


2.  Save the file into your Flightgear folder in program files.  Extract the files into the same Flightgear Folder.
'''My favorite airports''' are KACV, KDEN, LILO, EHAM, RJTT, PHNL, and SVPP.
 
'''Favorite planes'''?  I'm glad you asked, most of the developed planes, the Citation series, Dave's Hangar planes, and Buck's goose.
3.  Now, the tricky part:  Open a Command window by going to [Start]  then click [Run].  Type 'cmd' and press ok.
 
    A black command window will appear and if everything is by default should say something like (Zexe is my username):
    C:\Documents and Settings\Zexe>
 
4.  We need to change the path.  So type (by the way, 'cd' equals change directory)  :
 
    C:\Documents and Settings\Zexe>cd c:\program files\flightgear
 
5.  Press [Enter]
 
6.  Now it should read:
 
    C:\Program Files\Flightgear>
 
7.  For the finale, type:
 
    C:\Program Files\Flightgear>fgcom -sfgcom.flightgear.org.uk
 
8.  Press [Enter]
      and fgcom will start.  Keep the black window open.
 
9.  You must now configure the settings from Flightgear.  So, open Flightgear the application and please refer to
http://wiki.flightgear.org/index.php/FGCOM .  Look at 6) Input/Output, and basically copy what is there.
 
10.  By the way, [Space] is the default key to speak through.
 
11.  Once all is swell, close the Advanced box and make sure the [Show command line] box shows what you edited, then click run.  If you are lucky, you will hear some people on FGcom.
 
***Some planes already use the [Space] function for other things***You must configure your keybindings if you want to use Fgcom and the plane together.***
 
 
 
 
 
 
Configuring keyboard binding for Fgcom [Spacebar]
 
Backup your files before editing them.
These instructions are meant for Windows XP sp2. My Flightgear folder is in C:\program files.
 
Reason to change keybinding [Space] to a different key:  Some planes already have a default function using the [Space] bar.  Example planes would be the Dave's hangar planes and the hovercraft Bluebird,  Pressing [Space] in these planes causes
other functions to occur and neutralizes the Fgcom function.  So it is imperative to change the keybinding if you would like to utilize Fgcom on these planes.
 
How to change the keybindings:  Go to Program files and open the Flightgear folder.  Then open the Data folder.  Continue by opening keyboard.xml.  Use Wordpad as your editing application.
  c:\program files\flightgear\data\keyboard.xml
 
 
Background information:  Most of the information can be found already on wiki flightgear.  But this is just to reiterate how the keyboard configuration works. 
 
<key n="43">
<name>+</name>
 
43 is tied to [ + ].  They are bonded to each other.  They cannot be seperated.  If you input <key n="44"> with  <name>+</name>, this key configuration will fail.  Rule of thumb, when copying and pasting, be sure to copy and paste the number and the symbol together as a couple.
 
Press Ctrl + F to open the Find box.  Type 'space' and locate the keybinding for 'Push to Talk'.  Now you know where the keybinding is to talk.  We must find a different and hopefully useless keybinding to substitute.  Since I hate the Warp function in Flightgear, we'll use this.  So search for Warp:
 
<key n="87">
  <name>W</name>
  <desc>Decrease warp</desc>
<binding>
  <command>property-adjust</command>
  <property>/sim/time/warp</property>
  <step type="int">-60</step>
  </binding>
  </key> 
 
Copy : - <key n="87"> <name>W</name>
 
Paste over- <key n="43">      ***Note***This number 43 responds to a different key, So please ignore it.
  <name>Space</name>
  <desc>PTT - Push To Talk (via VoIP)</desc>
<binding>
  <command>nasal</command>
  <script>space(1, modifiers.getValue())</script>
  </binding>
<mod-up>
<binding>
  <command>nasal</command>
  <script>space(0, modifiers.getValue())</script>
  </binding>
  </mod-up>
<mod-shift>
<binding>
  <command>nasal</command>
  <script>space(1, modifiers.getValue())</script>
  </binding>
<mod-up>
<binding>
  <command>nasal</command>
  <script>space(0, modifiers.getValue())</script>
  </binding>
  </mod-up>
  </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
Result should look like:
 
<key n="87">
  <name>W</name>
  <desc>PTT - Push To Talk (via VoIP)</desc>
<binding>
  <command>nasal</command>
  <script>space(1, modifiers.getValue())</script>
  </binding>
<mod-up>
<binding>
  <command>nasal</command>
  <script>space(0, modifiers.getValue())</script>
  </binding>
  </mod-up>
<mod-shift>
<binding>
  <command>nasal</command>
  <script>space(1, modifiers.getValue())</script>
  </binding>
<mod-up>
<binding>
  <command>nasal</command>
  <script>space(0, modifiers.getValue())</script>
  </binding>
  </mod-up>
  </mod-shift>
  </key>
 
Go back to the original  <key n="87">
            <name>W</name>
Change the number to something over 350 or delete the function:
 
<key n="87">
  <name>W</name>
  <desc>Decrease warp</desc>
<binding>
  <command>property-adjust</command>
  <property>/sim/time/warp</property>
  <step type="int">-60</step>
  </binding>
  </key>
 
Save file and quit and test Flightgear Fgcom with the new configured key.

Latest revision as of 17:35, 10 December 2009

I'm just a casual Flightgear pilot. Mostly I like to uncover how FG works, and I look for hidden things that I can play with. I enjoy exploring the sim world looking for glitches, and I enjoy learning and practicing navigation techniques.

I'm not working on anything, just learning the sim. I do however use FGcom 122.75, and I usually upload screenshots onto flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46118613@N00/

I like to hang around with Yakko, Buckaro, Jomo, and occassionally new pilots.

My favorite airports are KACV, KDEN, LILO, EHAM, RJTT, PHNL, and SVPP. Favorite planes? I'm glad you asked, most of the developed planes, the Citation series, Dave's Hangar planes, and Buck's goose.

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