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*flying in groups  (see e.g. the '''Forum Multiplayer Events'''):
*flying in groups  (see e.g. the '''Forum Multiplayer Events'''):
**invite friends to a guided sightseeing tour in your most beloved area or do “Fly In's”
**invite friends to a guided sightseeing tour in your most beloved area or do “Fly In's”
**do military training like “midair tanking”, “Dog fights”, “Escort flights”, etc.  
**do military training like “Air-Air-Refuelling”, “Dog fights”, “Escort flights”, etc.  
*offering additional services at an airport like ATC, Snowplows, Pushbacks, etc. (Visit e.g. KSFO on a weekend – sorry enough: Most communication is still by keyboard - we are sure that will change!)
*offering additional services at an airport like ATC, Snowplows, Pushbacks, etc. (Visit e.g. KSFO on a weekend – sorry enough: Most communication is still by keyboard - we are sure that will change!)
*have a real time flightraing (e.g. pilot in Hongkong, teacher in Sydney) or just ask for online support during flight or just ask somebody flying a plane of interest about specifics
*have a real time flightraing (e.g. pilot in Hongkong, teacher in Sydney) or just ask for online support during flight or just ask somebody flying a plane of interest about specifics
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Command to get such version is: ''svn co -r148 svn://svn.dfn.de:/fgcom/trunk fgcom-r148''
Command to get such version is: ''svn co -r148 svn://svn.dfn.de:/fgcom/trunk fgcom-r148''


* '''19 June, 2008:''' Currently the server is <u>down</u> due to hardware problems. It is unknown when the service comes back becuase he currently has no time to fix the problems.
* '''19 June, 2008:''' Currently the server is <u>down</u> due to hardware problems. It is unknown when the service comes back because he currently has no time to fix the problems.


* '''22 November 2007:''' Due to heavy development at this time there may be some differences between the information on the web pages and the installation. Please follow the discussions on the FlightGear development list!
* '''22 November 2007:''' Due to heavy development at this time there may be some differences between the information on the web pages and the installation. Please follow the discussions on the FlightGear development list!
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==The Client installation==
==The Client installation==
===Installing FGCom===
===Installing FGCom===
====Prequisites and Companions====
====Hardware Requirements====
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If you are satisfied with the operation and responstimes of your current FGFS installation, then you should see no significant difference after adding the FGCom. If your FGFS installation runs already a little marginal, then you might experience some delays when many new airplane-models etc. must be loaded. This may happen  when starting up at a busy airport. You can monitor/verify such a "shorttime overload" in the FGstart command-window.


For details see the FGFS common hardware and driver requirements on http://www.flightgear.org/hardwarereq.html
====Prequisites/Companions====
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|align="center" width="100" |'''FGFS''' ||The basic Flight-Gear-Flight-Simulation installation. This must be installed prior to installing the FGCom ''(except if installing the Linux "CVS complete" version which can install FGCom and FGFS concurrently)''. ref.: http://www.flightgear.org/
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|align="center" | '''FGrun'''||This [[FlightGear Launch Control]] (also known as FG-Wizard), is a graphical front end to start the FGFS. This makes it very easy to startup the FGFS with all it's possible options. In some newer distributions this is already part of the basic FGFS installation package
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|align="center" |'''Atlas'''||[[Atlas]] displays the current position of your airplane on an landscape type of map together with navigational informations. It derives its data direct out of the installed FGFS databases.
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|align="center" |'''MPMap'''||[[MPMap]] is a pure browser application based on Google Maps, so it does not need any installation, except a Web-Browser. With MPMap you can watch all Multiuser-planes worldwide on a road-map, satellite picture or a composite of both. It includes most of the airports, navigational aids, and current weather informations. So it can be used for preflight planning, without having the FGFS started or even installed.
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|align="center" |'''Multiplayer'''||[[Howto: Multiplayer]]=Multiplayer is not an installable program but an integrated function of the FGFS. As the name says, it enables communication of several players via a chat-function (keyboard) - or with this vocal interface ==> FGCom.
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|align="center" |'''Festival'''||Festival is a TTS (Text To Speech) system that can convert all in the FGFS displayed written text (ATC, Chat, etc.) into speech and put it on your loudspeakers. ref.: http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/getstart/getstartch5.html#x10-790005.6
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--[[User:Jomo|Jomo]] 12:06, 11 March 2009 (EDT)
====Install on Linux====
====Install on Linux====
For Linux-Systems there are 3 ways to install:
'''1) Downloading from the “Distributor” (Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, Suse, etc.).'''
*'''Advantage:''' This is the easiest way and ensures that maintenance and services for this package and all concurrencies to it are provided automatically for a reasonable time-frame.
*'''Disadvantage:''' The availability of those packages is usually very late and most Distributors do not cover all FGFS-features. To our knowledge none of the Distributors has an FGCom package available as of March 2009.
*'''Installation:''' Follow the usual procedures of your distributer on how to install additional packages.
'''2) Installing a “CVS complete”'''
*'''Advantage:''' It is the very easiest form of installation and installs in one step all prerequisite/companion modules (FGFS, FGrun, FGcom, PLIB, OSG, Simgear, AT). Also it can be added and removed from the system without disturbing the rest of the system (Libraries, Menus, Structures, etc.). It was tested on several Ubuntu and Debian systems.
*'''Disadvantage:''' No automated maintenance available. The handling is a little different from the standard Menu-driven practice.
*'''Installation:'''  http://wiki.flightgear.org/index.php/Scripted_Compilation_on_Linux_Debian/Ubuntu
'''3) Compiling it locally'''
*'''Advantage:''' After a successful installation it is integrated into the system like a package from the distributor.
*'''Disadvantage:''' No automated maintenance available. Also the user should have some basic knowledge of his system and it's devices.
*'''Installation:'''
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Fetch FGCom (a copy of a working iaxclient is inside)
Fetch FGCom (a copy of a working iaxclient is inside)


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====Install on Windows====
====Install on Windows====
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There is no download available directly from the FlightGear home-pages, so you need to search for one in the Internet. We found and tested that one: http://files.ww.com/files/50789.html
*Download the binary file “fgcom-win32.zip” (or similar) and define as target your FGFS-directory.
*Unzip the downloaded file – now you should have added “fgcom.exe” and “positions.txt” to your FGFS-directory
*open a [[Command line|command]] window and type in:
c:\FGFS\fgcom.exe
      c: stands for the drive/partion where your FGFS is installed
      FGFS stands for the Directory where the FGFS is installed
*if your system requests access via the firewall allow that
<br>--[[User:Jomo|Jomo]] 12:06, 11 March 2009 (EDT)
====Install on Mac====
====Install on Mac====
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