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==Addons== | ==Addons== | ||
===FgcomGui, an interface to fgcom=== | |||
[[FGCOM]] is an external program which works hands in hands with flightgear to provide radio communication, in particular for multiplayer users. | |||
The feedback on various forums and IRC shows that a lot of people, who are not specially at ease with command line usage, find it difficult to setup and launch FGCOM, | |||
this is where a new little piece of code comes to rescue : | |||
Tuxklok created [http://code.google.com/p/fgcomgui FgcomGui], a simple gui front end to fgcom, which aims to make using fgcom easy and friendly. | |||
FgcomGui is currently developed and tested under Windows and Linux environments, but it seems a Mac version is to be expected. | |||
Installation is described on the author's [http://code.google.com/p/fgcomgui/ Google Code page], but it can be worth mentionning that so far the linux build is only optimized for Ubuntu users. Other distribution users can take a look at [http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5746&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=24ffbc024ff4c0379fb8b0515aaa4a00&start=135 this forum] for some hints about how to build in their environment. | |||
Once installed, FgcomGui does just what you would expect : using your mouse and a few clicks, you can drive fgcom painlessly, from initial setup, testing, to normal usage. You can even set a few options with nice menus, notably the audio volumes and the port used to talk to fgcom. | |||
[[File:fgcomgui.png]] | |||
FgcomGui even docks as a tray icon, making it possible to monitor its status while flying, and easily stop it or restart it if needed. | |||
So if you feel fgcom is a bit difficult to use from command line, or you are just willing an easier FG pilot life, don't wait anymore and [http://code.google.com/p/fgcomgui try it] ! | |||
Hopefully this will be a step towards a more generalized use of radio communications in networked flight, which are a great improvement for simulation realism. | |||
==Useful links== | ==Useful links== | ||