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Our advice would be: Start small, start simple, communicate a lot | Our advice would be: Start small, start simple, communicate a lot | ||
* if you know you want to contribute to the source code, make sure that you are actually able to build FG from source, you can get help using the forum, the mailing list, the issue tracker or live support using IRC chat | |||
* read the documentation (wiki, $FG_ROOT/Docs) | |||
* start making tiny modifications to existing stuff (aircraft, scenery, source code etc) | * start making tiny modifications to existing stuff (aircraft, scenery, source code etc) | ||
* try to get to grips with how git works (we have some resources to get you started, using GUI frontends like qgit or a good IDE can be helpful) | * try to get to grips with how git works (we have some resources to get you started, using GUI frontends like qgit or a good IDE can be helpful) | ||
* register an account at gitorious | * register an account at gitorious | ||