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Once you have defines these defaults the setup will continue as explained here. | Once you have defines these defaults the setup will continue as explained here. | ||
=== Installing on Mac OS X === | |||
Installing FlightGear on Mac OS X is very simple. Just drag and drop the FlightGear icon to /Applications folder. That's it. The first time you launch FlightGear, its icon on the Dock bounces for several seconds while loading aircraft and airport info. When the GUI launcher appears, select an aircraft and and airport by clicking the "Gear" buttons at the right of the names. Pressing "Start flight" will launch the simulator. You can configure more options using the GUI launcher. see http://macflightgear.sourceforge.net/home/documents/users-guide/ for more details. | |||
If you want to launch flightgear using command-line, launch /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app and type the following. | |||
cd /Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources | |||
./fgfs --options..... | |||
The $FG_ROOT and $FG_SCENERY are not set on Mac OS X. If you want to specify these variables yourself for command-line use, run the followings on Terminal.app: | |||
FG_ROOT=/Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data | |||
FG_SCENERY=$FG_ROOT/Scenery | |||
After launching the GUI launcher, you will have the alias to $FG_ROOT at $HOME/Documents/Flightgear/<version> so you can browse the data folder using Finder. | |||
=== Getting Scenery === | === Getting Scenery === | ||