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Flight Gear

FlightGear is an open-source flight simulator. It supports a variety of popular platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.) and is developed by skilled volunteers from around the world. Source code for the entire project is available and licensed under the GNU General Public License.

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Installation

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# pacman-g2 -S flightgear


Joystick

To use your joystick:

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# modprobe joydev


Check with js_demo command if all are OK:

 root@frugalware:/home/devil505# js_demo
 Joystick test program.
 11 septembre 2009 à 16:37 (UTC)11 septembre 2009 à 16:37 (UTC)11 septembre 2009 à 16:37 (UTC)11 septembre 2009 à 16:37 (UTC)~~
 Joystick 0: "Saitek Saitek X45"
 Joystick 1 not detected
 Joystick 2 not detected
 Joystick 3 not detected 
 Joystick 4 not detected
 Joystick 5 not detected
 Joystick 6 not detected
 Joystick 7 not detected
 +--------------------JS.0----------------------+
 | Btns Ax:0 Ax:1 Ax:2 Ax:3 Ax:4 Ax:5 Ax:6 Ax:7 |
 +----------------------------------------------+
 | 0800 -0.0 +0.0 -0.0 +0.1 +1.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 |
 | 0800 -0.0 +0.0 -0.0 +0.1 +1.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 |
 | 0800 +0.0 -0.0 -0.0 +0.1 +1.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 |

Then try:

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$ fgjs

to configure your joystick for FlightGear.

Good flight !

Command line options

  • Default command line (You start at San Francisco with the Cessna 172)
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$ fgfs
  • To fly a 310
 fgfs --aircraft=c310
  • To fly another version of Cessna 310
 fgfs --aircraft=c310u3a
  • To fly a 737-300
 fgfs --aircraft=737-300
  • To fly a A-10 Warthog
 fgfs --aircraft=A-10
  • To fly a Messerchmitt Bf 109
 fgfs --aircraft=bf109
  • To fly an helicopter Bo 105
 fgfs --aircraft=bo105
  • To fly a 172P
 fgfs --aircraft=c172p
  • To fly a F-16
 fgfs --aircraft=f16
  • To fly a Piper J3 Cub
 fgfs --aircraft=j3cub
  • To fly a P-51D Mustang
 fgfs --aircraft=p51d
  • To fly a Piper PA-28-161
 fgfs --aircraft=pa28-161
  • To fly a T-38
 fgfs --aircraft=T38
  • To fly an UFO
 fgfs --aircraft=ufo
  • To fly the Wright Flyer
 fgfs --aircraft=wrightFlyer1903
  • To start from another airport:
 fgfs --airport=LFAB}}

(Remplacez LFAB par le code OACI de votre aéroport)

Online (multiplayer)

Go to http://npmap01.flightgear.org or http://npmap02.flightgear.org

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  • Indicate the callsign with
 fgfs --callsign=pseudo
  • To play online
 fgfs --multiplay=address,port

(Replace address,port by the IP adress of the server and the port used)

FGrun

Fgrun is a launcher app for Flightgear

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To install it:

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# pacman-g2 -S fgrun


FGx

FGx is another launcher app for Flightgear

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To install it:

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# pacman-g2 -S fgx
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