Slackware Linux, KDE/Plasma
Version 2020.3.11
AMD Radeon 540
When I enter `fgfs` from a command prompt, I start off in Iceland, BIKF. How can I change that to something closer to other airports. Is there an option to choose a default airport other than BIKF? I know I can specify the airport on the command line, but suffering from congenital indolence, as I oftentimes do (born lazy), why Iceland?
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Re: Home Airport
by psnarf » Sun Sep 19, 2021 4:37 am
This is a non-issue, just curious. I imagine many of the core developers reside in Iceland? Easy to change airports under the Location menu.
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Re: Home Airport
by V12 » Sun Sep 19, 2021 6:31 am
Major FG releases have different default airport.
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Re: Home Airport
by SE-HK » Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:20 am
I believed you could start FG using
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fg --airport=ID
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Re: Home Airport
by V12 » Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:27 am
Gentlemans, and what about :
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fgfs --launcher
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Re: Home Airport
by wkitty42 » Sun Sep 19, 2021 1:00 pm
yes, definitely easier to use the --launcher (if you are not already) and simply select your location in the location tab...
"You get more air close to the ground," said Angalo. "I read that in a book. You get lots of air low down, and not much when you go up."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
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Re: Home Airport
by MariuszXC » Sun Sep 19, 2021 4:58 pm
psnarf wrote in Sat Sep 18, 2021 11:55 pm:Is there an option to choose a default airport other than BIKF?
FG looks for a configuration file $HOME/.fgfsrc
You can put the --airport= option there to set a new default location of your liking, for example:
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# Initial position
--airport=LOWI
More details here: https://wiki.flightgear.org/Fgfsrc
INOP
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Re: Home Airport
by Parnikkapore » Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:12 am
To elaborate on what V12 said, BIKF was picked in a poll as a reasonably detailed airport which has a lot of things to explore around it. Currently, the plan is to change the default airport every LTS release AFAIK.
There are free alternatives to (almost) every program you encounter. You just have to find them.
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Re: Home Airport
by psnarf » Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:51 am
I don't want to change BIKF. Lots of airports for cross-country flights, the erupting volcano is a feature. I've flown the 787-8 from BIKF to Oslo. I even found a route from Keflavik to Lhasa, Tibet: BIKF-ZULS.fgfs at https://flightplandatabase.com. Thank you, V12 and Parnikkapore, for explaining the history behind the choice. I only found FlightGear this summer. (Color me Newbie. Here, use my Newbie crayon...)
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Re: Home Airport
by wkitty42 » Wed Sep 29, 2021 1:43 pm
i don't know if you saw it or not but as V12 mentioned above, why not start your FG command line sessions with "fgfs --launcher"?
you could also make yourself a script, eg: runfg, with contents like the following which will always start FG with the built-in launcher and any other parameters you pass to it...
you can set 99% of the options in the launcher which makes things a lot easier on you
you could also make yourself a script, eg: runfg, with contents like the following which will always start FG with the built-in launcher and any other parameters you pass to it...
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#!/bin/bash
fgfs --launcher "$@"
you can set 99% of the options in the launcher which makes things a lot easier on you
"You get more air close to the ground," said Angalo. "I read that in a book. You get lots of air low down, and not much when you go up."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
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