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Installation went wrong

Postby Barthboer » Fri Aug 26, 2016 5:11 pm

Hi,

Yesterday I download the game from the website.
When i read the Getting Started text it tells me that the program should be installed in Applications/Flightgear etc.

But strangely it des not appear anywhere in Finder ( Mac OS X El Capitan)

When i double click on the dmg file, the app start with long time of installing and downloading and when i close the app and open it agin from the download map, it all start over.
Why does it not install as it should do??

Do I miss something or do I something wrong?

In this way it is not possible to play the game, it just takes so much time only to start the game.

Regards,
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Re: Installation went wrong

Postby Octal450 » Fri Aug 26, 2016 10:09 pm

Hi Barthboer,
The reason it starts all over, is because it is running from a DMG file, which is locked. Therefore, it cannot save it's changes.

The solution:
Copy FlightGear.app from the DMG. When the Finder is selected, go the menu Go, and select --. Applications. Paste FlightGear.app in there.
Now try to run it from there, and let me know how it goes!!

Best of luck.
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Re: Installation went wrong

Postby VicMar » Sat Aug 27, 2016 8:25 am

Hi Barthboer,

1. Ignore the above.

2. Open the .dmg - it will take a while.
3. When it shows you the FG app, move it to your application folder - that takes a while too, be patient.
4. The first time you open FG it will go through a lot of checks - again, be patient.
5. Eventually it will present you with the Launcher. At this stage I suggest you click on the FG symbol and keep it in your dock.
6. Pick your options in the Launcher and press 'Run'.

HTH

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