enrogue wrote in Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:06 pm:If you're downloading the Win 10 bin zip from FGUK, you'll need an existing 2018.3.2 install, then extract *only* fgfs.exe from the zip file & place it in your flightgear bin directory (back up the original fgfs.exe by renaming it first)
Apologies but the bin wasn't meant to be distributed just yet - I hadn't fully tested it on a new install
http://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/stations/
http://mgouin.appspot.com/fg?icao-station-identifier-name1=
SurferTim wrote in Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:58 pm:@LH-1701: Why don't you post your executable online for others with your version?
I'd post mine, but I use my own server, where the code that link you posted came from.
jtprophet wrote in Wed Feb 06, 2019 8:50 pm:Yeah I am getting the same error that lbartik received.
LH-1701 wrote in Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:19 pm:Linux Version can also be patched easily.
The main program is named fgfs. In my case its located under /usr/bin/fgfs
use hexeditor (like ghex) to search for
- Code: Select all
http://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/stations/
(as written earlier http://t will be enough here...)
and replace it with
- Code: Select all
http://mgouin.appspot.com/fg?icao-station-identifier-name1=
(Thanks for creating the server behind the link!)
In my case it was found at position D4B8F0 (FG 2018.3.1, 64 Bit)
Open flightgear and enjoy flying with metar again
/Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/MacOS/fgfs
LH-1701 wrote in Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:19 pm:Linux Version can also be patched easily.
The main program is named fgfs. In my case its located under /usr/bin/fgfs
use hexeditor (like ghex) to search for
- Code: Select all
http://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar/stations/
(as written earlier http://t will be enough here...)
and replace it with
- Code: Select all
http://mgouin.appspot.com/fg?icao-station-identifier-name1=
(Thanks for creating the server behind the link!)
In my case it was found at position D4B8F0 (FG 2018.3.1, 64 Bit)
Open flightgear and enjoy flying with metar again
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