by property_tree » Tue Nov 01, 2022 7:04 pm
I've found Flightgear by chance after grabbing some driving sim hardware, lol.
Since I though "Hey, I got fancy pedals now, why not also use it for flying". Originally for Arma 3, but since I love FOSS, this caught my eye.
At first I was really *really* confused, but that has gotten quite a bit better, and the whole project has risen very high in my regards in a short time.
Not just because I can actually do some things in the 'game' now, but the overall quality of the project and how it is handled.
The lucidity, for a lack of better words, in writing and how the topics are handled in the wiki (which I discover more and more of) are really refreshing.
Not sure if I will really be able to convey what I mean with it, but just reading some of the long standing devs and maintainers and members take on things, including topics like frustrations, patience with all sorts of things, etc
Well, it's ...it's not Twitter or Facebook, that's for sure.
It's like seeing some wild humans in the ...wild, of the internet. Again, I can't really express it, but I like it, and instantly makes me cherish this project and the people behind it more.
Also, bonus points for having a forum. I expect there to be a FlightGear discord, somewher too...but there's a real forum. A real forum...
Where people can just look and get information and the talk about it, without having to join some discord channel.
So good, and I hope that I can become an asset in some way to give something back...at least once I'm not stumbling around so blindly, hehe.