Hy,
Just found this simulator, downloaded it and tried to use... but then encountered loads of issues.
My Config:
DELL Precision M6800
CPU:Intel I7-4900MQ @2.8GHz
RAM: 8GB
GRAPHICS:
gl-vendor:ATI Technologies Inc.
gl-version:4.5.13476 Compatibility Profile Context FireGL 22.19.171.257
gl-renderer:AMD Radeon HD 8950 (also known as AMD FirePro M6100)
gl-shading-language-version:4.50
AMD drivers ver. 17.6.2 (last stable release at this moment)
OS: Windows 7 Pro X64
FlightGear Version: 2017.2.1
SimGear Version: 2017.2.1
OpenSceneGraph Version: 3.4.0
Now the issues:
-graphic issues as you can see in the attached link by the end of the post: menus disappearing randomly, text not visible in some menus; tutorial text choppy, random, overlapping and parts missing...
Overall graphics quality extremely bad even with everything set to minimum.
I set everything to basic, tried to track down ATI problems (using the wiki), no success so far.
-controller issues - I have a (cheap) Xbox 360 Controller that I would like to configure, but I can't because there is no 'js_demo.exe' where the game was installed. In fact, there is no 'win32' folder at all in /bin location. The left joystick of the controller works (can control the Ailerons and the Elevator) and the L/R triggers work for the engine (accelerate/deccelerate), but that's about it. All other buttons are non-functional and I would like to use the controller to its full potential.
-in windows (and games where I tested it), the controller works okay. I was even able to configure and use it in GoogleEarth Flight Simulator.
-couldn't find "Preferences.XML" file (i wanted to enable multithreading, as instructed in the wiki) - wiki seems very outdated, by the way... looks like it was addressing an older version of the program.
I would greatly appreciate some guidance on this matter.
If I can output any report/debugging, please let me know how I can do it and i will be happy to provide you with any info you require.
Images: http://imgur.com/a/ACFik
Thank you very much.