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Can any one help about downloading aircraft

Postby a350b777 » Wed Aug 17, 2016 5:28 am

hi,
I just downloaded flightgear 2016.2.1 and is trying to download it0uchpods's aircrafts(md-80,11,a340)
I installed them, unzipped them, and moved the unzipped file to flightgear aircraft folder.
(document-flightgear-aircraft-org.flightgear.offical-aircraft)
but the aircraft is not showing up in the list to fly.
I know literally nothing about programming and complex computer related languages,
so can someone help me in some simple languages?
(I use windows 10)
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Re: Can any one help about downloading aircraft  

Postby elgaton » Wed Aug 17, 2016 6:54 am

Hi and welcome to the forum!

  1. Go to My Documents->FlightGear->Aircraft->org.flightgear.official-aircraft and delete the two folders containing it0uchpod's aircraft. ("org.flightgear.official-aircraft" is reserved for aircraft downloaded from FlightGear's official repository via the launcher and you shouldn't put aircraft there manually; we'll add it0uchpod's aircraft back in the next steps).
  2. Unzip the aircraft .zip files you downloaded. This should create two new folders containing the aircraft files named MD-11-master and MD-88-master.
  3. Rename the folders, respectively, to MD-11 and MD-88. (This is a general rule: when you download an aircraft from a GitHub repository, GitHub automatically appends -master to the folder name. -master should be removed, otherwise FlightGear will be unable to find the aircraft).
  4. Move the folders to My Documents->FlightGear->Aircraft.
  5. Start FlightGear; in the launcher, open the Paths tab (note: I'm going from memory here, so the instructions might not be 100% accurate). Check if C:\Users\<your user name>\My Documents\FlightGear\Aircraft appears in the Additional aircraft locations box; otherwise, click on the + button beneath the box and select that folder.
FlightGear should be able to find the aircraft now.
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Re: Can any one help about downloading aircraft

Postby a350b777 » Wed Aug 17, 2016 6:12 pm

thank you very very much.
it work perfectly now.^^
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Re: Can any one help about downloading aircraft

Postby Octal450 » Wed Aug 17, 2016 7:10 pm

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Re: Can any one help about downloading aircraft

Postby uwjono » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:47 pm

Could somebody please explain the procedure for a Linux installation?

I have downloaded a 777-200 and unzipped it into ~/.fgfs/Aircraft/org.flightgear.fgaddon/Aircraft/ which is where other aircraft appear to be but like above, it is not appearing as a choice to fly.

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Re: Can any one help about downloading aircraft

Postby elgaton » Thu Dec 29, 2016 11:18 pm

You should not touch ~/.fgfs/Aircraft/org.flightgear.fgaddon/Aircraft/ (even if all other aircraft are there, that directory is managed by FlightGear).

Instead:
  • unzip the .zip file you downloaded and, if needed, rename the directories by removing -master as explained in my previous post;
  • create a folder where you will store the downloaded aircraft (e.g. /home/jono/FGAircraft, but you can use any path you wish);
  • move the directories you extracted from the .zip files into /home/jono/FGAircraft;
  • start the FlightGear Launcher, open the "Add-ons" tab, in the "Additional aircraft locations" section click "+" and select "/home/jono/FGAircraft" from the window that appears (note: you will need to do this only once).

By the way, with the newest FlightGear version you do not need to download official aircraft manually - just open the Aircraft tab, make sure the "Only show installed aircraft" checkbox is unchecked, choose the 777-200 and click on Run - the aircraft will be automatically downloaded from the official FlightGear hangar. (If, on the contrary, you are trying to run a 777-200 from a third-party hangar, you will need to follow the instructions I gave above).
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Re: Can any one help about downloading aircraft

Postby uwjono » Thu Dec 29, 2016 11:35 pm

elgaton wrote in Thu Dec 29, 2016 11:18 pm:[*] start the FlightGear Launcher, open the "Add-ons" tab, in the "Additional aircraft locations" section click "+" and select "/home/jono/FGAircraft" from the window that appears (note: you will need to do this only once).
By the way, with the newest FlightGear version you do not need to download official aircraft manually - just open the Aircraft tab, make sure the "Only show installed aircraft" checkbox is unchecked, choose the 777-200 and click on Run - the aircraft will be automatically downloaded from the official FlightGear hangar. (If, on the contrary, you are trying to run a 777-200 from a third-party hangar, you will need to follow the instructions I gave above).


OK your instructions worked perfectly so thank you for that. I'm slowly getting the hang of FG.

With regards to your final comment though, I only downloaded a 777 bceuae I couldn't find one int he official list. The same with a A330. Perhaps I'm wrong though.

Anyway, thanks again.

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