I am returning to FlightGear simulator and their user community after a stop of almost one year. I noticed there were some developments meanwhile, namely in the base scenery via Terrasync. This is much better now, compared to the version I had before.
I am willing to contribute to updated scenery, concerning just the following points:
- Airport Ground Scenery: Runways, Taxiways and Parking;
Related markings and signs;
Airport Ground Network for AI: Parking positions and traffic routes.
Currently I am running FlightGear (about to update to 2020.3.8 ) on a Ubuntu 20.04 64bit machine. For what I have read so far in this Forum and also in Wiki pages, in order to update such scenery items I have to install the following set of tools:
- Terragear, to include the new Airport layout in the basic scenery. Optionally, there is also a GUI to ease the work (for those not accustomed to a CLI);
WED, to modify or create the airport layout. With an empty folder list to mimic X-Plane structure, and no submission at all to the X-Plane Gateway;
FGAirport, to update or create the items required for AI aircraft.
Is this OK? I would like to hear from you, specially if you have already such set in a similar OS, and using the latest available versions of those software.
My current plan, if I achieve a working development platform, is to update a set of airfields in the Azores, and include also the regional commuter airline SATA in order to have some AI Traffic around the updated airfields.