Hi there, If flightgear lacks something some other sims don't it is a wide selection of newly developed a/c models/liveries and custom-made sceneries. My attempts to compile fgsd, taxidraw, and ppe have been disastrous, with dependencies between all these somehow not gelling together to give me working software. So here I am putting a question to the fgfs community and devs...
fgfs, in my view, has developed into a great framework, with highly accurate flight dynamics (for the most part), and a large feature set. I am now of the opinion that adding new features and turning it into the most accurate flightsim on the planet is not going to attract more users unless they can download their fave a/c and fly it at a recognisable fave airport with their fave livery. I have wanted to land an Emirates 777-300ER at NZCH on runway 20 with the view of the Port Hills to my left, and then on take-off turn a sharp left and see Hagley park below and other noted landmarks that make my birth city recognisable from above. I've got satellite imagery to create that reality but the tools I require cannot compile on my SuSE 10 system so I cannot add them to fgfs. Of course getting a 777-300ER model working would be tricky, even taking an existing fs2k2 or 2k4 model would be highly awkward. I *can* make a reasonable job of a new livery... My question is this - how important is it to the devs and general community to see new a/c and custom scenery? What is it with the current tools that could be bettered to allow non-techy users like me to enthusiastically add a/c and sceneries? Currently I think it is too difficult to get those softwares running let alone designing with them... Kind regards, Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
