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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: voidmain on 10 October 2002, 10:56

Title: FlightGear
Post by: voidmain on 10 October 2002, 10:56
http://flightgear.org/ (http://flightgear.org/)

Has anyone tried this before? It's an open source GPL Flight Simulator. There are binaries for Mandrake, Debian, and MacOS X, and yes even Windows.

Screen Shots:
http://flightgear.org/Gallery/ (http://flightgear.org/Gallery/)

Thought I would ask before trying to get it running on my box if it was worth it.

[ October 10, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

Title: FlightGear
Post by: Master of Reality on 11 October 2002, 00:48
are you trying to teach yourself to fly a plane for some reason..... and flight schools wont show you just how to fly and not how to land/takeoff??
Title: FlightGear
Post by: KernelPanic on 11 October 2002, 01:57
I have a copy void, that I got from a magazine. I will try it tomorrow and tell you how it is, if you can wait that long.

ps I am no flight simulator man so my review will probably based on what the graphics are like and how much it confused me  (http://smile.gif)
Title: FlightGear
Post by: voidmain on 11 October 2002, 02:19
quote:
Originally posted by The Master of Reality / Bob:
are you trying to teach yourself to fly a plane for some reason..... and flight schools wont show you just how to fly and not how to land/takeoff??


Actually I am already quite proficient at taking off, flying, and landing (well I land on the wheels most of the time) in both real airplanes, with R/C airplanes, and on dirt bikes (didn't land on my wheels the last time I flew my dirt bike). I just like flying.

[ October 10, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

Title: FlightGear
Post by: voidmain on 11 October 2002, 02:21
quote:
Originally posted by Tux:
I have a copy void, that I got from a magazine. I will try it tomorrow and tell you how it is, if you can wait that long.

ps I am no flight simulator man so my review will probably based on what the graphics are like and how much it confused me   (http://smile.gif)  


Well it's a flight "simulator" and not a game so it would probably not be intuitive, especially if you don't know anything already about flying. I believe the manual is around 100 pages. I can surely wait.
Title: FlightGear
Post by: Master of Reality on 11 October 2002, 02:28
so you already have the qualifications of a terrorist.
Title: FlightGear
Post by: voidmain on 11 October 2002, 02:46
quote:
Originally posted by The Master of Reality / Bob:
so you already have the qualifications of a terrorist.


No, I don't even come close to having the qualifications of a terrorist. I do have a couple of skills that some terrorists are interested in but there are many more qualifications necessary to be a terrorist, none of which I am interested in.
Title: FlightGear
Post by: TheQuirk on 11 October 2002, 07:16
Like the will to die?
Title: FlightGear
Post by: Master of Reality on 11 October 2002, 08:03
ya... you have the wrong kind of insanity for a terorist.