Gaming Flightgear 3.4 released

[Spacethingy]

Only just noticed, seems like these guys have come on quite a way since 2.x!

Sub-orbital experiments are looking rather good too, although nowhere near Orbiter (physics aren't quite there yet either):

I'll stick to Orbiter for now; I don't think simulating other planets/moons is on their development roadmap just yet... :thumbup:

 

[SolarLiner]

FlightGear is to atmospheric flight what Orbiter is to spaceflight: they're both better in their domains.
I've played in FlightGear for quite some time now and I'm enjoying it; seriously with a bit of time it can (and for some part already does) compete with FSX or X-Plane.

The fact that they can render the Earth from space IMO makes atmosphere renderings better, and more realistic too.

 

[Linguofreak]

Have they fixed the negative induced drag on their F-14 model yet?

 

[Matias Saibene]

I'll stick to Orbiter for now; I don't think simulating other planets/moons is on their development roadmap just yet... :thumbup:

Flight Gear and Orbiter have a difference, Orbiter has the blessing of the all powerful Probe.

 

[Ripley]

Have they fixed the negative induced drag on their F-14 model yet?

From release notes:

Highlighted new and improved aircraft

Extra EA-500
North American P-51D Mustang
Cessna Citation II
F-14b

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Anybody know what the minimum specs are for this (Linux version)? I've tried it on a new Dell PC (not a gaming rig) but it simply won't load.

 

[Spacethingy]

Anybody know what the minimum specs are for this (Linux version)? I've tried it on a new Dell PC (not a gaming rig) but it simply won't load.

I'm on a Dell Inspiron 17 laptop (i7, GeForce 840M graphics card) on Windows, and I get a usable 20-30 FPS with the Boeing 777, and that's with pretty nice-looking settings. From what I've heard, Linux installs run slightly better, but that might just be hear-say.

Refusing to run sounds a bit odd - is that via the command line?

 

[Linguofreak]

From release notes:

I'll have to take a look at some point, then. It was quite shocking, trying a tight turn to lose airspeed quickly, and finding I was speeding up with the throttle at idle.

 

[mjanicki]

Anybody know what the minimum specs are for this (Linux version)? I've tried it on a new Dell PC (not a gaming rig) but it simply won't load.

I'm using a similar laptop to Spacethingy, but mine's even less powerful: Dell Inspiron 15 laptop (i3, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 6Gb RAM).

I'm running Flightgear 3.4 (originally started with 3.0 I think) built from source along with all the dependencies on Slackware Linux with reasonable results. I keep middle-of-the-road settings for all the eye-candy, and I regulary hit my self-imposed max fps of 35 when in uncongested areas. Around large cities or when there are a fair number of other aircraft around, that will drop into the 18-25 fps range which is good enough I think.

So, decent results under Linux on a beat-up old laptop. I imagine a new desktop should do just fine.

-- Mike

 

[Thunder Chicken]

I'm using a similar laptop to Spacethingy, but mine's even less powerful: Dell Inspiron 15 laptop (i3, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 6Gb RAM).

I'm running Flightgear 3.4 (originally started with 3.0 I think) built from source along with all the dependencies on Slackware Linux with reasonable results. I keep middle-of-the-road settings for all the eye-candy, and I regulary hit my self-imposed max fps of 35 when in uncongested areas. Around large cities or when there are a fair number of other aircraft around, that will drop into the 18-25 fps range which is good enough I think.

So, decent results under Linux on a beat-up old laptop. I imagine a new desktop should do just fine.

-- Mike

Hmm, might just be a version issue. I might have to build it (I'm using Linux Mint). The Ubuntu version did not work at all.