NEILANDMARYLOU SMITH wrote: > NEILANDMARYLOU SMITH wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:16 AM, NEILANDMARYLOU SMITH > > <neilandmarylo...@di...> wrote: > > > I'm trying to add the lat, long, bearing as an airport for seaplane > > > operation so I wouldn't need to look up the info and enter it for each > > > location I want to start from. In the FlightGear Wiki I found to > add an > > > airport, open the $FGROOT/Airports/default.apt.gz file. > > > > > > The problem is, I have no $FGROOT/Airports directory, or a > > default.apt.gz > > > file. I tried $FGROOT/data/airports, but got nowhere working with the > > > apt.dat file. > > > > > > > Hi Neil, > > > > Try looking in $FGROOT/Airports. The file you are after is apt.dat.gz. > > I believe that the file was renamed from default.apt.gz at some stage > > in the past. > > > > Let us know if this is correct (it is on my computer here). > > > > Regards > > > > > > George > > > > > Thanks George, but ... The problem is, I have no $FGROOT/Airports, > > > > > > Running Windows XP Home > > > FlightGear 1.0.0 > > > > > > Installed from: FlightGear v.1.0 Win32 disk purchased from FlightGear. > > > Installed used the defaults. > > > > > > Puzzled, Neil > > > > Under Windows, $FGROOT means C:\Program Files\Flightgear\Data > > > > So you should have a file named C:\Program > > Files\Flightgear\Data\Airports\apt.dat.gz > > > > You can decompress it with most modern dearchiver ( the .gz extension > > means it has been compressed with the gzip utility ). You don't need > > to recompress it after changing it. > > > > -Fred > > > > Thanks Fred. Before my first post on this I had used the one in > > C:\Program Files\Flightgear\Data. I found that I could change an > > entry in the apt.dat file, but could not add anything (i.e. I can > > highlight a word, and change it or delete it, but cannot add a space > > or new line). I haven't figured out what all of the entries are - > > tried changing the name, lat, long, and bearing on one, but it didn't > > show on the airport list in FlightGear after an update. > > > > Neil > > > Hi Neil > > I think the easiest way to do what you want is using FGRUN (FlightGear > Wizard). > > Set up FGRUN with the settings you want ie, aircraft type, location, any > features and initial position etc., then save as a .fgrun file > (filename.fgrun). > > You can do as many of these as you want, then just load the one you want > at startup. > > I hope this helps > > Brett > > > Thanks Brett. I've just tried your suggestion, but can find no way to > save the settings (which may lead to the question of, how to load it > after it's saved?). This would save startup time. Further > explanation would be appreciated. > > Cheers, Neil
In the bottom left hand corner of FGRUN you should have 3 buttons Default - Load - Save As I've put a screenshot here: http://picasaweb.google.com/gooneybird47uk/WorkInProgress#5325767799066350930 For more information on FlightGear you can try the forum, which is more active than the users list. http://www.flightgear.org/forums/index.php Cheers Brett ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
