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FGCamera FlightGear Addon

About

FlightGear virtual camera. Written in NASAL. Adds features similar to Ezdok Camera Addon for FSX.

Running

  • extract zip (if downloaded as a zip) to a given location. For example let's say we have /myfolder/addons/fgcamera with contents of this addon.
  • add path to the addon in the Launcher application in 'Add-On' section OR run FlightGear with --addon option with path to FGCamera like --addon="/myfolder/addons/fgcamera".

Documentation

More documents can be found in the Docs folder.

Configuration

  • all can be configured through GUI available in the main menu under View -> FGCamera
  • settings regarding each aircraft are stored in $FG_HOME/aircraft-data/FGCamera/{aircraft name}/ directory.

History

  • 1.0-1.2 - versions published on the FlightGear forum
  • 1.2.1 - addon compatibility + small fixes
  • 1.2.2
    • #5 (reverse mouse controls - the same as in FG),
    • #3 disable space keyboard mapping,
    • #10 adds additional API for walker aircraft integration
  • 1.2.3:
    • fix create new camera,
    • fix count cameras from 1,
    • add welcome message,
    • add help message
  • 1.2.4:
    • add mini-dialogs to toggle cameras and categories,
    • add option to user 0-9 keys with Ctrl to possibility control the aircraft,
    • add options to mini-dialogs,
    • add smooth FOV changes when transitioning between cameras with different FOVs,
    • add confirmation dialog for delete camera,
    • fix selecting default FGCamera on startup,
    • fix inputs for save changes immediately after click save/store button without the needed for change focus first,
    • others small GUI improvements,
  • 1.2.5:
    • Fix iterate through camera categories in mini-dialog
  • 1.2.6:
    • Restore the "world (look at)" camera which positions itself in the tower position and the view always follows the aircraft.

Planned by Marius_A (branch next)

  • 2.x
    • new GUI for configuration
    • logic moved to property-rules

Authors

  • Marius_A - concept, coding
  • Slawek Mikula - addon compatibility
  • Roman Ludwicki (PlayeRom) - fixes and improvements

Links

  • FlightGear wiki: Wiki
  • FlightGear forum: Forum

License

GNU General Public License version 2 or, at your option, any later version (https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=21685&p=314678#p314678)

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