FlyWithLua for X-Plane 12

This is the official source code repository for the FlyWithLua plugin project.

FlyWithLua offers Lua scripting to X-Plane since X-Plane 9.

Discussions to general topics should be opened on the official forum at x-plane.org.

You will find a binary version ready to use in X-Plane 9 or 10 in the download area of x-plane.org.

You will find a binary version ready to use in X-Plane 11 only and the binary is also in the download area of x-plane.org.

The new versions are X-Plane 12 only and the binary is also in the download area of x-plane.org.

If you want to grab a most current binary, just download FlyWithLua_plugin.zip from the most recent GitHub Actions build and unpack it into your X-Plane's plugin folder.

Copyright (c) 2012 Carsten Lynker

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Building FlyWithLua from source

If you use the Fmod Library understand that it is NOT a free library.

Remember to follow the rules of FMOD's license when using this library

On windows

1. Install required software using Chocolatey using admin command prompt:

   choco install git cmake
   choco install mingw --version 8.1.0
   

   You can also install the same programs manually if you prefer.

2. Checkout and configure the project:

   git clone https://github.com/X-Friese/FlyWithLua.git
   cd FlyWithLua
   cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" -S .\src -B .\build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
   

3. Build the project and copy the plugin DLL into the appropriate directory:

   cmake --build .\build
   mkdir .\FlyWithLua\win_x64
   copy .\build\win.xpl .\FlyWithLua\win_x64\FlyWithLua.xpl
   

On Ubuntu:

1. Install required software:

   sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential cmake git freeglut3-dev libudev-dev libopenal-dev
   
   

2. Checkout and configure the project:

   git clone https://github.com/X-Friese/FlyWithLua.git
   cd FlyWithLua
   cmake -S ./src -B ./build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
   

3. Build the project and copy the plugin DLL into the appropriate directory:

   cmake --build ./build
   mkdir ./FlyWithLua/lin_x64
   cp ./build/lin.xpl ./FlyWithLua/lin_x64/FlyWithLua.xpl
   

On OS X:

1. Install XCode, Git, CMake (Homebrew can be convenient for this).

2. Checkout and configure the project:

   git clone https://github.com/X-Friese/FlyWithLua.git
   cd FlyWithLua
   cmake -S ./src -B ./build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
   

3. Build the project and copy the plugin DLL into the appropriate directory:

   cmake --build ./build
   mkdir ./FlyWithLua/mac_x64
   cp ./build/mac.xpl ./FlyWithLua/mac_x64/FlyWithLua.xpl
   

Additional tips

How to cross-compile FlyWithLua on Ubuntu for Windows and OS X

Note: this is documented just in case, but generally is not recommended. Using native builds and/or GitHub Actions workflow is more convenient and less prone to errors and bugs.

Install cross-compiling toolchains:

# Install Windows cross-compiling toolchain (MinGW).
sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends mingw-w64 g++-mingw-w64 && apt-get clean

# Install OS X cross-compiling toolchain (clang).
apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends clang curl && apt-get clean
#Build arguments
OSXCROSS_REPO="tpoechtrager/osxcross"
OSXCROSS_REVISION="f4ba4facae996b3b14d89eb62c0384564f7368b5"
DARWIN_SDK_VERSION="10.11"
DARWIN_SDK_URL="https://github.com/apriorit/osxcross-sdks/raw/master/MacOSX10.11.sdk.tar.xz"
CROSSBUILD=1

mkdir -p "/tmp/osxcross" \
 && cd "/tmp/osxcross" \
 && curl -sSLo osxcross.tar.gz "https://codeload.github.com/${OSXCROSS_REPO}/tar.gz/${OSXCROSS_REVISION}" \
 && tar --strip=1 -xzf osxcross.tar.gz \
 && rm -f osxcross.tar.gz \
 && curl -sLo tarballs/MacOSX${DARWIN_SDK_VERSION}.sdk.tar.xz \
             "${DARWIN_SDK_URL}" \
 && UNATTENDED=1 JOBS=4 SDK_VERSION=${DARWIN_SDK_VERSION} ./build.sh \
 && mv target /usr/osxcross \
 && mv tools /usr/osxcross/ \
 && rm -rf "/usr/osxcross/SDK/MacOSX${DARWIN_SDK_VERSION}.sdk/usr/share/man"

export PATH="$PATH:/usr/osxcross/bin"

Build FlyWithLua:

git clone https://github.com/X-Friese/FlyWithLua.git
cd FlyWithLua

# For Windows:
cmake -S ./src -B ./build-win -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=src/Toolchain-mingw-w64-x86-64.cmake
cmake --build ./build-win

# For OS X:
cmake -S ./src -B ./build-mac -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=src/Toolchain-ubuntu-osxcross-10.11.cmake -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=/usr/osxcross/SDK/MacOSX10.11.sdk/
cmake --build ./build-mac

How to create Code Blocks Project From CmakeLists.txt File

• First you will need to install MinGW-64, Cmake, CodeBlocks and Git.
• Create a CodeBlocks Projects folder like this.
• mkdir CodeBlocksProjects
• cd D:\CodeBlocksProjects
• git clone https://github.com/X-Friese/FlyWithLua.git
• cd FlyWithLua/src
• mkdir build
• cd build
• cmake -G "CodeBlocks - MinGW Makefiles" ..
• Open CodeBlocks and use "Open an existing project" browsing to "FlyWithLua/src/build/FlyWithLua.cbp" and click on the Open button.

At that point you should be able to build FlwWithLua.

How To Build Using QT Creator From the CmakeLists.txt File

• Create a QT Creator Projects folder like this.
  • mkdir QTCreatorProjects
  • cd D:\QTCreatorProjects
  • git clone https://github.com/X-Friese/FlyWithLua.git
• Using QT Creator use "File" > "Open File or Project" and browse to "FlyWithLua/src/CMakeLists.txt" then click on the "Open" button.

At that point you should be able to build FlyWithLua.