The FlightGear simulator for Mac OS X. By installing a package you can fly around the world in the comfort of your own home. If you have tried FlightGear on Mac OS X before, try again.
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Downloads
Please download the full package of the latest release version. Then download and apply the GUI updater if revision number of full package is smaller than GUI updater. You must copy FlightGear.app in the full package to /Applications folder. See Users Guide for further information);
1.0.0 (Latest release version - 1.0.0-r154; full package) - Apr-12-2008
- FlightGear-1.0.0-r154.dmg - Mac OS 10.4/10.5; PPC/Intel
GUI updater (r154) - Feb-14-2008
- FlightGear-1.0.0-r154-launcher.dmg - Mac OS 10.4/10.5; PPC/Intel
Note:
If you have any problem in downloading FlightGear, try downloading it from the following site:
Clicking FlightGear-1.0.0-r154.dmg will start downloading it.
CVS version (Latest snapshot from CVS) - Jun-15-2008
IMPORTANT NOTICE IN USE OF CVS version
This release is a snapshot of the latest FlightGear source (CVS version). Thus it might have some major bugs. Plus it lacks some major functions since FlightGear/CVS is changing its graphic library from PLIB to OpenSceneGraph. Thus this release is NOT totally recommended for novice users. NEVER send me complaints on this release. However, constructive feedbacks and bug reports from developers and advanced users are very welcome. Consult ReadMe file included in the dmg package for known issues.
This Release includes FlightGear/CVS/OSG as of Jun-15-2008 with JSBSim/CVS as of Jun-08-2008. You can try some Aircraft that supports External Reactions such as Dave's F-4 series.
Source Package
Keyboard configuration file
I've heard that some Macs cannot handle throttle keys or some others properly. Thanks to Aj MacLeod, we can use the fixed keyboard.xml, which might enable some Mac to properly handle throttles, etc. See the link below to download the revised keyboard.xml file at the "Attached files" section. Read the explanation at the tracker info for installation instruction.
Older versions
0.9.10 (Previous release version) - Dec-15-2006
Full Package
Updaters
- FlightGear-0.9.10-updater.dmg
- This package is for those who already have 0.9.10-pre1
- This package is for those who already have 0.9.10-pre1
- FlightGear-0.9.10-r114-launcher.dmg
- This package upgrades the launcher part of FlightGear Mac OS X to the latest one.
You can also download Older versions from sourceforge download page. FYI, 0.9.8 runs on Mac OS 10.3.9.
System Requirements
- Universal binary package
- PowerPC G4 or later (G5 2GHz or greater would be nice) or Intel Macs (2GHz or greater would be nice).
- Powerful GPU (must-have item)
- Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) or later. (works on 10.5)
- Ruby 1.8.2 or later (OS X 10.4.x has 1.8.2, and 10.5 has 1.8.6 by default)
- RubyCocoa version 0.12 (or 1.0.0) or later (The binary package contains pre-compiled universal binary version of RubyCocoa.framework, so you don't have to download it yourself).