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> There is also FlightGear that is still being developed and is published under GPL. FlightGear is nice & powerful, but actually is too heavy and require moder

> There is also FlightGear that is still being developed and is published under GPL. FlightGear is nice & powerful, but actually is too heavy and require modern PC. BTW, There is Vertigo page on FlightGear Wiki.[0] JFTR, There is also open-source ACM 6.0[1] (enchanched fork of ACM 5.0[2]) — classic old-school 3D flight simulator. [0] http://wiki.flightgear.org/images/cache/2/2b/Vertigo_%2528flight_sim%2529.html http://wiki.flightgear.org/images/cache/2/2b/Vertigo_%2528fl... [1] http://www.icosaedro.it/acm/download.html http://www.icosaedro.it/acm/download.html [2] https://wiki.flightgear.org/ACM_%28flight_sim%29 https://wiki.flightgear.org/ACM_%28flight_sim%29

themodelplumber 6y ago
I play Flightgear on a ThinkPad T420 a couple times a week and get 30-60fps. It's just a matter of adjusting rendering settings. The feeling of flight doesn't change much. Keyboard flight controls work fine too... Not sure if that's a modern PC in your mind, but it's not exactly a speed demon. :-)
- app4soft 6y ago
  > I play FlightGear Version/Platform? > on a ThinkPad T420 This is not cheap PC. Try run FlightGear on cheap laptops produced before 2010.
  - themodelplumber 6y ago
    Wow, 11 years? That's getting pretty far back. Still, I wonder...my FG settings are low but not terribly low. I would guess it could be done. For example, I'm not using the 2D cockpit. Edit: 2019.1.1/Linux
    - app4soft 6y ago
      > Wow, 11 years? As for me, if desktop software can't properly work under Linux on cheap 10-year-old laptop then this is not good enough or not optimized app at all. > I'm not using the 2D cockpit. Because it will drop FPS under 30 FPS, right?
      - themodelplumber 6y ago
        I would guess you represent the extreme case then. :-) Using the 2D cockpit should result in more FPS, rather than fewer. It's worth a try.
  - stonogo 6y ago
    The T420 came out in 2011. They're available on ebay for under a hundred dollars.
  - anthk 6y ago
    Back in the day I played FG on a Geforce 2, but things changed a lot. But you can play FG on lowest settings at 1024x768 in a 2008-9 laptop perfectly.

themodelplumber 6y ago

I play Flightgear on a ThinkPad T420 a couple times a week and get 30-60fps. It's just a matter of adjusting rendering settings. The feeling of flight doesn't change much. Keyboard flight controls work fine too... Not sure if that's a modern PC in your mind, but it's not exactly a speed demon. :-)

app4soft 6y ago
> I play FlightGear Version/Platform? > on a ThinkPad T420 This is not cheap PC. Try run FlightGear on cheap laptops produced before 2010.
- themodelplumber 6y ago
  Wow, 11 years? That's getting pretty far back. Still, I wonder...my FG settings are low but not terribly low. I would guess it could be done. For example, I'm not using the 2D cockpit. Edit: 2019.1.1/Linux
  - app4soft 6y ago
    > Wow, 11 years? As for me, if desktop software can't properly work under Linux on cheap 10-year-old laptop then this is not good enough or not optimized app at all. > I'm not using the 2D cockpit. Because it will drop FPS under 30 FPS, right?
    - themodelplumber 6y ago
      I would guess you represent the extreme case then. :-) Using the 2D cockpit should result in more FPS, rather than fewer. It's worth a try.
- stonogo 6y ago
  The T420 came out in 2011. They're available on ebay for under a hundred dollars.
- anthk 6y ago
  Back in the day I played FG on a Geforce 2, but things changed a lot. But you can play FG on lowest settings at 1024x768 in a 2008-9 laptop perfectly.