RC Simulator in linux?

[john_doe]

Hi all.

Have been surfing around for some time, but can't find any simulator for linux... Anyone know of any?

For some time I have been running linux as my primary os, but I have an dualboot with windows only so I can use my realflight G3... But I hate windows and therefore hate to reboot just to practise on the simulator. I would love to have something to practice on in linux, even if it is as 'acurate' as FMS :P I might even try to program one myself, but i'm not too sure of how to implement heli physics.

[=-C°G-=]

Hi all.
Have been surfing around for some time, but can't find any simulator for linux... Anyone know of any?

Have you tried working with Wine or Cedega?
I got G3 to install into Wine and it will even attempt to load but, does not complete. Based on the logs, I think it is something to do with the DirectX compatibility. Cedega uses Winex and supposedly it has better support for DX9. I haven't had to much time to troubleshoot and run any debuging. If you are decent with programming maybe try working with those tools?

There was a Nix based rc glider sim floating around. I had found it at one point but, the name escapes me at this time. I'll post later if I can come across it.

-Chris

[daijoubu]

Clearview is a Java app... Maybe you'll have some luck there. I've been meaning to try it before my next road trip.

[=-C°G-=]

I had some time to do a little more tinkering.
Clearview;
Installed into Wine fine.
Runs, but animation is a little funky, only was able to use the keyboard. Trying to configure for the controller and session hangs. The X session gets all screwed up and does not clear up after closing clearview. Had to restart X to clear and all was fine.
Promising but needs more tinkering...
Going upon daijoubu's tip of it being a Java app, (and Java being multi-platform I tried running it with the Java libraries installed in Ubuntu. Made progress but, not to the point of it loading completely. I'm very new to Java so, hard to figure out what classes need to be loaded and where errors are occuring. Going to talk with a co-working who is a Java programmer to see if I can get any pointers.
For comparison I ran Clearview in windows and the animation was the same so, I think its possible but, will take some more time.

FMS, installs with Wine but, barely runs.

I'll keep tinkering with Clearview as I have time.

[john_doe]

tanks for the replies :D

I have tried G3 with wine, but it won't load proberly. I'm not sure how to use wine really, so I might have done something wrong. FMS I have been able to load in wine, but I'm not able to use my stick. If you have time and will to continue trying to get G3/FMS to work in wine/cedega, I would apriciate it very much as I'm a real noob in linux :P

I'm currently in the process of coding my own simulator :P It might suck, but it's better than nothing. And if it turns out to be somewhat usebale I might release it for the public if theres any interest. As stated in my orginal post, I know next to nothing about programming 'realistic' physics for helis/planes, so this can be educational.

[Vantskruv]

It would be nice to help this guy out instead of coding your own sim. This sim is based on crrsim, though the sim doesn't support Linux (yet hopefully), and it haven't been released for the public yet. But it seems very promising. Just push this developer to the right direction with support of heli-dynamics and Linux, and this would be great, set som pressure on him! ;) It seems to have nice graphics and it uses OpenGL!

http://rcsim.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rcsim/
Screens: http://new.photos.yahoo.com/tdzikuc/album/576460762375325503

[john_doe]

great finding :D Will contact him and offer my help on a linux port. By the looks of the screenshots he allready have much done, so implementing heli dynamics should be alot easier.

[s.illes79]

nice thread, just found this:

http://www.ipacs.de/forum/showpost.php?p=13178&postcount=2

looks cool:
http://www.aerofly.com/www/gallery.html

native (unsuppored)linux version of a professional rc sim, sounds to good to be true

update: demo version requires a usb key? how the hell am I supposed to evaluate?

[Tombo]

Hi,

try this http://www.heli-x.net

It works fine with Linux and next time also on Mac :)

Thomas

[s.illes79]

cheer mate, this simulator is pretty cool, works perfectly with my esky tx on linux :)

[uvlight]

You may want to try HeliSim by "markb" I am running it with wine, everything works great.

http://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=53247

[bassplayinDude]

Hi,

try this http://www.heli-x.net

It works fine with Linux and next time also on Mac :)

Thomas

I hope Apple gets on the ball and releases JRE 1.6_03 soon so I can run this sim on my MacBook.

[tailStrike]

Whatsup guys, I'm on the same quest after ditching doze following a sour experience with a Vista upgrade. Shame I can't get G3 to run. It's a tease to see the splash screen to come up under wine just for it to crash. Mine crashes before getting to the interlink prompt that most people report.

Anyways, I'm off to try clearview and Heli-X.

[tailStrike]

I had some time to do a little more tinkering.
Clearview;
Installed into Wine fine.
Runs, but animation is a little funky, only was able to use the keyboard. Trying to configure for the controller and session hangs. The X session gets all screwed up and does not clear up after closing clearview. Had to restart X to clear and all was fine.
Promising but needs more tinkering...
Going upon daijoubu's tip of it being a Java app, (and Java being multi-platform I tried running it with the Java libraries installed in Ubuntu. Made progress but, not to the point of it loading completely. I'm very new to Java so, hard to figure out what classes need to be loaded and where errors are occuring. Going to talk with a co-working who is a Java programmer to see if I can get any pointers.
For comparison I ran Clearview in windows and the animation was the same so, I think its possible but, will take some more time.

FMS, installs with Wine but, barely runs.

I'll keep tinkering with Clearview as I have time.
Just wanted to note that although the installer for Clearview is a windows executable that will need to be ran under wine, you won't want to use wine to run the app since that will mean running the JRE under wine. That's likely the reason for the choppy animation you saw. I'm going to see if I can't get the thing running under a linux-native JRE.

EDIT: Bah, looks like java.library.path is used to load some windows native DLL's so running clearview natively won't work after all without a lot more work...on to X-Heli.

[carl0s]

Just wanted to note that although the installer for Clearview is a windows executable that will need to be ran under wine, you won't want to use wine to run the app since that will mean running the JRE under wine. That's likely the reason for the choppy animation you saw. I'm going to see if I can't get the thing running under a linux-native JRE.

EDIT: Bah, looks like java.library.path is used to load some windows native DLL's so running clearview natively won't work after all without a lot more work...on to X-Heli.

How did you get on with Heli-X in the end?

I run Linux here on a very capable computer (Quad core Q6600 3GHz x4, 4gb, good graphics, big screen etc.) but I have to run my sim (Phoenix) on my Thinkpad. It runs great on the Thinkpad but I really want a Linux sim. I'll have to find a compatible interface lead.

So how did you get on?

[jfrock25]

I too am running Helisim RC on Linux under wine and it works great. Im using it with my DX6i Radio.

This is the only simulator I have ever used but I like it. The menu buttoms on top dont show up but it doesnt matter, you can see whats in the menu as soon as you it with the mouse.