KFreeFlight is a software program that provides a graphical user interface for FlightGear, allowing users to navigate and control virtual aircraft in a realistic and immersive environment.
It is important to note that the options entered into KFreeFlight are not verified by the program and incorrect options, such as using a character instead of a number, can make FlightGear unstable. There are also known bugs with some aircraft not displaying pixmap due to being in a different directory (e.g. seafireIII in the spitfire directory) and sometimes spaces appearing when reloading the configuration. In such cases, using QString::stripWhiteSpace() can solve the issue, and users are encouraged to contact the developer if the problem persists.
For installation on Linux, the following steps need to be followed: ./configure, make, and make install. If the user has an exotic KDE installation, such as on GENTOO, they can type ./configure --prefix=Path/to/KDE/Directory, like /usr/kde/3.4/, for example.
In the stable release of version 0.2.1 RC1, KFreeFlight added new options like shadow effects for aircraft, AI objects, and scenery objects, bump mapped clouds, a reload aircraft list button, and ATC-Chatter option (FlightGear CVS version only). The latest release fixed critical bugs. Overall, KFreeFlight is a useful frontend for FlightGear, especially for those running on uncommon Linux distributions.
Version 0.3.2-r2: N/A