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For comparison, on 26Sep2025 I went online and asked the well-known "Perplexity.ai" Artificial Intelligence service to answer exactly the same question (shown italicized at the top of the prior posting in this thread). Here is the answer I got from Perplexity.ai, which is interesting to compare with the similar answer from grok: Newcomers to "Linux Air Combat" (LAC) joining online missions often find a welcoming and well-documented environment, especially if they take advantage of community resources...
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For comparison, on 26Sep2025 I went online and asked the well-known "Perplexity.ai" Artificial Intelligence service to answer exactly the same question (shown italicized at the top of the prior posting in this thread). Here is the answer I got from Perplexity.ai, which is interesting to compare with the similar answer from grok: Newcomers to "Linux Air Combat" (LAC) joining online missions often find a welcoming and well-documented environment, especially if they take advantage of community resources...
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For comparison, on 26Sep2025 I went online and asked the well-known "Perplexity.ai" Artificial Intelligence service to answer exactly the same question (shown italicized at the top of the prior posting in this thread). Here is the answer I got from Perplexity.ai, which is interesting to compare with the similar answer from grok: Newcomers to "Linux Air Combat" (LAC) joining online missions often find a welcoming and well-documented environment, especially if they take advantage of community resources...
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For comparison, on 26Sep2025 I went online and asked the well-known "Perplexity.ai" Artificial Intelligence service to answer exactly the same question (shown italicized at the top of the prior posting in this thread). Here is the answer I got from Perplexity.ai, which is interesting to compare with the similar answer from grok: Newcomers to "Linux Air Combat" (LAC) joining online missions often find a welcoming and well-documented environment, especially if they take advantage of community resources...
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For comparison, on 26Sep2025 I went online and asked the well-known "Perplexity.ai" Artificial Intelligence service to answer exactly the same question (shown italicized at the top of the prior posting in this thread). Here is the answer I got from Perplexity.ai, which is interesting to compare with the similar answer from grok: Newcomers to "Linux Air Combat" (LAC) joining online missions often find a welcoming and well-documented environment, especially if they take advantage of community resources...
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For comparison, on 26Sep2025 I went online and asked the well-known "Perplexity.ai" Artificial Intelligence service to answer exactly the same question (shown italicized at the top of the prior posting in this thread). Here is the answer I got from Perplexity.ai, which is interesting to compare with the similar answer from grok: Newcomers to "Linux Air Combat" (LAC) joining online missions often find a welcoming and well-documented environment, especially if they take advantage of community resources...
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For comparison, on 26Sep2025 I went online and asked the well-known "Perplexity.ai" Artificial Intelligence service to answer exactly the same question (shown italicized at the top of the prior posting in this thread). Here is the answer I got from Perplexity.ai, which is interesting to compare with the similar answer from grok: Newcomers to "Linux Air Combat" (LAC) joining online missions often find a welcoming and well-documented environment, especially if they take advantage of community resources...
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For comparison, on 26Sep2025 I went online and asked the well-known "Perplexity.ai" Artificial Intelligence service to answer exactly the same question (shown italicized at the top of the prior posting in this thread). Here is the answer I got from Perplexity.ai, which is interesting to compare with the similar answer from grok: Newcomers to "Linux Air Combat" (LAC) joining online missions often find a welcoming and well-documented environment, especially if they take advantage of community resources...
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For comparison, on 26Sep2025 I went online and asked the well-known "Perplexity.ai" Artificial Intelligence service to answer exactly the same question (shown italicized at the top of the prior posting in this thread). Here is the answer I got from Perplexity.ai, which is interesting to compare with the similar answer from grok: Newcomers to "Linux Air Combat" (LAC) joining online missions often find a welcoming and well-documented environment, especially if they take advantage of community resources...
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*For comparison, on 26Sep2025 I went online and asked the well-known "Perplexity.ai" Artificial Intelligence service to answer exactly the same question (shown italicized at the top of the prior posting in this thread). Here is the answer I got from Perplexity.ai, which is interesting to compare with the similar answer from grok: * =========================== Newcomers to "Linux Air Combat" (LAC) joining online missions often find a welcoming and well-documented environment, especially if they take...
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What is it like for newcomers to "Linux air combat" joining online missions? If they already have experience with other flight sims, will that knowledge transfer easily into LAC's combat? Is the LAC online community helpful to newcomers? Or do newcomers get slaughtered? How can newcomers best become competitive? Does prior knowledge about aviation and combat flight tactics really help? For newcomers to Linux Air Combat (LAC), joining online missions can initially feel overwhelming due to the high...
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What is it like for newcomers to "Linux air combat" joining online missions? If they already have experience with other flight sims, will that knowledge transfer easily into LAC's combat? Is the LAC online community helpful to newcomers? Or do newcomers get slaughtered? How can newcomers best become competitive? Does prior knowledge about aviation and combat flight tactics really help? For newcomers to Linux Air Combat (LAC), joining online missions can initially feel overwhelming due to the high...
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What is it like for newcomers to "Linux air combat" joining online missions? If they already have experience with other flight sims, will that knowledge transfer easily into LAC's combat? Is the LAC online community helpful to newcomers? Or do newcomers get slaughtered? How can newcomers best become competitive? Does prior knowledge about aviation and combat flight tactics really help? For newcomers to Linux Air Combat (LAC), joining online missions can initially feel overwhelming due to the high...
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Linux Air Combat updated /Choose Your Platform/BetaTestVersions/README.txt
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Update: on 21Mar2024 I installed the latest xfce version of MX Linux (MX-23.2-x64.iso from Jan2024). I burned the ISO to a bootable DVD, booted it up in "Linux Live" mode without installing to my hard drive, downloaded LAC's current AppImage (Version 9.61) and saw that it would NOT respond to LAC's built-in menus. I've seen this on a lot of distros lately, so I used the optional "LacMenuLauncher" to avoid use of LAC's built-in menus. Learn more about LacMenuLauncher in our LacMenuLauncher forum....
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Welcome to our "Boot into LINUX & LAC the EASY WAY" forum! This forum is new as of Sep2025, and it's unlike our other forums. If you are happily using your favorite LINUX distro to host LAC, you probably won't be needing anything published here. Look elsewhere for the latest Linux Air Combat install kits and tools. On the other hand, if you're a Microsoft "Windows" user wondering how to dabble in LINUX enough to evaluate LAC, you'll find very useful tools here and this is the best place to ask for...
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Here's a comparison of LAC with other online, multi-player combat flight simulators that are LINUX based (or that can easily be adapted for use on LINUX). This comparison was done in Sep2025 by the well-known "grok.com" Artificial Intelligence service: https://askmisterwizard.com/2019/LinuxAirCombat/LACreviewByGrokSep2025.pdf
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Welcome to our "Boot into LINUX & LAC the EASY WAY" forum! This forum is new as of Sep2025, and it's unlike our other forums. If you are happily using your favorite LINUX distro to host LAC, you probably won't be needing anything published here. Look elsewhere for the latest Linux Air Combat install kits and tools. On the other hand, if you're a Microsoft "Windows" user wondering how to dabble in LINUX enough to evaluate LAC, you'll find very useful tools here and this is the best place to ask for...
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Welcome to our "Boot into LINUX & LAC the EASY WAY" forum! This forum is new as of Sep2025, and it's unlike our other forums. If you are happily using your favorite LINUX distro to host LAC, you probably won't be needing anything published here. Look elsewhere for the latest Linux Air Combat install kits and tools. On the other hand, if you're a Microsoft "Windows" user wondering how to dabble in LINUX enough to evaluate LAC, you'll find very useful tools here and this is the best place to ask for...
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If you're a Windows user and need help getting started with LAC without overhauling your existing Windows setup, you should check the new forum we named "Boot into LINUX & LAC the EASY WAY". You'll find that getting started is easier (and less risky) than you thought. That forum is here: https://sourceforge.net/p/linuxaircombat/discussion/bootportablelinuxandlac/
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You can always download our available "ISO" files from THIS area of our SourceForge download archives: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BootableX86LinuxWithLAC/ You'll also find a "README.txt" file there that you'll want to print out because it contains handy instructions that you'll need during the first minute or two using the downloaded ISO file.
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Welcome to our "Boot into LINUX & LAC the EASY WAY" forum! This forum is new as of Sep2025, and it's unlike our other forums. If you are happily using your favorite LINUX distro to host LAC, you probably won't be needing anything published here. Look elsewhere for the latest Linux Air Combat install kits and tools. On the other hand, if you're a Microsoft "Windows" user wondering how to dabble in LINUX enough to evaluate LAC, you'll find very useful tools here and this is the best place to ask for...
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I just created a new area in the "Downloads" section of our SourceForge publications. It's named "BootableLinuxForLAC" and you can find it HERE: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BootableX86LinuxWithLAC/ Hereafter, it will always contain an entire. bootable, portable, READ-ONLY desktop LINUX system that will automatically adapt to almost any industry-standard "X86" hardware and that is fully equipped with LAC and all of its usual companion tools. You can...
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On 17Sep2025 I asked the Artificial Intelligence "grok.com" service the following question: "What is it like to fly online among other Sentient pilots of Linux Air Combat if I remain in a mission long enough for my team to prevail, even when I get shot down and need to return to the fight? Please comment about interplayer communication, strategic/tactical planning, and managing air superiority as components of any immersive, social, and educational value*. Here is the answer from grok.com: Flying...
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On 17Sep2025 I asked the Artificial Intelligence "grok.com" service the following question: "What is it like to fly online among other Sentient pilots of Linux Air Combat if I remain in a mission long enough for my team to prevail, even when I get shot down and need to return to the fight? Please comment about interplayer communication, strategic/tactical planning, and managing air superiority as components of any immersive, social, and educational value." **Here is the answer from grok.com: ** Flying...
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On 17Sep2025 I asked the Artificial Intelligence "grok.com" service the following question: "What is it like to fly online among other Sentient pilots of Linux Air Combat if I remain in a mission long enough for my team to prevail, even when I get shot down and need to return to the fight? Please comment about interplayer communication, strategic/tactical planning, and managing air superiority as components of any immersive, social, and educational value." **Here is the answer from grok.com: ** Flying...
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Somehow that link has gone stale. Now it will just take you to "perplexity.ai" where you can ask any question. I recommend you paste this question into the query box: "What is Linux Air Combat and how does it compare to other combat flight simulators for LINUX"?
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LAC Version 9.83 is now also available in a comprehensive, downloadable "Linux Live" version of LINUX, in a large (2.9 GB) .iso file that you can burn to a bootable DVD ROM disk or to a bootable flash memory ("Thumbdrive") device that will run desktop LINUX, configured for use of LAC, on any mainstream, industry-standard "X86" desktop PC built since about 2007. Here's a direct link with instructions: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BootableLinuxForLAC/...
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LAC Version 9.83 is now also available in a comprehensive, downloadable "Linux Live" version of LINUX, in a large (2.9 GB) .iso file that you can burn to a bootable DVD ROM disk or to a bootable flash memory ("Thumbdrive") device that will run desktop LINUX, configured for use of LAC, on any mainstream, industry-standard "X86" desktop PC built since about 2007. Here's a direct link with instructions: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BootableLinuxForL...
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I just created a new area in the "Downloads" section of our SourceForge publications. It's named "BootableLinuxForLAC" and you can find it HERE: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BootableLinuxForLAC/ Hereafter, it will always contain an entire. bootable, portable, READ-ONLY desktop LINUX system that will automatically adapt to almost any industry-standard "X86" hardware and that is fully equipped with LAC and all of its usual companion tools. You can download...
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What is it like for newcomers to "Linux air combat" joining online missions? If they already have experience with other flight sims, will that knowledge transfer easily into LAC's combat? Is the LAC online community helpful to newcomers? Or do newcomers get slaughtered? How can newcomers best become competitive? Does prior knowledge about aviation and combat flight tactics really help? For newcomers to Linux Air Combat (LAC), joining online missions can initially feel overwhelming due to the small...
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I just released version 9.83 for general-purpose production use on all platforms. An AppImage version is available here for all industry-standard LINUX distros using X86 hardware according to the usual pattern: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/Precompiled%20binaries%20%28no%20source%20code%29/ Full source code is available here, ready to compile on any LINUX distro, according to the usual pattern: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/Most%20LINUX%20Desktops%20%28in%20the%20global%20usr%20filesystem%20for%20all%20users%29/...
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I just released version 9.83 for general-purpose production use on all platforms. An AppImage version is available here for all industry-standard LINUX distros using X86 hardware according to the usual pattern: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/Precompiled%20binaries%20(no%20source%20code)/ Full source code is available here, ready to compile on any LINUX distro, according to the usual pattern: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/Most%20LINUX%20Desktops%20%28in%20the%20global%20usr%20filesystem%20for%20all%20users%29/...
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If you decide to configure your Windows machine for use hosting desktop "LINUX LIVE" as described immediately above, you are probably wondering where you can obtain a good LINUX install kit for the purpose. We're here to help! For our recommended "LINUX LIVE" distro, preconfigured with LAC, mumble, and all of the other handy tools and bootable from DVD ROM or from a bootable USB flash "thumbdrive", take a look at THIS thread from our forums: https://sourceforge.net/p/linuxaircombat/discussion/ge...
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I just created a new area in the "Downloads" area of our SourceForge publications. It's named "BootableLinuxForLAC" and you can find it HERE: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BootableLinuxForLAC/ Hereafter, it will always contain an entire. bootable, portable, READ-ONLY desktop LINUX system that will automatically adapt to almost any industry-standard "X86" hardware and that is fully equipped with LAC and all of its usual companion tools. You can download...
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In Aug2025 I went online and asked "grok.com" (google's free AI service) to review LAC's graphics versus the resulting, well-known "smoothness" of its flight simulation. Here is grok's evaluation: For an online player of average intelligence and familiarity with historic air combat, prioritizing social interaction and teamwork in Linux Air Combat (LAC), the attribute of smoothness (high framerate and responsive performance) is most valuable overall for immersion and credibility. Here's why, broken...
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In Aug2025 I went online and asked "grok.com" (google's free AI service) to review LAC's graphics versus the resulting, well-known "smoothness" of its flight simulation. Here is grok's evaluation: For an online player of average intelligence and familiarity with historic air combat, prioritizing social interaction and teamwork in Linux Air Combat (LAC), the attribute of smoothness (high framerate and responsive performance) is most valuable overall for immersion and credibility. Here's why, broken...
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In Aug2025 I went online and asked "grok.com" (google's free AI service) to review LAC's graphics versus the resulting, well-known "smoothness" of its flight simulation. Here is grok's evaluation: For an online player of average intelligence and familiarity with historic air combat, prioritizing social interaction and teamwork in Linux Air Combat (LAC), the attribute of smoothness (high framerate and responsive performance) is most valuable overall for immersion and credibility. Here's why, broken...
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In Aug2025 I went online and asked "grok.com" (google's free AI service) to review LAC's graphics versus the resulting, well-known "smoothness" of its flight simulation. Here is grok's evaluation: For an online player of average intelligence and familiarity with historic air combat, prioritizing social interaction and teamwork in Linux Air Combat (LAC), the attribute of smoothness (high framerate and responsive performance) is most valuable overall for immersion and credibility. Here's why, broken...
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In Aug2025 I went online and asked "grok.com" (google's free AI service) to review LAC's graphics versus the resulting, well-known "smoothness" of its flight simulation. Here is grok's evaluation: For an online player of average intelligence and familiarity with historic air combat, prioritizing social interaction and teamwork in Linux Air Combat (LAC), the attribute of smoothness (high framerate and responsive performance) is most valuable overall for immersion and credibility. Here's why, broken...
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In Aug2025 I went online and asked "grok.com" (google's free AI service) to review LAC's graphics versus the resulting, well-known "smoothness" of its flight simulation. Here is grok's evalutation: For an online player of average intelligence and familiarity with historic air combat, prioritizing social interaction and teamwork in Linux Air Combat (LAC), the attribute of smoothness (high framerate and responsive performance) is most valuable overall for immersion and credibility. Here's why, broken...
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**In Aug2025 I went online and asked "grok.com" (google's free AI service) to review LAC's graphics versus the resulting, well-known "smoothness" of its flight simulation. Here is grok's evalutation: ** For an online player of average intelligence and familiarity with historic air combat, prioritizing social interaction and teamwork in Linux Air Combat (LAC), the attribute of smoothness (high framerate and responsive performance) is most valuable overall for immersion and credibility. Here's why,...
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Since LAC version 9.62 (Feb2024) this little bug has been properly fixed. Now, on all modern LINUX versions, LAC will default to the web browser configured as default by the operating system, so there should never be any need to edit the LacConfig.txt file to change it to any other browser.
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Updated discussion of LAC can also be found HERE: https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=385492
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Since early 2024 there has been an EASIER way to get LAC running on your Raspberry Pi: we provide "shell scripts" for automatically downloading, compiling, linking, and installing LAC on 32-bit or 64-bit Raspberry Pi Operating Systems. Just run one of these scripts from within a bash shell according to longstanding Unix/Linux/Raspberry Pi norms. You won't need to make ANY changes to the source code. Just sit back and watch the script run! You should always be able to find the latest, greatest scripts...
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Well..... we changed this again. We restored the legacy handling of LAC's automated mumble management. Since Version 9.83, LAC has its automatic mumble management facility ACTIVATED by default, so new players will start out with LAC automatically connecting mumble with the best, most appropriate channel according to the selected Realm, Mission, and Team. For awhile we thought this was confusing new players unnecessarily. But with experience, we found we like the legacy defaults better, so we restored...
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Here's another one, showing the new "WW2-style" cockpit instruments, from Aug2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBcJbX72OHw&list=PL1IYes9MY6lLHqPYsrneVhaYCl3Odm_Uc&index=15&pp=iAQB
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Here's an insightful discussion of the tradeoff between LAC's consistently high framerate versus the higher graphic detail offered by other combat flight simulators: https://askmisterwizard.com/2019/LinuxAirCombat/PerplexityLacSmoothnessVsGraphicDetail250808.pdf
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I just released version 9.83 for production use on Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5. Beta testing on those platforms has demonstrated good stability and has been well received throughout our small Raspberry Pi community. As always, you can learn additional details from our online ChangeLog page here: https://askmisterwizard.com/2019/LinuxAirCombat/LinuxAirCombatChangeLog.htm
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It was good flying with you last Thursday Henk. With you, me, Craig, Savannah, and Sierra, we had five players on three separate continents all connecting through our New York server, and a very satisfying experience. Thanks for your patience with the two very young players. They enjoyed the things you demonstrated and taught!
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It was good flying with you last Thursday Hank. With you, me, Craig, Savannah, and Sierra, we had five players on three separate continents all connecting through our New York server, and a very satisfying experience. Thanks for your patience with the two very young players. They enjoyed the things you demonstrated and taught!
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We just released new LAC version 9.83 for beta testing. This new version derives directly from beta-test version 9.82 and improves startup timing with a new 3-second delay between launching mumble and displaying LAC's startup menus. As always, you can learn additional details from our online ChangeLog page here: https://askmisterwizard.com/2019/LinuxAirCombat/LinuxAirCombatChangeLog.htm
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Henk Vanneste posted a comment on discussion Mumble and LAC
Dear bbosen, That KMix program was not a very good solution for me : It had problems from the start on, and also I think I already had a better solution : -> for users still working with PulseAudio : the allround sound control "pavucontrol" -> and users using pipewire audio (introduced as a better alternative for pulseaudio) : "pwvucontrol" Greetings, Henk Vanneste .
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Dear Mr. @bbosen, or may I call you Robert here ... There's an error in the times that we'll do on these two (new)users gatherings playing Linux Air Combat : For the first gathering, my time will be 02:30 PM (I'm 2 hours in front of Zulu Time) ! And for the second gathering, my time is 01:00 AM, but I have a vacation now and I'll be joining both Gatherings . See you then, everybody !
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No problem. This has been a thorny bug that we have never found. But the workarounds seem to satisfy most people and I sincerely hope you find a way forward that won't trouble you too much. Our little community would LOVE to fly online with you once you sort out the startup challenges and practice offline enough to get some confidence.
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ethical_haquer posted a comment on discussion LAC Bug tracking
Thanks for the reply! Yes, that is indeed the bug I have been experiencing. Sorry I opened a duplicate thread. I searched for "water", but apparently I missed the hit for that thread. I am using AMD Radeon graphics. I was able to play many missions without this problem, but then I changed graphics settings... :) I'll have to see if I can find a config that doesn't glitch. Thanks again!
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Update Jul2024: The information earlier in this thread about the filesystem location of the :water1.tga: file is stale. By default, that file is now located at /usr/share/lac/textures/water1.tga
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Hi. Thanks for participating in the LAC "Bug Tracking" forum. I think you are describing a known bug that has troubled us for years. Take a look at THIS thread: https://sourceforge.net/p/linuxaircombat/discussion/lacbugtracking/thread/bbe0ad8223/ Does that sound like your bug?
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Most people that suffer from this bug just "live with it", since: 1- Restarting LAC always solves it, and it remains well-behaved throughout the next sortie. 2- It is present on SOME computers and NEVER on other computers 3- It seems to be related to certain graphic card drivers 4- We have NOT been able to completely eliminate it. On the affected systems, it seems beyond our control.
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First of all, thanks for the effort you put into LAC @bbosen! I opened an issue related to stalling a while ago (b/c I wasn't increasing throttle), and now I've started using LAC again, so I'll probably be opening more issues and questions here. :) Anyways, back to the problem - When I open LAC and start a mission, everything renders fine. Then, once I exit that mission and start another one, the water has severe graphical issues. If I close and reopen LAC, the same thing always happens: The first...
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First of all, thanks for the effort you put into LAC @bbosen! I opened an issue related to stalling a while ago (b/c I wasn't increasing throttle), and now I've started using LAC again, so I'll probably be opening more issues and questions here. :) Anyways, back to the problem - When I open LAC and start a mission, everything renders fine. Then, once I exit that mission and start another one, the water has severe graphical issues. If I close and reopen LAC, the same thing always happens: The first...
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This game controller configuration makes the best starting point for configuring MOST console game controllers for use with Linux Air Combat. Most of today's console game controllers duplicate the main structure and arrangement of their controls according to the same pattern used by this Vilros controller, so by copying the file referenced above to your ~home/.LAC/LacControls.txt file, almost any console game controller that more-or-less resembles the one illustrated above will probably work. You...