Sunday, July 3, 2011

fbsound for fly_earth_chung geplugin flight simulator

i have developped an opensource sound and joystick interface (car,plane,jet, shooting, explode sounds with volume and speed + web url launcher) in freebasic for fly_earth_chung google earth plugin flight simulator.

you can find it there => https://sourceforge.net/projects/flyearthchung/  (5Mo zip)

runs like a single application (sound/joystick manager + web url launcher)
can run on a small netbook (12fps)

(31/07/2011) calibrate fbsound function added (search left-down game view corner if sounds dont work yet)
(04/08/2011) shooting added [space] key (works better with ie8 or firefox)
(06/08/2011) joystick and gamepad support added (no plugin needed)
(10/08/2011) altimeter ,soundcrash added
(13/08/2011) ships,shipcarrier with landing added
(26/08/2011) multiplayer should work (tested with 4 players)
(12/09/2011) multiplayer chat msg added
(11/05/2012) increased browser priority (confirm asked)
(25/05/2012) "formation" voice added

no firewall bypass,no special web authorization, just reading screen pixels and sending joystick data as keystrokes to the web apps.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

fly_earth_chung free google earth plugin flight simulator

fly_earth_chung is a free 3D flight / car / shoot simulator using google earth geplugin, javascript and freebasic. Explore the world in plane, car, feet or shoot other planes. Include a freebasic exe application for full featured sound interface and web launcher .can run on a small netbook (12fps).

click there to play => http://chungswebsite.blogspot.com/p/flyearthchung.html    (rather use freebasic launcher to add sounds/joystick) 
  
(23/06/2011) should work on iexplorer8
(23/06/2011) should work on firefox
(23/06/2011) should work on chrome
(26/06/2011) freebasic fbsound exe interface and launcher added.
(29/06/2011) jet added
(02/07/2011) 2nd plane , radar added
(06/07/2011) clouds added ([C] key)
(14/07/2011) new dedicated website nguyenc-chung.appspot.com
(17/07/2011) 9 planes added, enhanced performances
(27/07/2011) multiplayers added (max 10, 100 in globe map mode)
(04/08/2011) shooting added [space] or [return] keys
(06/08/2011) joystick and gamepad support (no plugin needed,included in freebasic launcher)
(28/08/2011) flashing points on radar means lower planes
(26/04/2012) real time of day added
(28/04/2012) enhanced clouds + number selection (ctrl+C)
(02/05/2012) 3D cessna cockpit added
(11/05/2012) details=0 added for small PCs
(20/05/2012) formation flight added ([F]key)
(25/05/2012) azimut compas added
(25/05/2012) sun display (time of day) removed for details<5 as i remarked recent versions of geplugin eated all the cpu on my netbook
(27/05/2012) rolling and vibring cockpits

freebasic exe application (full featured sound/joystick interface with volume and speed, and web launcher)
click here => https://sourceforge.net/projects/flyearthchung/   (5Mo,source included)
runs like an ordinary program (sound+web in a single shortcut)

note : if you havent installed google earth plugin yet, a popup menu will ask you to install it (follow instructions). (nothing else to install)


the first time you come to a place, there will be only a flat land, objects will appear progressively as datas are downloaded.(reserve about 1Go free disk space on c:/ drive)

should work on iexplorer8, chrome and firefox , other browsers : to try
cookies,javascript,& plugins activex must be enabled
 

keys :
pageup,N => accelerate
pagedown,B => decelerate
arrow keys => direction  ,  num1/num3 => queue
fullscreen(on/off)=>F11
escape,Q  => save and quit
P,H => pause,help
Space, return =>  shoot  ,  V => viseur
T => tourelle view
J,K => cockpit change (plane,jet,plane3D,on/off)
control + arrow left/right => level of details (less/more)
M => borders and towns names (on/off)
C => clouds change