Re: [Flightgear-devel] FGElev and macOS

[James T. <ja...@fl...>]

> On 21 Jun 2023, at 22:00, Rhys Ackerman <rhy...@gm...> wrote:
> 
> 
> I have attempted to use fgelev today but had no success. Running the executable gives the following output:
> 
> ```Now checking for plug-in osgPlugins/osgdb_nvtt.dylib
> Error reading file w180s90-360x180.spt: file not found
> 1.30 [ALRT]:general    ./fgelev: No data loaded```
> 
> This happens however it is run, clicking the executable, running it with command line flags and data, or from calling via a python script. The issue is not present on Windows, and presumably not Linux either. 
> 
> Is this user error which I tried to rule out, or is there perhaps an issue of sorts with FGElev on macOS which hasn;t been picked up on before. I have tested this on 2 separate macOS systems both producing the same result.

I’ve never run it ‘properly’ on macOS, this does look like a path / file-naming issue. Can you post the full command line you’re trying? And maybe the command line that works on Linux to compare?

Kind regards,
James