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Linux Air Combat released /Choose Your Platform/BetaTestVersions/README.txt
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We just found a bug in version 9.76 that will never be seen by those installing this version 9.76 of LAC on a computer that has never run LAC before. However, people that are upgrading from a prior version of LAC will probably suffer from the bug described in our "LAC Bug Tracking" forum HERE: https://sourceforge.net/p/linuxaircombat/discussion/lacbugtracking/thread/b33e5e2bd1/ Fortunately, we've found two simple "workarounds" and either of them will solve the problems. Those two workarounds are...
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This has been fixed in new version 9.76.
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Fortunately, we've found two easy ways to work around this problem with version Lac09p76 as follows: 1 of 2: Delete your ~home/.LAC/LacConfig.txt file. LAC will automatically rebuild it using default values that won't trigger the problem. Of course, after restarting LAC it will run in a "generic" window with "generic" CommunityHandle, etc. You will want to resize your preferred video display size, favorite airplane, graphic detail settings, etc. All of these settings are easily accessible through...
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Fortunately, we've found two easy ways to work around this problem with version Lac09p76 as follows: 1 of 2: Delete your ~home/.LAC/LacConfig.txt file. LAC will automatically rebuild it using default values that won't trigger the problem. Of course, after restarting LAC it will run in a "generic" window with "generic" CommunityHandle, etc. You will want to resize your preferred video display size, favorite airplane, graphic detail settings, etc. All of these settings are easily accessible through...
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When attempting to access an online mission, LAC sometimes exits with the following message: UNABLE TO RESOLVE HOST NAME. THIS MEANS YOU HAVE NO INTERNET ACCESS, OR ELSE YOUR DNS SERVER IS TEMPORARILY DOWN. IF YOUR COMPUTER CANNOT GET INTERNET ACCESS, NONE OF LAC'S ONLINE MISSIONS WILL WORK AND LAC MAY EXIT IF YOU ATTEMPT TO START ANY OF THOSE ONLINE MISSIONS. If the user has installed espeak tp help LAC verbalize text, the user also hears this text verbalized: LAC IS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE HOST NAME....
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When attempting to access an online mission, LAC sometimes exits with the following message: UNABLE TO RESOLVE HOST NAME. THIS MEANS YOU HAVE NO INTERNET ACCESS, OR ELSE YOUR DNS SERVER IS TEMPORARILY DOWN. IF YOUR COMPUTER CANNOT GET INTERNET ACCESS, NONE OF LAC'S ONLINE MISSIONS WILL WORK AND LAC MAY EXIT IF YOU ATTEMPT TO START ANY OF THOSE ONLINE MISSIONS. If the user has installed espeak tp help LAC verbalize text, the user also hears this text verbalized: LAC IS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE HOST NAME....
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When attempting to access an online mission, LAC sometimes exits with the following message: UNABLE TO RESOLVE HOST NAME. THIS MEANS YOU HAVE NO INTERNET ACCESS, OR ELSE YOUR DNS SERVER IS TEMPORARILY DOWN. IF YOUR COMPUTER CANNOT GET INTERNET ACCESS, NONE OF LAC'S ONLINE MISSIONS WILL WORK AND LAC MAY EXIT IF YOU ATTEMPT TO START ANY OF THOSE ONLINE MISSIONS. If the user has installed espeak tp help LAC verbalize text, the user also hears this text verbalized: LAC IS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE HOST NAME....
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When attempting to access an online mission, LAC sometimes exits with the following message: UNABLE TO RESOLVE HOST NAME. THIS MEANS YOU HAVE NO INTERNET ACCESS, OR ELSE YOUR DNS SERVER IS TEMPORARILY DOWN. IF YOUR COMPUTER CANNOT GET INTERNET ACCESS, NONE OF LAC'S ONLINE MISSIONS WILL WORK AND LAC MAY EXIT IF YOU ATTEMPT TO START ANY OF THOSE ONLINE MISSIONS. If the user has installed espeak tp help LAC verbalize text, the user also hears this text verbalized: LAC IS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE HOST NAME....
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As always, you can find a description of every released version of Linux Air Combat from our online "ChangeLog" page HERE.
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We just released new version 9.76 for Beta Testing. Check our BetaTestVersions download archive HERE. You'll find download archive files for: * Compiling on any LINUX platform from source code * Precompiled, executable AppImage for any popular LINUX distro on industry-standard x86 hardware * Precompiled, executable AppImage for Valve SteamDeck * Precompiled, executable for Raspberry Pi5 And Raspberry Pi fans will also find shell scripts to automate download, compile, configure, and install steps...
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This has been fixed in alpha test version 9.76.
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In version 9.75, dive acceleration is a little too rapid and should be slowed down and smoothed out a bit.
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The SteamDeck version should add 1024 to the default value of "NetworkMode" to activate the WW2-style cockpit instruments by default.
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The SteamDeck version should add 1024 to the default value of "NetworkMode" to activate the WW2-style cockpit instruments by default.
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Another easy option is just to get EVERYBODY to tune to the "MISSIONCAST" channel for your selected Realm and Mission. Every LAC mission has three mumble channels on the LAC Mumble Server. Those three channels are always arranged according to a well-established pattern. As an example, the three channels used in Realm01 for Mission 3 are arranged like THIS: MissionNetworkBattle03 | |________M3Blue | |________M3Red In this example, "M3Blue" is the TEAMCAST channel for the BlueTeam, "M3Red" is the TEAMCAST...
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Another easy option is just to get EVERYBODY to tune to the "MISSIONCAST" channel for your selected Realm and Mission. Every LAC mission has three mumble channels on the LAC Mumble Server. Those three channels are always arranged according to a well-established pattern. As an example, the three channels used in Realm01 for Mission 3 are arranged like THIS: MissionNetworkBattle03 | |________M3Blue | |________M3Red In this example, "M3Blue" is the TEAMCAST channel for the BlueTeam, "M3Red" is the TEAMCAST...
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Another approach to solving this problem has been available with the upgrade to LAC version 9.75. It's described HERE: https://sourceforge.net/p/linuxaircombat/discussion/lacandsteamdeck/thread/c35fb7ea0d/
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We just released the new production version 9.75 of LAC for the Valve Steam Deck. Download it from our "Steam Deck" download page (where you can always find our latest production software for Steam Deck) here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/Steam%20Deck/ As an option, this version supports the new "WW2-style" cockpit instruments with round, "analog" instruments. To enable that option, you must edit your ~home/.LAC/LacConfig.txt file according to the...
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We just released the new production version 9.75 of LAC for the Valve Steam Deck. Download it from our "Steam Deck" download page (where you can always find our latest production software for Steam Deck) here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/Steam%20Deck/ As an option, this version supports the new "WW2-style" cockpit instruments with round, "analog" instruments. To enable that option, you must edit your ~home/.LAC/LacConfig.txt file according to the...
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We just released the new production version 9.75 of LAC for the Valve Steam Deck. Download it from our "Steam Deck" download page (where you can always find our latest production software for Steam Deck) here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/Steam%20Deck/ As an option, this version supports the new "WW2-style" cockpit instruments with round, "analog" instruments. To enable that option, you must edit your ~home/.LAC/LacConfig.txt file according to the...
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We just released the new production version 9.75 of LAC for the Valve Steam Deck. Download it from our "Steam Deck" download page (where you can always find our latest production software for Steam Deck) here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/Steam%20Deck/ As an option, this version supports the new "WW2-style" cockpit instruments with round, "analog" instruments. To enable that option, you must edit your ~home/.LAC/LacConfig.txt file according to the...
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We just released the new production version 9.75 of LAC for the Valve Steam Deck. Download it from our "Steam Deck" download page (where you can always find our latest production software for Steam Deck) here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/Steam%20Deck/ As an option, this version supports the new "WW2-style" cockpit instruments with round, "analog" instruments. To enable that option, you must edit your ~home/.LAC/LacConfig.txt file according to the...
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LAC has long had a provision, generally mapped to the "F10" function key and available whenever the player is participating in an online mission, that switches Mumble to the channel matching the player's current Realm, Mission, and Team. By default, LAC activates this function at the commencement of every online mission so players normally hear any voice activity from their team mates. Extensive online experience has shown that LAC should be enhanced with similar, new logic that switches Mumble to...
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New version 9.75 (promoted to"Production" status 23Sep2024, includes this improvement. Accordingly, I am marking this thread "DONE".
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New version 9.75 (promoted to"Production" status 23Sep2024, includes this improvement. Accordingly, I am marking this thread "DONE".
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New version 9.75 (promoted to "Production" status on 23Sep2024)includes this change. I am marking this thread "DONE" accordingly.
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Version 9.75, which was promoted to "Production" status on 23Sep2025, includes the new code for this feature. Accordingly, I am marking this thread "DONE".
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New version 9.75 has been promoted to "Production" status and includes this fix. I am marking this thread "RESOLVED".
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I just promoted version 9.75 (Lac09p75) from "Beta Test" to "Production Status". Accordingly, this version 9.75 is now our official, supported version. The beta-test version of 9.75 needed NO changes to qualify for production use, so those that already downloaded beta-test version 9.75 don't need to change anything. During the next few days we will be updating our online documentation to reflect this change. From that standpoint, the main change is that our standard keyboard mapping for "F12" and...
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This bug has been fixed in alpha-test version 9.76, undergoing evaluation in our development labs at the time of this writing on 21Sep2024.
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This bug has been fixed in alpha-test version 9.76, undergoing evaluation in our development labs at the time of this writing on 21Sep2024. Accordingly, we are marking this bug as "ALPHA TEST".
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Future versions of LAC will fix this bug, but for the present we've found a workaround. Just go into your hidden ~home/.LAC/LacConfig.txt file with your favorite, simple text editor and search for "PreferredWebBrowser". You'll find some explanatory text detailing how to edit that value with the name of the browser you are using. We have found that if you install the free, well-known "firefox" web browser, you can edit the "PreferredWebBrowser" area as follows to get it to work: # # From time to time...
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Further testing reveals that this bug also affects any attempt to access the "CHECK FOR MULTIMEDIA" button when seeking our video clips describing our missions. Fortunately, the workaround described above fixes this problem too.
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi5 Script to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for 32-bit Pi4b or 400 Script...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi5 Script to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for 32-bit Pi4b or 400 Script...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi5 Script to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for 32-bit Pi4b or 400 Script...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi5 Script to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for 32-bit Pi4b or 400 Script...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi5 Script to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for 32-bit Pi4b or 400 Script...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi5 Script to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for 32-bit Pi4b or 400 Script...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi5 Script to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for 32-bit Pi4b or 400 Script...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi5 Script to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for 32-bit Pi4b or 400 Script...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi5 Script to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for 32-bit Pi4b or 400 Script...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi5 Script to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for 32-bit Pi4b or 400 Script...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi5 Script to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for 32-bit Pi4b or 400 Script...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi5 Scripts to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for Pi4 or Pi400 AppImage for...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi/BetaTestVersions/) Scripts to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for Pi4 or...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros [Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5] AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi/BetaTestVersions/) Scripts to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for Pi4...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros [Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5]AutomaticInstallScriptsForRaspberryPi/BetaTestVersions/) Scripts to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for Pi4...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 Scripts to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for Pi4 or Pi400 AppImage for Steam Deck AppImage for of the leading...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 Scripts to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for Pi4 or Pi400 AppImage for Steam Deck AppImage for of the leading...
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We just released new version 9.75 for beta testing. Download it from our "Beta Test Versions" archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxaircombat/files/Choose%20Your%20Platform/BetaTestVersions/ At this point we have The usual source code archive ready to compile on any of the leading linux distros Precompiled version with source code for the Raspberry Pi 5 Scripts to download the Raspberry Pi5 source code and compile it for Pi4 or Pi400 AppImage for Steam Deck AppImage for of the leading...
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On certain LINUX distros (including at least a few old versions of Ubuntu and most releases for Steam Deck), LAC terminates with a "segmentation fault" after some period of normal flight. Usually this seems to happen during sustained violent maneuvers and especially during violent, accelerated stalls as the aircraft begins to shudder and enter into or exit from blackout. We've had consistent success overcoming this problem by editing the hidden ~home/.LAC/LacConfig.txt file and setting the "256"...
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On certain LINUX distros (including at least a few old versions of Ubuntu and most releases for Steam Deck), LAC terminates with a "segmentation fault" after some period of normal flight. Usually this seems to happen during sustained violent maneuvers and especially during violent, accelerated stalls as the aircraft begins to shudder and enter into or exit from blackout. We've had consistent success overcoming this problem by editing the hidden ~home/.LAC/LacConfig.txt file and setting the "256"...
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On certain LINUX distros (including at least a few old versions of Ubuntu and most releases for Steam Deck), LAC terminates with a "segmentation fault" after some period of normal flight. Usually this seems to happen during sustained violent maneuvers and especially during violent, accelerated stalls as the aircraft begins to shudder and enter into or exit from blackout. We've had consistent success overcoming this problem by editing the hidden ~home/.LAC/LacConfig.txt file and setting the "256"...
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On certain LINUX distros (including at least a few old versions of Ubuntu and most releases for Steam Deck), LAC terminates with a "segmentation fault" after some period of normal flight. Usually this seems to happen during sustained violent maneuvers and especially during violent, accelerated stalls as the aircraft begins to shudder and enter into or exit from blackout. We've had consistent success overcoming this problem by editing the hidden ~home/.LAC/LacConfig.txt file and setting the "256"...
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Recent versions of LAC (including the current beta-test version 9.75) fail to launch the user's browser in response to the "CHECK FOR MULTIMEDIA" buttons displayed in the aircraft selection menus. Consequently, LAC's very enjoyable, museum-like immersion into online YouTube aircraft documentaries is not available from the aircraft selection menus. As an example, here is one of the pages that should be (but is not) seen: https://askmisterwizard.com/2019/LinuxAirCombat/Planes/03.htm On the other hand,...
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Future versions of LAC will fix this bug, but for the present we've found a workaround. Just go into your hidden ~home/.LAC/LacConfig.txt file with your favorite, simple text editor and search for "PreferredWebBrowser". You'll find some explanatory text explaining how to edit that value with the name of the browser you are using. We have found that if you install the free, well-known "firefox" web browser, you can edit the "PreferredWebBrowser" area as follows to get it to work: # # From time to...
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Future versions of LAC will fix this bug, but for the present we've found a workaround. Just go into your hidden ~home/.LAC/LacConfig.txt file and search for "PreferredWebBrowser". You'll find some explanatory text explaining how to use edit that value with the name of the browser you are using. We have found that if you install the free, well-known "firefox" web browser, you can edit the "PreferredWebBrowser" area as follows to get it to work: # # From time to time LAC will try to activate your...
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Recent versions of LAC fail to launch the user's browser in response to the "CHECK FOR MULTIMEDIA" buttons displayed in the aircraft selection menus. Consequently, LAC's very enjoyable, museum-like immersion into online YouTube aircraft documentaries is not available from the aircraft selection menus. As an example, here is one of the pages that should be (but is not) seen: https://askmisterwizard.com/2019/LinuxAirCombat/Planes/03.htm On the other hand, the "CHECK FOR MULTIMEDIA" button DOES work...
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