Free Flight, Free Speech

THE FOLLOWING CODE SNIPPETS HAVE BEEN AMENDED TO MATCH NEW SERVER IP AS OF DEC 31, 2015. PLEASE UPDATE YOUR FILES.
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The FGMEMBERS multiplayer server is now available! This server is designed to provide a stable and oppression-free experience for aviation enthusiasts. Due to its strategic location in New Jersey, USA, the average pings are kept below 100ms for Central Europe and some of Eastern Europe.

Advantages over the official servers:

• No banning without warning and valid reason.
• Not interconnected with official servers; thus more freedom to fly in places such as SFO.
• Other pilots and ATC are visible from up to 600 NM away! This allows for a larger ATC coverage and easier communication.

Disadvantages:

• Isolation (Let's make it active!)
• No tracking system (for the moment)

Connection info:


Configuration for Multiplayer Dialog

Do not skip the following configuration, otherwise you won't be able to connect through FG!

METHOD 1 (The Right Way):

1. OPEN $FG_ROOT/gui/dialogs/multiplayer.xml (You can backup if you'd like)
2. FIND this line:
   

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   var static_serverList = [
3. On the NEXT line, ADD this:
   

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   ['172.93.103.204', 'New Jersey, USA'],
4. FIND these lines:
   

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           <layout>hbox</layout>
        <default-padding>10</default-padding>
        <empty><stretch>true</stretch></empty>
5. Starting from the NEXT line, ADD this: (or alternatively, add after the first button)
   

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        <button>
          <legend>Connect to FGMEMBERS</legend>
          <equal>false</equal>
          <enable>
            <not>
              <property>/sim/multiplay/online</property>
            </not>
          </enable>
          <binding>
            <command>dialog-apply</command>
          </binding>
          <binding>
            <command>nasal</command>
            <script>
            fgcommand("multiplayer-connect",  props.Node.new({
              "servername": "172.93.103.204 - New Jersey, USA",
              "rxport": 16605,
              "txport": 16605
            }));
            </script>
          </binding>
        </button>

6. Save
7. If you were running FG this whole time, go to Debug->Reload GUI to update the dialog.

METHOD 2 (The Quick and Dirty Way):
This is my configuration for FG 3.7, your version may be different. If this fails, try method 1.

1. OPEN $FG_ROOT/gui/dialogs/multiplayer.xml (You can backup if you'd like)
2. REPLACE ALL contents with this:
   

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   <?xml version="1.0"?>


<PropertyList>
    <name>multiplayer</name>
    <layout>vbox</layout>
    <resizable>false</resizable>

    <nasal>
        <open><![CDATA[
            if ((getprop("/sim/multiplay/selected-server") == nil) or
                (getprop("/sim/multiplay/selected-server") == "" )   ){
                var tx = getprop("/sim/multiplay/txhost");
                var dlg = cmdarg();
                var servers = cmdarg().getChildren("group")[1].getChildren("combo")[0].getChildren("value");
                foreach (var s; servers) {
                    var server = s.getValue();
                    var host = split(" ", server)[0];
                    if (host == tx) {
                        setprop("/sim/multiplay/selected-server", server);
                    }
                }
            }
           
            var servers = props.globals.getNode("/sim/gui/dialogs/multiplay/servers", 1);
            var updateServers = func(n) {
                if( !n.getValue() ) return;
                servers.removeChildren("value");               
                # get the results list from the server
                var serverlist = props.globals.getNode("/sim/multiplay/server-list", 1);
           
                var i=0;
                foreach (var s; serverlist.getChildren("server")) {
                   
                    if (!s.getNode("online").getBoolValue()) {
                      continue; # skip offline servers
                    }
                 
                # label is name and location, for the moment
                # should we include the number of users? or wait until we
                # have a better UI toolkit?
                    var nm = s.getNode("hostname").getValue() ~ " - " ~ s.getNode("location").getValue();
                    servers.getNode("value[" ~ i ~ "]", 1).setValue(nm);
                    i += 1;
                }

                gui.dialog_update("multiplayer", "host");
            }
           
            var static_serverList = [
               ['172.93.103.204', 'New Jersey, USA'],
                    ['mpserver01.flightgear.org', 'Frankfurt, Germany'],
                    ['mpserver02.flightgear.org', 'Kansas, USA'],
                    ['mpserver03.flightgear.org', 'Germany'],
                    ['mpserver04.flightgear.org', 'United Kingdom'],
                    ['mpserver05.flightgear.org', 'Chicago, USA'],
                    ['mpserver07.flightgear.org', 'Wisconsin, USA'],
                    ['mpserver08.flightgear.org', 'Frankfurt am Main, Germany'],
                    ['mpserver09.flightgear.org', 'Koln, Germany'],
                    ['mpserver10.flightgear.org', 'Montpellier, France'],
                    ['mpserver11.flightgear.org', 'Vilnius, Lithuania'],
                    ['mpserver12.flightgear.org', 'Amsterdam, Netherlands'],
                    ['mpserver13.flightgear.org', 'Grenoble, France']
                ];
               
            var updateServersFailed = func(n) {
                if( !n.getValue() ) return;
                debug.dump("Failed to retrieve server list!");
   
                servers.removeChildren("value");
                var i=0;
                foreach (var s; static_serverList) {
                # create the node the PUI combo
                    var nm = s[0] ~ " - " ~ s[1];
                    servers.getNode("value[" ~ i ~ "]", 1).setValue(nm);
                    i += 1;
                }
               
                gui.dialog_update("multiplayer", "host");
            }
           
            # listen for results arriving
            setlistener("/sim/multiplay/got-servers", updateServers);
            setlistener("/sim/multiplay/get-servers-failure", updateServersFailed);
            fgcommand("multiplayer-refreshserverlist");
            ]]>
        </open>
       
        <close>
        </close>
    </nasal>
   
    <!-- titlebar -->
    <group>
        <layout>hbox</layout>
        <empty><stretch>1</stretch></empty>

        <text>
            <label>Multiplayer Settings</label>
        </text>

        <empty><stretch>1</stretch></empty>

        <button>
            <pref-width>16</pref-width>
            <pref-height>16</pref-height>
            <legend></legend>
            <keynum>27</keynum>
            <border>2</border>
            <binding>
                <command>dialog-close</command>
            </binding>
        </button>
    </group>
    <hrule/>

    <!-- main dialog area -->
    <group>
        <layout>table</layout>
        <halign>center</halign>

        <text>
            <row>0</row>
            <col>0</col>
            <label>   Options:</label>
            <halign>right</halign>
        </text>
        <checkbox>
            <row>0</row>
            <col>1</col>
            <colspan>2</colspan>
            <halign>left</halign>
            <name>hide-replay</name>
            <label>Hide replay sessions over MP (less annoying to other players)</label>
            <property>/sim/multiplay/freeze-on-replay</property>
            <binding>
                <command>dialog-apply</command>
                <object-name>hide-replay</object-name>
            </binding>
        </checkbox>

        <checkbox>
            <row>1</row>
            <col>1</col>
            <colspan>2</colspan>
            <halign>left</halign>
            <name>ai-traffic</name>
            <label>Show AI Traffic (mixing MP and AI traffic may be confusing)</label>
            <property>/sim/traffic-manager/enabled</property>
            <binding>
                <command>dialog-apply</command>
                <object-name>ai-traffic</object-name>
            </binding>
        </checkbox>

        <text>
          <row>2</row><col>0</col>
          <halign>right</halign>
          <label>   Callsign:</label>
        </text>
        <input>
          <row>2</row><col>1</col>
          <halign>left</halign>
          <property>/sim/multiplay/callsign</property>
          <enable>
            <not>
              <property>/sim/multiplay/online</property>
            </not>
          </enable>
        </input>

        <text>
          <row>3</row><col>0</col>
          <halign>right</halign>
          <label>Server:</label>
        </text>
        <combo>
            <name>host</name>
            <halign>left</halign>
            <row>3</row><col>1</col>
            <colspan>2</colspan>
            <pref-width>350</pref-width>
            <property>/sim/multiplay/selected-server</property>
            <editable>false</editable>
           
            <properties>/sim/gui/dialogs/multiplay/servers</properties>
        </combo>

        <!-- status area -->
        <text>
            <visible>
                <not><property>/sim/multiplay/online</property></not>
            </visible>
            <row>5</row>
            <col>1</col>
            <halign>left</halign>
            <label>Not connected</label>
        </text>

        <text>
            <visible>
                <property>/sim/multiplay/online</property>
            </visible>
            <row>5</row>
            <col>1</col>
            <halign>left</halign>
            <label>MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM</label>
            <format>Connected to %s</format>
            <property>/sim/multiplay/txhost</property>
            <live>true</live>
        </text>
    </group>

    <!-- button area -->
    <hrule/>
    <group>
        <layout>hbox</layout>
        <default-padding>10</default-padding>
        <empty><stretch>true</stretch></empty>

        <button>
          <legend>Connect</legend>
          <equal>true</equal>
          <enable>
            <not>
              <property>/sim/multiplay/online</property>
            </not>
          </enable>
          <binding>
            <command>dialog-apply</command>
          </binding>
          <binding>
            <command>nasal</command>
            <script>
            fgcommand("multiplayer-connect",  props.Node.new({
              "servername": getprop("/sim/multiplay/selected-server"),
              "rxport": 5000,
              "txport": 5000
            }));
            </script>
          </binding>
        </button>
      
        <button>
          <legend>Connect to FGMEMBERS</legend>
          <equal>false</equal>
          <enable>
            <not>
              <property>/sim/multiplay/online</property>
            </not>
          </enable>
          <binding>
            <command>dialog-apply</command>
          </binding>
          <binding>
            <command>nasal</command>
            <script>
            fgcommand("multiplayer-connect",  props.Node.new({
              "servername": "172.93.103.204 - New Jersey, USA",
              "rxport": 16605,
              "txport": 16605
            }));
            </script>
          </binding>
        </button>

        <button>
          <legend>Disconnect</legend>
          <equal>true</equal>
          <enable>
            <property>/sim/multiplay/online</property>
          </enable>
          <binding>
            <command>dialog-apply</command>
          </binding>
          <binding>
            <command>multiplayer-disconnect</command>
            <subsystem>mp</subsystem>
          </binding>
        </button>

        <button>
            <row>1</row><col>2</col>
            <legend>Server Status</legend>
            <binding>
                <command>open-browser</command>
                <path>http://mpmap01.flightgear.org/mpstatus/</path>
            </binding>
        </button>

        <button>
          <legend>Close</legend>
          <default>true</default>
          <equal>true</equal>
          <binding>
            <command>dialog-close</command>
          </binding>
        </button>

        <empty><stretch>true</stretch></empty>
    </group>
   
</PropertyList>

3. Save
4. If you were running FG this whole time, go to Debug->Reload GUI to update the dialog.

Congrats! You now have this pretty button:


Tracking and FGMap

In the near future, a tracking system will be made available. But for right now, there is no tracker!

As of now, FGMap is only available though external providers. Link

Thanks Omega for setting this up

@ALL

If you are using FGDATA next with submodules, all you need to do is pull your fgdata repository, and the configuration will be updated



Have a safe but FREE flight!

IH-COL

This is awesome! Thanks, Omega.

By the way, if the first method doesn't work, run flightgear with the console box debugger thing. If it says something like "Failed to parse LONG_FILEPATH/multiplayer.xml, then there is a dreaded syntax error....
Use http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_validator.asp to see where you screwed up.

Whoa, dude!
Wonderful!
So, we need to tell others about the new server on the USA TOUR page or else ask for interlinking -- which probably won't work.
I assume it will not be used tomorrow?

Wow, thanks a lot, that is awesome! Do we use it tomorrow or is the time to short to inform everyone?

Yes! Let's try this out. Its range of 600 nm will help everyone to remain within radar of each other, specially if the head group is far from the tail group!

Also very helpful if Omega wants to offer CTR services

So I edited the GUI like Omega suggested and I got the button in the MP menu, but it's not connecting to anything?

Syntax error thingy?

yes. Probably.

multiplayer.xml

Maybe just download the file above and replace your file in $FGDATA/gui/dialogs/multiplayer.xml

That could work (No. It does not, unless you are in FG 3.5 / FG 3.7)

Its 11PM on the eve of the tour and I can't get it working. I have tried 4 ways. I don't have fgrun as I am running mac os 10.10 and they have there own GUI launcher (which you can't select the MP sever). Who ever designed that should be murdered, however that not the point of this post.

1. Omega Method One: I did the instructions word for word 5 time and when I load FG the menu won't pop up.

2. Omega Method Two: The meanu pops up however the connect and connect to FGMembers is greyed out and unclickable.

3. Tried to open FG via terminal but my computer decided FGFS doesn't exist. -Head Slap-

4. A combination of Method one and two: the two cone buttons are not greyed out but nothing happens when you click them.

I am trying my best to show up here and you not making it easy.