Social \ Google Earths hidden flight simulator

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abuu91 says:

It was something a little odd to comeby and rather unexpected by me. Apparently the latest version of Google Earth (also hyped up about having the sky watching feature) has a hidden flight simulator build into it. You can activate it by pressing Ctrl + Alt + A.It doesn't come all that close to what the Microsoft Flight simulators provide but it's still something acceptable with the option of picking two planes and a few airports.

Why just hover over the land when you can really fly over it, in a fake sort of way. Oh and it should also be really fun if you got a joystick.

Newest Google Earth - earth.google.com/

Source and Guide on how to do it - www.techcrunch.com/

02/09/2007

pinked - Kiama, NSW

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xLAMBIEx says:

WOW thats pretty cool.

02/09/2007

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IAMColonel says:

Wow, that looks pretty cool, checking it out now.

02/09/2007

Those damn pipe dreams.

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abuu91 says:

It's hell difficult to fly without a joystick. I tried using the mouse for awhile and gave up after about two minutes. It's a cool concept though. I hope they improve it more in later versions of Google Earth.

02/09/2007

pinked - Kiama, NSW

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IAMColonel says:

Yea its okay, very hard though.

And it's not hidden, there's quite clearly a tab for it in tools

02/09/2007

Those damn pipe dreams.

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Shocker says:

What are the system requirements you need to use this?
I want use this, i just dont want my computer to explode...
=EDIT=
Found 'em.


What are the minimum requirements for Google Earth?

Below are the minimum and recommended system requirements for Google Earth:

Minimum Configuration
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- Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP
- Pentium 3, 500Mhz
- 128M RAM
- 400MB disk space
- Network speed: 128Kbits/sec
- 3D-capable video card with 16Mbytes of VRAM
- 1024x768, "16-bit High Color" screen

Recommended Configuration
-------------------------

- Microsoft Windows XP
- Pentium 4 2.4GHz+ or AMD 2400xp+
- 512M RAM
- 2 GB of free disk space
- Network speed: 768 Kbits/sec or better (DSL/Cable)
- 3D-capable video card with 32 MB of VRAM or greater
- 1280x1024, "32-bit True Color" screen

Please also be aware that the following graphics cards will not run Google Earth:
- ATI Rage Mobility
- ATI XPERT
- ATI 3D Rage

02/09/2007

Bonny Hills

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abuu91 says:

IAMColonel said: Yea its okay, very hard though.

And it's not hidden, there's quite clearly a tab for it in tools

Yeah I noticed that right after I begun using it. Any computer dating back up for about seven years should be able to run Google Earth on its minimum assuming it has a decent enough graphics card.

02/09/2007

pinked - Kiama, NSW

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Shocker says:

Thats a good thing then. Im going to download it right now.

02/09/2007

Bonny Hills

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DAZacdude says:

How do u take off????
:O

02/09/2007

rathole

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member8898 says:

at least it's out for Linux, not too fun to install tho

02/09/2007

Mandurah,Western Australia (I am the egg man, I am the egg man. I am the Walrus

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simmsy says:

near where i live there was a part blurred out because its fort halstead a military controlled area

02/09/2007

Behind you! ;D

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DAZacdude says:

LOL awsme

02/09/2007

rathole

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abuu91 says:

member8898 said: at least it's out for Linux, not too fun to install tho

How much terminal did it take? I ran it on my windows machine to avoid hassles.

02/09/2007

pinked - Kiama, NSW

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Lewace11 says:  

Sooooo, KOOOOOOOooooOOOOOOOL

I crashed into my School

03/09/2007

www.lewace11.co.uk |::| Scottish Borders, UK

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member8898 says:

Abuu91 said:How much terminal did it take? I ran it on my windows machine to avoid hassles.

nah not to much just download the .bin file to desktop change directory to /home/*username*/Desktop and type 'sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin' and it is pretty much self explanatory from there (make sure you have the latest nvidia drivers intalled)

03/09/2007

Mandurah,Western Australia (I am the egg man, I am the egg man. I am the Walrus

 

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