Palomino Flight Simulator - Manual

http://www.palomino3d.org http://www.jimbrooks.org/sim/

To quickly start flying: Press F3, then F12, then 7, then Cursor Down.
On Mac, press the Apple key while pressing a function key.

Pass -game to enable a basic game module.

Keyboard

ESC	menu
CTRL + C	exit program
F1	flight mode (first-person)
F2	pan mode
F3	control aircraft #1
F4	control aircraft #2
cursor left \| right (q \| w)	roll (rotate Z)
cursor up \| down (a \| s)	pitch (rotate X)
z \| x	yaw (rotate Y)
e \| r	move forward/backward (translate Z)
d \| f	move left/right (translate X)
c \| v	move up/down (translate Y)
g	landing gear (toggle)
0..9	throttle
CTRL \| SHIFT	minify\|magnify maneuver rate
SHIFT + 1..0	adjust rotation rate or joystick response
SPACE	fire guns
TAB	toggle aircraft animation
BACKSPACE \| DELETE	reset view
F5	switch input device
F12	toggle chase-plane view
ALT + F12	reset chase-plane view
ALT + cursor	rotate chase-plane view
+ \| -	zoom chase-plane view
CTRL + S	save view
Shift + P	change perspective (frustum)
Shift + W	cycle weather and time-of-day
CTRL + P, END	pause toggle (freeze frame)
?	print info, toggle verbosity

Joystick

left \| right	roll (ailerons)
up \| down	pitch (tailplanes)
wheel (third axis)	throttle yaw (rudder)
button #1	fire guns
button #2, #4	rudder control using left/right axis

The program supports a fine degree of joystick calibration using cmd-line args.
To get help choosing values for the args, pass -jp to print joystick settings.
Using the viewport GUI, click "JOYSTICK CALIBRATION", then click "MENU" to turn menu screen off.

The joystick args support a set of following sub-args for a 3-axis joystick. If your system has a 2-axis joystick, the program will use it without throttle/rudder control. Sub-args can be omitted: the program will choose default values for omitted args.

A 3-axis joystick can be moved in 6 directions. The range of movement in any one direction that the program measures as movement can be specified by a set of 6 maximum values and 6 minimum values (a max/min pair for every direction). The full possible range within one direction is 0..32767. slow fast refers to the third axis (throttle/wheel) on a 3-axis joystick.

-jmin [left right up down slow fast]
-jmax [left right up down slow fast]
Default/typical values:
-jmin  8000  8000  8000  8000  8000  8000
-jmax 32767 32767 32767 32767 32767 32767

A shorter but less accurate way to set the joystick's deadzones is provided by -jdz. It is less accurate as the same deadzone value is used for both directions of the same axis.

-jdz x y z

To calibrate the program's responsiveness to joystick movement (in all 3 axises), pass -jr x y z
x=y=z=1 is typical.

The direction of each axis can be reversed by -jd
Pass "-1" to reverse or "1" otherwise.

-jd 1 1 -1   reverse direction of wheel (axis #3)

Command-line Args

Args override any counterparts in the configuration file.
Any following args override preceding args.
For example, "-fastest" reduces the level-of-detail.
"-fastest -lod" raises the level-of-detail back to the default.

-v	verbose mode
-view	load saved view
-no-config	use default settings instead of loading configuration file
-config pathname	specify pathname of configuration file (usually unnecessary)
-gui-zoom	GUI zoom size (1.0 is normal, more than 2.0 is probably too much)
-con, -no-con	enable console (Windows)
-demo	demo mode
-craft n	amount of craft (applies to demo mode)
-memory	conserve memory (default)
-fast, -faster, -fastest	faster rendering at expense of memory and level-of-detail
-lod, -lod=max, -lod=high, -lod=mid, -lod=low, -lod=min	level-of-detail -lod selects the default
-textures=on\|off	Enabling textures is overridden by low LOD.
-antialias=on\|off	Disable antialiasing (in case of rendering problems).
-freq	set frequency of rendering (milliseconds)
-j	enable joystick
-jp	print joystick values (to aid calibration)
-jr x y z	set joystick responsiveness {0.0,...,n.n}
-jdz x y z	set deadzones {0,..,32767}
-jd x, y, z	set axis directions {-1 or 1}
-jmin x1 y1 z1 x2 y2 z2	set joystick axis minimums {0,..,32767}
-jmax x1 y1 z1 x2 y2 z2	set joystick axis maximums {0,..,32767}
-j3=throttle\|rudder\|none	joystick wheel control
-jautofire
-world=normal\|large\|huge	size of the simulated world
-verdant, -desert
-hills, -mountains[=huge], -mountain-density n.n
-no-trees, -tree-density n.n
-water-density n.n
-fog-density n.n	0 to disable fog
-fog-quality n.n
-cloud-density n.n
-collisions=on\|off
-rude, -polite	affects program behavior (literally), default is polite

Configuration File

Settings are stored in $HOME/.palomino.cfg or C:\palomino.cfg
A different filename can be specified by passing -config pathname

Issues, Troubleshooting

If fonts are too small/large after adjusting them, restart the program with the -no-config or "-gui-zoom 1.0" arg.

If rendering problems occur, try passing -no-antialias or -lod=min.

If aircraft look jaggy, pass -no-fsaa for older video cards that don't support full-screen anti-aliasing (FSAA).