{"id":20479,"date":"2020-07-22T14:36:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T13:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20479"},"modified":"2020-07-22T14:37:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T13:37:22","slug":"linux-air-combat-flight-simulator-running-on-the-raspberry-pi-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20479","title":{"rendered":"Linux Air Combat &#8211; flight simulator running on the Raspberry Pi 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20481\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KillShot01.jpg?resize=560%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KillShot01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KillShot01.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KillShot01.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KillShot01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KillShot01.jpg?resize=560%2C315&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KillShot01.jpg?resize=260%2C146&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KillShot01.jpg?resize=160%2C90&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KillShot01.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Linux Air Combat looks like a great flight simulator, but it has previously struggled to be installed and run on the Raspberry Pi. Lack of processor speed and memory has meant that the Pi hasn&#8217;t <em>quite<\/em> been up to the challenge. Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/forums\/viewtopic.php?p=1699734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">great news from B Bosen<\/a> who has reported on the Raspberry Pi Forums that LAC works on the 4GB Raspberry Pi 4. You can watch a video of the simulator in action below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LInux Air Combat on Raspberry Pi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0x1o3tyYgRc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to install it and have a go yourself, you can find out how to do it on the video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Compiling Linux Air Combat on Raspberry Pi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XeYBhxb_yrk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/askmisterwizard.com\/2019\/LinuxAirCombat\/Installers\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">installer for the Pi 4 is available here<\/a> and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/askmisterwizard.com\/2019\/LinuxAirCombat\/LinuxAirCombat.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">find out tonnes of information about the software on the author&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It sounds, <a href=\"https:\/\/askmisterwizard.com\/2019\/LinuxAirCombat\/LacOnRaspberryPi.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to this page<\/a>, that you\u00a0<em>might<\/em> run into dependency issues, so feel free to comment below as to what you&#8217;ve experienced and how you&#8217;ve solved them (if you did!)<\/p>\n<p><em>Big thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cymplecy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon Walters<\/a> on Twitter for spotting this on the forums!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linux Air Combat looks like a great flight simulator, but it has previously struggled to be installed and run on the Raspberry Pi. 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