Instructions
Installation
Download
Get the packages you need from downloads section. There are Fedora Core 5 RPMs, Ubuntu Dapper DEBs and Windows .ZIP versions available. You need two packages - the binary package and data package.
Install
Install the packages. In Linux use the package management software of your distribution. In Windows just unzip the openbirds-x.x.zip somewhere on your hard drive and unzip the openbirds-data-x.x.zip under the newly created OpenBirds directory.
Configure
Configure OpenBirds. In Linux copy /etc/openbirds/*.conf to your home directory. Edit these files to suit your needs. In Windows the files are in OpenBirds directory.
- input.conf - Joystick axes and buttons
- simulator.conf - Various stuff
- graphics.conf - Resolution etc
Gameplay
Controls
- Joystick or arrow keys - main controls.
- asdw - secondary controls
- v - Toggle view mode (RC/Outside/Free)
- Right mouse button - Toggle mouse look
- z,x - Left and right wheel brake
- f,r - Flaps down / up
- space,b - Fire main / secondary weapon
- +,-,joystick slider - Throttle (no separate engine toggle yet)
- pageup,pagedown - Also throttle (It's been reported that +/- don't always work)
- Enter - Open text console
- F1, F2 - Instrument panel on/off
- F3 - Toggle fullscreen (Does not work on Windows)
- Mouse + asdw - Movement in FPS mode (Not yet)
- ESC - Enter menu with (q)uit and (p)ause (Pause is broken)
- i,k - Elevator trim down/up
- j,l - Aileron trim left/right
- Keypad - Views
Running the game
In Linux the game can be launched from games section of the start menu. In Windows double-click the OpenBirds.exe icon. Note: if you experience problems running the game, launch it from console to get text output useful for fault finding. Read the release notes for known problems.
After starting OpenBirds you can choose between Offline, H2H and Online game. Most commands are given with text console. Press enter to open console and write your command. The text console is used for chat in network games.
Offline
Play yourself. In a short while other planes "Spit 2", "Spit 3", etc will start taking off the field. Try to shoot them down.Commands:
.spawn - (re)Spawn the vehicle .despawn - Despawn
H2H
H2H is pretty much untested. You can connect to another OpenBirds player to play head to head.Commands:
.host - Wait for connection from other player .connect [address] - Connect to hosting player anything else - Chat (when connected)
Online
Connects you to multiplayer server where you can play with other players.Commands:
.connect - Connect to the server .help - Help on commands .who - List players on server .spawn - Spawn to the game world .despawn - Exit game world .handle [handle] - change your handle Anything else - Chat (when connected)