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feat(docs): add desktop entry for VATSIM
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### Installing swift
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### Installing swift
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Download the Windows installer from their [GitHub repository](https://github.com/swift-project/pilotclient/releases/latest)
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Download the Windows installer from their [GitHub repository](https://github.com/swift-project/pilotclient/releases/latest)
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and run the installer through [Protontricks](/msfs/protontricks#terminal).
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and run the installer through [Protontricks](/msfs/protontricks).
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The configuration wizard should launch automatically.
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The configuration wizard should launch automatically.
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1. Simulator: FSX
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1. Simulator: FSX
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2. Simulator directory: set the directory to `%appdata%/Microsoft Flight Simulator`
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2. Simulator directory: set the directory to `%appdata%/Microsoft Flight Simulator`
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3. Model directories: `%appdata%/Microsoft Flight Simulator/Packages/Community` and ``%appdata%/Microsoft Flight Simulator/Packages/Official`
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3. Model directories: `%appdata%/Microsoft Flight Simulator/Packages/Community` and `%appdata%/Microsoft Flight Simulator/Packages/Official`
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Then click next.
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Then click next.
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Configure your hotkeys, you'd at least need one for push to talk. Then click Finish.
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Configure your hotkeys, you'd at least need one for push to talk. Then click Finish.
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You should now be able to connect to VATSIM! The next steps are to
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[create a .desktop file](#optional-create-a-desktop-entry-for-swift-in-proton) for convenience, or setting
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up a [separate Linux swift client](#optional-installing-swift-on-linux) to connect to the Windows swift client.
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There may not be much of a benefit for doing so, but you do get to use a native Linux client. If you are not interested
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in any of this, just skip to [testing swift](#testing-swift).
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### (Optional) Create a Desktop Entry for swift in Proton
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Creating a [desktop entry](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html)
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should make opening the swift client easier as you will not have to find the location manually each time.
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These files will go into `~/.local/share/applications/`, but you can create multiple directories inside it to make it
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easier to manage your custom Desktop Entries that you manually created. For example on my system, I stored this entry
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under
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```
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~/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/swift/
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```
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Create a Desktop Entry inside a location specified above, with a text editor of your choice. The name of the file is
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irrelevant as long as it has the `.desktop` extension.
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When creating the `.desktop` file, make sure that the directory is correct for the swift version you have installed.
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```desktop copy filename="swiftlauncher.desktop"
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[Desktop Entry]
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Name=Swift Launcher (Proton)
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Exec=protontricks -c "wine C:/Program\\ Files/swift-0.12-64bit/bin/swiftlauncher.exe" 1250410
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Type=Application
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StartupNotify=true
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Categories=Game;Simulation;
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```
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Then make sure to update the database for desktop entries by running this command in the terminal
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```shell copy
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update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications
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```
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You should now be able to find the Swift Launcher in your Desktop Environment's application launcher.
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### (Optional) Installing swift on Linux
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### Testing swift
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If you haven't used VATSIM before, you should read up on the
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[guides](https://vatsim.net/docs/basics/getting-started), but if not, you can join as an observer at a busy airport,
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with ATC preferably ([map for convenience](https://map.vatsim.net/)), and hopefully you should hear ATC and
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</Steps>
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</Steps>
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