Added script to build/install the plugin on Linux and Macos. Thanks @…

…finger563 for the script

JSBSimForUnrealLinux.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# make build folder and cd into it
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+
+# build the jsbsim library with cmake
+cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-stdlib=libc++" ..
+make -j4
+
+# cd back to the root directory
+cd ..
+
+# set the unreal plugin folder for use in the script
+UNREAL_PLUGIN_FOLDER=./UnrealEngine/Plugins/JSBSimFlightDynamicsModel
+UNREAL_PLUGIN_INCLUDE_FOLDER=$UNREAL_PLUGIN_FOLDER/Source/ThirdParty/JSBSim/Include
+UNREAL_PLUGIN_LIB_FOLDER=$UNREAL_PLUGIN_FOLDER/Source/ThirdParty/JSBSim/Lib/Linux
+UNREAL_PLUGIN_RESOURCES_FOLDER=$UNREAL_PLUGIN_FOLDER/Resources/JSBSim
+
+echo "Copying JSBSim header files to Unreal plugin folder: $UNREAL_PLUGIN_INCLUDE_FOLDER"
+
+# make the  unreal plugin thirdparty/jsbsim/include folder
+rm -rf $UNREAL_PLUGIN_INCLUDE_FOLDER
+mkdir -p $UNREAL_PLUGIN_INCLUDE_FOLDER
+# copy the include files (.h,.hxx) from src (and its subdirectories) into unreal
+# plugin thirdparty/jsbsim/include folder, keeping the same directory structure
+# as in src. Since we're on macos, we use rsync instead of cp to preserve the
+# directory structure
+
+# Copy headers
+rsync -avm --include='*.h' --include='*.hpp' --include='*.hxx' -f 'hide,! */' src/ UnrealEngine/Plugins/JSBSimFlightDynamicsModel/Source/ThirdParty/JSBSim/Include/
+
+echo "Copying JSBSim library to Unreal plugin folder: 
+$UNREAL_PLUGIN_LIB_FOLDER"
+# make the unreal plugin thirdparty/jsbsim/lib folder
+mkdir -p $UNREAL_PLUGIN_LIB_FOLDER
+# copy the jsbsim library from the build folder into the unreal plugin
+# thirdparty/jsbsim/lib folder
+# cp ./build/src/libJSBSim.a $UNREAL_PLUGIN_LIB_FOLDER/.
+cp ./build/src/*.so $UNREAL_PLUGIN_LIB_FOLDER/.
+
+echo "Copying JSBSim resources to Unreal plugin folder: 
+$UNREAL_PLUGIN_RESOURCES_FOLDER"
+# make the unreal plugin resources folder
+mkdir -p $UNREAL_PLUGIN_RESOURCES_FOLDER
+# copy the aircraft, engine, and systems folders into the unreal plugin resources folder
+cp -r ./aircraft $UNREAL_PLUGIN_FOLDER/Resources/JSBSim/.
+cp -r ./engine $UNREAL_PLUGIN_FOLDER/Resources/JSBSim/.
+cp -r ./systems $UNREAL_PLUGIN_FOLDER/Resources/JSBSim/.

JSBSimForUnrealMac.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# make build folder and cd into it
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+
+# build the jsbsim library with cmake
+cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES="arm64;x86_64" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-stdlib=libc++" ..
+make -j4
+
+# cd back to the root directory
+cd ..
+
+# set the unreal plugin folder for use in the script
+UNREAL_PLUGIN_FOLDER=./UnrealEngine/Plugins/JSBSimFlightDynamicsModel
+UNREAL_PLUGIN_INCLUDE_FOLDER=$UNREAL_PLUGIN_FOLDER/Source/ThirdParty/JSBSim/Include
+UNREAL_PLUGIN_LIB_FOLDER=$UNREAL_PLUGIN_FOLDER/Source/ThirdParty/JSBSim/Lib/Mac
+UNREAL_PLUGIN_RESOURCES_FOLDER=$UNREAL_PLUGIN_FOLDER/Resources/JSBSim
+
+echo "Copying JSBSim header files to Unreal plugin folder: $UNREAL_PLUGIN_INCLUDE_FOLDER"
+
+# make the  unreal plugin thirdparty/jsbsim/include folder
+rm -rf $UNREAL_PLUGIN_INCLUDE_FOLDER
+mkdir -p $UNREAL_PLUGIN_INCLUDE_FOLDER
+# copy the include files (.h,.hxx) from src (and its subdirectories) into unreal
+# plugin thirdparty/jsbsim/include folder, keeping the same directory structure
+# as in src. Since we're on macos, we use rsync instead of cp to preserve the
+# directory structure
+
+# Copy headers
+rsync -avm --include='*.h' --include='*.hpp' --include='*.hxx' -f 'hide,! */' src/ UnrealEngine/Plugins/JSBSimFlightDynamicsModel/Source/ThirdParty/JSBSim/Include/
+
+echo "Copying JSBSim library to Unreal plugin folder: 
+$UNREAL_PLUGIN_LIB_FOLDER"
+# make the unreal plugin thirdparty/jsbsim/lib folder
+mkdir -p $UNREAL_PLUGIN_LIB_FOLDER
+# copy the jsbsim library from the build folder into the unreal plugin
+# thirdparty/jsbsim/lib folder
+# cp ./build/src/libJSBSim.a $UNREAL_PLUGIN_LIB_FOLDER/.
+cp ./build/src/*.dylib $UNREAL_PLUGIN_LIB_FOLDER/.
+
+echo "Copying JSBSim resources to Unreal plugin folder: 
+$UNREAL_PLUGIN_RESOURCES_FOLDER"
+# make the unreal plugin resources folder
+mkdir -p $UNREAL_PLUGIN_RESOURCES_FOLDER
+# copy the aircraft, engine, and systems folders into the unreal plugin resources folder
+cp -r ./aircraft $UNREAL_PLUGIN_FOLDER/Resources/JSBSim/.
+cp -r ./engine $UNREAL_PLUGIN_FOLDER/Resources/JSBSim/.
+cp -r ./systems $UNREAL_PLUGIN_FOLDER/Resources/JSBSim/.

UnrealEngine/README-Unix.md

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 | Macos            | Supported |
 | Android          | Work in progress |
 
-## Building
+## Building (Easy way)
+Run `JSBSimForUnrealMac.sh` on Macos or `JSBSimForUnrealLinux.sh` on Linux
+
+## Building (Hard way)
 The first step is to build JSBSim on your target platform using cmake. Open an terminal and type the following commands
 
 ### For Macos