AHA!!! Another probably useful observation.

If I save my own created flight and then re-open it as I would open the KSEA flight, the sounds are on!

Why can't CS correct this bug? It seems to have been out there for some time. I remember having CS 727 a few years back and never had a problem with sounds.

The sound issue was not present in v2.3. So something changed in v2.4 to cause this. I just don't know what it is that changed.

Mark

Absolutely, otto. But no need to look like this  , use this instead  .
The current reload thing is a workaround only, no doubt there. It e. g. still messes up some other things and I've found out that you can reload that thing in at least two ways.
One causes the radar to fail and some switches around to be in some very "cold&dark" state. Also, the "L" key and the one for the AP don't drive the VC switches then, but the functions itself are working.
To clarify: Without that reloading, everything works and behaves fine, except the click/warning sounds.

So, yes, a sound fix which enables the sounds like on the 707 or B-52 (meaning, on the very first loading) would be highly appreciated.  

Ah, windows open inflight. I said this once before, but it always makes me smile when thinking about Mr. Goldfinger "exiting" the plane in that James Bond movie.

Not so smiling fact: There was a (real) incident where the Captain of the aircraft was sucked out after his windscreen collapsed. They held him back from actually falling, so he "surfed" the skies while his Co-Pilot managed to land.
Talking about being at cruise FL there, so he had some interesting minutes and actually survived this happening.
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/11/world/4-miles-over-britain-pilot-is-sucked-out...

Back to the sounds, I've tried your suggestion, Diсk Everhard, but it didn't give me back the sounds. So the reloading still stays the only workaround for me.
Seems like this sound gauge on the 727 needs to be initialized twice to start working.

CoolP wrote on Mar 16^th, 2011 at 5:56pm:

Thanks for the reply. I know you folks will work it out. Still glad I went back to CS.  Q. Are there any major issues with the C130? Figured that will be next on my list of things to have 

Yes, I would like to know to why 2.3 worked and 2.4 does not.
Since I don't have a 2.3 installer anymore, I can't compare things. But even if I could, I'm no gauge mechanics, so my analysis would be not more than skin-deep.

Glad to hear that the 707 on 727 thing works. I had around four flights now and apart from the mentioned "ID already exists" messages for some seconds after loading, everything is there and working, even with the clearer 707 click sounds, so the fidelity even entered a new level.
Surely not to be called solution this whole thing, but I'm ok so far since I get a sounding 727 on the first load which doesn't mix up my offline ATC solution.

You are right, Mark, most gauges are standard FSX xml and one can open and read them easily. But this one seems to be of another kind.
However, I'm ok with the operation now and since this "fix" (it's no such thing, but a workaround only) is public now, CS can look into that gauge for the 2.5 version of the 727.

Dropping a ticket today, so the need for it is in the system.Edited:


Is anyone else missing the marker sounds on the 727? I wonder if this has something to do with this fix now.
They work fine on the 707, but my 727 stays silent on the Markers.
I've tried the toggling the VC switches and the FSX internal setting with Ctrl+3, only lights, no sounds.