Hi,
I wonder if anyone has altered the way volume sounds are present in the cockpit, if there is some sound.cfg somewhere. I would like to reduce the engines sound and increase wind, up to 90% or more above 250 knots, and much higher than it is now for lower speeds.

Markoz wrote on May 7^th, 2013 at 6:40am:


Thanks Markoz.
Im doing that now.
The sound.ini from Captain_sim folder are only click and cabin sounds. So that I leave alone.

The sound.cfg is very interesting because you spot lots of bugs or incomplete stuff
There are two wind sounds
a) 707_wind.wav
b) VC10_wav

Neither of them is used.
The sound.cfg uses the default fsx sounds from the sounds folder.

It uses five different wind sounds in combination or alone so its very complicated to change parameters. Besides it would require to lower all the different engine sounds too.

The another company 737ngx uses a nice combination of wind sounds that are predominant in flight giving a real feeling, and its not much different in the 737-727-707,

(Wind sound is the same and doesn't change with time or modern planes, its just the same sound for each speed for any plane) It would change if the mass or airdynamics are radical different, but there is no shape difference between the 200 and the ngx series, and very little among the other two.

I thought to replace the entire WIND chapter from their sound.cfg and put it in the CS planes, but that would still require to adjust the engines volume. Will try.

k

UPDATE
I managed by switching the entire WIND section by the config of the other 737ngx. Worked beautiful, I had to copy the 6 wav files into the sound folder, no need to alter engine volumes.

Now its real, the wind sound predominates at speeds above 250 and at near 300 its all you hear. It real because the wind sound actually tells you whats going on, sometimes Im panning on the gauges busy programming or checking, and I listen how the wind sound changes so I know speed has gone up or down and must keep an eye...just like in the real plane. If you don't have the other you will need to configure manually, which I don't recommend.

I remember in the cockpit of real 707s that although I didn't follow what was going on or was just watching out of the window from the jumper seat, I could tell each maneuver or atitude change, acceleration or reduction, by wind sound.

LOU wrote on May 7^th, 2013 at 5:25pm:


Thanks Capt Lou,
Your opinion is very important, there are very few real pilots of these irons around. Many details bypass the knowledge of developpers or simmers alike, experience details that not even the real pilots pass them unless they are brought to think about it.

Many 707 lovers, or 727 ususally say "i flew them" or even "i was in the cockpit once, or twice" . But these quick encounters are not enough to sediment a bunch of details that are known only to real pilots of those models. Or someone that spent sometimes whole flights in the jumper seat, like me.

People remember the wind...oh yes the wind...but how loud was it? At what speed it became the only sound? Such detail doesnt come on a few cockpit visits or just by having travelled a lot in the 80s...these details only come if your bum was sitting there all day! And they have been bypassed by developpers all round the hobby, despite CS is among the top best.

Its there are just so many...its impossible to go after each, but slowly with help of real pilots the memory of the real planes and how they felt wont die away