A question for Obio

[hawkeye52]

I have installed Rick Piper’s Vickers Viking for a down-island run. I have the aircraft’s sound aliased to (Bristol) Hercules sounds & upgrade. The upgrade adds a few files, in particular STARTUP and SHUTDOWN wavs. The sound.CFG has STARTUP and SHUTDOWN sections and the requisite WAV files are present (most). However, in FS the a/c exhibits neither startup nor shutdown sounds. But if I alias it to some other sound folder with startup and shutdown sounds, everything is A-OK.

I have analyzed the sound.cfg to the limit of my ability. It is time to seek professional advice.

The sound.CFG sections for engine 1 are reproduced below:

[SOUND_ENGINE]
number_of_engines=4
ENG1_COMBUSTION=1DCidle
ENG1_STARTER=1START
ENG1_SHUTDOWN=1STOP
ENG2_COMBUSTION=2DCidle
ENG2_STARTER=2START
ENG2_SHUTDOWN=2STOP
ENG3_COMBUSTION=3DCidle
ENG3_STARTER=3START
ENG3_SHUTDOWN=3STOP
ENG4_COMBUSTION=4DCidle
ENG4_STARTER=4START
ENG4_SHUTDOWN=4STOP

[1DCidle]
filename=DCidle
flags=0
viewpoint=1
rparams=0.000000,0.000000,0.370000,2.156000
vparams=0.003000,2.000000,0.329000,0.000000,0.3330 00,0.000000,0.333000,0.000000,0.333000,0.000000,0. 333000,0.000000,0.333000,0.000000,0.333000,0.86200 0
link=1DC1

[1DC1]
filename=DC1
flags=0
viewpoint=1
rparams=0.014000,0.000000,1.481000,5.587000
vparams=0.004000,2.000000,0.199000,2.000000,0.3600 00,14.649000,0.667000,0.000000,0.667000,0.000000,0 .667000,0.000000,0.667000,0.000000,0.667000,0.0000 00
link=1DC2

[1DC2]
filename=DC2
flags=0
viewpoint=1
rparams=0.000000,0.000000,1.481000,3.920400
vparams=0.002000,2.000000,0.102000,2.000000,0.2980 00,9.479000,0.667000,0.000000,0.667000,0.000000,0. 667000,0.000000,0.667000,0.000000,0.667000,0.00000 0
link=1DC3

[1DC3]
filename=DC3
flags=0
viewpoint=1
rparams=0.000000,0.000000,0.907000,1.433000
vparams=0.004000,20.241089,0.369000,46.067127,0.72 2000,52.347866,0.722000,52.347866,0.722000,52.3478 66,0.722000,52.347866,0.722000,52.347866,1.000000, 55.838154
link=1DC4

[1DC4]
filename=DC4
flags=0
viewpoint=1
rparams=0.005362,0.000000,1.111000,1.290000
vparams=0.000000,15.752069,0.870000,38.742298,0.87 0000,38.742298,0.870000,38.742298,0.870000,38.7422 98,0.870000,38.742298,0.870000,38.742298,1.000000, 41.180401
link=1xDCidle

[1xDCidle]
filename=XDCidle
flags=0
viewpoint=2
rparams=0.167000,1.000000,0.370000,2.200000
vparams=0.011000,12.871980,0.278000,11.000000,0.27 8000,11.000000,0.278000,11.000000,0.278000,11.0000 00,0.278000,11.000000,0.278000,11.000000,0.278000, 11.000000
link=1XDC1

[1XDC1]
filename=XDC1
flags=0
viewpoint=2
rparams=0.074000,0.286000,1.481000,5.700000
vparams=0.088000,11.000000,0.294000,59.212563,0.40 7000,11.000000,0.407000,11.000000,0.407000,11.0000 00,0.407000,11.000000,0.407000,11.000000,0.407000, 11.000000
link=1XDC2

[1XDC2]
filename=XDC2
flags=0
viewpoint=2
rparams=0.074000,0.200000,1.481000,4.000000
vparams=0.278000,11.000000,0.375000,74.659424,0.50 8000,64.361115,0.667000,11.000000,0.667000,11.0000 00,0.667000,11.000000,0.667000,11.000000,0.667000, 11.000000
link=1XDC3

[1XDC3]
filename=XDC3
flags=0
viewpoint=2
rparams=0.370000,0.465000,0.907000,1.139000
vparams=0.002000,10.298310,0.351000,93.968605,0.74 1000,100.000000,0.812000,100.000000,0.870000,11.00 0000,0.870000,11.000000,0.870000,11.000000,0.87000 0,11.000000
link=1XDC4

[1XDC4]
filename=XDC4
flags=0
viewpoint=2
rparams=0.741000,0.830000,1.111000,1.290000
vparams=0.106000,11.000000,0.870000,100.000000,0.8 70000,100.000000,0.870000,100.000000,0.870000,100. 000000,0.870000,100.000000,0.870000,100.000000,0.9 82000,100.000000

[1START]
filename=bhstart1 <--this file IS in the folder
flags=0
viewpoint=1
rparams=0.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000
vparams=0.000000,50.000000,0.143000,50.000000,0.28 6000,50.000000,0.429000,50.000000,0.571000,50.0000 00,0.714000,50.000000,0.857000,50.000000,1.000000, 50.000000
link=1xSTART

[1xSTART]
filename=bstart <--this file IS NOT in the folder
flags=0
viewpoint=2
rparams=0.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000
vparams=0.000000,50.000000,0.142857,50.000000,0.28 5714,50.000000,0.428571,50.000000,0.571429,50.0000 00,0.714286,50.000000,0.857143,50.000000,1.000000, 50.000000

[1STOP]
filename=bhshut1 <--this file IS in the folder
flags=0
viewpoint=1
rparams=0.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000
vparams=0.000000,50.000000,0.142857,50.000000,0.28 5714,50.000000,0.428571,50.000000,0.571429,50.0000 00,0.714286,50.000000,0.857143,50.000000,1.000000, 50.000000
link=1xSTOP

[1xSTOP]
filename=bshut <--this file IS NOT in the folder
flags=0
viewpoint=2
rparams=0.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000
vparams=0.000000,50.000000,0.142857,50.000000,0.28 5714,50.000000,0.428571,50.000000,0.571429,50.0000 00,0.714286,50.000000,0.857143,50.000000,1.000000, 50.000000


Please Doctor, please! Fixa my baby!

- H52

[OBIO]

Hawkeye

Where can I download the sound pack that you are using from? I can fix it easier with the package on hand so I can see what is what in sim.

If you want to zip up the package and e-mail it to me, that will work as well. Will send you a PM with my e-mail address.

OBIO

Tried to send ya a PM Hawkeye....but my darn internet connection is so slow that it is messing up the function of the site. I need to rebuild my system from scratch...must have a bug hiding out someplace that my anti-virus has not been able to find. Will get online tomorrow on my wife's laptop.....though it will be a day or three before I have my system rebuilt and ready to roll again.

[AndyG43]

Obio, it consists of two files available at Flightsim - hercsnd and brshrcug.

Hawkeye, can I suggest asking this question over at CBFSIM, you are more likelt to catch Rick himself over there & there are others involved with his projects who may be able to assist as well.

[hawkeye52]

Obio -- let me know when you are ready and I'll e-mail the zip files to you.

Andy -- thanks for the suggestion. I've just posted the matter over there.

- h52

[hawkeye52]

For anyone who is following this thread, here is an alternate solution:

http://www.cbfsim.org/cbfsim/cbfsBB/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=20219 :salute:

- H52