24.09.2009, 07:32
In fact, this mod is geared towards one goal: realism.
Great sound samples are part of it, but to get realism there are many more improvements , such as
-windspeed increases much with speed
-when canopy is open, there is a real true strong airflow sound
-some new animations (bombbay door, spitfire door) now have sound
-hook, wings folding now have sound
-many engine start sequences now have realistic sound
And, the most essential to me:
-no distant sound when inside the cockpit ("sonar" effect is gone). This is, in my experience (i didn't try all the sound mods available, but some) the first time one sitting in the cockpit can hear ONLY what he wound hear in a real cockpit. Now you REALLY have to check your six, no audio cue until it's much much too late and you hear metal ripping from your plane.
This last ESSENTIAL improvement has an important drawback due to il2 sound engine limitation, ie you don't hear any distant sound in external view as well, so F2 zoomed out has no sound, F3 has no sound, no distant sounds for the cameraman sitting on the ground, and so on....
Tiger, as many of us aviation fans, is found of the F3 view, and has found a workaround (and what a nice sounding workaround !) so you can hear these beautiful flyby sounds when using Ultimate V2. This was done by reworking java classes of every new slot plane in the C6 pack. These include AAA UI 1.1 aircraft, plus some.
Some people will prefer to use ultimateV2 over their own install, without the C6 pack and without every new slot plane included in the C6 pack.
They will most probably be able to do it, with only one drawback (more or less important for different people), ie either no press F3 view, or CTD. All other improvements should be there. This has not been tested yet since V2 was designed to work with C6 pack, not universally (due to java classes and buttons file limitations).
Another drawback is that from the V2 installation, the C6 buttons file will have to be used. It is constantly updated for new slot planes, but there might be some slight delay after an important realease such as AAA UI1.2 comes out.
I hope AAA will accept the C6 buttons file posting on their forum, to simplify the thing for AAA UI users, but i'm not the guy to discuss it officially; so just take it from a user/betatester POV.
I must add that the guy who advertised Tiger's work on this thread didn't know the limitations at the time, please don't be too disappointed or angry, i'm certain there will be a way for everybody to enjoy this fantastic mod in the future.
Great sound samples are part of it, but to get realism there are many more improvements , such as
-windspeed increases much with speed
-when canopy is open, there is a real true strong airflow sound
-some new animations (bombbay door, spitfire door) now have sound
-hook, wings folding now have sound
-many engine start sequences now have realistic sound
And, the most essential to me:
-no distant sound when inside the cockpit ("sonar" effect is gone). This is, in my experience (i didn't try all the sound mods available, but some) the first time one sitting in the cockpit can hear ONLY what he wound hear in a real cockpit. Now you REALLY have to check your six, no audio cue until it's much much too late and you hear metal ripping from your plane.
This last ESSENTIAL improvement has an important drawback due to il2 sound engine limitation, ie you don't hear any distant sound in external view as well, so F2 zoomed out has no sound, F3 has no sound, no distant sounds for the cameraman sitting on the ground, and so on....
Tiger, as many of us aviation fans, is found of the F3 view, and has found a workaround (and what a nice sounding workaround !) so you can hear these beautiful flyby sounds when using Ultimate V2. This was done by reworking java classes of every new slot plane in the C6 pack. These include AAA UI 1.1 aircraft, plus some.
Some people will prefer to use ultimateV2 over their own install, without the C6 pack and without every new slot plane included in the C6 pack.
They will most probably be able to do it, with only one drawback (more or less important for different people), ie either no press F3 view, or CTD. All other improvements should be there. This has not been tested yet since V2 was designed to work with C6 pack, not universally (due to java classes and buttons file limitations).
Another drawback is that from the V2 installation, the C6 buttons file will have to be used. It is constantly updated for new slot planes, but there might be some slight delay after an important realease such as AAA UI1.2 comes out.
I hope AAA will accept the C6 buttons file posting on their forum, to simplify the thing for AAA UI users, but i'm not the guy to discuss it officially; so just take it from a user/betatester POV.
I must add that the guy who advertised Tiger's work on this thread didn't know the limitations at the time, please don't be too disappointed or angry, i'm certain there will be a way for everybody to enjoy this fantastic mod in the future.