[caldrail]

I've noticed my cockpit engine sounds are not audible on some aircraft (well you would wouldn't you?). I'm using sound mod 9.3, the aircraft concerned are the A-20, SBD, Wildcat, Hellcat, Corsair. I can't find anything on the forums but does anyone know this bug and have a cure for it? It really is spooky barreling along at full throttle with just wind noise.

[Mangas]

I had the same problem -- but exactly vice versa: my almost all a/c engine sounds in 0.93 are so loud, that it's almost impossible to fly most of the fighters... But bombers, quite opposite, are almost inaudible...
So, I think these problems come from sound recorder settings of guys who developed this mod.

So, there are some different sound settings in game: "Effects sounds", "Overall sounds", "Internal sounds" (I heve Russian version so I may only guess the English names)... I recommend you to try to change them...
Besides, try to disable/enable "Hardware acceleration". My sounds became better after that method...

Good luck.

Mangas.

[Vpmedia]

its easy

you need to edit following files

A-20's:
motor.PrattWhitney_R-2600_Series.prs
F4F's, SBD's
motor.PrattWhitney_R-1830_Series.prs
F4U's, F6F's
motor.PrattWhitney_R-2800_Series.prs

look for [spl] and increase the numeric value

[Mangas]

Hi. Thank you, that's sure a nice & simple decision. Nevertheless, it helped me with external sounds only. I still can't hear nothing but the quiet wind when in Ju-88 or He-111 cockpit... :oops:

Regards,
Mangas.

[major_v]

I've noticed my cockpit engine sounds are not audible on some aircraft (well you would wouldn't you?). I'm using sound mod 9.3, the aircraft concerned are the A-20, SBD, Wildcat, Hellcat, Corsair. I can't find anything on the forums but does anyone know this bug and have a cure for it? It really is spooky barreling along at full throttle with just wind noise.

Caldrail:

I had the exact same problem--I was using sound mod ver. 093 and found that I had no engine sound on the F4F-3 and other allied planes. After weeks of searching for a solution, I saw a post explaining that it is very important for you to have the correct version of the AC Installer installed as well:

(The link is inoperative)

I did not have the AC Installer at all, so I downloaded it. When you install, a dialogue box pops up and asks you to select the version of the sound mod you have. Naturally, I selected 093 and started the game, fully expecting to hear the F4F-3's engine for the first time in weeks. But no joy--still nothing but the wind sounds were audible. So I re-installed the AC Installer, but this time I selected the SFX mod when asked to indicate the correct sound mod version (I had installed the SFX mod as well as 093). With that, I could hear the F4F-3's engine sound perfectly! Hopefully this works for you too. Good luck.

Major V

[Jaws2002]

I've noticed my cockpit engine sounds are not audible on some aircraft (well you would wouldn't you?). I'm using sound mod 9.3, the aircraft concerned are the A-20, SBD, Wildcat, Hellcat, Corsair. I can't find anything on the forums but does anyone know this bug and have a cure for it? It really is spooky barreling along at full throttle with just wind noise.

Caldrail:

I had the exact same problem--I was using sound mod ver. 093 and found that I had no engine sound on the F4F-3 and other allied planes. After weeks of searching for a solution, I saw a post explaining that it is very important for you to have the correct version of the AC Installer installed as well:

(The link is inoperative)

I did not have the AC Installer at all, so I downloaded it. When you install, a dialogue box pops up and asks you to select the version of the sound mod you have. Naturally, I selected 093 and started the game, fully expecting to hear the F4F-3's engine for the first time in weeks. But no joy--still nothing but the wind sounds were audible. So I re-installed the AC Installer, but this time I selected the SFX mod when asked to indicate the correct sound mod version (I had installed the SFX mod as well as 093). With that, I could hear the F4F-3's engine sound perfectly! Hopefully this works for you too. Good luck.

Major V

Exactly. When you install a new plane make sure you select the right sound mod for it. I had the exact problem as above and i traced it down to my fault. i didn't pay atention when i installed the new Beaufighter MkX. I selected the instal for version 9.03 of the sound mod and i had 9.0. This install imediatly killed the sound for all the planes that used the same engine sound with the new beaufighter: Wildcat, a20, p-47 i think.
A simple reinstall of the aircraft installer and the Beaufighter mod fixed it for me.


This is the screen where you have to pay attention:

[caldrail]

Thanks all, useful info

[CrazySchmidt]

Yep I have this very problem also and it drives me crazy!!

I have tried the SFX suggestion, and I do have sound afterwards, but it is all the old stock engine sounds that are horrible. Reverting back, puts me right where I came from.

The problem for me seems to be with all the American aircraft engine sounds.

I love the sound mod so much that I put up with all these aircraft without any engine sounds at all, but man what I would do to get these working!!

CS.

[Mangas]

Are you guys using "hardware acceleration" in sound settings or am I the only one? :roll:

Mangas.

[Jaws2002]

Yep I have this very problem also and it drives me crazy!!

I have tried the SFX suggestion, and I do have sound afterwards, but it is all the old stock engine sounds that are horrible. Reverting back, puts me right where I came from.

The problem for me seems to be with all the American aircraft engine sounds.

I love the sound mod so much that I put up with all these aircraft without any engine sounds at all, but man what I would do to get these working!!

CS.

Many of the mods are made for a speciffic "sound mod" so they are working corect for a certain version of the sounds. If you look carefully in the list of mods you'll see in some of them more then one download link, depending on what sound version you use (SM 9.0, SM9.01, SM, 9.03 or SFX 0.6) Now if you later change the sound mod of your game some ofthe mods you already have installed are not compatible anymore. If you looked in the sounds folder of sound mod 9.03 and SFX 6.0 for example you'll see that many files are named differently.
Here is where the problems come from. You have to check every mod you downloaded and see what sound mod it requires to work properly.

[Widowmaker]

Are you guys using 4.08 or 4.09


The sound dlls with the 4.09 beta dont seem to mesh so hot. Practically everyone in my group had issues after moving to 4.09.

To remedy the problem we removed the sound dlls and replaced them with the ones from 4.08

mg_snd.dll
and
mg_snd_sse.dll

[Mangas]

I use 4.08m. All sounds seem fine, except no any sound when inside He-111 or Ju-88... When outside -- sounds exist but too quiet...


Regards,
Mangas.

[Jaws2002]

I use 4.08m. All sounds seem fine, except no any sound when inside He-111 or Ju-88... When outside -- sounds exist but too quiet...


Regards,
Mangas.

IF you have problems with the Ju88 and He111 could it be because of one of the new slot planes like BF-110G4, Me-410 maybe?

[Jaws2002]

I think i read in a readme file not to install the new sound files that came with the 4.09. Did you try replacing them with the old ones?


This are the files i'm talking about and they are not in the mods folder but in the Il-2 root folder:
mg_snd.dll
mg_snd_sse.dll

[Vpmedia]

I use 4.08m. All sounds seem fine, except no any sound when inside He-111 or Ju-88... When outside -- sounds exist but too quiet...


Regards,
Mangas.

IF you have problems with the Ju88 and He111 could it be because of one of the new slot planes like BF-110G4, Me-410 maybe?

both planes use the motor.Jumo211.prs so I would check that first