Sound File Mystery

[wilderobb]

I have a sound file on my Gulf IV that has been a mystery to me for over 2 years. The problem is I get the sound; "Terrain, Pull up!" no matter what sound file I put in it. So I took the sound file out and tryed it and behold, no Terrain, pull up sound but I do get a Flaps up and landing gear sound! The only other file I put in the sound file is the one that gives me the distance to the ground as I'm landing. ie. 400,300,200 ect. I played all the sound files on in the plane and "Terrain, Pull up" just is'nt in there. It wouldnt be a problem but I fly a lot near mountains and I hear it all the time and it's getting on my nerves. Could it be in the Air file that I can't change? Thanks for any help.... Wildie.

[Hagar]

I don't have this aircraft & assume this "Pull Up" sound is associated with a gauge on the panel. The sound file might be in the FS9\Sound folder & not the Sound subfolder of the specific aircraft.

[wilderobb]

I'l take a look. I did fid a sound file from a gulf V that dosent do that but it's a 1 config file. Not sure what that means. Thanks and will keep on looking.

[wilderobb]

No such sound in the folders. I wonder?

[Hagar]

No such sound in the folders. I wonder?

Well, it must be there somewhere. Did you check them all? There's 1,432 WAV files in the Sound folder of a default install of FS9. It's quite possible the one you're looking for is located elsewhere.

[KDSM]

you can always fly higher

[wilderobb]

Fly Higher you say By the way I just spent most of the day playing all those sound files. Even the lessens! I tryed searching for them in two or three different ways but still no luck. I checked every file in the sim. I think. Now I'm thinking that if I put in that rcbg20 gauge I may be able to just turn it off. Maybe....

[Hagar]

Now I'm thinking that if I put in that rcbg20 gauge I may be able to just turn it off. Maybe....

If you suspect the sound is associated with this gauge it might be an idea to download it & check if any sound files are included. Then you will have the file name of the gauge to search for. Give me some idea where to get it & I'll check it out for you.

[wilderobb]

I'v all ready done that. it does give the sound files and there name but I still can't find it yet on my computer. It should be simple.....A wav file search should have done it but I'l keep on trying. Oh yes and I just Googled the file name and fould it that way.  FS2004 Gauges: GPWS gauge V2.0. I dont know where it came from really, but it's probably in a gauge section eather hear or Avsim. I will never surrender!!!

[Jakemaster]

The sounds for gauges are usually in the Sound folder in the main FS9 folder.  

[Hagar]

[quote]I'v all ready done that. it does give the sound files and there name but I still can't find it yet on my computer. It should be simple.....A wav file search should have done it but I'l keep on trying. Oh yes and I just Googled the file name and fould it that way.

[wilderobb]

Thats part of the problem, there is no such gauge in the aicraft file. If I put other panels in it's place I still get the Terrain Pull up ect. I wonder if the gauge is being found and used by another way. I do have the gauge in folders seperate from FS9 in "My Documents" Someone said a long time ago that MS9 will find a gauge eventually no matter where I put it. Is this true?

[Hagar]

Thats part of the problem, there is no such gauge in the aicraft file. If I put other panels in it's place I still get the Terrain Pull up ect. I wonder if the gauge is being found and used by another way. I do have the gauge in folders seperate from FS9 in "My Documents" Someone said a long time ago that MS9 will find a gauge eventually no matter where I put it. Is this true?

I'm not sure I understand this at all, If the gauge is not used on the panel of the aircraft you're flying it can't be the gauge that's causing the sound you're hearing.

It might be possible for FS9 to find a gauge or sound anywhere in the FS9 directory but this would first have to be defined somewhere like the Panel.cfg of the aircraft you're using before it would start looking for it.

I don't pretend to know how these gauges work but I spotted a file named Sound.ini in with those sounds I downloaded. This is a text file like a CFG & lists the sounds in the folder. Here's part of this Sound.ini when opened in Notepad. Note that this lists each sound but does not include the full path to the files & I assume the INI file has to be in with them for it to work properly. In the same way the files would have to be in the correct location for whatever defines where they are & when they're used in FS9 to locate them.

[Config]
MaxSounds=25
ErrorFlag=0
LvarStop=GPWS_SoundStop

[Sounds]
Sound00=./Sound/GPWS/10.wav,100
Sound01=./Sound/GPWS/20.wav,100
Sound02=./Sound/GPWS/30.wav,100
Sound03=./Sound/GPWS/40.wav,100
Sound04=./Sound/GPWS/50.wav,100
Sound05=./Sound/GPWS/100.wav,100
Sound06=./Sound/GPWS/200.wav,100
Sound07=./Sound/GPWS/300.wav,100
Sound08=./Sound/GPWS/400.wav,100
Sound09=./Sound/GPWS/500.wav,100
Sound10=./Sound/GPWS/1000.wav,100
Sound11=./Sound/GPWS/2500.wav,100
Sound12=./Sound/GPWS/BankAngle.wav,100
Sound13=./Sound/GPWS/DontSink.wav,100
Sound14=./Sound/GPWS/Glideslope.wav,100
Sound15=./Sound/GPWS/Minimums.wav,100
Sound16=./Sound/GPWS/Sinkrate.wav,100
Sound17=./Sound/GPWS/TerrainTerrain.wav,100
Sound18=./Sound/GPWS/TooLowFlaps.wav,100
Sound19=./Sound/GPWS/TooLowGear.wav,100
Sound20=./Sound/GPWS/TooLowTerrain.wav,100
Sound21=./Sound/GPWS/WhoopWhoopGlideslope.wav,100
Sound22=./Sound/GPWS/WhoopWhoopPullup.wav,100
Sound23=./Sound/GPWS/Windshear.wav,100
Sound24=./Sound/GPWS/SoftClick.wav,100

PS. From the paths in the above INI file I assume the sound files are installed to a subfolder named GPWS in the main FS9 Sound folder or possibly the Sound folder of the aircraft they're used on. It's unlikely they would work in any other location unless the INI file was modified to point to wherever the files are located.

[BFMF]

I once downloaded a piper cherokee panel with a GPWS system on it. Once I found the hidden gauge in the panel.cfg file, I removed the entry and I didn't have to hear those annoying sounds again