Creating ambience and atmosphere using sounds?

[Davie_UCF]

Hey..

I was wondering earlier about how dead the trainz world can feel then I realised that a lot of games feel immersive by having various sounds.. simple things like birds or wind.

I know theres quite a few sounds on the DLS by Bossman from the ole days...

Does anyone know anymore newer sounds you can use in surveyor? Has ambient sound come far since ole 1.3 or is it the same placing scenery object under the land which has a sound attached to it.. (I can't think of any other way trainz could do it)..

And lastly, how do people find using items like this? Do they work or just create an unrealistic annoying loop of sounds?

Interested in your opinions on the use of ambient sound and if there are any recommended sounds available apart from the ole ones by bossman

Cheers!
David

 

[Stationbeem]

Just type Sound tick the "Title" button and make sure all versions are ticked and you should get over 1200 different sound files to look at.

 

[Davie_UCF]

Bumping this instead of making a new thread.

I've been experimenting with sounds, making my own. I noticed sounds do not fade depending on distance. Is this unfixable or is it a config parameter?

If its just a flaw of the system I had a rather silly idea of attaching sounds to invisible rollingstock as an idle engine sound as when you pass a train it seems to fade with distance..

David