Irritating Noises
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Captain_Collins
Clovis Sub Fan
Easy method: turn off your speakers whilst trainz is loading, and then turn them back on when it has loaded.
You don't mention what kind of loco it is but have you considered that this might be an attempt to inject some realism via background noise? Trains, especially some of the early steam engines were not known for their silent running. As well, the loose coupling with Janney couplers results in all sorts of noise as the train starts to move as each car gets added to the moving section.
I know what noises you're talking about Dave, and they can be startling to hear as the route loads. I can't imagine having to endure them for 20 minutes! (Does it take 20 minutes for your route to load, or do the noises just continue?)
You would think there would be a collection of wav files in the 2006 folder, but it may be hard wired into the code. I'm not at my Trainz PC right now, so I can't take a look until tomorrow, sorry.
You would think there would be a collection of wav files in the 2006 folder, but it may be hard wired into the code. I'm not at my Trainz PC right now, so I can't take a look until tomorrow, sorry.
It takes about 30 SECONDS for my route to load. As soon as my scenery and loco appears (A SD40-2 to be exact) the noises begin. But in ALL my routes, whether it be steam, diesel, or electric, I still get these same crashing, banging, etc. noises for 15-20 minutes. They finally fade after a while, but even after 2-3 hours or running a route, occasionally I will hear these noises.
(Does AURAN ever read these forums???)
(Does AURAN ever read these forums???)
Captain_Collins
Clovis Sub Fan
Glad to be of assistance.
What kind of sound hardware do you have in your computer?
Sorry Dave, I checked out the folder, and there are no wavz, the sound must be hard wired.
That's what I figured. Just thought there might be a way to "de-fuse" the sounds. I'm surprised no one else has these sounds. They've been with me since day ONE when I first bought TRAINZ 2006.
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Noises in TRS loading and running
Later I had my PC tuned and unscheduled many un-needed start up programs, which may get into a system by downloading new software. My PC was running about 60 processes, now cut back to 35 after start up. My trainz performance and start up time improved satisfactorially. A few months later my console died and I have replaced it and again my PC 's performance has improved, so that may have contributed to the prroplema as well.
I am using a 3.2 Ghz pentium 4 cpu and a 256Mb NVIDA 6800 Video card. Even so, the 3D rendition some time gets distored when running a large route.
Hope this is of value to you, 1st step get rid of unneeded background processes.
Dave: I had a similar experiance in the past. I beleve it was due to my cpu or video card not being able to handle the loading or paging of a large routes, maybe because of overheating or simply running low on paging space on the causing excessive memory swaping. I experimented with using the MS Windows Task Manager (CTRL+ALT+DELETE in Windows XP) while running Trainz and noticed the virtual memory paging faults (i.e. swapping) was very large.
Later I had my PC tuned and unscheduled many un-needed start up programs, which may get into a system by downloading new software. My PC was running about 60 processes, now cut back to 35 after start up. My trainz performance and start up time improved satisfactorially. A few months later my console died and I have replaced it and again my PC 's performance has improved, so that may have contributed to the prroplema as well.
I am using a 3.2 Ghz pentium 4 cpu and a 256Mb NVIDA 6800 Video card. Even so, the 3D rendition some time gets distored when running a large route.
Hope this is of value to you, 1st step get rid of unneeded background processes.
^ Actually, I believe these "noises" are Sound Effects in the game itself. I hear them on both my PC's, whenever I load up a session, and in ANY session I am running. They sound like the crashing and banging when boxcars or other RR cars slam together or bang when they are being pushed, or the common noises they make as they are being pulled down the track. My problem is, they are just unnecessary and irritating. I assume some game programmer thought it would be "cool" to insert these common railroad noises to make running the game more "realistic." To me, they are just an irritation. Even when my loco is stopped at a light or in a yard, it seems foolish to hear the banging and slamming of boxcars (or whatever) when the train is sitting still.
Oh well. The game is still the most fantastic train simulator I have ever seen. It's a game I love and play way too much!!:hehe:
Oh well. The game is still the most fantastic train simulator I have ever seen. It's a game I love and play way too much!!:hehe:
Well it is a train simulator after all. It's supposed to make train noises.
Just like when you go underwater and you hear water noises. Someone went to a lot of trouble to get those sound effects into Trainz. Like the special rumble when going through a turnout, the squeal when going round a sharp curve, etc.
I suppose if you really wanted to have a silent game you could just turn off your speakers but then you would lose that railroad ambiance.
Just like when you go underwater and you hear water noises. Someone went to a lot of trouble to get those sound effects into Trainz. Like the special rumble when going through a turnout, the squeal when going round a sharp curve, etc.
I suppose if you really wanted to have a silent game you could just turn off your speakers but then you would lose that railroad ambiance.
Yes, I know there are some sound effects that are vital to the game. "the special rumble when going through a turnout, the squeal when going round a sharp curve, etc." like you say. But these CRASHING/BANGING sound effects aren't necessary when the train is stopped.
Does anyone else hear these sounds???
Just ran a new test on a route that is in development and the only banging / crashing type sounds I can provoke are when starting or stopping when the slack is taken out or being put in the couplers. The rest of the time it is just ordinary engine and track noises when moving and quiet steam engine noises when waiting
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@Martin
I believe he's talking about the sounds that are part of the loading screens, except they aren't turning off.
@davesnow
I really can't see a way to reproduce this problem. The only thing I can suggest is to give us the specs of your computer, there may be something in there that could give us a hint. Other than this, I can't really suggest anything.
Actually, a thought. Are you running in full screen more? And have you minimised trainz at any stage before starting the route/session? I have had the sound effect from loading screens stuff up, and continue playing, when I've viewed another program while a loading screen in running.
Zec
I believe he's talking about the sounds that are part of the loading screens, except they aren't turning off.
@davesnow
I really can't see a way to reproduce this problem. The only thing I can suggest is to give us the specs of your computer, there may be something in there that could give us a hint. Other than this, I can't really suggest anything.
Actually, a thought. Are you running in full screen more? And have you minimised trainz at any stage before starting the route/session? I have had the sound effect from loading screens stuff up, and continue playing, when I've viewed another program while a loading screen in running.
Zec
meatloaf747
Spotter...
There clearly must be a problem with your sound card, or on-board sound, or sound drivers. Do you have a separate sound card or is the sound chipset built into your motherboard. Try downloading the latest drivers for your sound card or your ON-BOARD sound.
If you have a separate PCI sound card installed (plus on-board sound), make sure your "on-board" sound is turned "off" in CMOS...
I regularly run TRS2006 and while it is loading I get these sounds. As soon as it has finishes loading these sounds "stop", and don't restart ever while the game is running. Hope this helps.
Cheers, Mac...
If you have a separate PCI sound card installed (plus on-board sound), make sure your "on-board" sound is turned "off" in CMOS...
I regularly run TRS2006 and while it is loading I get these sounds. As soon as it has finishes loading these sounds "stop", and don't restart ever while the game is running. Hope this helps.
Cheers, Mac...
When I was using trainz 2006, I would notice on going sounds in the background of brakes hissing and coaches banging together, eventhough what I was viewing on screen was an empty country station, with not a train in sight.
This was an ongoing problem in Trainz 2006, thankfully they have fixed this problem in Trainz 2009, but we now have a new issue of lighting problems, especially at 18:30 in the evening and the good weather fog is set to maximum and you have any train running with headlights, you end up with silver land, this also happens when you go through tunnels at any time through the day. I've reported this problem a number of times on the forums, in the hope that someone from Auran will read this post.
My advice is, if your computer can take it and you have the funds, buy and install trainz 2009 into your computer and your sound problems will vanish, if your computer can't take Trainz 2009, then try Trainz 2004 which I found personally as the best trainz ever made.
hope this helps
Joe Airtime
This was an ongoing problem in Trainz 2006, thankfully they have fixed this problem in Trainz 2009, but we now have a new issue of lighting problems, especially at 18:30 in the evening and the good weather fog is set to maximum and you have any train running with headlights, you end up with silver land, this also happens when you go through tunnels at any time through the day. I've reported this problem a number of times on the forums, in the hope that someone from Auran will read this post.
My advice is, if your computer can take it and you have the funds, buy and install trainz 2009 into your computer and your sound problems will vanish, if your computer can't take Trainz 2009, then try Trainz 2004 which I found personally as the best trainz ever made.
hope this helps
Joe Airtime
