VMD's great GP7/9 ex payware...help to fix the bell

[Rail4Pete]

Hi, Lately VMD released a great collection of ''ex-payware'' of GP7/9. A great thanks to them. Unfortunately, the bell does not work. Does anyone else have this issue ? Does anyone knows how to fix it ?

Thanks for help !
Rail4Pete

 

[JCitron]

Hi, Lately VMD released a great collection of ''ex-payware'' of GP7/9. A great thanks to them. Unfortunately, the bell does not work. Does anyone else have this issue ? Does anyone knows how to fix it ?

Thanks for help !
Rail4Pete

Hi Pete,

What's wrong with the bell? If the bell is missing, grab one from another unit. I've done that before when I didn't like the one that came with a locomotive.

You simply edit the config.txt and replace the corresponding bell Kuid with a new one.

John

 

[Rail4Pete]

Hi Pete,

What's wrong with the bell? If the bell is missing, grab one from another unit. I've done that before when I didn't like the one that came with a locomotive.

You simply edit the config.txt and replace the corresponding bell Kuid with a new one.

John

Thanks John, its not that I don't like it, there is no bell since they have been upgraded and there is no missing dependencies. I had them when they were payware for trz 2004-6 and the bell was working.

As you suggest, I will have a look in the config file. But I was also wondering if this have happened to other trainzer and not only me.

Rail4Pete

 

[SuperFudd]

I downloaded the ATSF Zebra and got the depenencies via the DLS. The bell works for me.

 

[Rail4Pete]

Bell not working in 2012

Hi, The bell (of VMD GP 7/9) works fine in 2010 but not in 2012, could you, if you use 2012 try it and tell if you also have this issue please ?

Rail4Pete

 

[rweber95]

No bell sound in TS2010

This may be OT for you but I suddenly lost all bell sounds. Manually played a couple of random idle 1.wav files and they worked ok. Checked my keyboard.txt file and see the bell key cmd has been changed to alt s. I changed it back to b, then saved. Tested the bell on a couple of locos, one worked and one didn't. The no work one was on NH P32ACDM,<kuid:126323:208>. Checked its hornsound kuid, builtin Airchime K5LA Horn,<kuid2:126323:54722:1>, and note that the bell sound file is listed as idle1.wav. Changed to idle 1.wav, saved and commit. Now I have bell sounds on those locos.

Bob Weber

 

[Rail4Pete]

What's wrong

I'am really surprised that nobody who uses trs 2012 and downloaded VMD's GP7/9 freeware can't tell me if the bell works for him on these units !

Am I on the wrong forum ? Should I start a new thread in ''Trainz 2012'' instead of ''General Trainz''.

I also asked twice in the ''freeware'' section on the VMD thread and no reply.

Could someone please try it and reply to this ? PLEASE

I really want to find out what is the problem.

Thanks!
Rail4Pete

 

[bobhahn]

You're right

OK, I tried it. The bells work in TS2010, they do not work in TS12. As for why or how to fix it, I'll let you know if I figure it out.

 

[bobhahn]

Ding ding

I found the gotcha. The bell sound (idle_1.wav) in the asset "Bell and Horn for the EMD GP7/9" is saved in a compressed format (ADPCM).

I opened it in a sound editor and saved it in uncompressed format, committed the asset, and now the bell rings in TS12. I will utter swear words if I go back into TS2010 and the bell no longer works there.

 

[Rail4Pete]

I found the gotcha. The bell sound (idle_1.wav) in the asset "Bell and Horn for the EMD GP7/9" is saved in a compressed format (ADPCM).

I opened it in a sound editor and saved it in uncompressed format, committed the asset, and now the bell rings in TS12. I will utter swear words if I go back into TS2010 and the bell no longer works there.

Thank you very much Bob...finally someone came out the box:hehe: .....I dont know exactly what is a sound editor, but I will google it and try.

Rail4Pete

Edit: I have Nero wave editor but just dont know how to saved it in an ''uncompressed format''. Could you please tell how to do it please?

 

[bobhahn]

How to...

Use "Edit in Explorer" on the asset "Bell and Horn for the EMD GP7/9". Use Nero Wave Editor to open the file "idle_1.wav". Save it without changing anything... Nero always saves .wav files in uncompressed format.

 

[Rail4Pete]

Now it works !

Thank you Bob, it works well !

Rail4Pete