VMD's great GP7/9 ex payware...help to fix the bell
- Thread starter Rail4Pete
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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
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
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
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
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
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.
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?
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