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Post by ram1220 on Feb 22, 2014 2:51:25 GMT
I love the MD82 and I am using the "red" panel. Everything seems to work great except that I do not have any altitude callouts during landing. I have read the readme files posted in this forum and I believe it says that there should be altitude callouts. However mine are silent. I am talking about the 100/50/40/30/20/10 callouts. Can someone that uses the MD82 with the "red" panel please tell me if their callouts are working? Thanks.
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Feb 22, 2014 7:04:42 GMT
The only thing, I can think of, that would result in this sort of situation is either one of the following ....
1. Failure to install the "contents" of the "PANEL SOUNDS" folder (20 individual WAV files) inside the "SOUND" folder located inside the "FLIGHT SIMULATOR 9" folder. PLEASE NOTE .... that's the folder named "SOUND" which is located among those which make up the entire FS9 directory of folders and "not" that which is located inside your MD80/90 aircraft base pack folder/s.
2. Failure to install the "contents" of the "PANEL SOUNDS" folder (2 DLL files) inside the 'MODULES" folder of FS9. PLEASE NOTE .... installation of the FSSOUND.DLL file also requires that the "FS9.CFG" file be located and the following edit then pasted to it "and then saved" ....
[OLDMODULES]
FSSound.dll=1
Either one of the above will be the cause of your problem (no call altitude callouts) .... because these are features in eacch of the 4 HJG offered MD80/90 panel options.
In the "GOLDING WHITE" and GOLDING RED" MD80 panels these callouts work as follows ....
.... provide that all of the required files are installed correctly .... and the necessary edit then performed correctly also.
Mark C
AKL/NZ
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Post by ram1220 on Feb 22, 2014 15:45:11 GMT
I am going to uninstall the panel and reinstall it to see if it solves the problem. But like I said all of the other sounds (overspeed, don't sink, etc) all work fine. I just don't have any altitude callouts on final. Weird. If I can't fix it then I can live with the problem. Would just be nice if I had those callouts too. Thanks for the relpy.
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Post by Falcon on Feb 22, 2014 18:52:36 GMT
Ram 1220, Please read Mark C's posting again. What you are recieving you should. Those are AUTOMATIC. Your altitude call outs must be installed just exactly as Mark's instruction above!
Follow his intructions and I'll bet you have em!
Falcon
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Feb 22, 2014 19:27:13 GMT
"RAM1220" .... as "FALCON" more-or-less impl;ies .... you shoudn't need to uninstall/reinstall the panel in your case.
Just check where you've installed .... or .... just reinstall the PANEL SOUNDS and PANEL MODULES components to the destination files theese are supposed to go to .... and then check that have you've also performed the necessary FS9.CFG edit correctly too.
That should be all it takes to sort out this particular probnlem.
The thing I find strange about your particular case though is .... "IF" you're getting "OVERSPEED" and "DON'T SINK" callouts, then, there's no reason why you shouldn't be getting all of the other callouts too .... including those for altitude.
It "IS" however possible that the panel gauge set might be reading "OVERSPEED" and "DON'T SINK" callouts from another unrelated panel installation you may have performed previously.
For this reason .... check that all of the supplied PANEL SOUNDS components (at the very least) for the GOLDING RED MD80 panel are indeed installed inside the FS9 general "SOUND" folder.
If everything else is working without any problems .... then .... you may simply have forgotten to install the PANEL SOUNDS components .... and which would, then, result in "precisely" what, you say, you're experienhcing.
Mark C
AKL/NZ
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Post by ram1220 on Feb 22, 2014 21:55:42 GMT
Well guys I have uninstalled and reinstalled anyway. But I still do not have any altitude callouts. Everything else seems to be working on the plane. I know what you guys are saying. I should have them but I don't. Everything was reinstalled exactly as in the instructions including the .cfg edit. But the callouts are the only thing not working. I might just try another panel with the plane or I might just live with it the way it is. Thanks for the replies.
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Feb 23, 2014 0:49:17 GMT
I read you "5" also .... but .... this simply doesn't make any sence  These panels have been available since around 2011 .... and I've never heard of this particular problem before .... as this support forum page will undoubtably confirm. Just tell me one thing ....  Precisely where are you/hsve you installed the contents (only) of PANEL SOUND container .... that'sali 20 individual WAV samples which make up the entire content of this particular container from the panel download ? Mark C AKL/NZ |
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Post by ram1220 on Feb 23, 2014 15:35:24 GMT
I placed the contents of the Panel Sound into the FS9 Sound folder. Not the Aircfraft folders but the main FS9 Sound folder. I know. This doesn't make any sense at all. This is the only plane from HJG or PMDG or anything I have downloaded that is giving me fits. But it could be a lot worse. I might be able to live without callout sounds and having to use +12 trim pitch since everything else works fine. I am going to try and complete re download today of the files and then reinstall them so see if it works properly. I understand what you are saying. They should work but right now they don't for me. But I would imagine that if I did anything wrong in the install phase then I wouldn't have any panel sounds. The only one not working is the altitude callouts.
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Feb 23, 2014 21:33:44 GMT
One very quick/easy method by which determine whether or not your panel sounds (those contained wityhin the PANEL SOUNDS folder at least) are actualy working, at all, is to perform the following test .... asnd I think this this "does" need to be done in your particular case. Using the GOLDING RED (WHITE) MD80 panel .... command the overhead system sub panel into view (keyboard command SHIFT+2) .... then activate the Air Conditiong switch, then the Seat Belt sign switch, and then the No Smoking sign switch also. When each of these switches are activated .... then do they respond with any sounds at all in your particular case ? "IF" these 3 particular switches don't result in any sound .... then .... it it's obvious that none of your Panel Sound related WAV files are working. If they are indeed working .... then your problem can, I think, be narrowed down to just a GPWS related audio issue. "IF" the above-recommended test/check does then suggest this particular possibility (non-functional call-out/GPWS sounds .... which are a part of the same Panel Sound related WAV) .... then the only possibility, I can "suggest", is that you may have some other gauge/untility installed (most likely from another different/unrelated panel) that's causing a conflict through interfering/confusing or otherwisepreventing your GPWS callout audio. "IF" that "IS" indeed the case .... THEN .... unfortunately ... it's also then likely to be something which HJG can't assist with and must, regrettably, leave you to your own devices in order to try'n resolve. HJG, appreciably, can't guaruntee the functionality of everything in offers when combine with whatever other FS freeware/payweare products one might have instaqlled over time. Again .... I don't doubt that you've installed everything correctly .... according to your recent feedback I agree .... it "IS" frustrating .... BUT .... I, personally, have never seen any previous report (that I can immediately recall) on this forum Support page which might indicate a similar known/previously experienced problem of this nature. I'm all out of suggestions now  Mark C AKL/NZ |
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Post by ram1220 on Feb 23, 2014 22:32:19 GMT
I have tried all of your suggestions. I clicked on the seatbelt sign switch, AC switch, etc. They all work like they should. I spent all afternoon trying to sort out this problem today. I was unable to fix it. I ended up going to Flightsim.com and downloaded another sound pack for a DC9/MD80. Works perfectly. All sounds as well as altitude callouts work as they are supposed to. I know this sound pack is not as "authentic" as yours but it works. I am not going to spend anymore time on this problem. Thank you for your replies.
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Feb 24, 2014 4:57:40 GMT
When you say "soundpack" .... I presume you mean audible GPWS altitude callouts only .... right ? It wouldn't surprise me to learn you've apparently successfully applied GPWS callouts per an alternative file .... which obviously uses a different gauge set than the one provided within the HJG simulation. I can assure you (everyone) that there's absolutely nothing, at all, wrong with any of the files/gauges provided by HJG for these simulations .... otherwise they simply wouldn't be uploaded  In fact your report is the very first indication of any such problem since these panel were first uploaded (2011( .... BUT HAVING SAID THAT .... different files can, sometimes, react differently on different systems and for a multitude of potenntial reasons. I still think that what you've experienced (with regard to the HJG MD*/90 supplied GPWS callouts) is possibly the result of some sort of conflict/incompatibility between this particular gauge set and something else you've probably got installed and which might have been confusing the simulation. It's a pitty you couldn't use the supplied files though .... and also .... that we weren't able to resolve you problem .... BUT .... at least you've obviously found an alternative to your satisfaction Mark C AKL/NZ |
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Post by ram1220 on Feb 24, 2014 16:08:32 GMT
By soundpack I mean an entire set of sound files or sound package. The new one I downloaded are for DC9/MD80 and are not from Aeromusica. They were made by someone else and yes they work. For me your Aeromusica sound package for the MD80 did not work. I just never had the callout sounds for altitude. I am sorry but I have spent way too much time trying to get your sound package to work. I moved on and downloaded a different sound package from Flightsim like I stated earlier. This sound package works. All of my sounds and callouts work just great. I am sorry but there is something wrong with the sound package that you have supplied for this series of MD80. Either way my problem has now been fixed and I will not be reinstalling your Aeromusica sound package for this aircraft. Again thank you for trying to help.
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Feb 24, 2014 19:12:33 GMT
With respect .... you're quite wrong there and possibly a little confused also .... I fear I don't, really, want to extend this discussion unnecessarily (either) .... BUT .... do so only in order to clarify because other folk are, I fear also, potentially, at risk of possibly becoming confused/misled .... and it's "THAT" which I simply, now, seek to avoid. 1. The GPWS callouts (the subject of this particular thread) have nothing, whatsoever, to do with and have, absolutely, bo connection with the AEROMUSICA soundpack for the MD80's .... in fact they (the GPWS WAV) are purely independent panel/gauge related sounds. 2. The AEROMUSICA soundpack (for the MD80's) is simply the engine and environmental audio .... which also features a few avionics system sounds not represented within the entirely separate panel/gauge sounds package .... to complete/fulfil the MD80 audio ambiance. 3. Without defending the product/s (which "IS NOT" my intention anyway) ... both lots of these separate files have been available here since 2011. Neither has been known present any problems/difficulties previously. "IF" they had .... then .... I'd expect to see a stream of similar complaints (and folk "WILL" complain if there is any problem .... believe you me  ), but, which doesn't appear to be the case in this particular case. 4. "IF" any problem was evident with either file then such would have been repaired .... "pre-release" .... or the said file/s simply wouldn't ever have been uploaded here. Those are the facts It's "A PITTY" .... and I do mean that "in all sincerety" too .... because we, here at HJG, apply considerable effort in trying to assist folk make things run right (as I'm sure this particular thread might confirm) .... simply because we like to ensure that more folk than whom ever ask any particular question eventually benefit from any query in order to enjoy, or get the best out of, everything we/HJG produce/offer. Most of the time we succeed .... but .... occasionally we don't/can't. FINALLY .... and in regard to "those files being discussed here". Despite the fact I'm sure, you believe, you've got everything installed in accordance with the recommended instructions, something, obviously, hasn't been done correctly (or there simply wouldn't be any issue here to discuss) .... OR .... some form of conflict/incompatibility with something else on your system may, possibly, be preventing your enjoyment of what you should so easily be able enjoy. We'll keep this thread "OPEN" (unlocked .... it'll continue being monitored) .... but .... I, personally, won't be adding anything further to it .... "unless any real need arises for me to have to do so" Mark C AKL/NZ |
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Post by ram1220 on Feb 24, 2014 22:58:41 GMT
Mark I understand what you are saying. And maybe the sound packages don't have anything to do with the altitude callouts per say. But I just find it totally weird that when I uninstalled the Aeromusica sound package that is recommended for the "red" panel and installed another DC9/MD80 sound package my problem went away. I now have callouts and every sound I am supposed to have. It was the only thing that worked in my case.
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), but, which doesn't appear to be the case in this particular case.