Assigning gun sounds

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grover1

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Hi all,

I'm looking at changing the weapon sounds for the Lewis-equipped aircraft in CFS3.

Specifically bringing over the Lewis gun sounds from WOFF and change the sounds for the Tiger Moth, Blenheim, and Beaufighter tail guns.

I've got no idea where the gun sounds are assigned to specific guns.

Thanks,

Chris
 
In the guns folder, the xdp will have a value called "SoundName" which refers to a node in the sounds xml, which in turn calls for the actual .wav file for the sound. Copy the file, the node, and the gun xdp and you will have it. The xdp for the gun will also have a "DefaultWeapon" value, which is the name of a folder in the weapons folder. Copy that folder over too.

Now for what you want to do specifically, the Lewis won't be the right gun for those aircraft. The Beaufighter's rear gun was actually a Browning Mk.II .303cal because nothing else would fit, while the Blenheim (and Battle, Swordfish, Anson, Beaufort, Hudson, Hampden, Lysander, etc.) used the Vickers K .303cal gun on some or all of their gun positions. Typically free swinging guns were Vickers Ks while turret guns where Browning Mk.IIs, but a few early aircraft had the Vickers K in a turret and a few later ones (like the Beaufighter) had a free swinging Browning Mk.II. The Vickers K is drum fed and definitely resembles the Lewis, but it's a much more modern gun and has a much higher rate of fire, so it won't sound like a Lewis. The Browning Mk.II is belt fed. I've never heard of a Tiger Moth with any kind of gun and didn't know that we had a CFS3 model so equipped.
 
Hi Chris,

everything Gecko said.

Daniel, Clives Tigermoth has a Lewis gun load out. Its a what if scenario, eager young pups bolting Lewis guns to top wing (WWI style) and going after nasty Hun bombers....

I made it up as an external loadout, its not actually modeled into the aircraft. so you have to select the Lewis (as you would a bomb load) and then fire it. the Lewis gun model is actually the bomb attached to the null pylon :)

regards Rob.
 
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