JUST WONDERING SOMETHING ABOUT SOUND FILES

[Fibber]

I have just finished redoing all the available sound files into one folder for aliasing. i have noticed that there are some that have configurations for triple,single,double engines. It is my understanding that these all have to have their own folders with enclosed .wav files.
So, in the various engine folders I have seperate files that are for the different amount of engines ie; DB601\single\twin\triple. Within the these files I have the seperate sounds. (For the purists, I chose that number at random)
The alias .cfg for each one appears in the sound alias file as follows ,with only the amount of engines changed;
([fltsim]
alias=C:\Program files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 2\Engine Sounds\DB601\twin\sound

Here is the question ,can ALL the files be put in one folder with different sound.cfg's and referenced to that particular sound.cfg? So instead of three folders with seperate .wav sounds and sound.cfg contained there in, you would have one sound folder with the required .wav's and three different named .sound.cfg's such as soundsingle, sounddouble, soundtriple? These would have to be referenced in the alias file as;
([fltsim]
alias=C:\Program files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 2\Engine Sounds\DB601\sound\soundtriple(single)(double).cfg

This would save a HECK of a lot of space and I was wondering if it is possible or has it been done? Hope I have not confused anyone, I know I am getting there!

 

[Rami]

Reply...

Fibber,

I haven't found a way to do that yet. I do have all of my engine sounds aliased, though.

 

[Fibber]

RAMI

It is just a thought. I believe that would be a great way to save even more space. I don't think it can be done, but I have zip, nada, zilch understanding of anything beyond basic, and am quickly forgetting that also! Would be great if it could be.

 

[erufle]

I am far from being an expert at computing, but I just don't see how multiple .cfg files can possibly work on a single folder full of wave files. I think there is no way around duplicating the folder.

 

[OBIO]

CFS2 looks for the SOUND.cfg....that is all it knows to look for. If you changed the name of the SOUND.cfg to anything else, the sim will not recognize it.

I thing I noticed in your post was how you had your planes aliased. It seems like you have a SOUND folder for each engine configuration. You can actually eliminate the SOUND folder and just put your sound pack into a descriptive folder. Like Triple 603 or Twin R-1340. You do not have to have the files in a SOUND folder per se.

Your alias would look like this:

([fltsim]
alias=C:\Program files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 2\Engine Sounds\DB601\twin

With the twin engine sound files in the Twin folder.

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I have given some thought to sharing sound files between different sound packs....I have a TON of sound packs with lots of duplicate sound files (R-1340, Twin R-1340, Triple R-1340, Quad R-1340). I have wondered if each of the sound files themselves could be aliased. I have not tested this approach as it would require a ton of work. This is how the aliased sound.cfg would look:

[COMBUSTION.1.00]
filename=c:\motor\R-1340\ford_rpm1_outboard_left
flags=0
viewpoint=1
rparams=0.000000,0.977000,1.000000,1.682000
vparams=0.000000,17.600000,0.002000,17.600000,0.160000,22.400000,0.236000,9.600000,0.264000,0.000000,1.000000,0.000000,1.000000,0.000000,1.000000,0.000000
link=COMBUSTION.1.01

[COMBUSTION.1.01]
filename=c:\motor\R-1340\ford_rpm2_outboard_left
flags=0
viewpoint=1
rparams=0.000000,0.844000,1.000000,1.682000
vparams=0.000000,0.000000,0.153000,0.000000,0.183000,7.200000,0.231000,52.800000,0.461000,63.200000,0.507000,14.400000,0.551000,0.000000,0.905000,0.000000
link=COMBUSTION.1.02

[COMBUSTION.1.02]
filename=c:\motor\R-1340\ford_rpm3_outboard_left
flags=0
viewpoint=1
rparams=0.000000,0.731000,1.000000,1.525000
vparams=0.428000,0.000000,0.477000,11.200000,0.523000,65.600000,0.699000,75.200000,0.769000,15.200000,0.884000,0.000000,1.000000,0.000000,1.000000,0.000000
link=COMBUSTION.1.03

[COMBUSTION.1.03]
filename=c:\motor\R-1340\ford_rpm4_outboard_left
flags=0
viewpoint=1
rparams=0.000000,0.624000,1.000000,1.314000
vparams=0.671000,0.000000,0.701000,10.400000,0.769000,81.600000,0.917000,91.200000,0.995000,96.800000,1.000000,96.000000,1.000000,96.000000,1.000000,96.000000
link=COMBUSTION.1.04

 

[Fibber]

SOUND FILES

Obio;
I know that the structure could be as you stated, but having the sounds within a "sound " folder makes it easier to swap new ones in and out. If I see something I want to try, I just "xsound" my old file and put in the new one. If I don't like it, I just delete the folder and rename the "xsound" to "sound". A lot easier than all those deletions and reinstallations.