Sound Error

[caleb]

Hi all,

I get this error when I try to start a flight in P3D v4.1 with the MilViz beaver amphibiain.

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Any ideas on how to fix this? I get the same error many times from SND1.wav - SND55.wav. The engine sounds can be heard ok in the sim, but I wanted to see if this could be explained and fixed.

Thanks in advance.

[N4GIX]

That's because the custom sound module normally finds it's path from the location of the actual .dll file (kept in the ..\panel folder). The sound files are relative to the .dll's path. Since you installed in the P3Dv4 external folder, the sound module isn't finding the SNDnn.wav files.

You can 'fix this' by modifying the gaugenn= line in the panel.cfg file and provide the full path to where the sim now thinks the files are (as listed in the error report).

gauge07=..\panel\Milviz_Sound!FBGS_XMLSound, 0,0,1,1,SimObjects\\Airplanes\\DHC-2 Beaver Milviz\\DHC-2_XML_Sounds#55

replace the ..\ (relative path) with the fully qualified path with the part in red below. We cannot predict where anyone is going to install their aircraft in P3Dv4, so obviously can't do this automatically. For example, I can't store any aircraft on my C drive because it's only a small SSD for my OS.

gauge07=C:\Lockheed Martin\Addons\All Addons\SimObjects\Airplanes\DHC-2 Beaver Milviz\panel\Milviz_Sound!FBGS_XMLSound, 0,0,1,1,SimObjects\\Airplanes\\DHC-2 Beaver Milviz\\DHC-2_XML_Sounds#55

[Nirgal76]

but with "external" installation, i had MVAMS not working (not changing aircraft configuration). it was searching for dhc2 (and DHC3 for me) into P3D folder only.
i had to patch modules dhc2.dll and DHC3.dll of MVAMS for it to works with external installations of aircraft.
it could be nice to have the ability to put into dhc2.ini / dhc3.ini the aircraft installation path

[caleb]

Thanks Bill,

I opened the panel.cfg file that was in C:\Lockheed Martin\Addons\All Addons\Sim Objects\Airplanes\DHC2 Beaver MilViz\panel and changed the gauge07 entry under [Vcockpit01] to C:\Lockheed Martin\Addons\All Addons\SimObjects\Airplanes\DHC-2 Beaver Milviz\panel\MV3DSound!MV3DS, 0,0,1,1,SimObjects\\Airplanes\\DHC-2 Beaver Milviz\\DHC-2_XML_Sounds#55. I still had the error. Is this all I need to do, or am I skipping a step?


Thanks.

[Nirgal76]

you should modify the panel you are using

For example if you are using config with GTN750+GTN650+weather radar, the panel.cfg to modify is the one into :
\SimObjects\Airplanes\DHC-2 Beaver Milviz\panel.GTN750_650_WX

watch your aircraft.cfg and see the line "panel=":
for my example, i have
"panel=GTN750_650_WX" that gives you the right folder

[caleb]

So I decided that everything would work much better if I just installed the Beaver to the P3D v4.1 root directory instead of the external folder idea. I did that and no longer have the error. Thanks very much for your time.

[Nirgal76]

You have the solution to use symbolic link to install outside of P3D and create link to have it into. That's what i do for some addons like ORBX only working into P3D.

[N4GIX]

So I decided that everything would work much better if I just installed the Beaver to the P3D v4.1 root directory instead of the external folder idea. I did that and no longer have the error. Thanks very much for your time.

That is the one requirement for everything to work seamlessly. There are simply too many modules that need to communicate with each other to support any other method at this time.

[caleb]

You have the solution to use symbolic link to install outside of P3D and create link to have it into. That's what i do for some addons like ORBX only working into P3D.

I might consider doing this. Thanks.

That is the one requirement for everything to work seamlessly. There are simply too many modules that need to communicate with each other to support any other method at this time.

Yes, I am realizing that now. Thanks.