Based on the original 380 MSTS .wav files by MS/Kuju
IMPORTANT
These alternative sounds result in a more
complex sound configuration than the MSTS original, requiring more of your
systems resources.
ONLY INSTALL IF YOUR SOUND LEVEL IN THE
MAIN MSTS SOUND SETUP MENU IS SET TO HIGH AND MSTS PERFORMS TO YOUR
SATISFACTION.
It is assumed that users are familier with editing the unicode files of MSTS. If you are not then it is recommended you do not undertake these modification. Always make backup copies of any file before modifying it!
The usage of these files is not obvious, so please read this file in full before attempting to use them.
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Authors:- |
High speed .wav's |
- Murray Curtis (http://members.ozemail.com.au/~captmoo/) |
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- Distributed with his kind permission. |
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Time Warped lower speed and other edited Kuju/ MS .wav's and all .sms files |
- Stuart Williamson. |
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All Rights Reserved. |
Copyright @ 2002 Stuart Williamson |
- 2cSndSetV101.exe
This self installer includes:-
- 37 mono .wav files
Only mono sound files are provided. When
used with specially adapted .sms files they are used in the stereo environments
(ie cab and passenger views) too. This is done to simplify the creation of the
files, reduce the upload/download file sizes, and because the value of
artificially 'stereoised' mono originals is not consider (in my opinion) to be
worth it. Also, they play back at the correct speed, but lower pitch, sounding
more muffled which is more appropriate for inside the cab.
They are for your personal use only, and
may not be sold or distributed in any way.
The original steam loco sounds leave a lot
to be desired. The sounds do not time correctly to the rotation of the wheel,
the volume level remains constant as all speeds and regulator settings, sounds
seem to be at different pitches, not all have a correct or constant cylinder
rythum, sounds for high speed running do not exist, and wheel slip causes no
sound effect.
These sounds and configurations seek to
overcome these deficiencies. However, it appears (in the abscense of any
documentation from MS/Kuju) that the sms system used in MSTS is not adequate for
really authentic sound reproduction of steam locomotives. Thus compromises have
had to be made. Some effects do not seem possible, and some changes result in
unwanted side effects.
But the overall result is an improvement.
Two series of different sms files are
provided. These are for use by player (driveable) locos and traffic/AI
(non-driveable) locos.
These files provide the following features
for 2 cylinder locomotives:-
Driveable Locos:
| - | Sound changes timed to suit wheel
rotation. (This is a function of the number of animation frames). |
| - | Configurations to play the whole sound
set at different pitches, giving a greater variety in sounds. |
| - | Volume linked to regulator setting,
enabling coasting to low beat sound and silence. |
| - | Rail joint sound effect for the loco
wheels. |
| - | The sound of approaching and nearby
trains in the cab view. |
| - | The sound of approaching and nearby
trains in alternative passenger views (ie "head in cab", "head
out cab" and "guards van platform" views). |
| - | A selection of further loco whistles, each one able to play for 'space bar' controlled time. |
Non-driveable Locos:
| - | Speed related changing of sounds for
both AI and Helper locos. |
| - | Configurations which play the whole
sound set at different pitches, giving a greater variety in sounds. |
| - | Random sounding of AI
whistle on moving
away from stationary. |
| - | Random wheelslip sound on moving away
from stationary. |
| - | Random brake squeal on drawing to a halt. |
| - | Sounds are enabled to be heard in CabView and PassengerView, as well as the default ExternalView |
(Before installing these sounds, I suggest
you make a copy of all the files in the
Simply run the self installer file
2cSndSetV101.exe
This will create (or use) two folders in
the Trainset folder; common.sound/2cyl_generic and common.sound/uk_shared
WARNING: It is not recommended that you delete these files once installed and in use.
To use these sounds you need to select an
appropriate sound configuration for use by your loco, then edit the loco's .eng
file to correctly specify it.
To choose a configuration you need to
understand the file name notation used.
These .sms files have the following standard format, for example:
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2c-100a-eng01.sms |
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2c |
- | Designates a 2 cylinder sound set |
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100 |
- | Designates the pitch shift factor, either 60, 80, 100, 120 or 140. |
| 100 is the basic pitch sound. 60 and 80 give deeper pitch sounds. 120 and 140 give higher pitch sounds. | ||
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a |
- | Designates the animation factor. Only two options are currently catered
for, a or b. |
| Try a first as it should work for most locos. Use b where the sounds seem
to be twice as fast as required. |
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eng |
- | Designates the usage within the loco's
.eng file. Options are eng, engpas, cab or cabpas. Correct combinations of these files are needed. See below for more
details. |
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01 |
- | Simple designating number, only 01 is used so far. |
It is necessary to use pairs of corresponding configurations in order for the correct effect in the simulation to be achieved. Selection of the correct combination of files depends on the way you use your ingame views, and should be done as follows.
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- eng & cab |
Use these files when you wish to maintain the original MSTS use of Key5 (passenger) view for the inside of your coaches, etc. For example if the 100a configuration is
wanted then in your locos .eng file:- in
the Wagon () section use Sound ( "..\\..\\common.sound\\2cyl_generic\\2c-100a-eng01.sms"
)
in
the Engine () section use
Sound ( "..\\..\\common.sound\\2cyl_generic\\2c-100a-cab01.sms"
)
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| - eng & cabpas |
Use these files when the Key5 view is to
be used to provide a 'Head in cab' view. The sounds that are heard in the Key1
view will still be audible in the Key5 view. For example if the 100a
configuration is wanted then in your locos .eng file:-
Sound ( "..\\..\\common.sound\\2cyl_generic\\2c-100a-eng01.sms" ) in
the Inside () section delete the Sound () statement completely in
the Engine () section use
Sound ( "..\\..\\common.sound\\2cyl_generic\\2c-100a-cabpas01.sms" )
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| - engpas & cab |
Use this when the Key5 view is used to
provide a 'Head out cab' view. The sounds that are heard in the external views
will be audible in the Key5 view also. In your locos .eng file:-
Sound ( "..\\..\\common.sound\\2cyl_generic\\2c-100a-engpas01.sms" ) in
the Inside () section delete the Sound () statement completely in
the Engine () section use Sound ( "..\\..\\common.sound\\2cyl_generic\\2c-100a-cab01.sms" )
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These .sms files have the following standard format, for example:
#AI-2cyl-46-100-01.sms
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#AI |
- | Designates a
non-driveable engine sound set |
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2cyl |
- | Designates a 2 cylinder sound set |
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46 |
- | Designates the wheel diameter the .sms is timed for. ie 46 = 4ft 6ins, 60 = 6ft 0ins, etc. This variation is required in order to synchronise the sounds with the wheel rotation animation. |
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have covered 4ft 6ins (46) to 7ft 0ins (70) in 6ins increments. Choose the
nearest! |
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100 |
- | Designates the pitch shift factor, either 60, 80, 100, 120 or 140. |
| 100 is the basic pitch sound. 60 and 80 give deeper pitch sounds. 120 and 140 give higher pitch sounds. | ||
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01 |
- | Simple designating number, only 01 is used so far. |
These files are specifically written for use by non-driveable versions of the engines. (See later sections for more information). It uses the same more detailed sound arrangement as used by the driveable engines, but uses only Speed triggers in order that sound variations occur. Both Scalability Groups 1 and 0 are defined as AI engines use SG0 and Helper engines use SG1.
In the Wagon () section
of your non-driveable loco's .eng file use, for example:-
Sound ( "..\\..\\common.sound\\2cyl_generic\\#AI-2cyl-46-100-01.sms" )
UK-tender01.sms
This is a slightly modified copy of the default scotsman tender .sms file, renamed, defined for both Scalibility Groups 1 and 2 (ie for AI and Helper use) and enabled for all tree view types.
Use the following in the tenders .wag file.
Sound ( "..\\..\\common.sound\\uk_shared\\UK-tender01.sms" )
All of the above loco .sms files are aliased to use whistle .wav files located in the uk_shared folder. By default they use a version of the 380 whistle. All of these whistles have been edited to be short (ish) and have markers so that they will loop cleanly (well clean-ish!) whilst the spacebar is depressed. The following whistle sounds are provided:-
| x_whistle_380_01.wav | modified MSTS/Kuju original |
| x_whistle_fs_01.wav | modified MSTS/Kuju original |
| x_whistle_A4_01.wav | new, A4 Pacific |
| x_whistle_chime_01.wav | modified original by Kim Durose, upload with his permission |
| x_whistle_hall_01.wav | new, GWR Hall |
| x_whistle_manor_01.wav | new, GWR Manor |
| x_whistle_wc_01.wav | new, Bullied West Country |
Changing the whistle is therefore very easy. For example to swap from the 380 to the A4 simply open the appropriate .sms files and scroll down until you reach a section starting:-
Stream(
Skip( **** Whistle sounds. **** )
A few lines further down will be a line with the following in it:-
StartLoopRelease ( 1 File( "../UK_Shared/x_whistle_380_01.wav" -1 )
Simply change the 380 part to A4 and save, ie:
StartLoopRelease ( 1 File( "../UK_Shared/x_whistle_A4_01.wav" -1 )
IMPORTANT: DON'T FORGET TO CHANGE BOTH .SMS FILES AS THEY ARE USED IN PAIRS!
Simply doing this however has one big implication. If more than one loco share that particular pair of .sms files than all the locos will have the new whistle. So, to enable multiple use of the same sound configuration but with different whistles make a copy of the original pair of .sms files ie 2c-100a-eng01.sms and 2c-100a-cabpas01.sms and rename them 2c-100a-eng02.sms and 2c-100a-cabpas02.sms ie increase the designating numbers. Then change the whistles in these files, and edit the appropriate .eng file to point to the 02 versions instead.
Note: A similar method can be used with the #AI non-drivable loco .sms files, but be careful as each whistle is referred to three times!
Soon after the release of MSTS it became apparent that the non-driveable default engines could be made driveable by inserting a CabView () statement into the .eng file. Thus it quickly became normal practice for add-on loco's to be configured only as driveable engines regardless of whether they where being used for player or traffic services, or as helper engines, no perceived differences being noted.
Recently, through the pursuit of better sounds in MSTS and issues related to incorrect sounds from AI and Helper engines, it has become apparent that MSTS is written to treat driveable and non-driveable engines differently. It has been established that unless a simplistic Speed related sound configuration is used AI and Helper engines do not change sounds as they move. Also non-driveable AI and Helper engines use less system
resources thus resulting in a slight fps improvement over driveable loco used as AI and Helper engines.
Thus for the sake of an improved MSTS environment all engines should be configured as
both a driveable and non-driveable version, each version using an
appropriately configured .sms file.
This Tutorial details my standardised approach to implementing this.
My chosen notation for designating non-drivable engines is a # symbol. It is my personal preference and is not a strict requirement. However, it does enable a very simple approach to be adopted and ensures the clear identification of the non-driveable engines from the driveable ones in MSTS's various list of engines, and also ensures the sim does not confuse the two versions of the same engine sharing the same .s file.
For example I will use the "myloco.eng" and will be using "#AI-2cyl-60-120-01.sms"
The following steps can be applied to any steam, diesel or electric engine. This may seem a bit complex at first, but once your in the swing of it it is quite straight forward and quick to do.
1 - Create a copy of "myloco.eng" and name it "#myloco.eng". ie add a # to the beginning of the filename. This is the only additional file in the
engine's folder that needs to be created. It will re-use the same .s (and therefore .ace) files as the driveable engine.
2 - Open "#myloco.eng" for editing (in a unicode editor).
3 - Starting at the top of the file, in the Wagon () section, move down to the
Wagon ( myloco line. Insert a # at the beginning of the filename to give you
Wagon ( #myloco
4 - Move down and delete completely any Inside () statement in the Wagon () section. ie
as used for an extra cab view.
5 - Move down and overwrite the Sound () statement in the Wagon () section with the following
Sound ( "..\\..\\common.sound\\2cyl_generic\\#AI-2cyl-60-120-01.sms" )
6 - Move down into the Engine () section. In the Engine ( myloco
line. Insert a # at the beginning of the filename to give you Engine (
#myloco
7 - Move down a few lines to the Wagon ( myloco ) line. Insert a
# at the beginning of the filename to give you Wagon ( #myloco )
8 - Move down to find the CabView () statement and delete it completely. Also completely delete the
HeadOut () statement.
9 - Move down to find the Engine () section Sound () statement and delete it completely,
10 - Move down towards the end of the file and find the Name ( My Locos
Name ) statement. Insert a # at the beginning of the description to give you
Name ( # My Locos Name )
11 - Save and exit.
That is it.
The engine "# My Locos Name" will now be available in the consist editor for selection into new consists. I also use the # symbol at the beginning of any consist file name (ie
#testfreight.con) and description in order to further indicate the presence of a non-drivable consist.
When saving a non-drivable consist in the Activity Editor a warning message will
be displayed. Simply OK/yes click it.
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Original Upload
If you have any problems with these files
please post your queries on the UKTrainsim Sound Forum.
Stuart Williamson