Loading custom sounds

[mike oxlong]

I wanted to get rid of the god awful engine and tyre sounds of the default 737 so I downloaded a few different sound packs. Loaded one into the 737 sounds folder and the first one didn't work, just kept playing the default sounds...tried the second folder, same issue. Can someone please point me in the right direction as to where I'm going wrong?

Thanks!

[🐉 Ðŗąçø 🐉]

I'm looking to do the same. Might try it tonight and see if it works.

[mike oxlong]

As far as I'm aware it was just a case of replacing the sound files in the relevant aircraft sound folder. But this doesn't work for some reason, I must be missing something but can't figure out what.

[denjame]

anybody know how to take the sounds from the 737 project ( they are fantastic so real wow.......) and make it work in the default 737?


here is the 737 project http://eadt.eu/

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Originally posted by denjame:

anybody know how to take the sounds from the 737 project ( they are fantastic so real wow.......) and make it work in the default 737?


here is the 737 project http://eadt.eu/

I'm going to give this a go now. I'll report back what I find.

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OK, I have results.
First time, SUCCESS!
I took the X737 sounds and stuffed them in the default Boeing B737-800 folder. Whilst X-Plane 11 doesn't support all sounds fully (such as engine roar at very high rpm, full start sequence sounds etc.), it nonetheless does a great job of seperating internal and external engine sounds, and I'm loving it!

Here's how:

1. Open two explorer windows (or equivalent on mac), navigate one to X-Plane 11\Aircraft\Laminar Research\Boeing B737-800\sounds in your Steam folder, and the sounds in the X737 folder.
2. In the default 737 sounds folder, create a new folder, named "engine" (without quotes).
3. Place all engine sounds from the X737 into the new "engine" folder you just created.
4. The name of these sounds are 737 xxx.wav. Change the first part of EACH SOUND as in the example below:
737 engn1.wav ---> b738 engn1.wav
Just change 737 to b738 of EVERY sound, and X-Plane will pick up the type of sound (such as engn1) and play it through X-Plane.

It's worth noting that I prefer to change the APU sound to the internal one also in the X737, but X-Plane doesn't have a dataref to support an outside AND an inside APU sound yet. But if you're good as programming... Drop LR an email.

Download lots of other aircraft, and find out what sounds you can change by looking at that aircraft's sound folder structure. Then find a sound, rename it appropriately and whack it in the Boeing B737-800 sounds folder.

Folders available in the sounds folder:
alert (warnings etc.)
contact (tyres etc.)
engine (self-explanatory)
radio chatter (don't bother with this folder)
systems (avionics etc.)
weather (rain, thunder and wind)

If the folder doesn't exist in the aircraft's sounds folder, then just create it!

I hope you found this useful. If so - let me know!

Have a nice flight!

[mike oxlong]

Ahh okay sounds promising! I'll give it a bash in the morning, cheers bud!

[mike oxlong]

Hmm - I just tried it to no avail :(

[denjame]

HI Draco i changed all to start with b (no good) added . wav(still no good) all in a new folder named engine ? any idea,s many thanks as always

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Originally posted by denjame:

HI Draco i changed all to start with b (no good) added . wav(still no good) all in a new folder named engine ? any idea,s many thanks as always

Is it b738?

[mike oxlong]

Ahh I see what you did there. I was just adding b before 737! XD

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Originally posted by theouterbanks:

Ahh I see what you did there. I was just adding b before 737! XD

Well done!

[mike oxlong]

Yeah it works now, cheers bud!

[denjame]

Originally posted by 🐉 Ðŗąçσ 🐉:

Originally posted by denjame:

HI Draco i changed all to start with b (no good) added . wav(still no good) all in a new folder named engine ? any idea,s many thanks as always

Is it b738?

Hi Draco mine read b738 engn1.wav ect ect for the other 7 still no good for me? all in a new folder named engine can you help please`

[denjame]

Originally posted by theouterbanks:

Yeah it works now, cheers bud!

mine read b738 engn1.wav ect ect for the other 7 still no good for me? all in a new folder named engine can you help please`

[mike oxlong]

How many 'engine' folders have you got in your 737 folder?