I wonder if anyone can help.

I've managed to add on the engine startup sound for the hurricane AI flight members when they start their engines, but I can't seem to change the volume. I've tried different volume ="" settings in the effects.xml and also Atten="" values in the sounds.xml for the sound entry there I made, but I can't seem to get any drop in volume.

I also don't think the sound is necessarily coming from the AI aircraft but just playing in the ears so to speak; this wouldn't matter so much if I can just get the volume down!

Any help would be appreciated, I've searched and searched to try and find what all the settings for effects in CFS3 do but can't find anything. What does 'Relative' mean for example, I'd hoped that meant the sound was relative to the player somehow....What is the range of values for Attn, it seems to go into the minus range...

It alway gives me a headache that files seem to get created from each other too, I think the effects file in the main directory gets created from the one in the WOTRScenery/effects/effects, (values I put in the scenery one overwrite he main directory one). If only I knew what I was doing..

Thanks

ChiefWH

Maybe just reduce the sound levels in the wavs themselves

Thanks, yes I had thought that was a possible option, but figured I'd need software to do that and was worried that software would take ages to download (my connection is prehistoric), but as it turns out I think I've found a programme that is free and small and has just finished downloading so will give it a go.

Audacity is one of the best free ones.
https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/

There's a filter in the Effect menu, Amplify. Reduce it there, save.

Thanks that's what I had downloaded!