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#4275759 - 07/04/16 01:10 AM Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod  
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Can anyone make a mod for those of us who might have SSD drives so that the "contact! - startup engine" sounds don't keep playing well into the beginning of the mission?

Or let me know which exact files to remove altogether. Either would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. smile


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#4275777 - 07/04/16 03:04 AM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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I switched off the menu music and the "contact! - startup engine" sounds are no longer being played. You might want to try that first.


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#4275822 - 07/04/16 12:24 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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Someone did make a mod for this exact thing and for the life of me I can't remember who or when.
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#4276248 - 07/05/16 09:23 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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I have made a set that are 15sec each (half the length of the originals). I put fade ins and fade outs on them so they play back smoothly. They seem to work in-game. I'm not a modder, but if anyone knows how to package them up I can provide a Google Drive link to the edited files, Just let me know!

H


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#4276265 - 07/05/16 09:47 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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Sounds to me HarryH that you are a modder, now. biggrin


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#4276351 - 07/06/16 02:07 AM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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Hah! Well, I went and found Mr. Wiggins' excellent primer on packaging MODs for JSGME and I seem to have been successful in creating this mod. If anyone would like to beta test it, PM me with your email address.

H


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#4276411 - 07/06/16 09:16 AM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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If it works OK (maybe Hellshade would be a good tester with his super fast system ;)) then let me know I'll upload it to our website User mod pages


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#4276434 - 07/06/16 11:59 AM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Polovski]  
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Originally Posted By: Polovski
If it works OK (maybe Hellshade would be a good tester with his super fast system ;)) then let me know I'll upload it to our website User mod pages


I built my system designed around the idea that I'm impatient to fly WOFF 3. You can't win the war just waiting around, lads. biggrin

And I would love to test it! Please send me a copy!


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#4276437 - 07/06/16 12:38 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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@Hellshade

How many seconds is your loading time with your rig? I mean not the very first load but from the second on?

All others please chime in. I need an average loading time.

Thanks

Cheers

#4276477 - 07/06/16 02:29 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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Thanks, Creaghorn.

I'll post my loading time later today, but this will be great. This wasn't a problem for me until I upgraded to an SSD last month...couldn't believe the improvement in load times for everything.

Thanks for bringing this up, Hellshade smile


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#4276491 - 07/06/16 03:15 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Creaghorn]  
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Originally Posted By: Creaghorn
@Hellshade

How many seconds is your loading time with your rig? I mean not the very first load but from the second on?

All others please chime in. I need an average loading time.

Thanks

Cheers


I will check later tonight sir and post the time from the second load. Thank you.


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#4276509 - 07/06/16 03:54 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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Cool. I will time mine just out of curiousity now.
My system has a 30 GB SSD that it uses as a "cache" to speed load times though WOFF itself is on a regular HD.
"Second load"? Do you also find Hellshade that all load times after the first are faster?

EDIT: And is a campaign or QC the benchmark? Never do QC. I will guess the sound file is still played?

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#4276514 - 07/06/16 04:10 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Polovski]  
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Originally Posted By: Polovski
If it works OK (maybe Hellshade would be a good tester with his super fast system ;)) then let me know I'll upload it to our website User mod pages


Sounds good!

H


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#4276515 - 07/06/16 04:14 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Creaghorn]  
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Originally Posted By: Creaghorn
@Hellshade

How many seconds is your loading time with your rig? I mean not the very first load but from the second on?

All others please chime in. I need an average loading time.

Thanks

Cheers


15sec works perfectly for my rig - i3 3.7Ghz, 16gb DDR4 2600, GTX950, Samsung EVO SSD 500gb. The file plays right up to the airfield appearing.

H


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#4276516 - 07/06/16 04:15 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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Originally Posted By: Hellshade
Originally Posted By: Polovski
If it works OK (maybe Hellshade would be a good tester with his super fast system ;)) then let me know I'll upload it to our website User mod pages


I built my system designed around the idea that I'm impatient to fly WOFF 3. You can't win the war just waiting around, lads. biggrin

And I would love to test it! Please send me a copy!


That'd be great, will do!

H


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#4276522 - 07/06/16 04:32 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Originally Posted By: DukeIronHand
Cool. I will time mine just out of curiousity now.
My system has a 30 GB SSD that it uses as a "cache" to speed load times though WOFF itself is on a regular HD.
"Second load"? Do you also find Hellshade that all load times after the first are faster?

EDIT: And is a campaign or QC the benchmark? Never do QC. I will guess the sound file is still played?


I will time it based upon the second load of a campaign mission. Yes, the first load always takes longest. If you time the sound file to the first load of a campaign mission, you might easily still have start engine sounds running into the beginning of the mission on every mission after the first.


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#4276525 - 07/06/16 04:50 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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Hi,

For another point of reference - I too, very reluctantly, had turned off the menu music.

With the music on...
From clicking the Go To field button.
About 17 - 18 seconds to sitting in the plane cockpit.
About 33 seconds until I no longer hear the Contact - Engine starting sounds.

Tested under campaign - times were not from the first time.

Harry I will PM you also.

Thanks.


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#4276612 - 07/06/16 08:43 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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On my system the mod from Harry is looking good.
The contact/engine sounds stop just as the Cockpit screen is appearing.
Again - this is on the second load of a campaign mission.

Thanks Harry - Nice to have the menu sound on again.
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#4276652 - 07/06/16 10:52 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Stache]  
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Originally Posted By: Stache

On my system the mod from Harry is looking good.
The contact/engine sounds stop just as the Cockpit screen is appearing.
Again - this is on the second load of a campaign mission.

Thanks Harry - Nice to have the menu sound on again.
clapping


Awesome!


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#4276774 - 07/07/16 12:25 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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Sorry Harry, I was able to download and install the mod but my lovely girlfriend monopolized me for the rest of the evening so I didn't get to try it. I'm excited to do so though and she works evenings tonight so I am looking forward to giving your fine mod a go. Staches' results sound encouraging!


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#4276857 - 07/07/16 04:57 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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Originally Posted By: Hellshade
Sorry Harry, I was able to download and install the mod but my lovely girlfriend monopolized me for the rest of the evening so I didn't get to try it. I'm excited to do so though and she works evenings tonight so I am looking forward to giving your fine mod a go. Staches' results sound encouraging!


Ah, priorities wink OK have fun tonite & let me know. If all is good I'll package it up and send it over to Pol.

H


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#4276873 - 07/07/16 05:34 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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HarryH, I've tested it and it seems to work just fine. My experience was the same as Stache's.


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#4276925 - 07/07/16 07:18 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Banjoman]  
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Originally Posted By: Banjoman
HarryH, I've tested it and it seems to work just fine. My experience was the same as Stache's.


Excellent. Thanks Banjoman!

H


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#4277011 - 07/07/16 10:40 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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It works fantastic Harry! Thanks for the mod! salute


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#4277025 - 07/08/16 12:00 AM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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Originally Posted By: Hellshade
It works fantastic Harry! Thanks for the mod! salute


Happy to contribute!

H


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#4277052 - 07/08/16 02:45 AM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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HarryH, sounds to me like you are a modder now. biggrin


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#4277346 - 07/08/16 06:44 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Banjoman]  
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Originally Posted By: Banjoman
HarryH, sounds to me like you are a modder now. biggrin


I guess I officially am! It's nice to give back even a small thing to my favorite sim / community!

H


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#4506673 - 02/08/20 02:46 PM Re: Shorter Startup Engine Sound mod [Re: Hellshade]  
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Hi,

Sorry to resurrect this thread...

Is this mod available?
I looked on the current mods page and could not locate it.
Perhaps just let me know the name of the file(s) and I could look it myself.

Thank you.

** found the files....
they are "INTRO" files in campaigns/CampaignData/ShellMusic
Different files for different nationalities and engine types.

Last edited by Stache; 02/08/20 10:42 PM. Reason: Found the files

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Originally Posted by HarryH
I have made a set that are 15sec each (half the length of the originals). I put fade ins and fade outs on them so they play back smoothly. They seem to work in-game. I'm not a modder, but if anyone knows how to package them up I can provide a Google Drive link to the edited files, Just let me know!

H


Hi Harry, I just stumbled on this thread and I will take you up on your offer. PM me with the link and I will see if I can make it a JSGME self extracting mod which Sandbagger could put up on his mods page. You of course will be the owner and get the credit if I can make it work.

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