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I HAD (keyword HAD) an idea on how to get chatter in side the cabview, but I got stuck here;
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PassengerCabinFile ( -SD40-UP3775.s )
PassengerCabinHeadPos ( -1.2 3.5 5.5 )
RotationLimit ( 30 170 0 )
StartDirection ( 0 0 0 )
Sound ( "gp38cab.sms" )I understand all this, BUT can I change the .sms file to a completly new one, w/o skreweing the outside or the '1' view sounds up???Greg Marck

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RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Jan-18-02, 06:15 PM, (1) RE: Chaging sms files, benantanaitis, Jan-31-02, 07:43 AM, (9) RE: Chaging sms files, troub, Jan-31-02, 12:11 PM, (10) RE: Chaging sms files, benantanaitis, Jan-31-02, 12:17 PM, (11) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Feb-02-02, 10:52 AM, (12) RE: Chaging sms files, benantanaitis, Feb-02-02, 11:15 AM, (13) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Feb-02-02, 08:43 PM, (14) RE: Chaging sms files, benantanaitis, Feb-02-02, 09:31 PM, (15) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Feb-02-02, 10:32 PM, (16) RE: Chaging sms files, troub, Feb-02-02, 10:52 PM, (17) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Feb-03-02, 10:19 AM, (18) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Feb-06-02, 09:12 PM, (19) RE: Chaging sms files, troub, Feb-06-02, 10:22 PM, (20) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Feb-07-02, 03:36 PM, (23) RE: Chaging sms files, troub, Feb-08-02, 08:16 AM, (24) RE: Chaging sms files, benantanaitis, Feb-08-02, 08:58 AM, (25) RE: Chaging sms files, troub, Feb-08-02, 09:35 AM, (26) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Feb-08-02, 03:37 PM, (27) RE: Chaging sms files, benantanaitis, Feb-11-02, 04:38 PM, (29) RE: Chaging sms files, benantanaitis, Feb-11-02, 04:36 PM, (28) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Feb-13-02, 03:55 PM, (30) RE: Chaging sms files, benantanaitis, Feb-13-02, 04:03 PM, (31) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Feb-15-02, 11:07 AM, (32) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Feb-25-02, 06:22 PM, (35) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Mar-04-02, 03:55 PM, (36) RE: Chaging sms files, troub, Mar-04-02, 06:35 PM, (37) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Mar-06-02, 04:19 PM, (38) RE: Chaging sms files, troub, Mar-06-02, 06:49 PM, (39) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Mar-07-02, 03:40 PM, (40) RE: Chaging sms files, troub, Jan-18-02, 07:25 PM, (2) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Jan-18-02, 07:37 PM, (3) RE: Chaging sms files, troub, Jan-18-02, 11:05 PM, (4) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Jan-19-02, 12:29 PM, (5) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Jan-20-02, 09:53 AM, (6) RE: Chaging sms files, troub, Jan-20-02, 11:09 AM, (7) RE: Chaging sms files, CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck, Jan-21-02, 12:00 PM, (8) RE: Chaging sms files, timken, Feb-06-02, 11:09 PM, (21) RE: Chaging sms files, scefhwil, Feb-07-02, 08:04 AM, (22) RE: Chaging sms files, highball5, Feb-16-02, 11:49 PM, (33) RE: Chaging sms files, scefhwil, Feb-18-02, 08:25 AM, (34)

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is it possible to add a line of coding in the .sms file to set a new line to a new line in the file (try and stay with me here) like something like this ***************************Variable_Trigger ( Variable2_Inc_Past 0.550 StartLoop ( 1 File ( "gp_power_cruise5.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod ( SequentialSelection ) ) )
Variable_Trigger ( Variable2_Inc_Past 0.850 ReleaseLoopRelease () )

******************************except with new .wav files in spot of the current .wav. That would work with something like the bell, like if you trigered the bell wit the b button it would play that. But would it keep looping, or can I take the loops out?In theory I could just go into the sound folder and completly overwrite the current bell .wavs, but that defeats the general purpose of this, I would be scaficing the current bell in the outside view. I dont want to do that, I want to do it so its ONLY in the '5' view.Hope I didnt lose you Greg Marck

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Guys. What's the status on this? I sent sample files to Troub last week. (two of the batch were rejected because of a full mailbox, interesting stuff in the MOW file)I'd still like to know how you are planning to do this for my own personal routes.Ben A.
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Oh hey, sorry. I've been pretty busy with my route stuff and a model I need to have done this week. Not to mention my sick cat, etc.I'll email both of you tonight. By the way, Ben, I didn't know my mailbox even had a size limit until I got those .wav files !Sorry,
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No problem. Take whatever time you really need.BTW I will send the MOW file today. It is worth a listen.Ben A.

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sorry guys, my hotmail has been messed lately, but I think I sent Ben a e-mail a couple of days ago, did u get it Ben? And Troub u can try and e-mail me at gregoryis411@hotmail.com or americanrailVR@homtail.com your choice, I know I sent you a e-mail from americanrailVR the other day.Thanks for your help on this guys. Greg Marck






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Greg,Nope. Sorry. No email this week.Hotmail really bites as an email service. Yahoo! offers free email id's and allows for a 6x larger inbox size with 'filtering' options.I did send the MOW sample file to Troub to review.The Circus is in Charlotte this weekend, their 'circus train' is parked off on one of the sidings in northwest Charlotte. This makes for very interesting radio 'chatter'The circus will be leaving charlotte sometime Monday. If all goes as it has in the past, the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus Train will travel through my backyard sometime Monday morning. I try to video tape them and make an AVI or MPEG of them going by. I have videos of them from several previous years.Ben A.
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ahhh!!!!!!!! umm, do u know or remember what the last e-mail I sent u was. I have a school e-mail its marck_gregor@hccanet.org
(I think, I'm not to positive since the last e-mail I got there was 2 yrs ago) Write back on here untill I set up a yahoo.Greg Marck






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Greg,
Here is the redacted text of your last email:
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Subject: Re: Radio chatter
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 07:26:04 -0500 if you could split everything into three or four differenet sections(where apporaite)also if you want to e-mail Troble xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx, he's the brains of this opperation. Thanks.
Greg Marck
************************That's it.Ben A.
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damn I cant spell worth #####, lol. I think thats the last thing I e-mailed u. Hows it going?
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Hey guys, sorry again Anyway, Greg, I think I got one of your emails, and I did get the MOW .wav file. Now, how exactly do you want the .sms file set up to play them? Right now, the way I have it figured out, the radio chatter files will play randomly in the cab. I thought that would be kind of cool just to have some noise going on, but it won't work for anything specific, like defect detectors or instructions. I might be able to figure out how make distinct triggers for sounds, though, but I'd have to play around with it for a while. I have a couple of other things that I have to finish in the next day or two, then I can look at this project a little more closely. Really, I think there is a lot that can be done. I don't really see what the big mystery is about the .sms files, they look pretty straightforward to me, with a little reverse-engineering (I do have a degree in Comp. Sci., though, so that might have something to do with it ). Anyway, thanks for being patient, and look for some real results with this in 4 or 5 days. Just let me know exactly what kind of behavior you're looking for, and I'll see what I can do.By the way, I just recently reinstalled Windows 2000 on my computer, and the sound card has been messed up, like it only wants to play a couple of audio streams at a time, and if asked to do more, it chokes and stutters and crashes the game. It should be able to do many many many streams, it's a SoundBlaster Live! card, and I've never had any problems with it before. I just need to reinstall the drivers, and I don't anticipate any problems. If I do have some problems, though, the aforementioned timetable could change, as I can't test the sounds very well if they're not working Later,
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it would be really cool if we could do the trigger version of it, it would add a sense of realism, wouldnt it? But we could also do 2 versions if it is easier to do the random vrs the trigger versions.Thanks alot guys!
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You guys still with me?Greg Marck
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Yep, I'm working on it. I think I know what'll work (at least for the random triggering right now), but my sound card keeps messing up and I haven't gotten around to hooking up my old computer to get the good drivers for it (the ones now on the Creative website are crap). I'll finish messing with the .sms file, and I'll send it to you soon. I'm pretty sure it'll work, and it can't hurt anything as long as you make a backup! troub
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sounds great!
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I'll be emailing it to both of you (Ben and Greg) tonight, for you to play with over the weekend troub
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Troub,Thanks for the work. I am most interested in the 'how was it done' of this work, so I can apply it to my 'home town' route.FWIW Hotmail only allows emails < 1MB in size. This won't cause me any problems. But Greg may have a problem with anything > 1MB in an email. All the wav files I sent out to both of you got bounced back to me from hotmail's mail server.Ben

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I'll check to see how large they are, I might be able to temporarily place them in my web space, and I can send a link to download. Basically what I was going to email was the .sms file, along with instructions about what to do to get your own sounds to play. Then, if you guys think it works ok, I can upload it to the file library (the .sms and instructions, to avoid distributing .wav files for both size and FCC/privacy/intercepted-communications-type reasons).troub
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ok, I found a yahoo e-mail I forgot about, it's marckmap@yahoo.com hope this works Greg Marck
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Greg,I am going to attempt to send the 'chatter' files to your Yahoo! mailbox today, so you can try out Troub's sms file.Ben A.

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Troub,Got the file. Many thanks to you. This gives me something to work with.Will try it out today or tomorrow, I'm working a customer problem in my software product at this moment. Ben A.CSXFan@EZ-PnF.com

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ok, sounds great, I still havent been able to dl stuff off ANY e-mail service.Greg Marck
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Greg,I tried to send you the files, and each one got bounced back from Yahoo!. They said your mailbox was almost full. Try to clean out the stuff in the 'mailbox' and the 'spambox/bulkmailbox' they set up automatically for everyone.But, on the upside, Troub's .sms file worked great. Just rolling down the tracks and 'presto' radio static followed by radio chatter.Send me an email when you get the Yahoo box emptied out.Ben A.

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I got ur e-mails, and I believe I replied to them.
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you guys got mail
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troub, u have mail!
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Which account? I don't think I've gotten anything. . .troub
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I've sent two e-mails to this account msts-ic@sbcglobal.net I can resend or use another address if you would like.
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Yeah, please resend. . .I got two emails the other day, but they were both completely empty (no sender, no message, nothing). They were probably yours, I guess. . .troub
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you got mail, I hope.Greg Marck
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LAST EDITED ON Jan-18-02 AT 07:26 PM (EST)What I would do is look at some of the external views, see how they play the random sounds, and try to incorporate that into your new .sms file. That way it'll play random files for radio chatter every now and then. I think that would be a better effect than having to replace anything, or having to trigger the chatter yourself. Also, it would allow you to use multiple audio files, one of which would be selected at random--you wouldn't hear the same thing over and over again. Just a suggestion as to what I would look into. . .troub
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I get what ur saying, but I dont get what I would need to do. Isnt the .sms file, ONLY the sms file in the cabview?You can e-mail me if you want.Greg Marck

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I got it to work fine, I'll email you in a bit with details.troub
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thanks alot!Greg Marck

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trob, I havent recieved ur e-mail as of yet. Can you tell me which address u sent it to?Greg Marck

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LAST EDITED ON Jan-20-02 AT 11:10 AM (EST)Oh, I clicked on the email icon in the header of your post. I see now that that address is different than the one in your signature. I'll resend it.troub
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sry about that. And you got mail P.S. I know it didnt happen, but I dont think ANY NFC team could of tooken the Rams at home in this kind of condition.Greg Marck

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Here's an idea, The bridges, crossing, pavement, tunnels etc. and all sorts of things have sounds that play in the cab and passenger views and interupt the regular track sounds. They can be placed in the route editor, and you could certainly sacrifice a few to have a hot box detector or whatever. just substitute the sound file you want to hear, into that object's sound file.Steve

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If you have a suitable .wav for this then it is quite straight forward to create a new sound source specifically for it.

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I've been following along in this thread for a while. Tried the track sound approach to making a detector a while back. Never achieved the right results, then got side tracked on a couple other projects. What I ended up with was detector that never shut up. As I approached the point where I had the sound set to start, you'd hear it faintly in the distance. as you got nearer the wav file would repeat getting louder. I made a wav file that just said "detector - no defects, repeat, no defects" As you got closer to the point where the track sound was placed, the audio got louder. As I passed over the point it was just right, but then as leaving the area it would repeat over and over fading out until it was gone. I'd have to dig back in some backups to see what I did exactly to get it to that point. I know I had to add something to the ttype.dat file and seems like some tweaking to an sms file somewhere.

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Sounds as if your sms config is set to StartLoop rather than PlayOneShot. You can also define a Distance related volume curve, this could be used to stop you hearing the sound from too far away. If you'd like me to do an sms for you just mail me the .wav file.Stuartscefhwil@barrysworld.co.uk

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