Help assigning sounds to keys

[Maximus_Cumulus]

Hi everyone,

I really love the sound that the PMDG 737 makes when the spoilers are deployed, more importantly it makes the Butt-Kicker work rather well and you know when the spoilers are down. Is there any way I can take the PMDG spoiler .wav file and assign it to spoiler action in other aircraft. I have found the .wav file but don't see any reference to it in the sound.cfg files. It must be linked to a .gauge file or something?

Maybe there is a program that can simply play a sound file when / key is pushed.

Any ideas?

Thannks,

Max

[apollosmith]

You could do it with a pretty basic XML gauge and DSD_Sound. Of course, you'd have to code the gauge to do this, but yes, it is possible. I'm not aware of any program that you can use to just set this up - you'd have to custom build it.

[Maximus_Cumulus]

>You could do it with a pretty basic XML gauge and DSD_Sound.
>Of course, you'd have to code the gauge to do this, but yes,
>it is possible. I'm not aware of any program that you can use
>to just set this up - you'd have to custom build it.


Thanks for the insight. Maybe I will spend the next few days figuring out how to do what you say. Any advice on programs to help with gauge coding?

Max

[Maximus_Cumulus]

>>You could do it with a pretty basic XML gauge and
>DSD_Sound.
>>Of course, you'd have to code the gauge to do this, but yes,
>>it is possible. I'm not aware of any program that you can
>use
>>to just set this up - you'd have to custom build it.
>
>
>Thanks for the insight. Maybe I will spend the next few days
>figuring out how to do what you say. Any advice on programs to
>help with gauge coding?
>
>Max
>


Never mind, I got off my lazy butt and did a Google. I think I found something, I will try it. Just in case someone else wants to try the same thing..link for you.

http://www.ascendant-online.net/en/d.../flightsim.php

[apollosmith]

Yes, DSD XML Sound is what you want. This assumes the gauge is Spoilersound:spoilersound and that the config file for DSD XML Sound is Gauges/spoilersound.ini

Your gauge XML should look something like this (not tested, but should work). Note: the 2 makes the sound play in a loop rather than just one time.

****

<Gauge Name="spoilersound" Version="1.0">
<Element>
<Select>
<Value>
(A:SPOILERS HANDLE POSITION,percent) 0 &gt;
if{ 2 (>L:spoilersound, number) }
els{ 0 (>L:spoilersound, number) }
</Value>
</Select>
</Element>
</Gauge>

****

Your config file for DXD XML Sound:

[Config]
MaxSounds=5
LvarStop=dsd_stop_sounds

[LVars]
Lvar00=spoilersound

[Sounds]
Sound00=./Sound/spoilersound.wav

****

And your panel.cfg:

gaugeXX=Spoilersound!spoilersound, 1,1,2,2
gaugeXX=dsd_xml_sound3!dsd_xml_sound3, 2,2,5,5,.\Gauges\spoilersound.ini

****

Hopefully that's enough that you can fill in the blanks. It took me quite a while to figure out how all of this works. Once you get the hang of it, you can do some cool things like set volume based on the spoiler position, add graphic indicators, etc. I'm not an expert, but will help if I can. I created one similar to this, but it plays an overspeed alarm - I can send the whole thing to you if you'd like.

Jared

[Maximus_Cumulus]

>Yes, DSD XML Sound is what you want. This assumes the gauge
>is Spoilersound:spoilersound and that the config file for DSD
>XML Sound is Gauges/spoilersound.ini
>
>Your gauge XML should look something like this (not tested,
>but should work). Note: the 2 makes the sound play in a loop
>rather than just one time.
>
>****
>
><Gauge Name="spoilersound" Version="1.0">
><Element>
><Select>
><Value>
>(A:SPOILERS HANDLE POSITION,percent) 0 >
>if{ 2 (>L:spoilersound, number) }
>els{ 0 (>L:spoilersound, number) }
></Value>
></Select>
></Element>
></Gauge>
>
>****
>
>Your config file for DXD XML Sound:
>
>[Config]
>MaxSounds=5
>LvarStop=dsd_stop_sounds
>
>[LVars]
>Lvar00=spoilersound
>
>[Sounds]
>Sound00=./Sound/spoilersound.wav
>
>****
>
>And your panel.cfg:
>
>gaugeXX=Spoilersound!spoilersound, 1,1,2,2
>gaugeXX=dsd_xml_sound3!dsd_xml_sound3,
>2,2,5,5,.\Gauges\spoilersound.ini
>
>****
>
>Hopefully that's enough that you can fill in the blanks. It
>took me quite a while to figure out how all of this works.
>Once you get the hang of it, you can do some cool things like
>set volume based on the spoiler position, add graphic
>indicators, etc. I'm not an expert, but will help if I can. I
>created one similar to this, but it plays an overspeed alarm -
>I can send the whole thing to you if you'd like.
>
>Jared

WOW!!! That's a lot of info to digest!! I love a challenge, so I will get at it tonight and let you know if I can figure it out. Here goes nothing.

Max

[Maximus_Cumulus]

Hi Jared,

I think I am getting there, slowly.

The spoiler gauge I made must be the "trigger" that tells XML_sound3.gau to play the wav file..



(A:SPOILERS HANDLE POSITION,percent) 0 >
if{ 2 (>L:spoilersound, number) }
els{ 0 (>L:spoilersound, number) }


Do I need to put some values in here? Do I need to put FS event ID or something?

I would love to see your .xml file to disect it. Maybe you can emial it to me?

Thnaks again,

Max

[Maximus_Cumulus]

>Hi Jared,
>
>I think I am getting there, slowly.
>
>The spoiler gauge I made must be the "trigger" that tells
>XML_sound3.gau to play the wav file..
>
>
>
>(A:SPOILERS HANDLE POSITION,percent) 0 >
>if{ 2 (>L:spoilersound, number) }
>els{ 0 (>L:spoilersound, number) }
>
>
>Do I need to put some values in here? Do I need to put FS
>event ID or something?
>
>I would love to see your .xml file to disect it. Maybe you can
>emial it to me?
>
>Thnaks again,
>
>Max

I always seem to answer my own questions... it is working now!!!

Thanks Jared!!!!

What else can I do with this file?

Max