CLASS 56 CABVIEW & SOUNDS

rushdenx1 · Post by **rushdenx1** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 1:49 pm

I am trying to get the Class 56103 CabView & Sounds to work with the other Class 56s I have. I have replaced the existing Cabview & Sound files with the ones from 56103 and then changed the wag file to show Sound("gp38Cab.sms" ) and CabView ( gp38.cvf ). When I drive another 56 the new Cabview appears, but the throttle handle will not move. Also the Loco Sound can be heard in the Cab, but not outside. Please help.
Thanks. Kevin.

champy · Post by **champy** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 1:56 pm

i have this problem to ... think its something in the cabview file?

As for the sound in and not outside this is another problem i battle with to...

So now there are two of us to help

spartacus · Post by **spartacus** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 3:27 pm

The handle problem, i cant help with, but the sound one is fairly simple when you know how. There are two .sms sound files per .eng file and both need changing to have the new sounds. Note that they have different prefixes to the .sms, (e.g. ..........cab.sms) and this must be maintained. As you say, you've altered the cab.sms, but theres also another one, though i cant remember the prefix at the mo.

Christopher125 · Post by **Christopher125** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 7:40 pm

Hi

Its simple. Start at the top of the eng file. Go down until you find something like ("*****eng.sms"), change this to ("gp38eng.sms"). Then keep on going down until you find something like ("******cab.sms"). Change this to ("gp38cab.sms"), (This should be near the bottom).

Chris

rushdenx1 · Post by **rushdenx1** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 12:23 pm

Thanks. I have sorted out the sound problem. BUT. Can someone help with the 56 Cabview throttle handle problem. All other controls work fine with the mouse or keyboard, but the trottle handle will only work with the D and A keys. It will not move with the mouse. It works fine on 56103 but not the other 56s. Any ideas what I need to do. Thanks

asalmon · Post by **asalmon** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 1:24 pm

It is down to a miss-match between the cabview CVF file and then engine ENG file.

I don't know the specifics, but guess that (Eg) one is based on dash9 with combined throttle/dyn brake and the other is on the GP38 (throttle and brakes separately). If the lever in the cab is only a throttle but the eng has a combined control. it won't work.

Grab hold of Ian Morgan's cabview tutorial, or drop me a pm with the file id's of the cabview you are trying to use, and the loco you are trying it use it with; and I'll see if I can fix it for you.

-Alan

asalmon · Post by **asalmon** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 5:15 pm

Yep, as I suspected - the cabview has a combined control - 56103 has a combined control in the eng, 56006 doesn't.

Two solutions:

1) for each 56 it doesn't work in, edit the ENG.

Add a line:

Combined_Control( 0 1 0.5 0.5 throttle dynamic )

just above DirControl ( -1 0 1 1 ) (make sure you don't lose the single close bracket after the dynamic brakes)

Or

2) edit the CVF file

and change

CombinedControl (
Type ( CP_HANDLE COMBINED_CONTROL )

to

lever (
Type ( THROTTLE LEVER )

leaving everything else alone. Then use this CVF file for all the other locos where the supplied one doesn't work. One side-effect of this is that the throttle lever seems to move the wrong way - it comes towards you as you increase.

I think (2) is more realistic because the class 56 doesn't have dynamic brakes - in fact I don't think any UK loco does - its an American thing!

-Alan