Disabling generic 'Jointed Track' sounds

[passedcleaner]

Hi all,

When I bought the SVR addon a couple of years ago, it installed the above sounds across the board. This means that most of my rolling stock now produces these sounds when moving, which is really annoying when running, say, on the Thames-Mersey route, which is all CWR!

When you're in the cab of a steam loco, the noise level is so high as to drown out any rail joint sounds, and the same applies in an enclosed diesel/electric cab. Only from the trackside or onboard the coaches would you hear these sounds anyway, and I'm prepared to forego these to get rid of them elsewhere.

Is there any way to disable these files, or am I stuck for life?

Thanks in advance

Seb

[jetgriff]

I was a passed cleaner ay 21A Saltley loco after being a cleaner for only 2 weeks in 1960 before being thrown out onto the main line. First job go to Saltley station and relieve a football special to Nottingham. Gosh when i saw that huge firebox of white hot coals .. phew

[jbilton]

Hi
If these are the 'genpasswagsteam.sms' sounds you can over write with the sounds out of the library.
However strictly speaking modern stock should be aliased to 'genpasswagmodern.sms'....which should give you the shussh type sound you want.

The other thing you can do is add the volume line and turn the sounds down 0.0 to 1.0 to your liking.

Deactivation( CabCam() PassengerCam ()Distance ( 1000 ) )
Volume ( 0.1 )
Streams ( 3

Cheers
Jon

[parsfan]

I was interested in reading this. I;ve never been in the cab of any kind of train and often wondered if the track sound was the same in the cab as in the passenger carraige. I used to drive tractors when I was working. In the 70's they weren't soundproofed and i've always imagined the noise level in a tractor cab would be similar to a train cab.

[passedcleaner]

I was a passed cleaner ay 21A Saltley loco after being a cleaner for only 2 weeks in 1960 before being thrown out onto the main line. First job go to Saltley station and relieve a football special to Nottingham. Gosh when i saw that huge firebox of white hot coals .. phew

I just realised its exactly a year to the day today since I was passed out for firing on the SVR, the loco on my exam was Hawksworth outside-cylinder pannier 1501 on the diner (10 coaches plus steam heat with a non-superheated engine )

My first solo turn was on 7802 Bradley Manor on a Hagley Hall Fund special, 8 coaches. Towards the end of the day it was a struggle, as the driver was playing to the enthusiasts on board, there was 3 feet of ash all over the firegrate, the firemans-side injector had failed, the baffle-plate was bending downwards so I couldn't see down the front and to cap it all, the fog was peasoup thick

BTW on the way back from Kidder to Bewdley light engine, the fog was so thick that we were rolling down Bewdley Bank at walking pace, trying to find Bewdley Down Home signal! When we did find it, you couldn't see the arm from the loco, so I had to jump down, go and climb half way up the signal-post ladder to see what position the arm was at!!!

[jetgriff]

on steam engines there is usualy so much noise that the only track sounds to be heard are bang, bang, bang, from the driving wheels on a 4-6-0 or 0-6-0 then (slightly lower volume) bang, bang, bang, from the tender wheels.. on the Ivatt class 4 locos BR number 43000 on all you could hear is the cab rattling round! (my impression of coaches) the rat at at tat and swishhhhhh noises of coaches at speed is a completely different
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[arabiandisco]

I was interested in reading this. I;ve never been in the cab of any kind of train and often wondered if the track sound was the same in the cab as in the passenger carraige. I used to drive tractors when I was working. In the 70's they weren't soundproofed and i've always imagined the noise level in a tractor cab would be similar to a train cab.

Depends on the engine. I've cabbed a 20 and 33 stationary with the engine running, and 45 and a 50 whilst moving, and there's a lot of vibration, but the examples I had were surprisingly quiet from inside the cab (until you open the engine room door, that is!). I could hear the jointed track in the 45 (the 50 was on CWR) whilst it was moving. The compressor was louder in the cab than the engine was.