Simviation Forum - Sonic boom

Apr 8^th, 2003 at 8:30am

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How do you install the sonic boom effect for flight sim 2002? I'm having trouble understanding the instructions that came with the download. If anybody can help me with this subject I would be most greatful. Grin

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Reply #1 - Apr 8^th, 2003 at 8:36am

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I haven't tried this file myself as I couldn't see the point. Roll Eyes

The sonic "boom" can only usually be heard on the ground many miles away from the aircraft. You would not hear it in the aircraft itself.

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Reply #2 - Apr 8^th, 2003 at 10:33am

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I dont think you realy can see the "explotion" unless you film it, then slow it down. (I saw some show about it last night)
I could be wrong.

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Reply #3 - Apr 8^th, 2003 at 11:00am

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I tried it, and added it to an F-16, but when the sim starts to load the aircraft, you hear a low thud. After that, you could do Mach 2 and not hear anything at all.

I deleted it.

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Reply #4 - Apr 8^th, 2003 at 6:18pm

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Yeah, I have had it for awhile, and all I have ever gotten is that "low thud" that fisharno alludes to hearing. Not worth the trouble, unless there's more to it, and I havent been able to get it. Grin

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Reply #5 - Apr 9^th, 2003 at 1:59am

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I hear the 'thud' as described before when I reach Mach 1.0...which is pretty much right.

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Reply #6 - Apr 9^th, 2003 at 2:14am

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I hear the 'thud' as described before when I reach Mach 1.0...which is pretty much right.

Trust me Whitey. You would not hear anything in a real aircraft. The only way you would know you exceeded Mach 1 is by checking the Machmeter.

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Reply #7 - Apr 9^th, 2003 at 5:24am

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i installed it also, but when i load the plane, i get a message that fs is unable to load the 3rd party software Sad

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Reply #8 - Apr 9^th, 2003 at 9:59am

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Trust me Whitey. You would not hear anything in a real aircraft. The only way you would know you exceeded Mach 1 is by checking the Machmeter.

LOL...I know that Doug...you'll be too far away to hear because you're going so fast. Wink

It's just that fisharno and Splash said that they don't hear the boom at all at Mach 1.0 with the addon...but you do. Wink

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Reply #9 - Apr 9^th, 2003 at 11:48am

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The install Readme says that you should hear the "boom", after reaching Mach 1. Didn't work for me. I was going to e-mail the author, but Hagar's right. It's not realistic, so I decided to just remove the file, and stash it away on a Archive CD for posterity.

One day, I might have the world's biggest collection of questionable FS addon software. Cheesy

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Reply #10 - Apr 9^th, 2003 at 11:52am

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One day, I might have the world's biggest collection of questionable FS addon software. Cheesy

You might have some way to go to beat me on that one. Roll Eyes

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Reply #11 - Apr 9^th, 2003 at 3:42pm

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So, you got allot of them things, huh, Hagar?

All totaled, I've got about 7GB of downloaded FS addon files, for FS98, FS2K and FS2K2, on several archive Zip Disks, and CDs. That dosen't include what's currently in use on my local drive. But, (just estimating), only about 10%, or less, didn't live up to their expectations.

But, I look at it as everything was written by somebody and they put their time into it, so that's a good thing.
I'm sure "Sonic Boom" will be enjoyed by some folks, out there, too.

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Reply #12 - Apr 9^th, 2003 at 4:12pm

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I'd really like to see a "Buoy Cup Holder" gauge.

One that wobbles and spins so when you do barrel rolls, your cup of coffee stays upright and won't spill all over the cockpit. Grin

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Reply #13 - Apr 9^th, 2003 at 4:18pm

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Reply #14 - Apr 9^th, 2003 at 6:23pm

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So, you got allot of them things, huh, Hagar?

I had most of SimV backed up at one time, plus a lot more that never got posted. The files are all on CD somewhere. The problem being that I couldn't find a specific file if I wanted to. LOL Grin

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Reply #15 - Apr 9^th, 2003 at 7:31pm

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Actually I do hear the "thud" at Mach 1 in the cockpit and in the spot position, but its no boom, its barely audible (sounds more like my dog passin' gas) lol Grin

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Reply #16 - Apr 9^th, 2003 at 7:53pm

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Small dog? Grin

I got the same problem, Hagar. I backed up all those files, and didn't bother to index anything.

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