Badda Badda Badda Badda Badda Badda Batman!!

Sorry -- I'm showing my age.  Either that or my co-pilot, Commander Jack Daniels, has just disengaged the autopilot and has taken control of the flightdeck.

The AI traffic sound in FS 2004 is all controlled through one folder in the Main C:\Flight Simulator 2004\ directory called Sound.  If you open up this folder you should see a lot of files, however, the ones that you need to focus on are the ones labeled ai_singleprop01, ai_lgjet01,  ai_twinturbo01, etc.

Now according to what I have read (probably in the Microsoft FS 2004 Container SDK) if an aircraft has a Sound Folder containing a file called Sound.cfg the FS 2004 program will look on the related Sound.cfg and see what the aircraft sound is aliased to.  Based on these findings the AI aircraft will then be assigned the appropriate sound.

How does this help you?  Well then, all that you have to do is open the AI Constellation aircraft folder and see if it has a folder called Sound.  If it does then open the Sound.cfg and see what the aircraft sound is aliased to.  If the Sound.cfg lists all sounds (i.e. engine startup, shutdown, combustion, RPM, etc.) then the FS 2004 is probably getting confused.

The thing that I would do is to look at the Sound.cfg that the AI aircraft is using.  If it is defining all aircraft sounds then close it and rename the Sound.cfg to something like Sound(Old).Bak.  Create a new notepad file in the Sound Folder and name it Sound.cfg.  Open it and copy the following at the top:

[FLTSIM]
product_code=FSIM
alias=beech_king_air_350\sound

Save this new file then exit the Notepad.

When FS 2004 is started and the Connie appears the program will then find the file named Sound.cfg for the Constellation and will assign it an AI sound for the King Air 350 (probably ai_twinturbo02 would be my guess).

I'm sorry to give you the long lecture, however, if I just replied "change the AI Aircraft's Sound file, Batman!!" you would think that I was trying to patronize.

I hope that this helps !!

No problem whatsoever, Batman.

What I have done in the case of aircraft that I fly as well as assign to AI is to create an EXTRA folder in my Main FS 2004 directory\Aircrafts folder for the AI aircraft.

In my case I have the excellent Douglas DC-4 by FS Berlin that I fly and also have as an AI aircraft.  Now FS Berlin has an AI version of the DC-4 that you can download.  I assign this one to be the AI Aircraft in TTools and "escort" it in a Vought F4U Corsair or Grumman F6F Hellcat.

In your case it would not be difficult to "convert" your Constellation to an AI aircraft. 

Start out by making a New Folder in your Flight Simulator\Aircraft folder.  Name it "AI Connie" or something similar.  Next go into the Constellation   folder (of the aircraft that you normally fly).  Copy and Paste [b]only[/b] these folders and files into the new "AI Connie" folder:

Model folder
Texture folder
Aircraft.cfg
Constellation.air (or whatever the *.air file is named for your Connie)

Create another New Folder inside the "AI Connie" directory called Sound.

Follow the directions I listed above to create a new Sound.cfg file defaulted to the King Air 350.

Now double click on the AI Constellation's Aircraft.cfg file.  Using the Notepad editor rename the Connie's title to something different.

Example:
Say for instance when you open the Constellation's Aircraft.cfg file you should see at the top:

[fltsim.0]
title=Lockheed Constellation (or whatever)

Change this to:

[fltsim.0]
title=AI Connie (or whatever)

Now we get to do the interesting stuff.

Open Traffic Tools.  If you don't have a recent copy of the Aircraft.txt, Flightplans.txt, and Airports.txt files then first do a Decompile.

Open the TTools Aircraft.txt and locate the entry for the AI Constellation that you already have.  Change the name to the new AI Name that you typed in the title section of the AI Aircraft.cfg File (i.e. AI Connie (or whatever)).

That's it!!  Re-compile Traffic Tools and whoosh!!  There's your new AI Constellation!!

[quote author=Graycat8524  link=1091912316/0#1 date=1091916793]Badda Badda Badda Badda Badda Badda Batman!!

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....lol...

Thanks agen


Well I did all you sed to do and it's stiil uesing the def.  Cessna Skyhawk engine sound .

Here's what the AI Connie cgf file locks like


[fltsim.0]
title=AI l-1049 MATS CONNIE
sim=connie
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=
panel_alias =
sound_alias =
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=
ui_manufacturer=Lockheed
ui_type=Super Constellation
ui_variation=L-1049
description=Mil C-121 Lockheed Constellation Trasport             
atc_heavy=0
atc_airline=MATS
atc_flight_number=654

And ths sound file cgf I edited

[FLTSIM.0]
product_code=FSIM
alias=AI l-1049 MATS CONNIE\sound

I also made New Folder in  Flight Simulator\Aircraft folder.  Name it (AI l-1049 MATS CONNIE)

Well to make a long stroy short .

What do you sajuest from here.

Thank you for you time

I've just spotted this. To elaborate on what RollerBall has already said, the AI aircraft work on a different principle to the flyable ones. From my experience with AI drones in CFS, they still use the appropriate sound with no Sound.cfg at all. Aliasing to a different sound would only affect the flyable version. To confirm this try deleting Sound.cfg from the Sound folder of your "AI Only" Connie.

I believe the AI sound is defined in the AIR file (section 310 Engine Type). I think these are the only options:
0=Piston, 1=Jet, 2=None, 3=Helo-Turbine, 4=Rocket, 5=Turboprop.
I don't see why FS would be any different.

I'm not sure where these default AI sounds are defined or located. If you can find out it's possible these can be changed, but the sound would be the same for all piston engined AI aircraft.

Hi Graycat. Please don't think I'm trying to interfere. I'm just trying to save you & Batman wasting your time. AI traffic was first introduced in FS2002 but the concept is based on exactly the same principles as the AI aircraft in CFS. I've been messing around with them since CFS1 (in early 1999) which gives me quite a head start.

I haven't checked out my theory in FS9 (don't have it installed on this machine) but this could easily be confirmed by deleting Sound.cfg from the AI Only drones as I suggested. If I'm correct there's no way to have different sounds for various types of AI aircraft of the same engine type. If it's possible to change the default AI piston sound to use the Connie sounds, I suspect that all the other piston engined AI aircraft will use the same sound - so even the AI light aircraft would sound like the Connie. In this case I don't think it's worth the bother.

OK Graycat. Compared with you I'm only a begginer. All suggestions gratefully accepted here. ;)

[quote author=Graycat8524  link=1091912316/0#12 date=1091986463]Absolutely Hagar.  Believe it or not the next step that I was going to try to solve Batman's issue was exactly your suggestion (as supported by RollerBall) with the *.air file.  I agree with you completely about the Sounds in FS 2004.  I've downloaded and installed many AI Aircraft that do not even have Sound folders.  So, the next logical step is the *.air file.[/quote]
Just to repeat my point. To the best of my knowledge there is only one Piston Engine option in the AIR file.
0=Piston, 1=Jet, 2=None, 3=Helo-Turbine, 4=Rocket, 5=Turboprop. 
I don't know what modifying it would achieve.