Broken Hydrophone

irish1958 · 06-18-11, 07:00 AM

To make the volume switch on the hydrophone useful, go to the command_en file and assign a key to the hydrophone volume.
Then, when submerged, go to the hydrophone station and test the volume with the sound of your engine until you get it as loud as possible.
Then turn off your engines and listen.
You can use setkeys to assign a key: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1016
As an aside, perhaps the Thompson sound mod screwed-up the hydrophone sound files. You should check and see if it did.

Palladius · 06-19-11, 03:21 PM

Thanks very much for all your suggestions. I tried everything I could to turn up the hydrophone volume, and installed the SetKeys mod (thanks for pointing me to that, Irish, it's a great app!), all to no avail. All my other sounds are fine, but as soon as I go to the hydrophone station, dead silence, even pushing my amplifier to the max.

Seems likely to be a bad or missing file, to me at least. Can anyone tell me where they're stored and how I'd check if they're OK?

irish1958 · 06-19-11, 09:25 PM

The sound files are in the folder under data/sound
See if you can play them (they are ogg files so windows may not play them; you may need windamp or some other program.
If they play, deactivate all your mods and see if just SHIII/GWX plays works;
if not you may need a reinstall; if so, they you need to reactivate each mod to see which has screwed things up.
Most of us have reinstalled many times.

06-18-11, 07:00 AM	#1
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	To make the volume switch on the hydrophone useful, go to the command_en file and assign a key to the hydrophone volume. Then, when submerged, go to the hydrophone station and test the volume with the sound of your engine until you get it as loud as possible. Then turn off your engines and listen. You can use setkeys to assign a key: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1016 As an aside, perhaps the Thompson sound mod screwed-up the hydrophone sound files. You should check and see if it did. __________________ Irish1958

06-19-11, 09:25 PM	#3
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	The sound files are in the folder under data/sound See if you can play them (they are ogg files so windows may not play them; you may need windamp or some other program. If they play, deactivate all your mods and see if just SHIII/GWX plays works; if not you may need a reinstall; if so, they you need to reactivate each mod to see which has screwed things up. Most of us have reinstalled many times. __________________ Irish1958

06-19-11, 03:21 PM	#2
Palladius Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 13 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Thanks very much for all your suggestions. I tried everything I could to turn up the hydrophone volume, and installed the SetKeys mod (thanks for pointing me to that, Irish, it's a great app!), all to no avail. All my other sounds are fine, but as soon as I go to the hydrophone station, dead silence, even pushing my amplifier to the max. Seems likely to be a bad or missing file, to me at least. Can anyone tell me where they're stored and how I'd check if they're OK?