I posted this in the Unofficial CS Forum below a couple of months ago and no replies so I am trying to repost here in the hopes someone will see it. The CS forum is so far down I wonder if anyone gets that far daown the listhttp://forum.avsim.net/topic/353941-legendary-c-130-generator-switch-sound/Since I assume it is a panel issue I chose this forum.Any help would be appreciated. Forum link explains it all.ThanksRandy

Only CS can correct this issue.

Hi,If you are comfortable with xml and Doug's sound gauge, you probably could make that sound yourself.Tested this:

(A:GENERAL ENG MASTER ALTERNATOR:1,bool)if{(L:click click logic,number) 0 ==if{ 1 (>L:click click logic,number) 1 (>L:click click sound,number) }}els{ 0 (>L:click click logic,number) }(A:GENERAL ENG MASTER ALTERNATOR:1,bool) !if{(L:click sound,number) 0 ==if{ 1 (>L:click logic,number) 1 (>L:click sound,number) }}els{ 0 (>L:click logic,number) }

Hope it helps,

Edited January 26, 201214 yr by phjvh

Or he could tell CS about it... who knows... maybe it's never been fixed because no one's ever told them it needed fixing??

Or he could tell CS about it... who knows... maybe it's never been fixed because no one's ever told them it needed fixing??

Actually, CS pointed to a Knowledge Base entry that essentially said "tough luck, we don't support FS9 anymore..." :(

Ok... not sure how fixing their product is a matter of what sim version they currently develop for... but, hey... I'm not CS. :D

Ed,The link to "gauged approach" is dead (as you probably know)

Jan,(I hope that is your name...it was at the bottom of your post)I have done some limited xml editing when using FSPanel Studio, but it has always been to edit a gauge and not a soundfile. I had hoped the sound was "coded" (Probably not the right choice of word there) into the gauge, but as you can see by the next two screen shots the generator switches do not even show up in the panel as an editable gauge.The large rectangle in the first shot surrounds the entire generator switch system and the small red circle shows the Generator 1 switch. I have FSPanel set to "highlight" all gauges with a yellow rectangle and you can see that none of the 4 generator switches are "highlighted".The second shot shows just the electrical panel part of the overhead from the VC. In it, again all gauges are highlighted in yellow and the red circle shows that the generator 1 switch area is blank and not highlighted in yellow. I hope I'm making sense here, but if you have worked with FSPanel Studio you should know what I'm trying to say.I have found the .wav files for all the switch clicks and clacks, but they are not named in such a manner that finding the one for the generator switch is apparent. Plus, I assume the same .wav file is used for all four switches so since switches 2, 3, and 4 make a normal audible sound I don't really know what I could "edit" to get 1 to sound right.Again, probably not making sense here, but I hope you can see where I am trying to head with this.@ Father Bill, I was really glad to see you chime in here. I have a great deal of respect for your opinion and advice and appreciate that you, at least, went to the link and saw I tried to get CS help...not to say that others may not have.Randy

Randy,Not using FS panel studio and C-130, just Notepad.If you only "lost" the generator 1 sound, not the visuals and functionality,one could try to add a new xml gauge to the panel.cfg.I tested the code above and it works.The gauge should look like:

<Gauge Name="Generator One Sound" Version="1.0"><Update>(A:GENERAL ENG MASTER ALTERNATOR:1,bool)if{(L:click click logic,number) 0 ==if{ 1 (>L:click click logic,number) 1 (>L:click click sound,number) }}els{ 0 (>L:click click logic,number) }(A:GENERAL ENG MASTER ALTERNATOR:1,bool) !if{(L:click sound,number) 0 ==if{ 1 (>L:click logic,number) 1 (>L:click sound,number) }}els{ 0 (>L:click logic,number) }</Update></Gauge>

You also need to add the xml-sound gauge of Doug Dawson: dsd_xml_sound3.zip.And of course the 2 click sounds wav's.You need some reading of the installation.For the xml gauge: just find another, make a copy, open with Notepad, delete text and paste the above and save;rename the copy as generator one sound.Edit panel.cfg:gaugexx=!generator one sound, 0,,,,gaugex1=\dsd_xml_sound3!dsd_xml_sound3, 0,,,, ./"read install tex"t/sound.iniHope you can get it to work,

Thanks Jan,I'll give it a go today. Not sure how I can do that since there is no "switch gauge" currently in place on the panel, yet there is a switch there to manipulate in the aircraft in FS9. So if I add a switch there will be two there, right? Can't end of worse than it already is, huh? Famous last words, right. I'll make sure to work on a backup of the panel, not the real deal.Randy

@ Father Bill, I was really glad to see you chime in here. I have a great deal of respect for your opinion and advice and appreciate that you, at least, went to the link and saw I tried to get CS help...not to say that others may not have.Randy

Randy, you are most welcome. I don't know for certain, but I strongly suspect that the gauges used in the CS C130 are coded and compiled C .gau files, in which case they cannot be "edited."