Does anyone know of any good tyre screeching sounds which can be added to fs2004, would be a cool addition!Paul.

hmmmm, now that you mention it Paul, I remember that that my tires used to screech but now I don't think they do. Maybe it was just one aircraft that I was using at the time?billg

I hope we can locate one, i'm sure it will sound pretty cool!Paul.

andrew/ramsgateI have these sounds in my FS9 but I can only tell you that I was pointed in the right direction for them from ProjectAI forum, so ask there as I can'T trace them on my system at the moment.BTW they are V.Good.Andrew EGMH

The default FS9 planes have tire screech even though it is subtle. An add-on aircraft may not alias the touchdown sounds, but its sound.cfg can be opened and the touchdown sounds (or just about any sound for that matter under the LEFT_TOUCHDOWN, CENTER_TOUCHDOWN, RIGHT_TOUCHDOWN Headings) added in. Look in the default B737-400's sound folder/sound.cfg or the Lear45's for an example. First, I would suggest checking your sound sliders in FS9. Options/Settings/Sound and increase the Environment slider.If that doesn't help you out, check in the aircrafts sound.cfg and see if the LEFT and RIGHT Touchdown headings (CENTER too if you want) are in there.From the default B737-400 sound.cfg[left_TOUCHDOWN]filename=bmtouch1, bmtouch2, bmtouch3, bmtouch4 //<---you can add or remove wav files hereminimum_volume=10000[center_TOUCHDOWN]filename=bmtouch5, bmtouch6, bmtouch7, bmtouch8 //<-------minimum_volume=10000[right_TOUCHDOWN]filename=bmtouch9, bmtouch10, bmtouch11, bmtouch12/<------minimum_volume=10000Check in FS9's main Sound folder and look for any wav file that has "touch" or "touchdown" in its name. Double-click to hear and see if it is a sound you would like, if you do, add its filename to the aircrafts sound.cfg (under the proper heading) like the above example. You may have sounds that came with a special add-on aircraft that are contained in its own sound folder. If you like one of the touchdown sounds, copy/paste them into FS9's sound folder and alias them as in the above example.---------------------Double-check your airplanes aircraft.cfg and make sure there is a line touchdown=fx_tchdwn, 1 under the EFFECTS heading ortouchdown=fx_tchdwn_s, 1 or something similar-----------------------------------------------These "effect" files can also be altered if desired and are found in FS9's main EFFECTS folder. They can be opened with any text editor and then you can addexample for fx_tchdwn.fx [Library Effect]Lifetime=5Version=1.00Sound=5 //<-----add this lineSound Param=7 //<----add this linewhich is reported to increase the touchdown sound from spot view. I do think I can hear the touchdown sounds better, but I may be delusional. Ha!---------------------You can also make your own wav files for use, increase volume/length etc.---------------------There is a tire screech file available in the library called extdnsnd.zip that adds nice touchdown sounds (it works well in FS9 too). The readme included misses the step layed out above for adding in the wav filenames to the aircrafts sound.cfgIf they were added to the default B737-400's sound.cfg it will look like this[left_TOUCHDOWN]filename=bmtouch1, bmtouch2, bmtouch3, bmtouch4, amb_aexp2a, amb_aexp2b, amb_aexp2cminimum_volume=10000[center_TOUCHDOWN]filename=bmtouch5, bmtouch6, bmtouch7, bmtouch8, amb_aexp2a, amb_aexp2b, amb_aexp2cminimum_volume=10000[right_TOUCHDOWN]filename=bmtouch9, bmtouch10, bmtouch11, bmtouch12, amb_aexp2a, amb_aexp2b, amb_aexp2cminimum_volume=10000------------------------------Hope this helps you get started on some new sounds.

wow, thx for the info Brent. The easy answer was yes, I had my environment setting too low. But some aircraft didn't have the proper sound.cfg settings either. But now I can not only get touchdown effects but also customize them. Too cool. Question: Why do some have more than one wave file? How do you determine which one is played? Maybe it dosn't matter, I'll just pick one that I like best and use that. You can do some interesting things. The FFX/SGA 737-200 touchdown sound effects, for instance, use 3 different files. The center one is constant, but the left and right ones are a different intensity and length screeches. I guess the idea is that if you land with both wheels they'll "combine" and you won't notice that there is actually 2 different wave files being played because they're being played at the same time. But if you land with one wheel first followed by the other you'll get a distinct "caroming" effect as one sound files is played followed by the other one. Thx again!rgds,billg

Haha! Glad you got a kick out of fooling around with the sound Bill. And as you figured out with the 737, multiple files combine to produce the "whole" sound. They have different pitch's, length, volume etc.. Mix 'n' match and have fun. You can even drop in totally unrelated bizarre sounds for something interesting. The same thing works for ground roll, wind sound, water/splash... Happy Flying! :-wave

>You can even drop in totally unrelated bizarre sounds for something interesting.Like scrambling ground crew? I don't always hit the centerline! ;)

hehe, actually the ffx/sga 737-200 has a great wave file of passengers screaming. It plays when you crash land or land hard enough to buckle the undercarriage. Same thing I guess, although I've never done either.... :-)billg