"Skid Dry" sound keeps restoring... arrrgh!

[JYW 2,980]

Hi,

 

Can anyone help with this frustrating problem that has been driving me mad for weeks?

 

Like most people, I really don't like the "Skid_Dry" sound in X-Plane, so I downloaded an alternative (silent) file for it, and replaced the file in the correct location (X-Plane 10/Resouces/Sounds/Contact).

 

As soon as I start X-Plane 10, I still hear the "Skid Dry" sound, and when I close it and go back to the above folder, the original Skid Dry sound has somehow been restored!

 

I am using the Steam version of XP10.   I tried it with Steam in "offline" mode in case it was restoring the file on launch - no good.

 

No matter what I do to that Skid Dry sound file, when I launch XP10 it's back!!

 

Any pointers folks?

[tonywob 4,769]

Try making the file readonly (Right-click and properties). That way, nothing can overwrite it. Hopefully XP won't throw an error, but if it does you can just remove the readonly again

[JYW 2,980]

Try making the file readonly (Right-click and properties). That way, nothing can overwrite it. Hopefully XP won't throw an error, but if it does you can just remove the readonly again

 

Thanks Tony - I'll try that now.    Just tried attempt #53  (turning of XP10 updates) and it still got overwritten to the original.   Bizarre!

[tonywob 4,769]

It doesn't make sense why that's happening, it sounds like Steam is doing something upon start up and replacing the file. On the non-steam version (on mine at least), I did the skid sound fix when I first installed it, and it's never disappeared. Let us know how you get on

[JYW 2,980]

Your plan worked!!!

 

I think you're right that this was related to Steam and it's caching of local files (or something along those lines).  Anyway, marked the file as read only, fired up X-Plane, no errors thrown, no dastardly Skid_Dry sound!

 

Thanks so much Tony - this one has been torturing me for days,