FC3 Activation and sound issue

[SimonColt]

Hello,

 

I've owned FC3 for a while now, but only recently started playing it. I ran into something that kinda worries me. Upon reinstalling the module on steam, I was asked to activate it, and all activation attempts kept failing, so I removed the game from steam, reinstalled using the torrent found on the DCS site, and activated from there. However after the activation was completed, it told me that I had 7 activations left. I am unsure if I will have to rebuy the module after those 7 activations are used, so I was hoping someone on here could tell me how that works :S 7 Activations seem like a lot as they appear to only be triggered by OS change (I tend to format and reinstall everything every few months), but flight sims tend to last people a long while so Im pretty sure eventually I'll run out of these :D

 

The second problem is the sound, I mainly fly the F15C so I am unsure if it happens with all other aircraft in FC3 or not, but if I look at the plane from the front in the external camera view, there is absolutely no sound, and also the cannon firing sound tends to bug out, by playing continously even after I let go off the fire button. Is this a known issue? Is there a fix?

[Sciatis]

Regarding the sound. Are you going supersonic when looking at your aircraft from the front?

[SimonColt]

Quite possibly I am, is that the issue? :S

[Sciatis]

Its not, its just some kind of an effect (going faster than sound). Scroll the look behind your aircraft at supersonic speeds and you'll hear everything.

[escaner]

It is quite simple: if you are travelling faster than sound, it will never reach you.

Try F3 fly by mode and after you plane has passed by your side, you will hear the sonic boom and then its noise. In the following picture you can see how the sonic waves travel in regards to an aircraft at subsonic, sonic and supersonic speeds:

[Sciatis]

Thanks for the details.

 

I didn't express myself in the right way the first time. Wanted to say "its not an issue per se, its an effect when it happens when traveling faster than sound"

[escaner]

I understood you Sciatis, just wanted to explain a bit to the OP why that happens. :)

[AceRevo]

anyone knows about the numbers of activations?`I would like to know too! When installing the Sabre I discovered it had 9 left.

[escaner]

IIRC, there were 10 activations and it could be reset once per month. So unlimited.