SimShaker for DCS World Sound Mode Expansion - Discussion

[MAXsenna]

50 minutes ago, =Andre= said:

Oops... Thank you for the feedback. Is it better now?

Yes! Perfect!

Might wanna edit the other post, and set color to auto. Guess that's what you did now.  

Edited October 16, 2024 by MAXsenna

[=Andre=]

2 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

Yes! Perfect!

Might wanna edit the other post, and set color to auto. Guess that's what you did now.  

 

Thank you! I just removed most of the formatting to make a browser decide itself what to apply.

[TripRodriguez]

Hello, I just started flying after several months not doing so and I had some weird issues so I uninstalled all SimShaker softwares and reinstalled fresh.  I'm flying P-51D.

 

Now everything is fine except for the landing gear up/down effect.  That was always my favorite, and now it is not nice.  It makes several really nasty harsh buzzes and no vibration in between them.  Previously I think it was playing an actual sound recording of the landing gear moving, you could even hear the sounds coming through the shaker with headphones off.  It was amazing!

I found the post a couple pages back with older audio samples before recent changes and I tried those but it's still not good.  If this is not a bug and just a change, is it possible to get that old landing gear effect back?

Admittedly I'm not sure this is a recent change, I might be talking about a very old version but I still want that fantastic gear retract effect back if that's at all possible!

Edited April 8 by TripRodriguez

[=Andre=]

13 hours ago, TripRodriguez said:

is it possible to get that old landing gear effect back?

Hello, yes this is quite possible.
 

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I found the post a couple pages back with older audio samples before recent changes and I tried those but it's still not good. 

Usually it works fine. May I see a screenshot of your Sound Module?

[TripRodriguez]

Thank you Andre.

I tried with the limiting compressor on and off, but I didn't play with the limiting compressor slider yet. 

The effect I loved for landing gear might have been gone for years now, I don't know because I mostly work on building my cockpits instead of flying!  It's possible I didn't realize it was gone until now when the effect is particularly bad to draw my attention to it.  I can say for sure that it was the effect for landing gear in sound module six or seven years ago LOL.

Oh, and I only turned on verbose logging after my last test to get the log on my next test.

Edited April 9 by TripRodriguez

[TripRodriguez]

I made a recording so you can hear what the landing gear is like currently.  This is with the older file you posted a couple pages back, but the current version landing gear sound was very similar.  I increased the gain for better recording.

 

This is just a recording of the sound, the screen will stay black. 

 

 

[=Andre=]

1 hour ago, TripRodriguez said:

Thank you Andre.

I tried with the limiting compressor on and off, but I didn't play with the limiting compressor slider yet. 

The effect I loved for landing gear might have been gone for years now, I don't know because I mostly work on building my cockpits instead of flying!  It's possible I didn't realize it was gone until now when the effect is particularly bad to draw my attention to it.  I can say for sure that it was the effect for landing gear in sound module six or seven years ago LOL.

Oh, and I only turned on verbose logging after my last test to get the log on my next test.

 

OK, thank you. It looks like you don't have right files in the right place.

Please disable Verbose logging.
Unzip attached files exactly into the Documents\SimShaker Sound Module samples\Customized\1 subfolder
When you start the Sound Module it shood look like this

 

LGeffectFiles.zip

Edited April 9 by =Andre=

[TripRodriguez]

That did it!  Now it's awesome again.

Thanks so much for the awesome customer support as always Andre!

[=Andre=]

3 hours ago, TripRodriguez said:

That did it!  Now it's awesome again.

Thanks so much for the awesome customer support as always Andre!

You are welcome! Glad you are happy with the Sound Module again.

[Spidey002]

Just dropping a line to say how GOOD this is with ButtKicker!

I was using the Hapticonnect software that came with my ButtKicker Gamer Plus, and it “worked” with DCS, but just felt kinda lame. Barely any rumble when firing up the F-15 engines. Just felt off. 

I decided to purchase this module (after being very satisfied with SimShaker Wings in Il-2), and… WOW! I felt like I was sitting on two powerful jet engines! My immersion just went through the roof!

SO good!

[=Andre=]

2 minutes ago, Spidey002 said:

Just dropping a line to say how GOOD this is with ButtKicker!

I was using the Hapticonnect software that came with my ButtKicker Gamer Plus, and it “worked” with DCS, but just felt kinda lame. Barely any rumble when firing up the F-15 engines. Just felt off. 

I decided to purchase this module (after being very satisfied with SimShaker Wings in Il-2), and… WOW! I felt like I was sitting on two powerful jet engines! My immersion just went through the roof!

SO good!

Thank you very much, sir!

[Spidey002]

Sound module isn't working in DCS today. It was working last night. 

Already restarted my computer, and DCS and SimShaker Aviators a few times. 

Sound module connects fine to my ButtKickers (the test buttons work). But no tactile feedback in DCS today. Not sure where to poke around for troubleshooting.

[=Andre=]

13 minutes ago, Spidey002 said:

Sound module isn't working in DCS today. It was working last night. 

Already restarted my computer, and DCS and SimShaker Aviators a few times. 

Sound module connects fine to my ButtKickers (the test buttons work). But no tactile feedback in DCS today. Not sure where to poke around for troubleshooting.

Please check if you can see any numbers in the SimShaker for Aviators -> View -> DCS Debug window during the mission.

[Spidey002]

7 minutes ago, =Andre= said:

Please check if you can see any numbers in the SimShaker for Aviators -> View -> DCS Debug window during the mission.

Yes. I see numbers. Opened and closed the canopy and saw numbers moving there.

[=Andre=]

Good news. Please check in the Sound Module setting that the Blank location preset is not selected by chance.

[Spidey002]

1 minute ago, =Andre= said:

Good news. Please check in the Sound Module setting that the Blank location preset is not selected by chance.

It's set to "Undefined (Base)"

Edited Friday at 05:56 PM by Spidey002

[=Andre=]

Looks good. What if you hit the Test Vibe Motors button?
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[Spidey002]

It shakes!

But in-game, I'm not getting any tactile feedback for canopy, flaps, etc.

[=Andre=]

What's the aircraft? Can you see its model in the list?

[Spidey002]

F-15C (Flaming Cliffs)

[=Andre=]

Looks good. If you enable Vebose Logging in the Sound Module settings, can you see any commands from SimShaker for Aviators incoming?

[Spidey002]

I don't know what happened, but suddenly, it's working!

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[=Andre=]

Please disable Vebose Logging in the Sound Module settings as it's not neded anymore but may affect performance.

[Spidey002]

Now I'm not sure when it started working again (it wasn't working at all when I started). But I was basing my feedback on not feeling the canopy effects. Now I'm seeing there are no canopy feedback effects in the F-15c. I felt the engines start and the flaps (which don't work until the engines are running).  

I think I didn't realize the canopy wasn't doing anything before because I don't usually close it until after I've started one of the engines.

Edited Friday at 07:14 PM by Spidey002

[=Andre=]

2 minutes ago, Spidey002 said:

Now I'm not sure when it started working again (it wasn't working at all when I started). But I was basing my feedback on not feeling the canopy effects. Now I'm seeing there are no canopy feedback effects in the F-15c. I felt the engines start and the flaps (which don't work until the engines are running).  

I think I didn't realize the canopy wasn't doing anything before because I don't usually close it until after I've started one of the engines.

Can you feel the canopy feedback effect when you test it right in the Sound Module?