solved Afterburner Sound Bug

[BIGNEWY]

Here is a soundtrack recorded from VR index audio speaker to my phone,

 

 

You should be able to hear the issue as a jump to / from afterburner.

 

 

when its in AB, its quiet, when I'm out of AB you get that loud droning sound.

 

 

Edit: this was a simple SP mission in PG. i would start mission, go to AB, eject. Then resume/restart in pit. After 3 ejects i got into this sound state

 

Yeah I am not getting that, and I believe everyone, but I need to reproduce it to report it, other wise we have no way to test a potential fix.

 

If anyone has a track replay that I can check with the same circumstances I would appreciate it.

 

thank you

[pchRage]

Anyone remember how to enable track files? I disabled it for that 0.01% perf improvement and dont recall what/how...

[Sandman1330]

Here's probably the shortest track I can find. Near the end, there will be a string of times where I spawn in then immediately eject again, back to back a few times. This was when I was getting the rumbling, so I jumped out to take a new jet.

 

Unfortunately it's just not consistent or repeatable enough to get a shorter track. I'll try tomorrow to purposely cause it and see if I can make it shorter.

 

These are in the Tomcat, BTW - but the bug is the same in the Viper.

 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ascm8Kmu7NR0g-k68fZMCol-Cxi4Nw?e=sTvxh7

 

I ran the track back myself, you're looking at about 10-15mins into the track for it to start. It did reproduce when I did the playback, at least for me...

Edited August 25, 2020 by Sandman1330

[Sandman1330]

As promised, here is a much better one.

 

It happens after the very first ejection - At the very start of the track I spawn into an F16, then eject about 5 secs later and use Ctrl+shift+tab to get a new plane. When I spawn into the new plane, the bug is there.

 

I then proceed to do it several more times, and it happens ~10% of the times after that first one.

 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ascm8Kmu7NR0g-ljcak32C7HiObSvg?e=IafW3E

[hornblower793]

As promised, here is a much better one.

 

It happens after the very first ejection - At the very start of the track I spawn into an F16, then eject about 5 secs later and use Ctrl+shift+tab to get a new plane. When I spawn into the new plane, the bug is there.

 

I then proceed to do it several more times, and it happens ~10% of the times after that first one.

 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ascm8Kmu7NR0g-ljcak32C7HiObSvg?e=IafW3E

 

 

I could get this to replay the issue - all those poor pilots.......

[Sandman1330]

I could get this to replay the issue - all those poor pilots.......

 

Haha, I know, by the end I was flying through a sea of parachutes!

[BIGNEWY]

Hi all

 

Moved thread to main sound bug section as it is not just F-16 related. I am still unable to reproduce on my system but have reported to the team for investigation.

 

thank you

[Sandman1330]

Hi all

 

Moved thread to main sound bug section as it is not just F-16 related. I am still unable to reproduce on my system but have reported to the team for investigation.

 

thank you

 

Thanks BN. Do you need any log files / dxdialogs / anything from us to try and nail down the specific circumstances where this is present?

[btd]

Please provide log files with this bug.

And can you tell me if you fired the cannon before the ejection on each occasion?

And if a bug occurs, please try to change the option "Loud Cockpit Afterburner Sound" in AUDIO Options. does it affect the volume of the buggy sound?

Edited August 26, 2020 by btd

[Sandman1330]

Please provide log files with this bug.

And can you tell me if you fired the cannon before the ejection on each occasion?

And if a bug occurs, please try to change the option "Loud Cockpit Afterburner Sound" in AUDIO Options. does it affect the volume of the buggy sound?

 

Ok, will try.

 

What’s the best way to go about this? Can I replay the track to replicate the problem then send the log file immediately afterwards, or do I need to play a mission to replicate it again? What’s the best way to ensure the log file contains the error?

[btd]

I'm not sure there will be any errors in the log at all.

Please try to create a simple single mission in which you can reproduce the bug. Achieve bug reproduction and check the points I wrote about in the previous post. Upload the mission itself, track, log after the bug occurs.

[Sandman1330]

Please provide log files with this bug.

And can you tell me if you fired the cannon before the ejection on each occasion?

And if a bug occurs, please try to change the option "Loud Cockpit Afterburner Sound" in AUDIO Options. does it affect the volume of the buggy sound?

 

BTD,

 

As requested. There are 2 .trk files and 2 DCS Log files, one with loud afterburner off, and one with it on. Both use the basic F16 Caucuses free-flight mission on the latest open beta.

 

The bug replicated both times after the first ejection (I eject, then respawn, and the bug is present). With loud afterburner turned off, it was there whether I was in mil or AB; with loud afterburner on, the sound went away on AB, but came back when going back to mil power.

 

I hope this helps, and please let me know if you need anything else!

 

Track loud afterburner: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ascm8Kmu7NR0g-wd0LIsz1F6i9Ucow?e=58p1ue

Track no loud afterburner: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ascm8Kmu7NR0g-wc7R1PwQYHh1IcoA?e=Chb5Gc

Loud afterburner off.log

Loud Afterburner On.log

[btd]

As requested. There are 2 .trk files and 2 DCS Log files

 

Many thanks for your help. We will check it

[BIGNEWY]

Hi all

 

we are having real problems reproducing this bug.

 

If you are using mods please remove them all and try to reproduce, do you see them same?

 

If you do still get the sound issue with no unofficial mods please attach the track and the dcs log from the session.

 

thanks

[Sandman1330]

Hi all

 

we are having real problems reproducing this bug.

 

If you are using mods please remove them all and try to reproduce, do you see them same?

 

If you do still get the sound issue with no unofficial mods please attach the track and the dcs log from the session.

 

thanks

 

BN,

 

I'll have a scrape through and make sure I don't have any mods, but I don't think I do. Any I do have will be disabled in the module manager I believe.

 

That being said, at least from my perspective, this is far from a game breaking bug. While I laud your efforts to track it down and try and fix it, it seems to be fairly rare and has minimal impact on playability. I guess what I'm saying is, again my personal opinion only, if it's proving to be a real time-sink, maybe the juice isn't worth the squeeze? I know you guys have a lot on your plates already!

 

Either way I'll check it out this weekend. It might even be a good time for me to do a full reinstall of DCS, it's probably been 3+ years since I've done that and there may be some old mods or files from previous versions kicking around...

[Jaro]

Strong annoying noise after some re-spawns

 

I noticed since stable version 2.5.6.52437 (present also currently on beta

2.5.6.54046) on SP and MP that after some re-spawns (random), you hear very annoying and strong noise during take-off (speed about 100 knots+) and then during entire flight. The noise is like open air-brakes but much more stronger (like the canopy is opened). However this noise happens only sometimes (like 1 of 4-5 re-spawns). It never occurred during 1st flight of the mission. Armament is not relevant to the noise, it happened with completely empty plane and with fully loaded plane too.

[BIGNEWY]

Hi

 

we have reported this already to the team.

 

If you have a short track replay showing it happen please attach it to your post here.

 

thanks

[Sandman1330]

OK, did a fully clean install. Deleted everything, including the saved games folder (I backed up config but haven't moved it back over yet) and did a full reinstall via the updater (thanks gigabit fibre!)

 

Unfortunately, the sound bug is still present. Tracks and logs, and a video for good measure, are included for your reference. All are using the F16 free flight instant action on the latest open beta.

 

What a bugger!

 

Track: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ascm8Kmu7NR0g-4m-h5nn8GYHlIexg?e=EkNqiP

 

Video:

 

dcs.log

[btd]

Looks terrible. but I still can't reproduce :(

let's check one assumption. You have one sound error in the log related to GearLockDown_In file.

Extract this Sounds.zip to your "\LockOnExe" folder and try to reproduce the bug again please

Edited September 7, 2020 by btd

[Sandman1330]

Looks terrible. but I still can't reproduce :(

let's check one assumption. You have one sound error in the log related to GearLockDown_In file.

Extract this [ATTACH]246897[/ATTACH] to your "\LockOnExe" folder and try to reproduce the bug again please

 

You want me to put that WHERE??

 

Haha, joking aside, I don't have that folder from what I can tell... A search for it turned up nothing, as did a search for the filename itself.

[btd]

:D

To the general DCS folder. You should have the "Sounds" folder in there.

And yes, you don't have these files in your DCS version

Edited September 8, 2020 by btd

[c0ff]

You want me to put that WHERE??

 

He meant Saved Games/DCS.openbeta/Sounds/

[btd]

He meant Saved Games/DCS.openbeta/Sounds/

 

Oops, sorry, I was in my universe :)

c0ff right, extract it to DCS-folder in your "Saved Games"

[Sandman1330]

:thumbup: Gotcha, will try tonight.

[Sandman1330]

Sorry, no luck. I tried it both in /saved games/dcs.openbeta and in program files/eagle dynamics/dcs.openbeta.

 

Also just updated to the 2004 edition of Windows (May update), bug is still present :(