No audible alerter sound for EB East Coast add on train
When driving the locos from the East Coast add on Open Rails I don't get an audible alert sound & at times the train then activates the emergency breaks.
Realizing now what's caused some of my problems. It's not just on the East Coast route. I've never heard an alerter sound in OR, even when Alerter is turned on in options. There might be a small unnoticeable message scrolling by, but that's it. Then of course, undesired emergency. Can a sound be played? Is that under OR or route or activity or engine file control?
BTW, alerter can be turned off in the OR options. Makes some activities slightly less realistic, but it might let you actually complete them.
I have experienced exactly the same thing, most recently in the new OR version of Seligman v2.
Because of this anomaly, I now have the alerter disabled.
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There might be a problem with the .sms file of the sound. Some .sms files have no alerter sound included and if you want the alerter sound you have to add it yourself.
Realizing now what's caused some of my problems. It's not just on the East Coast route. I've never heard an alerter sound in OR, even when Alerter is turned on in options. There might be a small unnoticeable message scrolling by, but that's it. Then of course, undesired emergency. Can a sound be played? Is that under OR or route or activity or engine file control?
BTW, alerter can be turned off in the OR options. Makes some activities slightly less realistic, but it might let you actually complete them.
It works, have heard it. Probably the correct options have not been checked, or the sound file is problematic, or the alerter wav file is missing. User should check log.
Cheers, Gerry
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Any more probables, Gerry, or have you covered them all?
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Hmmmm, let's see...a short in the alerter wiring, dead rodent in the control panel, large scale conspiracy to silence the alerter, A Great Disturbance in the Force, quantum fluctuations and a couple of more that aren't worth mentioning, unless you've had an alien encounter.
I thought all these up by using my patent thinking device >>> LaJette.jpeg
Cheers, Gerry
"A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open." Frank Zappa
It's my railroad and I'll do what I want! Historically accurate attitude of US Railroad Barons.
Forever, ridin' drag in railroad knowledge. Audi, Vide, Tace, Si Vis Vivere In Pace
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