Engine and Sound Management System mods

[Whatever2006]

Starting up this thread on something "niche", aside from installing and running content for ORTS, I modify the engine and engine sounds to fit my personal preference, but only in a small section, one thing I do with modding engine files is to fix the headlight coronas not being (in my perspective) is placed where they should be such as locomotive headlight mounts, so I try to adjust the position to where I think they make sense in what spot the light graphic should be in.

As for engine and horn sounds, I mostly leave them as is form but I do tend to swap out the horns with other horns in the SMS files or... create a perfect horn response based on the code made by Nash Gallo he inserted on his GE Genesis engine sound pack, I will show a video of the horn response on my end later on.

[R. Steele]

one thing I do with modding engine files is to fix the headlight coronas not being (in my perspective) is placed where they should be such as locomotive headlight mounts, so I try to adjust the position to where I think they make sense in what spot the light graphic should be in.

Are you aware of the MSTS positioning tool --- Library File Number 70392? Makes this chore quite a lot easier

[Whatever2006]

Are you aware of the MSTS positioning tool --- Library File Number 70392? Makes this chore quite a lot easier

Yep! That's what I'm doing currently, but before that I did the long route of adjusting headlight position, save the engine file and boot up in Open Rails to see the result before doing the process of rinse and repeat until I got what I needed for the results and it was a tedious process until I got Shape Viewer and the Position Tool.

I should mention that I was using the Axes and Attachments feature from the shape viewer itself for the engine file to see where the position from what attachment is located which helps me out in adjusting the position.

[Whatever2006]

As for engine and horn sounds, I mostly leave them as is form but I do tend to swap out the horns with other horns in the SMS files or... create a perfect horn response based on the code made by Nash Gallo he inserted on his GE Genesis engine sound pack, I will show a video of the horn response on my end later on.

I made a quick video of it, right now I am uploading it into YouTube, I will post it here once it finishes uploading...

Edit; the video is now uploaded, now I'm putting the link here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYsN6Lc5oZg

[Whatever2006]

Although, I think I could do a better demonstration of the engine sounds in action, along side with coming up with a different consist outside of the intermodal trains...

[Whatever2006]

I ended up discovering a 'me' problem with the SMS files I modified, more to do with the engine sound files themselves and their streams. I input a volume entry to try to increase volume because the engine sound feels quiet on my end.

For those who are wondering what engine sounds I was modifying, it's the SLI EMD 710. While I did successfully modified its SMS file for the horn respone, the engine volume on the other hand is a bit of a mess as I think I goofed up the volume distance where I can still hear the engine sounds when I'm far from the loco.

I think I need to refer to the posts made here, over at ET and lastly, the OR manual. 🫠