Too Quiet

[oper190]

Well, part of the Mystery is solved. Only thought is, is the volume in OR turned up to 100%, or at least some higher setting. Mine can go as low as 10%

[Kent-2]

Volume set at 100%

[Kent-2]

Here's a new twist. I found some old earphones and plugged them in. Guess what - the sounds from ORTS came through!
So, Open Rails audio can be heard using headphones, but not with the built-in speakers. Yet, other sound-making apps can be heard from the speakers. This makes no sense to me.
Any other thoughts or suggestions? Your input is greatly appreciated.

[kapitaen]

Right-clicking on the speaker icon in the taskbar opens its settings under WIN11. If you do this while OpenRails is running, you can adjust the volume for OpenRails separately.

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Jan

[Keystoneaholic]

I don't know if this is relevent or not, but I have found that with Windows 11 if I pause an activity for a period and the screen saver cuts in then when continuing there is no sound. If I save my position at this point and leave open rails, restarting OR and resuming from the save works with the sound. This is with OR version 1.5 .

[oper190]

Right-clicking on the speaker icon in the taskbar opens its settings under WIN11.

Thanks Jan, never new about APP sound volume before.
For clarification that is in System / Sound / Volume Mixer, and OR has to be running in game. (Sorry but my German isn't that good).

[kapitaen]

For clarification that is in System / Sound / Volume Mixer, and OR has to be running in game.

Yes, first start OpenRails with a act or explore. Then right-click on the speaker icon in the taskbar, open Volume Mixer or open settings, system, sound, Volume Mixer.

Jan

[Kent-2]

Success! I now have sound again on ORTS routes. Thanks to kapitaen for the solution. I never would have found this option by myself.