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Foxtrot_Sim
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External Sounds almost inaudible.

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When I got to the external view with the V-Tail, the engine sound is pretty much inaudible. If I crank up my speakers I can barley hear it, but it makes everything else too loud. I've check my sim sound settings and it's all at 50%, and all other addon sounds (including the Cherokee and 172) are perfectly fine inside and outside. I tried in the (shift+3) menu to turn the sound to 100, but it does nothing. VTail sounds inside are just fine.

Any idea on how to fix this? This happens in P3D V4.3, and V4.4 when I completely reinstalled my sim and all addons.
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Re: External Sounds almost inaudible.

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Hello and apologies for the rather slow reply to this one Foxtrot_Sim.

Are you still encountering this issue in the Bonanza? The external sound volume should be consistent with that of the 172 and Cherokee.

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Nick

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Re: External Sounds almost inaudible.

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It's all good! Im in no rush,
And I am reinstalling 4.4 right now so we will see what happens. But so far every time I have installed/reinstalled the V Tail this does happen. I use the sim in Windowed Fullscreen mode, so I will see what happens when I try fullscreen.

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Okay, let us know how it goes. I've never noticed any sound difference when switching between windowed and full screen modes, but it's worth a try.

Do you use any camera software such as EZdok or Chaseplane by the way?

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Nick

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I have the same issue. External sound in the V-Tail is almost non-existent.

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Re: External Sounds almost inaudible.

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I use ChasePlane, but this is occurring with it open or closed. I also use the sim in Windowed-Fullscreen mode. In normal fullscreen mode the sound is fine.

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Sorry guys - haven't been able to reproduce this issue. However, it may be worth trying the "time_constant=0" Prepar3D.cfg tweak mentioned here.

Also, please check to see if "mute on lost focus" box has been ticked in the P3D sound settings.

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Re: External Sounds almost inaudible.

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I verified the sound settings box, its ticked. And I tried the .cfg edit. Still no joy.
I can hear the engine, but its so quiet (all sliders in the sound settings are maxed) and internal sounds are fine.

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I'd actually suggest you try unticking that box F_Sim as I believe it's not selected by default. However, to be honest I doubt this is related to the issue.

Instead I suspect it's related to Chaseplane. Have you seen this information on their support forum?

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Nick

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