Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Latrobe on July 24, 2007, 08:23:43 PM
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Which, out of all the sound packs here, would be the best to download? And how would i go downloading it and getting it on AH2? I haven't done this yet and would like to get all the help I can so i get the best stuff.
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I hear Twinboom almost has his update ready :aok
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I can only recommend Ranger's, Fruda's, and Mitsu's, as those are the only ones I have been able to get so far. The best sound pack is when you get them all and then combine the best sounds out of each.
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so after i download the pack what do i do from there?
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Rename your old sound file "oldsounds" or "sounds1" or anything else you want, just not "sounds". Then extract the file you downloaded. Rename the extracted file "sounds", and place that in your folder C/documents and settings/HTC/Aces High II, or wherever your Aces High II folder is on your computer. Make sure it is not a sub folder, and the only subfolders in the "sounds" folder are the individual planes.
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TY all for your help I succsefully downloaded Rangers sound pack and its great and works, I'm gonna look for some better sounds if i can.
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I was finally able to get Waffle's, and it's a good sound pack too. You can find it here: http://jojoke.1g.fi/AH2_materiaalia/Wafflesounds.exe. It is probably one of the most sought after sound packs there are, and for good reason.
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I recommend mine, as I only use recordings from the actual aircraft and weaponry (which is the main reason why updates are few and far between these days).
Though that's not to say the other sound packs aren't good --- they're great, but I still recommend mine for the highest level of authenticity. I've rebuilt my entire database several times over, thanks to subsequent floods of higher quality source material... So, if you download any of the packs currently on my site, you're getting very old, edited source material, and believe you me, it doesn't sound a tenth as good as the stuff I'm working on right now.
And do keep in mind that, since I'm going for the highest level of authenticity, I don't model my source material for headphones --- engine sounds are loud, gunfire is equally loud, and explosions are earth-shattering. Fly through a sky littered with flak explosions with the default sounds, and you won't even think twice about your safety... Fly through the same stuff with my soon-to-be-released explosions pack, and you'll jump out of your seat (turn those speakers and subwoofer way up for the best effect).
Sorry if this is a bit shameless, but I take a lot of pride in my work, no matter what that work may be.
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Fruda, you have the right to take pride in the good work you've done. I have your current soundpacks, very good.
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i will check yours out Fruda sounds cool. I talked to TwinBoom in TA today and he says his is nearly finished and from what he told me it'll be awsome.
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I use Sketch's. He was E.O.D. in the USAF. He is now stateside. His have been the best so far.
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Originally posted by McFarland
Rename your old sound file "oldsounds" or "sounds1" or anything else you want, just not "sounds". Then extract the file you downloaded. Rename the extracted file "sounds", and place that in your folder C/documents and settings/HTC/Aces High II, or wherever your Aces High II folder is on your computer. Make sure it is not a sub folder, and the only subfolders in the "sounds" folder are the individual planes.
I cannot find the old soundpack what am I supposed to do then?
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You should have a folder named "sounds" in your Aces High II folder.
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Fruda, perfect timing.
The soundpack I had used before I knew I had used the one that someone had gone through the trouble of colllecting the actual sounds from the actual planes I just couldnt remember whom.
I was just about to write a post asking that very same question.
As for sound folder.
Here is what I do.
On my hard drive but not in program files I keep a file named "AHIGH" in it I keep anything Aces high related in a series of folders.
Smething like this
AHIGH/Game DL = The full uninstalled game
AHIGH/Movies = Any movies WWII related or films other then the game format type
AHIGH/Sounds = For the various sounds
AHIGH/Sounds/Original =Where I copy the original sound folder to
AHIGH/Sounds/(name of soundpack)
etc etc
This time Im going to take it a step farther and burn them to CD LOL
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I go for the actual sounds that was in WW2 though you cant get all the real sounds yet.:aok
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I simply have a folder in My Documents called "AH Backup Files". Then inside of it, I have otehr folders: Waffle Sounds; Mitsu Sounds; Fruda Sounds; TwinBoom Sounds V4; TwinBoom Sounds V3; TwinBoom Sounds V2; Sights; Skins; Skins 2(the ones from AH-Skins.com); Ranger Sounds; AH Sounds; Eskimo Sounds; ahiiterr; squads; and maps. A back-up of every folder in AH, and then folders for each soundpack. It works very well. I also have a folder in My Documents named AH TE Files, which contains the back up files for the tiles, programs, and objects for the TE.
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Originally posted by The Fugitive
I hear Twinboom almost has his update ready :aok
I hope that when TB's update is ready, a sticky is immediately made of them. I check here almost daily looking for his updated sounds. I have tried them all, except for Fruda's (which I could never get to download) and although the other sounds are good, I believe that Twinboom's sounds are the best. However that is just my opinion. I am looking forward to his update.
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Trying to get these sounds on AOL is heck. I've only been able to get Ranger's, Fruda's, Mitsu's, Eskimo's, TwinBoom's V2, and Waffle's. The downloads keep stopping and not completing, which is really frustrating when you get 90% of a 100MB file ad it just stops. Turning off the firewall doesn't help, and neither does anything else I know of, but suggestions are appreciated. I wish I could get these sound packs and try them.
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Originally posted by charlton1
I go for the actual sounds that was in WW2 though you cant get all the real sounds yet.:aok
Haha, tell me about it. You think it's hard to search for AH-ready sounds that were recorded from actual aircraft? Try getting the source files to make those sounds. That's why my updates are few and far between. That said, I've got a batch of great stuff coming (still no BMW-801 radial sounds, at least not complete ones, and don't even think there's going to be a Jumo inline pack anytime soon). I still have to flight test all of it, though.
And a bit of more good news: I'll be uploading my packs as double sets. Each pack will contain External and Internal sounds, so you can easily switch between whichever sounds you want. If you're looking for the utmost cockpit realism, use the internal packs --- or, if you're a GV user, you might try the external packs so you can really experience the aircraft buzzing overhead.
As of my writing this, I have complete sources for the following engines: Daimler-Benz 600 series, Rolls-Royce Merlin and Griffon series, Pratt & Whitney R-1820, R-2600, and R-2800 series, and Allison inline series (both for the Warhawk [also suitable for the Yaks, as they were the same engine, just with much more difficult serviceability and very poor parts] and the P-38).
I do have some Japanese radial sound sets, but they may or may not be dubious, so I won't be releasing them until I'm certain they're authentic. Even still, my current sources fill most of the planeset as it is... But it's a shame that I can't locate any complete, authentic German radial sound sets. Well, aside from the early BMW used on the Ju-52, but since we don't even have that plane yet...
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I figured it out, I think I downloaded frudas sound pack and I like it. it will take me a wile to figure out the new sounds but it wll be fun thanks guys