General Electric U34CH & Dieseliner Coaches by Pullman Standard

[minerman146]

And last this afternoon I got these 2 units and the coaches to preview. This is not my first time seeing them but it is a first where the numbering is correct. And there is nice lettering detail on the EL NJDOT unit.

The following corrections were made
4. U34CH Cab - Power Gauge is not labeled.
6. U34CH Cab - Add the Metal Label above the switches on the bulkhead that say on and off

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And the love of my life here, which i took out of Hoboken to see if any sound issues were resolved (not yet)

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I requested highlighting on the undercarriage and bogie detail so it could be seen. This also has a nice shot of the EL NJDOT coach paint job.

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We have a good start here over the past 18 hours. I says lets get the low hanging fruit and then work on the harder stuff.

[Schnauzahpowahz]

[minerman146]

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I found my beta tester.

[minerman146]

And some more updates:
Regarding the NJDOT EL U34CH

1. **DONE** 1 shade darker blue add more alpha (20%)
2. **DONE** Use the Numbers as in the picture below.

You guys never noticed how we tried to match the font for the Engine Numbers. There are a total of 3 sets one fore each U34CH vesion.

Another Update:

2. **DONE** U34CH Cab - Order Light uses HIGH FPS (-10)
Actually it still kills precious FPS but not as bad.

Last I will post a picture of stuff that no one really noticed.

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This is how you can tell the 1970 coach vs the 1983 "Comet II" and the 1987 "rebuilt" its the windows.
Regarding the horn - the cab and the U34CH both use a Leslie SU3L and regarding the horn and the door chime (actually its a bell) I have taken it upon myself to source and work on the sound sample for both So, if it stinks, you can blame me.

[minerman146]

Making progress:

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Regarding the Horns:
I have a line on 2 SU3Ls one from 1971 and another that was from a Comet 1. Currently, I am working on permission/licensing from the owner of the horns, this should be finalized in the next few days.

Of course, now I need to go to horn programming school so I can integrate this in to the model. My objective is the replace the exiting horn with 2 separate horns for the U34CH and the cab car. This will not 'cut out'.

[minerman146]

Would someone be so kind as to direct me to instructions on creating a sound mod file. It appears I cant modify the existing S3L_HornControl.proxyxml and S3L_HornControl.proxybin and use .wav.

What I am looking to do is emulate a Sound Mod Pack for testing purposes.
Suggestions on creating internal and external horn settings would be helpful.

Or better yet, how I can add .wav to the exiting S3L_HornControl.proxyxml.
Thanks !

[buzz456]

Just open the proxy xml and where it’s describing the start,loop,and end. Change the dav to a wav and it will now look for wav files. Put your new wavs where the davs are now in the folder. No need to delete the dav files.

[minerman146]

Buzz I will give that a try when I get back from foraging.

[minerman146]

Buzz - No Bueno!
I kept the save file name and change DAV to WAV no change in sound.
Attached is the original modified file.

I have 4 hours in so far ... an no progress.

If I make a change to the proxyxml i must close and re-start traisimulator correct? I cant just change the file and toot my new horn.

S3L_HornControl.proxyxml.txt

[buzz456]

What in the heck is a "original modified" file? And yes you have to close and restart TS. I think you may need to do the proxybin as well as the xml.

[minerman146]

That was supposed to read original Unmodified file.
So what is attached is what comes with the model.

MM

[buzz456]

So change the dav to wav like I said. It should the see the wav files you installed next to the dav files.

[minerman146]

And there it was .... a thought from 10 hours ago. I saved the wav as 32 bit, the default was 16.
I spot checked a working wav and it too was 16.

So I converted my horns to 16bit and now they work.

OMG.

Thanks for working with me Buzz

[buzz456]

Ah ha!

[kris120]

Hi Minerman, sorry I did not follow this thread until now.
One question:

--> Does this model still has an issue when you are rising the regulator from 1 to 2 (or from 2 to 3) ? <--

I have bought the "GE Dash 7 Burlington Northern Add-On" and the "GE Dash 7 C36-7 Union Pacific Add-On" a few years ago and found the bug just described, which is still not fixed.
I helped myself by adding a modified sound to fill the gap. Perhaps I can help you with my solution.

Kris