Horn Help

[HankySpanky]

Just when I thought I knew what I was doing...
I made a custom horn for my Kuju ES44's. It is a wav file and works nicely except for one problem. When up close it is nice and loud but when I get about 50 feet the volume begins decreasing rapidly. It should still be very loud at that distance and stay loud to at least 300 feet I would expect. I can still hear the horn at about 1000 feet and the volume is very low, and that's what I would expect at that distance. Anyone know where or what settings need adjusting?

Hear (pun!) is how I have it now...

<kLoud-cSingleSampleSound d:id="84136400">
<Name d:type="cDeltaString">Horn</Name>
<IsLooped d:type="bool">1</IsLooped>
<Priority d:type="sUInt32">50</Priority>
<BaseVolume d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="000000000000F03F" d:precision="string">1</BaseVolume>
<VolumeVariation d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0</VolumeVariation>
<BasePitchShift d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="000000000000F03F" d:precision="string">1</BasePitchShift>
<PitchShiftVariation d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0</PitchShiftVariation>
<AttenuationStartDist d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000004940" d:precision="string">500</AttenuationStartDist>
<NoFutherAttenuationDist d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000208C40" d:precision="string">900</NoFutherAttenuationDist>
<InstanceGroup d:type="ref">0</InstanceGroup>
<Sample>
<kLoud-cSampleID>
<Pathname d:type="cDeltaString">Kuju\RailSimulatorUS</Pathname>
<Filename d:type="cDeltaString">Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\Audio\RailVehicles\Diesel\ES44\Cab\Horn_Loop.wav</Filename>
</kLoud-cSampleID>
</Sample>
</kLoud-cSingleSampleSound>


Thx

[Chacal]

These values look good to me.
Your problem is likely here:

The trick to editing proxy files is this:
- you need BOTH the proxyxml and the .proxybin files, and they must have the same content.
- open and edit the .proxyxml file in your favorite editor. Before saving, make sure the encoding is ASCII, not Unicode. In a pinch, Notepad will do, but NotePad++ is better.
- then you can convert the .proxyxml file to .proxybin using serz.exe, OR
- open and edit the .proxybin file using RW-Tools, which will take care of the conversion.

So my own workflow is this:
1- Double-click on the .proxyxml file, which opens it in NotePad++. Make changes. Save the file (Ctrl-S). Select and copy all text (Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C). Close Notepad++.
2- Double-click on the .proxybin file, which opens it in RW-Tools. Select and paste all text (Ctrl-A, Ctrl-V). Save the file (Ctrl-S). Close RW-Tools.