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Originally Posted by WTE_Galway
To be honest the original IL2 sounds work better on my system than the 1946 ones. As far as 4.09 is concerned the 4.09 sound DLL's do not work at all with my older Athlon and I needed to put the 4.07 DLL back.
In terms of meeting user expectations ... the tricky bit is most users expect the same sounds they hear during a flypast at an air show. The sounds inside a cockpit are quite different to the sounds an observer on the ground hears.
In players expect to hear the same sounds they hear in movies or at air shows (the distinctive growl and whistle of a DB flying past for example) they are bound to be disappointed.
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Hello,
I'm not sure about the performance of 4.07 sounds versus 4.09 ones, since I didn't notice any change in performance between them on my old Athlon 1800XP (but then I wasn't really looking). I haven't had as many sound reliability problems with 4.09, if memory serves. What sound card/chipset do you have? In my request, I was more interested in how the engines/guns sound rather than the software mechanics of the rendering of said sounds.
I agree that some users' expectations may be unrealistic, but I suggest you play/watch youtube of Jane's (it should run nicely on your Athlon) or try the modded IL-2 on a faster computer (performance degration due to mods are not due to the different sounds but to other stuff). You'll see then what can be reasonably expected sound-wise from a flight sim. Stock IL-2 sounds...SUCK... There is no other way to put it after experiencing some of the other flight sim sounds out there. I personally feel that effort put towards fixing this is not wasted (plus most of the content creation is already done).
Cheers,
Fafnir_6