[SU14+] Gear Movement Hard Limit Timing Bug

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Version: SU-14+ - 1.36.2.0 (Also tested in SU-15)

Frequency: Consistently

Severity: High (Possible Blocker for Aircraft needing above 14 seconds)

Context: Any aircraft with extending landing gear while flying. In the attached video below, I have isolated gear movement sounds by temporarily removing engine sounds for testing.

Bug description: The ‘flight_model.cfg’, specifically the wheel contact points extension and retraction parameters have a hard-limit of 14 seconds. There is a failure to communicate with the ‘gear movement’ event in the sound.xml

Repro steps: Increase extension and retraction times beyond 14 seconds. Anything above 14 will not properly communicate the changes to the sound.xml

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Hello @Jonx

The SIMVAR_GEAR_TOTAL_PCT_EXTENDED_DERIVED RTPC this sound event is based on has a threshold set to ~0.7.
When the used simvar takes more than 14 seconds to move from 0 to 1 (or the other way around), we are below that threshold and the sound no longer plays.
This threshold is part of the default sound configuration and cannot be adjusted on your side.

However, there are workarounds.
In your sound.xml event configuration, you can change the unit used on GEAR TOTAL PCT EXTENDED or use a custom variable that has a wider range.

I will log a bug on this so our sound team can check if this threshold can be adjusted.

Regards,
Sylvain

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