Note to moderators: First, i apologize, if i created this thread in the wrong section. However, this isn’t a modding related question, but foremost just a regular question, hence the category choice.
Hello everyone.
I am looking for explanation about every VWS line in-game, to create accurate translations for my VWS mod: WT Live // Sound by Bazsi37 (and potentially for other languages if there is a demand for it)
Abbreviations:
- SE - Self explanatory
Any help regarding each voiceline would be much appreciated, where there is a questionmark specifically. Also if there is a warning i got wrong, feel free to correct me.
List:
- vws_ahead : 12 o’clock
- vws_airbrake : Airbrake Activation
- vws_altitude : Altitude warning, based on heading and/or altitude?
- vws_attack_air : Air! - Air warning, unused or very rare.
- vws_attack_gepard : SPAA Warning
- vws_attack_sam: SAM Warning
- vws_attack_stinger: Manpads warning?
- vws_behind : 6 o’clock
- vws_bingo : Bingo - When fuel is just enough to make it back to airfield? Only exists in Betty.
- vws_caution : Caution No idea what triggers this line, is this unused?
- vws_chaff_flare : Chaff, Flare! - Unused line, sounds like an instruction, that would be triggered by MAW.
- vws_chaff_flare_low : Unused, vws_low.wav is used instead
- vws_check_fuel : Check Fuel! - Used when fuel is below X% of total amount, or it’s based on time?
- vws_check_gear : Triggered when gear is not retracted
- vws_check_mech : Unused, never heard it. According to Google, mechanization is flaps, airbrakes etc.
- vws_counter : Unused? Counter what?
- vws_critical_altitude : Critical Altitude - Not sure what is the difference to regular altitude warning?
- vws_critical_angle - AoA
- vws_critical_engine_vibration - SE - Triggered with engine damage
- vws_critical_left_engine_vibration - SE - Triggered with engine damage
- vws_critical_right_engine_vibration - SE - Triggered with engine damage
- vws_critical_speed - Critical speed! - Triggered when IAS is lower than minimum required to maintain lift of aircraft.
- vws_dangerous_close - Dangerous Close! - Only triggered when too close to water or aircraft carriers, but never above land.
- vws_dangerous_vibration - SE - Triggered with engine damage
- vws_decrease_engine_rpm - SE - Triggered with engine damage
- vws_decrease_left_engine_rpm - SE - Triggered with engine damage
- vws_decrease_right_engine_rpm - SE - Triggered with engine damage
- vws_eject - Eject! - Unused?
- vws_engine_failure - SE - Triggered with engine damage, rare as most jets with VWS has two engines.
- vws_engine_fire - SE - Same as above
- vws_engine_fire_left - SE - Variant for two engine jets
- vws_engine_fire_right - Variant for two engine jets
- vws_engine_overheat - SE
- vws_fire - Fire! - Generic fire warning, compared to engine fire, this also gets triggered by fuel fire.
- vws_fuel_low - Compared to “Check Fuel” , “Fuel Low” gets triggered later, when fuel level is even lower?
- vws_gear_down - Gear Down! - Triggered when flying slow enough above arfield, with gear retracted.
- vws_generator_failure - Unused? “Generator Failure”, related to engine damage?
- vws_high - “High” - Used when target’s relative position is above pilot. (If you are upside down, then SPAA will be reported as above you for example)
- vws_hydrosystem_failure - “Hydrosytem Failure” - Unused?
- vws_increase_engine_rpm - Never heard this.
- vws_jammer - Jammer! - Unused? Jammer? WT has jammers? What is it jamming?
- vws_left - 9 o’clock
- vws_left_engine_failure - Triggered by engine damage
- vws_left_engine_overheat - Triggered by engine damage
- vws_left_generator_failure - Triggered by engine damage? never heard it.
- vws_lock - Missile lock
- vws_lock_cockpit - Lock cockpit! - Triggered when cockpit is left open
- vws_low - Used when chaff and flare are low + for ground unit identification. (“SPAA , low” for example.)
- vws_main_gearbox_failure - Used in helicopters, when rotor breaks.
- vws_missile - “Missile!” Unused/ very rare. As far as i remember, this is triggered by missile SPAA in GRB.
- vws_missile_launch - Unused/never heard this. Triggered by MAW?
- vws_out - “Out” - Used with something running out like flares.
- vws_over_g - SE
- vws_pull_up - SE
- vws_right - 3 o’clock
- vws_right_engine_failure - Triggered by engine damage
- vws_right_engine_overheat - Triggered by engine damage
- vws_right_generator_failure - Triggered by engine damage? never heard it.
- vws_roll_left - SE
- vws_roll_right - SE
- vws_tailrotor_gearbox_failure - Triggered when tailrotor breaks.
- vws_warning - Warning! - About what? incoming aircraft? missile? This is unused and unclear what triggers this.
If you have wasted time to reach the bottom, thanks for reading.