So, I have been using the mod for a while, and loving. However, as I mostly played it while at work (yes, really), I always had played it without sound. So, today, I played it with sound and I've found that the ship engines are VERY LOUD, and sound all the same even when not moving. The small boat in particular can drown out the sound of my entire factory when I'm next to it.

Is there some way to make the sound stop once the ships are not moving? Thanks in advance.

The small boat in particular can drown out the sound of my entire factory when I'm next to it.

No wonder, it has the volume set to 1.3, vs 0.9 for the boat on rails and cargo ships!

Is there some way to make the sound stop once the ships are not moving? Thanks in advance.

Quick hack: Look for all lines starting with

volume =

in prototypes.ships.lua and change the volume to a lower value. To stop the sound when not moving, change

  activate_sound =
  {
   filename = "__base__/sound/car-engine-start.ogg",
   volume = 1.3
  },

to

  activate_sound =
  {
  filename = "__base__/sound/car-engine-start.ogg",
  volume = 1.3
  },
  idle_sound =
  {
  filename = "__base__/sound/car-engine-start.ogg",
  volume = 0
  },

This needs to be done three times (for indep_boat.working_sound -- the freely moving boat; for indep_boat.working_sound -- the boat on rails; and for cargo_ship_engine.working_sound -- the cargo ships). Not tested, but I suppose that should work.

Ohhhh! So vehicles have 3 sounds; that explains why the boats all sound the same all the time, even when they're not moving. They have the same file for all.

Will try this fix, but first, noob question; where does Factorio stores its mods? Can't seem to find anything in the game folder. I'm using the Steam version.

Will try this fix, but first, noob question; where does Factorio stores its mods?

See here!

OK, did this, and it worked like a charm.

Still, I checked, and they all seemingly have different sounds for each state, and supposedly change with the speed, but that doesn't really happen- Sound is always flat.