View Full Version : How is voice chat working?
LazzDeLuxe
2012-10-23, 07:21 AM
I cant figure it out. If I have Push-To-Talk (PTT) enabled I can use the keypad and Z to talk to other players. I have no way to know good or bad my voice sounds, since there are no voice setup in settings where I can try it out.
Some players sounds really great, loud and clear. Others are just in "overdrive" hardly possible to hear what they are saying.
If I uncheck the option PTT, no matter how much I scream into the mic nothing gets transmitted. WHAT do I have to do to have voice activated chat available?
Also on a side note. How do I speak to other players inside a vehicle? Proximity?
Lars
Figment
2012-10-23, 07:41 AM
Check your key bindings for the other settings, most are by default set to num pad keys.
I've noticed though that a lot of outfits still tend to use their own TS3/Vent/Mumble servers, including our own. Sometimes have to press two buttons at once... :P
Gatekeeper
2012-10-23, 07:58 AM
Playing the other night with some RL friends, we formed a squad and used in-game chat and it worked ok - better than Steam chat, anyway. I unchecked 'push to talk' and the game seemed to pick up when I was talking without any problem.
The question I've got is this: is it just your squad that hears you? Or do other people nearby hear you talking?
Its worked great for me so far, Ive actully went into the key binding and set it up as a mouse button. My outfit uses TS, but when im running with the zerg I switch it on and talk to my random squad members. For me it sounds pretty good, I like it. Though a couple of guys in my outfit say its not clear so I cant help to wonder if there are a couple of bugs.
LazzDeLuxe
2012-10-23, 08:44 AM
I am wondering if the two sliders have anything to do with it? Or if they are just volume adjustments for transmit and receive?
I must try again and uncheck PTT button. see if anybody can hear me.
Firejack
2012-10-23, 09:03 AM
....Though a couple of guys in my outfit say its not clear so I cant help to wonder if there are a couple of bugs.That would be me :)
In game VoIP is really frustrating for me so most of the time I have it disabled.
People speaking are really quiet. Turning their volume up and my game sounds/music down doesn't help. If anything it gets worse with the sound becoming distorted.
Personally I just want the option to set the output device to the headphones on my headset. Crazy I have to put my headset on to speak and then other peoples voices come out my speakers :doh:
Still I've bugged it a few times. Hopefully they will find a solution.
On a related note they need more capacity for VoIP. Quiet often I get a messages saying the channel is full.
ringring
2012-10-23, 09:12 AM
It's not good enough at present. Some people are ok but others not.
We still use teamspeak and will continue to do so until it improves.
Realmofdarkness
2012-10-23, 10:06 AM
my ingame voip is crap. really bad sound quality and cant figure out why. sounds like an old raido stransmitting with alot of disturbance
Figment
2012-10-23, 10:48 AM
On a related note, I don't think proximity voice, empire voice or voice command chat have a place in the game since it does nothing but confuse you to who you're talking to or who is talking to you. In squad, platoon, outfit and in vehicle voice I think are valuable additions.
But so far proxy voice has done nothing but annoy me. Plus that's when hardly anyone uses it. If everyone used it it'd be absolute chaos. I doubt people play to get chaos of random unknown people yelling in their ears.
IMO, adressing a lot of people should be textual, not in the least so people can read back if they're too busy to listen and chip in, plus having a paper trail is always good.
ringring
2012-10-23, 10:54 AM
On a related note, I don't think proximity voice, empire voice or voice command chat have a place in the game since it does nothing but confuse you to who you're talking to or who is talking to you. In squad, platoon, outfit and in vehicle voice I think are valuable additions.
But so far proxy voice has done nothing but annoy me. Plus that's when hardly anyone uses it. If everyone used it it'd be absolute chaos. I doubt people play to get chaos of random unknown people yelling in their ears.
IMO, adressing a lot of people should be textual, not in the least so people can read back if they're too busy to listen and chip in, plus having a paper trail is always good.
Absolutely.
Mutant
2012-10-23, 11:07 AM
I cant even get any in game VOIP working, cant receive or send a thing, which by the sounds of things is fine, as TS is perfect.
Dragonskin
2012-10-23, 11:16 AM
On a related note, I don't think proximity voice, empire voice or voice command chat have a place in the game since it does nothing but confuse you to who you're talking to or who is talking to you. In squad, platoon, outfit and in vehicle voice I think are valuable additions.
But so far proxy voice has done nothing but annoy me. Plus that's when hardly anyone uses it. If everyone used it it'd be absolute chaos. I doubt people play to get chaos of random unknown people yelling in their ears.
IMO, adressing a lot of people should be textual, not in the least so people can read back if they're too busy to listen and chip in, plus having a paper trail is always good.
I think proxy chat is a good thing, but only if it works right. I loved proxy chat in MAG because it was easy to quickly tell someone to stop moving so I could repair/heal them without having to actually be in their squad.
It has to work consistantly for it to be of value though. Half the time I can't understand people and then some people are 100% clear... it annoys the piss out of me that I can't set some kind of normalization like vent. You have to manually go to the communications tab and see who is talking and then turn them up individually.. which if there are 20-30 people around it can be hard to tell who is talking.
That would be me :)
In game VoIP is really frustrating for me so most of the time I have it disabled.
People speaking are really quiet. Turning their volume up and my game sounds/music down doesn't help. If anything it gets worse with the sound becoming distorted.
Personally I just want the option to set the output device to the headphones on my headset. Crazy I have to put my headset on to speak and then other peoples voices come out my speakers :doh:
Still I've bugged it a few times. Hopefully they will find a solution.
On a related note they need more capacity for VoIP. Quiet often I get a messages saying the channel is full.
Hey Firejack whats up, yes I was speaking of you, as one of my outfit memebers. No excuses private have it fixed by 1300hrs on thursday, with or without it, we will be running missions. :sniper:
Hamma
2012-10-23, 11:28 AM
To be honest I turned it off the second I installed the game.
ZaiRoX
2012-10-23, 12:39 PM
I liked how directional the sound was. If someone on your left was talking you would get the sound on your left earphone etc. That is something teamspeak will never be able to do.
The few people who used it sounded alright to me, altough some trolls also used it to troll spawn areas with gangnam style and stuff...
Bittermen
2012-10-23, 12:54 PM
Check your key bindings for the other settings, most are by default set to num pad keys.
I've noticed though that a lot of outfits still tend to use their own TS3/Vent/Mumble servers, including our own. Sometimes have to press two buttons at once... :P
Why would you ever broadcast over in-game voice and TS3.
We always turnoff in game chat. No reason to hear people blasting music.
Also thought the voice chat was decent.
Figment
2012-10-23, 01:46 PM
Why would you ever broadcast over in-game voice and TS3.
Because some people don't have TS3 (only for outfit members) where there's some extra people on TS3, while there may be others in the squad. It's kinda silly and situational, but yeah. :)
Bittermen
2012-10-23, 02:07 PM
This is why squads need to be locked to "outfit only"
DirtyBird
2012-10-23, 04:48 PM
I dont mind the in game voice chat, when its working.
It needs the ability to test the damn thing in game and perhaps some more options in setting it up.
Gonefshn
2012-10-23, 05:10 PM
In my experience it is too soft to hear what people are saying 90% of the time. However, my outfit is always on Mumble so I have never bothered to look and see if there are settings to increase volume.
VOIP works great!
the only thing i find is that some people have the outbound turned way to high .......
The rule of thumb is don't go over 50% outbound
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