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John Galt Dec 17, 2021 @ 5:25am
VOIP on OSX
Is anyone who plays on Mac able to get their microphone working? I have tried both external mics and the internal ones, and the game does not seem to pick up either. I have gone through the game settings and ensured everything is activated and still no luck.
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Sir Huevos De Oro Dec 17, 2021 @ 7:34am 
Having the same issue, still don't know how to fix it
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sonjah Dec 17, 2021 @ 9:11am 
Having the same issue too.
https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/43323-issues-with-voipmic-detection/&tab=comments#comment-328617
Last edited by sonjah; Dec 17, 2021 @ 9:18am
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John Galt Dec 17, 2021 @ 2:22pm 
Well I'm glad it seems like an issue with the Mac Version entirely. That means it is a bug that will be squashed soon hopefully!
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John Galt Dec 29, 2021 @ 12:57pm 
Any update from devs on this issue? It seems to be widespread for mac users.
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sonjah Dec 31, 2021 @ 9:02am 
I haven't had direct contact with the devs but VOIP issues are the first issue they mentioned in their devblog yesterday. They didn't specifically mention the compatibility issues with macOS but hopefully they are included. We will know more in a week or two I think!
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matzil Jan 17, 2022 @ 12:57pm 
Anyone find a solution to this?
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John Galt Jan 17, 2022 @ 6:34pm 
Nothing on my end.
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Argresh Jan 22, 2022 @ 5:19pm 
Still broken, it seems. I really hope they fix this issue, I love playing with friends but it's so much harder this way.
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SiriSeonsu Jan 29, 2022 @ 7:58am 
it's still not working :( Please fix this issue!!!!
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John Galt Feb 28, 2022 @ 2:50am 
Has anyone had any success since the new update?
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sonjah Mar 4, 2022 @ 1:03pm 
Originally posted by John Galt:
Has anyone had any success since the new update?
No success. But someone may have found the beginning of a solution on reddit, but I haven't had the opportunity to test yet. Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/projectzomboid/comments/rgj2cd/issues_with_voipmic_detection/
Last edited by sonjah; Mar 4, 2022 @ 1:05pm
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John Galt Mar 11, 2022 @ 10:12am 
*BUMP* Any acknowledgement from the developers about this issue?
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John Galt Mar 11, 2022 @ 12:05pm 
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Okay I figured out a temporary solution to get microphone working for OSX. When you are on your Steam Library page, right click project zomboid, goto manage, and then click on browse game files. Finder will open and you will see a file called Project Zomboid.app. What you need to do is right click the file and select show package contents. Then double click the folder Contents, and then the folder MacOS. Then just double click the program JavaAppLauncher and it will load Project Zomboid through terminal. Then you should get prompted to allow microphone permission for Terminal. Now your mic will work in the game as long as you run it this way. If you try to run the game through steam, it will not work as the microphone permission is only for terminal.

The advantage of this method is you get to use VOIP. The disadvantage, no steam overlay as you are not running the game through steam.

Hope this works for you guys!

Also for the developers: The reason why VOIP is not working on Mac is because the game is not asking for permission to use the microphone, which is required for all applications on mac. When I ran the game through the terminal, terminal asked for permission and it worked through that method. So if there is a way to get the game to ask for permission it should fix the problem I hope.
Last edited by John Galt; Mar 11, 2022 @ 12:09pm
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