Can't Hear Voice Chat

[Trevelyan]

Ever since the new update I cannot hear anybody talking in voice chat. Their name pops up to display that they are talking, but I don't hear anything. My voice chat volume is already turned all the way up also.

Anybody else having this issue or know how to fix it?

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

It's an issue atm due to the update. Have to deal with it until they patch it.

[hitman912]

People could hear me but my radio dial never moved so I didn't know when I was actually talking.

[Geneviève]

I have the exact same problem - never experienced it before the patch.

[BILBO the WANDERER]

Same problem. I can't hear them, but they can hear me.

Ocasionally I will hear 1 or 2 other people, but it's rare.

Same as you; I see their name pop up, but don't hear anything. Although one time I died while someone was talking, and when it went silent i could BARELY hear something. I mean, I couldn't make out anything, only that i heard a voice muffle so it could be all the VOIP volumes are supremely LOW.

I tinkered around trying to fix or adjust settings. Nothing worked. I have a lot of hours in this game, and it only just started happening so it has to be patch related.

it sucks tho! cuz i love role playing this game... Like i'm some gaht damn Sarge who been in country just a tad too long.

New guys would probably appreciate it over the crying they are hearing now... you know the kind. The ones crying and complaining because their like, you know --- new .... to the game.

The game is fun asf. A hidden gem. But it does take a few hours to get past the feeling of getting your balls kicked in all the time. No VOIP, Lag issues, the cry babies crying about the new breath of life to the game. I just hope these issues aren't leaving a too strong of a ♥♥♥♥ taste in the newbs mouths.

Sorry for the ramblings... I was thinking while typing and feel better now that i wrote it. Take care!

[Mara Jadewind]

VC is broken from this update and I though am the only one.

[Molly]

We are looking for details about this. Please report them to our forums where they have the best chance of being seen. https://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/index.php?threads/in-game-voice-chat-investigation.2336663/

[Salt]

The devs took epic money and broke their game. look forward for update soon™

[General Amy]

It appears it's been broken for me since then. Still no solution.

[Janik]

Originally posted by Salt:

The devs took epic money and broke their game. look forward for update soon™

That's how it seems unfortunately

[General Amy]

they fixed it after a lot of complaints but now the next day they updated it again which broke it again.

[TS2]

Greetings, all of you.

There are two known workarounds to deal with the current VOIP problem.

The first involves config file editing and setting the file to read-only, as described here: https://old.reddit.com/r/rs2vietnam/comments/n3fnn9/how_i_fixed_my_mic/
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The second workaround involves disabling all microphones except the one you want the game to detect and use. This can be done in one of two ways.

Method 1: In Windows 10, go to the Settings app. Inside Settings, go to System, then Sound. Under Manage Audio Devices, disable all Input devices except the one you want the game to use. Make sure that the one remaining Recording device there is both the selected Audio and Communication device.

Method 2: For more granular control over this, go to the Sound Control Panel in Win10's Sound settings and disable all Recording devices except the one you want to use.

Additionally, for Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, you must use Workaround 2, Method 2 by going to the Control Panel and going to Hardware and Sound(Just Sound if in List View).

[General Amy]

Originally posted by TS2:

Greetings, all of you.

There are two known workarounds to deal with the current VOIP problem.

The first involves config file editing and setting the file to read-only, as described here: https://old.reddit.com/r/rs2vietnam/comments/n3fnn9/how_i_fixed_my_mic/
———
The second workaround involves disabling all microphones except the one you want the game to detect and use. This can be done in one of two ways.

Method 1: In Windows 10, go to the Settings app. Inside Settings, go to System, then Sound. Under Manage Audio Devices, disable all Input devices except the one you want the game to use. Make sure that the one remaining Recording device there is both the selected Audio and Communication device.

Method 2: For more granular control over this, go to the Sound Control Panel in Win10's Sound settings and disable all Recording devices except the one you want to use.

Additionally, for Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, you must use Workaround 2, Method 2 by going to the Control Panel and going to Hardware and Sound(Just Sound if in List View).

Still doesn't work. these are common solutions but doesn't work for most.