Voice Chat Issue...

[blue23starlight]

When is Paladins going to have it so that you can voice chat without the push to talk feature? I can't get it to work and I don't use it usually anyway.

[Vassago Rain]

You can, but it's disabled in all quickplay modes.
Only partied players can voice chat with each other in quickplay.

Bot matches? Open voice chat with all.
Ranked? Same.
Test maps? Same.
Events, like the end times from early 2019? Same.
Custom? Same.

Why not quickplay? I've asked this question for years, and no one has an answer. I'm not sure the devs themselves even know it's disabled in quickplay modes, especially after they handled the VGS debacle.

Paladins also has a very, very bad push to talk implementation. Depending on your microphone, the game either won't accept (or even acknowledge) hardware buttons that turn off microphones, or it'll require constant activation of your microphone, as if it wasn't merely in push to talk, but muted, THEN you had push to talk selected. My GHS1 headset is the only microphone I have that actually works properly, because the game respects the hardware button that mutes me.

[blue23starlight]

Thank you for replying. I use a PS4 controller. How do I use push to talk then if I am in a ranked match.

[MeowMix CatFood]

Originally posted by blue23star:

Thank you for replying. I use a PS4 controller. How do I use push to talk then if I am in a ranked match.

You'd have to either play with your keybinds (which doesn't really work since you can't afford to give up a button) or do the standard thing and mute/unmute via the headset.

The problem in that is, as the above poster said, it doesn't always work in paladins. I went through all sorts of audio drivers trying to figure out the issue but I think it's just another paladins bug. I'm either always-on or always-off, because paladins somehow ignores the mute button on the headset. It's a hassle so I just don't speak unless I'm with a friend using discord or Xbox chat.

[blue23starlight]

Well f***. Thanks. I hope the bug gets fixed soon. I just want to be able to talk to people.

[MeowMix CatFood]

Originally posted by blue23star:

Well f***. Thanks. I hope the bug gets fixed soon. I just want to be able to talk to people.

Just to clarify, you can get the audio to work in ranked. But, muting yourself may be an issue. If so, either enable push to talk to turn your mic off, or disable push to talk to be always on.

[blue23starlight]

I am using a PS4 controller and using SONY earphones. If I disable push-to-talk, will it just work?

[MeowMix CatFood]

Originally posted by blue23star:

I am using a PS4 controller and using SONY earphones. If I disable push-to-talk, will it just work?

You'll have to try it. Disabling just means you don't need to push anything to talk. So, it should work.

[blue23starlight]

It did not work. I will probably need an actual headset I guess. I disabled push-to-talk and have it in Steam to just transmit my voice automatically. I do not know what else to do. I give up. Hope they fix the bug soon.

[Zarinthal]

i use a cheap logitech headset, $20 iirc, and it has an inline mute button. not good for talking in combat, but i wouldnt want to anyone. i only like to chat while i am respawning or between rounds, but that is just my lacking in skill to form coherent sentences while fighting. of course, i mostly only play solo so it doesnt make much difference

[blue23starlight]

Thank you. I will look it up.