Microphone doesn't detect sound in any other application only while Helldivers 2 is running

[Gixol]

Had this issue come up recently a few days ago. My microphone is separate from my headset and I do use a USB audio interface, they are both wired, but my mic uses an XLR cable, not usb.
It all works fine in any program I use like Discord, Call of Duty, my DAW; Reaper, etc..
As soon as the game starts up however, the microphone no longer detects any sound coming through except for in Reaper. Every single other program, including Windows itself, doesn't detect any sound being put into the microphone.
I've tried disabling other audio devices in both the recording and playback tabs, I've set the microphone as my default both in the Advanced Sound window as well as per-program. I've disabled Windows Sonic, made sure that programs do not have exclusive access to the audio devices. I disabled audio drivers, I set my devices as default in Steam. I verified the games integrity, I reinstalled, I rebooted my PC, I made sure the game had access to my mic, I even whitelisted the game on my AV.

None of that has worked, and I don't use bluetooth for anything what-so-ever. The only thing that happens is when I'm in game, I can use VOIP as normal. Somehow, it picks up my mic in-game but nowhere else. The other odd thing was that for some reason, my webcam microphone worked while the game ran, but I'm not going to use that for everything else while I'm playing HD2, it sounds like trash.

Any help at all, or even suggestions would be super appreciated right now. I searched the web up and down and I still can't find a solution.

[Lex Talionis]

Having the same issue. Running an UAD Solo thunderbolt through an asus thunderboltex 4 card with audio routing managed by ASIO Link Pro Tool. Also worth noting is i can get my audio to temporarily resume working for a second or two by restarting ASIO Link Pro. I suspect that Helldivers 2 may be taking exclusive control of the audio interface, since asio link pro shows all audio channels crossed out and red, the same it does when i launch Roon music player, which also takes exclusive control of your interface (by design.) Gonna try to get in contact with support and see what they have to say.

[kittoh]

Having this same exact issue, Asio Link Pro. This is incredibly frustrating, hope someone comes up with an answer

[Gixol]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Lex Talionis:

Having the same issue. Running an UAD Solo thunderbolt through an asus thunderboltex 4 card with audio routing managed by ASIO Link Pro Tool. Also worth noting is i can get my audio to temporarily resume working for a second or two by restarting ASIO Link Pro. I suspect that Helldivers 2 may be taking exclusive control of the audio interface, since asio link pro shows all audio channels crossed out and red, the same it does when i launch Roon music player, which also takes exclusive control of your interface (by design.) Gonna try to get in contact with support and see what they have to say.

Diposting pertama kali oleh kittoh:

Having this same exact issue, Asio Link Pro. This is incredibly frustrating, hope someone comes up with an answer

Really glad to know I'm not the only one here dealing with this, and I had a feeling it had something to do with ASIO. I had a similar issue with Black Ops 3 out of nowhere because of it.
Hopefully we get a fix soon, but as for now I've had to switch back to my HyperX Quadcast as it seems using a USB mic is the only fix right now.

[Revermen]

bump

edit: my set of headphones has 2 playback device settings. One is a stereo setting and the other is phone-call setting. When the game turns on, it switches all output to the phone-call setting.

2nd edit: following this video's instructions fixed my audio. link removed, so search for this title: Helldivers 2: Fix Audio/Sound Not Working,Fix Crackling/Distorted/Popping Audio Issue. Its on a channel called menakatechworld

[Marv6LP]

Very frustrating. I have the same problem. I use ASIO Link Pro in combination with a Focusrite Scarlett interface. As soon as I start the game, my sound goes away. When I try to restart ASIO Link and the game is still running in the background, I get "Driver version do not match" and "Cant load hosted ASIO Driver" errors.

[Robogear]

i have the same issue (i use ASIO LINK PRO)
I REALLY want to stream this GAME
and THIS problem won't let me DO IT
I'm very DISAPPOINTED with this factor, because the GAME is GREAT
I HOPE the DEVELOPERS will fix this SOON

[Memento Mori]

I use ASIO Link Pro for my speakers and microphone and this issue causes my computer to not have any audio at all while the game is running.

Window's Volume Mixer and WinMM CPanel shows audio playing on the correct device but ASIO Link Pro is not getting any of it. My speakers outputs sound when I turn on "Test tone" within ASIO Link Pro, so it's still connected to my ASIO device, but ASIO Link Pro doesn't seems to be able to work with Window's audio interface while the game is running. When I try to restart ASIO Link Pro it fails with an error saying it can't load the ASIO Driver, much like Marv6LP describes above, which goes away after I exit the game.

I tried everything I know of to fix it and nothing works. Without any audio from my computer this game becomes unplayable, so I'm refunding it. I've never had this issue with any other game or software application.

[WidowMakerD]

I've manged to get a janky short term fix to this problem while waiting for a proper game update. My setup utilizes ASIO Link Pro and Reaper. To get game audio in my regular audio mix without a major change I installed a virtual audio cable, set the virtual cable input (speaker in windows) as the default output device for the game, and set virtual cable output (recording in windows) "listen to this device" to my normal headset.

This setup doesn't allow me to mix the game audio like normal in reaper, but it keeps me from having to do a wholesale change to my setup to get audio working. Hope this helps anybody else looking for a solution.

[Silentrecon]

Having the same problem with Arctis Nova 7 headset. It working in any other game just not in Helldivers.

[Lancenig]

I use an audio interface and a sm7b and sure as ♥♥♥♥ there's no getting the mic to work in HD2 exclusively...works perfect in every other game I use it in.
Refunded.

[jastro]

Just had to go through this experience. Had to refund as well. Hopefully they can get this fixed, in which case I'll gladly repurchase the game.

[[STEEZE] iviondayjr]

I have the same issue as multiple users on this forum. I have an audio interface with ASIO Pro Link running to route audio. Whenever I boot up HD2 all audio cuts out on my machine and ASIO Link shows red Xs over all input.

How do we push this matter to devs? So basically no one with ASIO can stream broadcast the game? They must fix this.

[Mcduder]

for some reason using voicemod works

[Farsight]

Step 1: On Win 10/11, while in game, press the windows key on your keyboard and click the search bar on the bottom left of the screen. Then type "Sound Mixer Options", scroll down until you find Hell Divers 2, click the drop down arrow, click Input, then choose the mic you want to use for the game.

Test in game. Does it work yet? Congrats! If not, proceed to step 2.

Step 2: Click the search bar and type "change system sounds". Click the recording tab, click the mic you want to use for this game, then click set as default.

Test in game. Does it work yet? Congrats! If not, it's works on my PC.

[Silentrecon]

Thanks that work to fix my issure

Diposting pertama kali oleh Farsight:

Step 1: On Win 10/11, while in game, press the windows key on your keyboard and click the search bar on the bottom left of the screen. Then type "Sound Mixer Options", scroll down until you find Hell Divers 2, click the drop down arrow, click Input, then choose the mic you want to use for the game.

Test in game. Does it work yet? Congrats! If not, proceed to step 2.

Step 2: Click the search bar and type "change system sounds". Click the recording tab, click the mic you want to use for this game, then click set as default.

Test in game. Does it work yet? Congrats! If not, it's works on my PC.