Using the spirit box

[VolpeAssassin]

I can’t seem to figure out how to properly use the spirit box. I figured that there are two types of in-game voice chat (global and private). Don’t know the difference between these two. I always use the spirit box after I have turned off al the lights and by pressing V to talk, but am not sure if I do it correctly. Is it possible to keep the global voice chat always on too?

[𝖱𝖔𝖑𝖆𝖾𝖓]

That is a problem I am having as well. I tend to give it only five minutes or so before I give up on it and move on. There are times when I know it's needed and it doesn't work. So I try to guess judging by how the ghost acts, moves and responds to other things. Much like the O-board, don't try to rely on it too much.

[Kinetic Games]

There is currently a bug where if you tab out at any point the voice recognition stops working. You can fix this by clicking back into the game window instead of pressing alt+tab.

[VolpeAssassin]

So apparently the ghost hears you no matter what. You don’t have to push a button, but not sure if it’s really true. And I have found out that V is used to chat in close proximity and B to chat through the walkie-talkie. You can also turn off PTT to keep it always on. I suppose that’s for the local chat. Not sure how to *properly* use the spirit box tho.

[Gabry95K]

Originally posted by VolpeAssassin:

So apparently the ghost hears you no matter what. You don’t have to push a button, but not sure if it’s really true. And I have found out that V is used to chat in close proximity and B to chat through the walkie-talkie. You can also turn off PTT to keep it always on. I suppose that’s for the local chat. Not sure how to *properly* use the spirit box tho.

i have ask it to give me a sign while pressing nothing and the ghost hears you, so you dont have to press anything to talk with it.

As you say the V is for local chat, players who are close to you will hear you, with b you can talk with them when they are far too but if the ghost acts or its going to hunt the walkie-talkie wont work, so you cant talk unless they are close and you use the V local chat

[︻デ=一一]

the ghost can hear you through your mic if it's closeby, regardless of if you've pushed the button or not.. same thing applies with Spirit Box (as long as its on)

for the spirit box, you have to ask specific questions. I usually ask "how old are you" "are you male/female" and you'll either see Nothing Detected on the spirit box's display (which means it understood your question, but there was no response from the ghost) or you'll hear a non-scary voice respond to you

[eternel911]

I've got info that might interest some people.
So far it always worked for me

You don't need to get an answer to confirm the spirit box evidence.

In the ghost's room, If you ask a question and get nothing AND you are 100% sure you said it right..

simply go outside and do the same thing, if you get an error on your display then you can consider that your ghost answers to spirit boxes.

[Chris Redfield]

Not all ghost talk through the Spirit box as well. Some will possibly do as you ask and move something, But only specific ghosts actually speak through it. If all ghost did then the "evidence" for every ghost would have "spirit box" in it which would make the spirit box almost useless tbh. Sometimes you don't even need to talk through it if its a ghost that can, You'll get the ocassional "adult" "kill" "leave" "die" etc ESPECIALLY if it's a Demon with it just being in the room. Thats like the ghost book for example. You can drop it in a room and immediate response, While sometimes it takes a few minutes for it to muster the ability to write.

[JeffCraig]

Another important thing to note is that the ghost won't speak through the radio right away. Like all the other tools, things will start happening as the ghost becomes more active.

Next time wait until you hit 5-6 or above on the trucks activity meter and then talk into it. If the ghost is very active you will get prompts from the spirit box.

[VolpeAssassin]

Thanks everyone! I think I understand now how it works.

[Naewyng]

I have a question about it though, what does it mean when the spirit box says "No detection somethingsomething"?

Also from what I've played, you HAVE to hold "local chat" if you're playing with multiple people.

Also what kind of reaction do you get when saying the ghost's name? I never get any actual reaction so I never know if it works.

[VolpeAssassin]

Originally posted by Apollyon:

Not all ghost talk through the Spirit box as well. Some will possibly do as you ask and move something, But only specific ghosts actually speak through it. If all ghost did then the "evidence" for every ghost would have "spirit box" in it which would make the spirit box almost useless tbh. Sometimes you don't even need to talk through it if its a ghost that can, You'll get the ocassional "adult" "kill" "leave" "die" etc ESPECIALLY if it's a Demon with it just being in the room. Thats like the ghost book for example. You can drop it in a room and immediate response, While sometimes it takes a few minutes for it to muster the ability to write.

You’re right. I have actually played the training again to test this theory. The ghost was a revenant (they don’t speak), but lights started to flicker when I asked if it was here. The ghost has to communicate through the box to count it as evidence of course, but it was nice to see that the ghosts still can react in other ways.

[VolpeAssassin]

Originally posted by Apollyon:

Not all ghost talk through the Spirit box as well. Some will possibly do as you ask and move something, But only specific ghosts actually speak through it. If all ghost did then the "evidence" for every ghost would have "spirit box" in it which would make the spirit box almost useless tbh. Sometimes you don't even need to talk through it if its a ghost that can, You'll get the ocassional "adult" "kill" "leave" "die" etc ESPECIALLY if it's a Demon with it just being in the room. Thats like the ghost book for example. You can drop it in a room and immediate response, While sometimes it takes a few minutes for it to muster the ability to write.

Yes, I knew that of course, but there were times that I definitely heard something through the spirit box and wanted to ask the ghost some questions. After that it would not give answers or say anything at all. Even when I was in the right room with med-high EMF readings. But I am gonna experiment some more with it the next time. A very cool and original mechanic, btw!

[VolpeAssassin]

Originally posted by Folgora:

I have a question about it though, what does it mean when the spirit box says "No detection somethingsomething"?

Also from what I've played, you HAVE to hold "local chat" if you're playing with multiple people.

Also what kind of reaction do you get when saying the ghost's name? I never get any actual reaction so I never know if it works.

The spirit box usually gives an error after it hears a command or question. I guess it is some type of feedback for the player.

The ghost gets more active (depending on the type of course) whenever you call out its name. Some will even get aggressive and spawn/attack/move objects more frequently. This usually happens after the 5 min countdown.

And no, you don’t need to hold the local chat button. Try using the spirit box in training mode and see if it works without pressing anything. Or maybe try turning off push-to-talk in the settings.

[VolpeAssassin]

Originally posted by eternel911:

I've got info that might interest some people.
So far it always worked for me

You don't need to get an answer to confirm the spirit box evidence.

In the ghost's room, If you ask a question and get nothing AND you are 100% sure you said it right..

simply go outside and do the same thing, if you get an error on your display then you can consider that your ghost answers to spirit boxes.

Is there a way to un-read this? 😅

[Naewyng]

Originally posted by VolpeAssassin:

Originally posted by Folgora:

I have a question about it though, what does it mean when the spirit box says "No detection somethingsomething"?

Also from what I've played, you HAVE to hold "local chat" if you're playing with multiple people.

Also what kind of reaction do you get when saying the ghost's name? I never get any actual reaction so I never know if it works.

The spirit box usually gives an error after it hears a command or question. I guess it is some type of feedback for the player.

The ghost gets more active (depending on the type of course) whenever you call out its name. Some will even get aggressive and spawn/attack/move objects more frequently. This usually happens after the 5 min countdown.

And no, you don’t need to hold the local chat button. Try using the spirit box in training mode and see if it works without pressing anything. Or maybe try turning off push-to-talk in the settings.

Yea but the training mode is solo, and from what I tried and what others said, it works without pressing it in solo, but you have to hold the local chat in multiplayer