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Toat Nov 19, 2020 @ 8:36am
Issues with microphone during game.
Hi I've been having issues with my microphone recently and am unsure why. My microphone works well when starting the game and/or joining a new lobby. My microphone will work well into the round but somewhere along the way just stops. I've followed the voice recognition steps thoroughly but it seems to be consistent every match. There is no network issues on my end as far as I can see and my mic(even when not working) can be detected by the test in the settings. Any info/ideas would be lovely as I really have having to swap to discord in the middle of a match! Also Ps since I forgot to say earlier, we linked the issue to alt tabbing and allowing apps to take exclusive control of my mic, but that fix only seemed temporary as before the fix my mic seemed not to work at all now it works until midway through the round. I'm going to attempt updating before I turn off my PC so fingers crossed I wont have this issue when I play more later today.
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Thyder Nov 19, 2020 @ 9:12am 
For the time being, try tabbing out of the game when that happens and open it again by clicking the taskbar icon. Click B and check if it helps.
What? Son? Nov 19, 2020 @ 9:12am 
Seems it stop working (voice recognition) when you alt+tab this game.
Toat Nov 19, 2020 @ 7:47pm 
Originally posted by ShadeKell:
Seems it stop working (voice recognition) when you alt+tab this game.

The issue isnt due to alt tabbing, it was at first but the issue persists even when completely focusing on the game. I don't have a second monitor so theres no way the game is losing focus
Toat Nov 30, 2020 @ 10:56pm 
Bump, still an issue
TdIbT Dec 1, 2020 @ 12:29am 
I've come across two things to try that have mostly worked for me. The beta branch in general seems to have less issues with the voice chat, and people have said that talking while people are still loading into the van for whatever reason will mess up the 'b' push to talk a bit into the map
Darknesssess Dec 1, 2020 @ 1:25am 
this is happening to me as well some games my mic works fine some games people cant hear me at all seems to happen when i alt tab
What? Son? Dec 1, 2020 @ 7:03am 
IF you see your voice recognition stop work do this: Alt+tab game, then click on game icon on the bottom (not alt+tab again), it will fix your micro without restarting the game!
Toat Dec 8, 2020 @ 1:54am 
Originally posted by ShadeKell:
IF you see your voice recognition stop work do this: Alt+tab game, then click on game icon on the bottom (not alt+tab again), it will fix your micro without restarting the game!

Tried this, doesn't seem to do anything

Also to reiterate since a lot of people are still linking it to Alt-tabbing, the issue is not due to me tabbing out. My mic works at the beginning of every round but will cut out sometime mid match
SiEgE Dec 8, 2020 @ 2:36am 
Originally posted by Toat:
Hi I've been having issues with my microphone recently and am unsure why. My microphone works well when starting the game and/or joining a new lobby. My microphone will work well into the round but somewhere along the way just stops. I've followed the voice recognition steps thoroughly but it seems to be consistent every match. There is no network issues on my end as far as I can see and my mic(even when not working) can be detected by the test in the settings. Any info/ideas would be lovely as I really have having to swap to discord in the middle of a match! Also Ps since I forgot to say earlier, we linked the issue to alt tabbing and allowing apps to take exclusive control of my mic, but that fix only seemed temporary as before the fix my mic seemed not to work at all now it works until midway through the round. I'm going to attempt updating before I turn off my PC so fingers crossed I wont have this issue when I play more later today.
Suggestion:
Kill your audio driver app.
Last edited by SiEgE; Dec 8, 2020 @ 2:37am
PickleFeasting Dec 8, 2020 @ 5:53am 
Bump, exact same issue here.
PickleFeasting Dec 8, 2020 @ 5:54am 
And, no, I'm not alt-tabbing.
ConGames007 Dec 8, 2020 @ 8:33am 
Try these fixes: https://youtu.be/_XQczTwSBEc
Toat Dec 8, 2020 @ 9:51am 
Originally posted by ConGames007:
Try these fixes: https://youtu.be/_XQczTwSBEc

I would say I appreciate the assistance but you didn't read the article at all homie. I've said I've tried ALL of those fixes, its not speech recognition not working, the game picks up my voice. Even after my mic quits working mid round ghosts can still hear me through voice recognition however when using open mic, or push to talk, my teammates can not. This is not an issue related to alt+tabbing or the main branch(beta branch doesn't fix the issue either) now can someone whos not plugging their yt channel give a helpful answer
PickleFeasting Dec 8, 2020 @ 9:51am 
Originally posted by ConGames007:
Try these fixes: https://youtu.be/_XQczTwSBEc
Thanks for the help, but if it is that list of fixes from the developer, each had failed to resolve my problem. My windows just so happened to update recently so I will try again after that.
PickleFeasting Dec 8, 2020 @ 9:53am 
Originally posted by Toat:
Originally posted by ConGames007:
Try these fixes: https://youtu.be/_XQczTwSBEc

I would say I appreciate the assistance but you didn't read the article at all homie. I've said I've tried ALL of those fixes, its not speech recognition not working, the game picks up my voice. Even after my mic quits working mid round ghosts can still hear me through voice recognition however when using open mic, or push to talk, my teammates can not. This is not an issue related to alt+tabbing or the main branch(beta branch doesn't fix the issue either) now can someone whos not plugging their yt channel give a helpful answer
+1, we seem to have the EXACT same issue. I hope this is resolved because it's more than irritating. Did a Windows update help with yours? I'm doing that now.
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Date Posted: Nov 19, 2020 @ 8:36am
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