Mic died on NS

Matt_BLah

<div class="IPBDescription">mic doesnt work in NS</div>Hi all...

2 weeks ago my mic just stoped working, I have since reinstalled Steam, Half Life, and NS, tryed it with new config file and my old one... mic just dosent work. It works on other programs. CS:S, TeamSpeak, Sven Co-op.

any ideas on how to fix?


thx for your time

Matt_BLah

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Lt_Patch

if you've just reinstalled, then you might not have set your configuration up fully, make sure a key is bound to +voicerecord, and that voice transmissions in the mod are enabled under Options-> Voice

Emasika

Your problem might be similar to mine: When I play battlefield 2 online, my comp automaticly changes the windows sound settings so that mic is muted from the panel and mic boost removed. Check that during you play.

Matt_BLah

It isnt binds or anything... it just doesnt work any more with my on board Aduio. But i have bought an aduio card any way and i can now talk on NS.... dont know what the problem is with my on board audio, but at least it works with my new aduio card.

SloppyKisses

I had the same problem, and also just bought an Audigy2, but uhh, i would like to know what causes this problem if anyone knows cause it isnt just NS it does it too

Joad

I have a X-fi soundcard, and my Mic atuomaticly mutes upon launching of any Game. I used to just need to unmute it but now it still isn't working after I have done that. I've not tried a driver reinstall, which is probably the best place to start but was wondering if anyone could shed a bit of light on why.

Lt_Patch

Ok, I appear to have a temporary solution for this, seeing as CS:S has just started doing the same thing with me. NS is behaving itself however...

It would appear that NS (and any other game, for that matter) are capable of setting the microphone pickup volume to whatever volume was last used in Windows. Not in the game itself, but in Windows. Which means, if you use voice chat on any other program, which dynamically adjust the microphone volume, it could affect the in game pickup volume, and without checking the voice tab, would appear to "kill" your microphone in whatever game is causing it.

I'll carry on looking for a permanent fix, but for the meantime (until I edit this), keep checking the microphone volume, every time you start NS up.

Like I said, it's only temporary, but I'll see about a permanent fix...
*edit*
Sorry mate, but after 2 cvardumps, one with maximum voice record volume, and one with minimum voice record volume, and going through every single one of the variables in the lists, the conclusion is this...
There is no permanent fix for it, not that the community can make, as the voice record volume isn't a command variable <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />

Sorry, but you'll just have to keep checking your record volume every time you start NS up...